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All Aboard! Russia's Revolutionary New 'Moskva' Subway Train Undergoing Testing
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21:56 22.02.2017(updated 22:30 22.02.2017)Get short URL
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This spring, Moscow's Metro will receive a completely new train design – the 765 series 'Moskva', developed and built by the Metrowagonmash engineering plant.
Development of the train, which is currently undergoing daytime and evening testing, sans passengers, began in the early 2010s, when the management of Moscow Metro set designers with the task of creating a brand new generation of metro trains that could compete with the best foreign analogues.
Among the improvements demanded by Moscow Metro was the requirement that passengers be able to move from car to car all through the train, the installation of folding seats to increase passenger capacity during peak hours, a larger doorway for faster boarding and de-boarding, and the installation of digital systems to provide passengers with important information – including touch sensor monitors and interactive maps.
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The Moskva's control panel
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Metrowagonmash's answer, the Moskva, took these requirements into account, and is also equipped with additional handrails, and features special areas for wheelchairs. Of course, making the train competitive with the best foreign models also required required it to have a smooth and quiet ride. The new train has a maximum speed of 90 km/h.
A competition was held from 2013-2014 between several leading Russian and international engineering firms, involving Metrowagonmash, but also Siemens, Sinara Group, Bombardier, Skoda, Alstom and Hundai, many of the latter partnering with other Russian firms. In late 2014, Metrowagonmash was announced the winner of the design competition, and awarded the contract to produce 768 train cars (96 trains) of the new generation of subway trains by 2020.
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Sneak peak at the interior of the Moskva.
90% of the train's components are produced by Russian manufacturers, giving it a significant cost savings advantage compared to the foreign offerings.
The name 'Moskva' (Moscow) was chosen with the help of Moscow residents, who voted on the Aktivniy Grazhdanin (Active Citizen) web portal, and chose the name last July.
The first of the new trains, currently undergoing tests, is expected to step into service on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line, one of the metro's busiest lines, this spring. The train is estimated to be 15% more capacious than its predecessors, and can carry over two thousand passengers.
The Moskva made its first trial run in the metro starting on February 1, and tests are continuing. They are expected to wrap up next month, after which time the train will begin regular passenger service.
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Russian Scientists Learn How to Identify Suspected Terrorists by Their Walk
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18:04 22.02.2017(updated 22:20 22.02.2017)Get short URL
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Researchers at the National Research Nuclear University/Moscow Engineering Physics Institute are developing a computer program capable of recognizing unusual behavior by an individual in a crowd environment, including by his or her manner of walking. The invention may prove extremely useful in helping to prevent acts of terror in public places.
According to a university press service obtained by RIA Novosti, the program operates by analyzing complex images from conventional security cameras. The program helps recognize and focus on suspicious individuals in a crowd environment based on the manner in which they walk, their physique, clothing style, etc. Development work aimed at providing the program with these capabilities is entering its final stages.
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According to Vadim Danishin, the project's lead developer, the program does not require any additional expensive hardware; the computing power of a conventional smartphone is sufficient.
"We have plans to test this invention, tasking it with the collection and analysis of statistics on the behavior of buyers and sellers in large shopping centers," Danishin explained. "In the future, our algorithms can be used to identify unusual behavior, affixed to surveillance cameras in airports, train stations and on public transport," he added. "This is a priority for contemporary IT security systems."
In addition to its security applications, the new program could be used for virtual reality gaming, interactive advertising in shopping centers, and to create simulators providing automatic classification of behavior for drivers, pilots, doctors, firefighters, military personnel.
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18:04 22.02.2017(updated 22:20 22.02.2017)Get short URL
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Researchers at the National Research Nuclear University/Moscow Engineering Physics Institute are developing a computer program capable of recognizing unusual behavior by an individual in a crowd environment, including by his or her manner of walking. The invention may prove extremely useful in helping to prevent acts of terror in public places.
According to a university press service obtained by RIA Novosti, the program operates by analyzing complex images from conventional security cameras. The program helps recognize and focus on suspicious individuals in a crowd environment based on the manner in which they walk, their physique, clothing style, etc. Development work aimed at providing the program with these capabilities is entering its final stages.
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Quantum Stealth: Russian Scientists Developing Best Ever Invisibility Cloak
According to Vadim Danishin, the project's lead developer, the program does not require any additional expensive hardware; the computing power of a conventional smartphone is sufficient.
"We have plans to test this invention, tasking it with the collection and analysis of statistics on the behavior of buyers and sellers in large shopping centers," Danishin explained. "In the future, our algorithms can be used to identify unusual behavior, affixed to surveillance cameras in airports, train stations and on public transport," he added. "This is a priority for contemporary IT security systems."
In addition to its security applications, the new program could be used for virtual reality gaming, interactive advertising in shopping centers, and to create simulators providing automatic classification of behavior for drivers, pilots, doctors, firefighters, military personnel.
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Russia's Energia Hopes to Finalize Deal With Boeing on Sea Launch Project
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10:57 22.02.2017(updated 11:18 22.02.2017)Get short URL
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Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia is planning to reach a settlement agreement with the Boeing company on the floating rocket platform Sea Launch project soon, the corporation's general director told Sputnik.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — In January, Russian media reported that the preliminary settlement agreement was reached between RSC Energia and Boeing. Within the framework of the accord the $330-million debt of the Russian corporation, which emerged due to the bankruptcy of the Sea Launch consortium before the project had been sold to the S7 Group would be payed through RSC Energia's participation in joint projects.
"A final signing of documents that could result in a 'settlement agreement' is expected soon. The S7 Group is involved directly neither in preparation nor in the implementation of the 'settlement agreement' and would not make any payments. These are relations between the RSC Energia and Boeing," Vladimir Solntsev said.
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Russia's RSC Energia to Carry Out Tourist Flights Around Moon by 2021-2022
Sea Launch was formed in 1995 as a consortium of four companies from Norway, Russia, Ukraine and the United States, and was managed by Boeing. The project aimed to use a floating launch site to place rockets on the equator, which gives the rocket additional speed on lift-off thanks to centripetal force caused by Earth's rotation.
RSC Energia and Boeing have been cooperating in a number of programs connected with manned space launches, for example in the issues related to the International Space Station (ISS).
Energia will develop a new carrier rocket for the Sea Launch.
"I think that in the next four years we will be able to propose a new rocket to the S7 Group. The schedule of the construction has already been created," Solntsev said.
He added that the corporation would use the RD-171M engine for the first stage of the carrier rocket and RD-0124 for its second stage.
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Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia is planning to reach a settlement agreement with the Boeing company on the floating rocket platform Sea Launch project soon, the corporation's general director told Sputnik.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — In January, Russian media reported that the preliminary settlement agreement was reached between RSC Energia and Boeing. Within the framework of the accord the $330-million debt of the Russian corporation, which emerged due to the bankruptcy of the Sea Launch consortium before the project had been sold to the S7 Group would be payed through RSC Energia's participation in joint projects.
"A final signing of documents that could result in a 'settlement agreement' is expected soon. The S7 Group is involved directly neither in preparation nor in the implementation of the 'settlement agreement' and would not make any payments. These are relations between the RSC Energia and Boeing," Vladimir Solntsev said.
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Russia's RSC Energia to Carry Out Tourist Flights Around Moon by 2021-2022
Sea Launch was formed in 1995 as a consortium of four companies from Norway, Russia, Ukraine and the United States, and was managed by Boeing. The project aimed to use a floating launch site to place rockets on the equator, which gives the rocket additional speed on lift-off thanks to centripetal force caused by Earth's rotation.
RSC Energia and Boeing have been cooperating in a number of programs connected with manned space launches, for example in the issues related to the International Space Station (ISS).
Energia will develop a new carrier rocket for the Sea Launch.
"I think that in the next four years we will be able to propose a new rocket to the S7 Group. The schedule of the construction has already been created," Solntsev said.
He added that the corporation would use the RD-171M engine for the first stage of the carrier rocket and RD-0124 for its second stage.
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Russia's RSC Energia to Carry Out Tourist Flights Around Moon by 2021-2022
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10:51 22.02.2017(updated 10:52 22.02.2017)Get short URL
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Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia hopes to be the first to offer space tourism around the Moon aboard the Soyuz spacecraft by 2021-2022.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – First round-the-Moon flights should be possible for space tourists aboard the Soyuz spacecraft in 2021-2022, Vladimir Solntsev, the head of Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia, told Sputnik.
"We are speaking of flying around the Moon. I think that RSC Energia will be ready to be the first to offer this service on the international market by 2021-2022," Solntsev said.
The company is planning to sign a deal in March 2017 to use nine seats on the Soyuz spacecraft for flights of the so-called space tourists to the International Space Station (ISS).
"The renewal of a program implying space tourist flights on Soyuz spacecraft is possible. I think that in the near future we will sign a contact with one of the companies on provision of tourism services… In particular we are ready to sign with one of such companies an agreement in March 2017, which implies nine 'tourist' seats in Soyuz spacecraft for the flights to the ISS, which is expected to be implemented by 2021," Solntsev said, adding that there were no Russians among potential space tourists at the moment.
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Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia hopes to be the first to offer space tourism around the Moon aboard the Soyuz spacecraft by 2021-2022.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – First round-the-Moon flights should be possible for space tourists aboard the Soyuz spacecraft in 2021-2022, Vladimir Solntsev, the head of Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia, told Sputnik.
"We are speaking of flying around the Moon. I think that RSC Energia will be ready to be the first to offer this service on the international market by 2021-2022," Solntsev said.
The company is planning to sign a deal in March 2017 to use nine seats on the Soyuz spacecraft for flights of the so-called space tourists to the International Space Station (ISS).
"The renewal of a program implying space tourist flights on Soyuz spacecraft is possible. I think that in the near future we will sign a contact with one of the companies on provision of tourism services… In particular we are ready to sign with one of such companies an agreement in March 2017, which implies nine 'tourist' seats in Soyuz spacecraft for the flights to the ISS, which is expected to be implemented by 2021," Solntsev said, adding that there were no Russians among potential space tourists at the moment.
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Russia's Energia Corporation Developing 2 Modifications of Federatsiya Spaceship
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10:38 22.02.2017(updated 11:53 22.02.2017)Get short URL
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Russia's Energia rocket and space corporation is getting ready for the production of the Federatsiya spacecraft.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia is developing two modifications of the Federatsiya spacecraft, which could carry four or six cosmonauts respectively, the corporation's general director told Sputnik.
"We speak about the two versions of one spacecraft. We are developing a modification able to carry six people because it would make it possible to evacuate two extra crew members from the International Space Station in case of a serious emergency," Vladimir Solntsev said.
He added that at the moment the corporation had finished the engineering design phase.
According to the official, the corporation is currently preparing design documentation and getting ready for the production of the spacecraft.
Russia Could Start Test of New Space Freighter in 2021
The first flight test of a new space freighter developed could be carried out by the end of 2021.
"We have finished the development of a concept design and it is now under a scientific expertise of Roscosmos [Russia's space corporation]. Following the results of a concept design development, the launch of the first test prototype of the space freight and start of flight tests are possible in the end of 2021," Solntsev said, adding that the construction of the space freighter depended on the decisions of Roscosmos.
He added that the spacecraft would be available to deliver up to 7,500 pounds of cargoes to an orbital station.
Russia's New Super-Heavy Carrier Rocket May Be Powered With RD-171 Engine
A super-heavy carrier rocket, which is being developed by several Russia's space-affiliated companies, could be equipped with RD-170 engine or with its RD-171M modification, the head of Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia told Sputnik.
"RSC Energia along with its partners is really working on the issue of development of a super-heavy carrier rocket and a launch site for it. Earlier, during the development of Energia and Zenit carrier rockets NPO Energomash has created a… RD-170 engine and its modification. They are one of the major achievements not only in the domestic, but also in the world's construction of engines and we think that it would be rational to use them in super-heavy carrier rockets," Solntsev said.
Russia's companies planned to use technical solutions used in the Angara heavy rocket carrier, such as eco-friendly oxygen-kerosene rocket modules, in development of super-heavy carrier rocket.
RSC Energia Plans 1st Virtual Spacecraft Design Center Opening in March
RSC Energia is planning to open the first center for virtual design of spacecraft in the town of Korolev on March 1.
"The concept [of the center] has emerged some four months ago and we are planning to open a center on March 1, 2017. The necessity of its creation is obvious… Of course we can work as usual, but then the terms of development would also be bigger. An engineer with the help of virtual reality technologies… works in an artificially created digital space, and the results of his activities are sent to design documentation at the same moment," Solntsev said.
He added that the center would allow the corporation to intensify the process of design without the loss of quality.
Solntsev said that ending the ISS program in 2024 and transition to the Russian orbital station based on ISS modules is reasonable.
"From the technical point of view, RSC Energia believes the conclusion of the ISS program and transition to the Russian orbital station based on ISS modules … is reasonable. However, it is necessary to take into account a number of other aspects, including the political, in making a decision," he said.
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10:38 22.02.2017(updated 11:53 22.02.2017)Get short URL
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Russia's Energia rocket and space corporation is getting ready for the production of the Federatsiya spacecraft.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia is developing two modifications of the Federatsiya spacecraft, which could carry four or six cosmonauts respectively, the corporation's general director told Sputnik.
"We speak about the two versions of one spacecraft. We are developing a modification able to carry six people because it would make it possible to evacuate two extra crew members from the International Space Station in case of a serious emergency," Vladimir Solntsev said.
He added that at the moment the corporation had finished the engineering design phase.
According to the official, the corporation is currently preparing design documentation and getting ready for the production of the spacecraft.
Russia Could Start Test of New Space Freighter in 2021
The first flight test of a new space freighter developed could be carried out by the end of 2021.
"We have finished the development of a concept design and it is now under a scientific expertise of Roscosmos [Russia's space corporation]. Following the results of a concept design development, the launch of the first test prototype of the space freight and start of flight tests are possible in the end of 2021," Solntsev said, adding that the construction of the space freighter depended on the decisions of Roscosmos.
He added that the spacecraft would be available to deliver up to 7,500 pounds of cargoes to an orbital station.
Russia's New Super-Heavy Carrier Rocket May Be Powered With RD-171 Engine
A super-heavy carrier rocket, which is being developed by several Russia's space-affiliated companies, could be equipped with RD-170 engine or with its RD-171M modification, the head of Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia told Sputnik.
"RSC Energia along with its partners is really working on the issue of development of a super-heavy carrier rocket and a launch site for it. Earlier, during the development of Energia and Zenit carrier rockets NPO Energomash has created a… RD-170 engine and its modification. They are one of the major achievements not only in the domestic, but also in the world's construction of engines and we think that it would be rational to use them in super-heavy carrier rockets," Solntsev said.
Russia's companies planned to use technical solutions used in the Angara heavy rocket carrier, such as eco-friendly oxygen-kerosene rocket modules, in development of super-heavy carrier rocket.
RSC Energia Plans 1st Virtual Spacecraft Design Center Opening in March
RSC Energia is planning to open the first center for virtual design of spacecraft in the town of Korolev on March 1.
"The concept [of the center] has emerged some four months ago and we are planning to open a center on March 1, 2017. The necessity of its creation is obvious… Of course we can work as usual, but then the terms of development would also be bigger. An engineer with the help of virtual reality technologies… works in an artificially created digital space, and the results of his activities are sent to design documentation at the same moment," Solntsev said.
He added that the center would allow the corporation to intensify the process of design without the loss of quality.
Solntsev said that ending the ISS program in 2024 and transition to the Russian orbital station based on ISS modules is reasonable.
"From the technical point of view, RSC Energia believes the conclusion of the ISS program and transition to the Russian orbital station based on ISS modules … is reasonable. However, it is necessary to take into account a number of other aspects, including the political, in making a decision," he said.
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Russia Showcases Jam-Proof Communications System Based on Newest Radio Sets
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17:32 20.02.2017(updated 17:39 20.02.2017)Get short URL
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A new system, based on the R-187-P1E Azart multi-mode portable software-defined radio, allows for the exchange of information even with enemy attempting to jam the broadcast.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport and Angstrem electronics company will unveil a new communications system based on the new generation radio sets at the IDEX-2017 expo in the United Arab Emirates, the exporter said Monday in a statement.
"Rosoboronexport and Angstrem experts will give a presentation Organization of Communication based on New Generation Radio Sets at international defense IDEX-2017 expo held in the city of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)," Rosoboronexport said.
According to the statement, Angstrem developed a new radio communications system, based on the R-187-P1E Azart multi-mode portable software-defined radio (SDR), which allows for the exchange of information even with enemy attempting to jam the broadcast.
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The defense against jamming is ensured via a frequency hopping method using a pseudorandom sequence at a speed of 20,000 hops per second.
The SDR platform allows for communication with radio sets of different generations, working on different frequencies and using different protocols.
The radio set supports GLONASS and GPS satellite navigation systems and may be integrated into Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA), which enables the communication with outside parties and facilitates special operations in municipalities that use TETRA.
The IDEX 2017 expo began on Sunday and will continue until Thursday.
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17:32 20.02.2017(updated 17:39 20.02.2017)Get short URL
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A new system, based on the R-187-P1E Azart multi-mode portable software-defined radio, allows for the exchange of information even with enemy attempting to jam the broadcast.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport and Angstrem electronics company will unveil a new communications system based on the new generation radio sets at the IDEX-2017 expo in the United Arab Emirates, the exporter said Monday in a statement.
"Rosoboronexport and Angstrem experts will give a presentation Organization of Communication based on New Generation Radio Sets at international defense IDEX-2017 expo held in the city of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)," Rosoboronexport said.
According to the statement, Angstrem developed a new radio communications system, based on the R-187-P1E Azart multi-mode portable software-defined radio (SDR), which allows for the exchange of information even with enemy attempting to jam the broadcast.
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Beware the Predator: Russia to Start Testing Tigr Unmanned Armored Car in 2017
The defense against jamming is ensured via a frequency hopping method using a pseudorandom sequence at a speed of 20,000 hops per second.
The SDR platform allows for communication with radio sets of different generations, working on different frequencies and using different protocols.
The radio set supports GLONASS and GPS satellite navigation systems and may be integrated into Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA), which enables the communication with outside parties and facilitates special operations in municipalities that use TETRA.
The IDEX 2017 expo began on Sunday and will continue until Thursday.
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Beware the Predator: Russia to Start Testing Tigr Unmanned Armored Car in 2017
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10:20 20.02.2017(updated 10:21 20.02.2017)Get short URL
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Russia will start testing a new unmanned version of its Tigr armored car, equipped with a 30-millimeter automatic gun, this year, CEO of the vehicle’s developer Military Industrial Company LCC (VPK) Alexander Krasovitsky told Sputnik.
ABU DHABI (Sputnik) – The vehicle was first introduced at the Army-2016 military fair in Russia’s Kubinka near Moscow in September last year.
“At the expo in Kubinka, we realized that the car interested potential customers — we received support from the management of some Russian security forces and continued to work on it [the unmanned Tigr]. I think that this year we will get some funding and will be able to make all the improvements and begin testing the new version of the Tigr," Krasovitskiy said, speaking on the sidelines of the 2017 International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX).
At the same time, the company’s CEO added that a police modification of the car has been in demand in Uruguay. A five-door 10-seat version was specifically developed for the country, he added.
"In the autumn of 2016 we delivered a new batch of Tigr cars to Uruguay — as soon as they were delivered to the customer, they were immediately shown at a local parade of internal troops,” Krasovitsky said, adding that the Latin American country is now in possession of about 10 Tigr cars.
According to Krasovitsky, Slovakia is also interested in buying a new batch of police-modification Tigrs.
“We delivered one vehicle to Slovakia in 2016, and they want more,” the CEO said.
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Krasovitsky recalled that police Tigrs had been bought by 10 foreign countries, and Russia is currently in contact with several more on potential contracts.
The 13th biennial IDEX kicked off on Sunday in the United Arab Emirates' capital of Abu Dhabi and will last through Thursday. The exhibition is the only one in the Middle East to include equipment for land, sea and air troops, traditionally visited by senior government and military officials from around the world.
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10:20 20.02.2017(updated 10:21 20.02.2017)Get short URL
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Russia will start testing a new unmanned version of its Tigr armored car, equipped with a 30-millimeter automatic gun, this year, CEO of the vehicle’s developer Military Industrial Company LCC (VPK) Alexander Krasovitsky told Sputnik.
ABU DHABI (Sputnik) – The vehicle was first introduced at the Army-2016 military fair in Russia’s Kubinka near Moscow in September last year.
“At the expo in Kubinka, we realized that the car interested potential customers — we received support from the management of some Russian security forces and continued to work on it [the unmanned Tigr]. I think that this year we will get some funding and will be able to make all the improvements and begin testing the new version of the Tigr," Krasovitskiy said, speaking on the sidelines of the 2017 International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX).
At the same time, the company’s CEO added that a police modification of the car has been in demand in Uruguay. A five-door 10-seat version was specifically developed for the country, he added.
"In the autumn of 2016 we delivered a new batch of Tigr cars to Uruguay — as soon as they were delivered to the customer, they were immediately shown at a local parade of internal troops,” Krasovitsky said, adding that the Latin American country is now in possession of about 10 Tigr cars.
According to Krasovitsky, Slovakia is also interested in buying a new batch of police-modification Tigrs.
“We delivered one vehicle to Slovakia in 2016, and they want more,” the CEO said.
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Krasovitsky recalled that police Tigrs had been bought by 10 foreign countries, and Russia is currently in contact with several more on potential contracts.
The 13th biennial IDEX kicked off on Sunday in the United Arab Emirates' capital of Abu Dhabi and will last through Thursday. The exhibition is the only one in the Middle East to include equipment for land, sea and air troops, traditionally visited by senior government and military officials from around the world.
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Russia May See Mid-East, African States Queuing for MiG-35 Fighter Jet
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Russia mulls conducting presentations of the MiG-35 multipurpose jet for particular buyers.
ABU DHABI (Sputnik) — The latest Russian advanced MiG-35 multirole fighter jets could be in demand in the Middle East and may soon be presented to a number of potential buyers from the region, Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Deputy Director Alexei Frolkin said Wednesday.
"This jet really has a good prospects in terms of promotion at the foreign markets, including the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Currently we are considering the possibility of conducting a presentation of its technical abilities to particular foreign buyers," Frolkin told reporters at the IDEX-2017 exhibition in the United Arab Emirates.
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Russia Unveils Its Cutting-Edge MiG-35 Multirole Fighter
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The MiG-35 is a multipurpose generation 4++ fighter and an advanced derivative of the original MiG-29 fighter, featuring improved combat capability and flight performance characteristics. It is capable of speeds up to 2,700 kilometers per hour (1,700 miles per hour) and a combat radius of 1,000 kilometers.
Serial purchases of the MiG-35 multirole fighter under the state arms procurement program are expected to begin in 2019, according to the President of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yury Slyusar.
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Russia mulls conducting presentations of the MiG-35 multipurpose jet for particular buyers.
ABU DHABI (Sputnik) — The latest Russian advanced MiG-35 multirole fighter jets could be in demand in the Middle East and may soon be presented to a number of potential buyers from the region, Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Deputy Director Alexei Frolkin said Wednesday.
"This jet really has a good prospects in terms of promotion at the foreign markets, including the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Currently we are considering the possibility of conducting a presentation of its technical abilities to particular foreign buyers," Frolkin told reporters at the IDEX-2017 exhibition in the United Arab Emirates.
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Russia Unveils Its Cutting-Edge MiG-35 Multirole Fighter
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The MiG-35 is a multipurpose generation 4++ fighter and an advanced derivative of the original MiG-29 fighter, featuring improved combat capability and flight performance characteristics. It is capable of speeds up to 2,700 kilometers per hour (1,700 miles per hour) and a combat radius of 1,000 kilometers.
Serial purchases of the MiG-35 multirole fighter under the state arms procurement program are expected to begin in 2019, according to the President of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yury Slyusar.
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Russian Scientists Develop Materials for Energy-Generating Windows
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11:32 18.02.2017(updated 11:38 18.02.2017)Get short URL
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Russian scientists have developed solar concentrators made of fluorescent polymeric materials to turn ordinary windows into solar panels, Russia's Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) reported Thursday.
"Scientists of FEFU's Natural Science School, in cooperation with the Institute of Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, have developed new luminescent polymeric materials, which potentially lead to the creation of energy-generating windows that can convert sunlight into electricity," said the university.
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Russian, Chinese Scientists Team Up to Unravel the Mysteries of Earthquakes
Scientists suggest that the new materials can be used for producing low-cost films, which can be mounted on plain window glass or any other surface where sunlight falls, and collect and convert light into electricity.
"Conventional solar cells are quite expensive, have low diffuse light efficiency and require a large place to set. In contrast, the solar concentrators reduce the demand for photovoltaic inverters, use diffuse light and can be placed on any surface," said Alexander Ridge, one of the project's developers.
This article originally appeared on the Global Times website.
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Russian scientists have developed solar concentrators made of fluorescent polymeric materials to turn ordinary windows into solar panels, Russia's Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) reported Thursday.
"Scientists of FEFU's Natural Science School, in cooperation with the Institute of Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, have developed new luminescent polymeric materials, which potentially lead to the creation of energy-generating windows that can convert sunlight into electricity," said the university.
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Russian, Chinese Scientists Team Up to Unravel the Mysteries of Earthquakes
Scientists suggest that the new materials can be used for producing low-cost films, which can be mounted on plain window glass or any other surface where sunlight falls, and collect and convert light into electricity.
"Conventional solar cells are quite expensive, have low diffuse light efficiency and require a large place to set. In contrast, the solar concentrators reduce the demand for photovoltaic inverters, use diffuse light and can be placed on any surface," said Alexander Ridge, one of the project's developers.
This article originally appeared on the Global Times website.
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Russian Army to Put Into Service Soratnik Combat Robots in 2017
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Russia's advanced military robot "Soratnik" that underwent combat tests in Syria will be put into service with the Russian Armed Forces this year, Kalashnikov manufacturing company CEO Alexei Krivoruchko told Sputnik on Tuesday.
ABU DHABI (Sputnik) — Soratnik was first unveiled at live fire Land Force drills outside Moscow last December.
"What we presented at the Army [2016 forum] was still an experimental model. We are now actively working with the Defense Ministry, finalizing the system and expecting to receive the first serial machine this year," Krivoruchko said at the IDEX-2017 arms fair in the UAE.
Soratnik is a tracked armored vehicle fitted with a computerized control system, as well as detection and surveillance equipment, and can carry a variety of weapon mounts. Furthermore, the vehicle can operate in conjunction with other unmanned vehicles, including UAVs.
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Russia's advanced military robot "Soratnik" that underwent combat tests in Syria will be put into service with the Russian Armed Forces this year, Kalashnikov manufacturing company CEO Alexei Krivoruchko told Sputnik on Tuesday.
ABU DHABI (Sputnik) — Soratnik was first unveiled at live fire Land Force drills outside Moscow last December.
"What we presented at the Army [2016 forum] was still an experimental model. We are now actively working with the Defense Ministry, finalizing the system and expecting to receive the first serial machine this year," Krivoruchko said at the IDEX-2017 arms fair in the UAE.
Soratnik is a tracked armored vehicle fitted with a computerized control system, as well as detection and surveillance equipment, and can carry a variety of weapon mounts. Furthermore, the vehicle can operate in conjunction with other unmanned vehicles, including UAVs.
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Russian, Chinese Scientists Team Up to Unravel the Mysteries of Earthquakes
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The scientists of Russia's Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) will cooperate with Chinese colleagues on forecasting earthquakes and mitigating their consequences, the FEFU said Monday.
VLADIVOSTOK (Sputnik) — The group of researchers will be headed by Nikolai Shestakov, the head of geodesy and land-utilization department of the FEFU Engineering school. The researchers received a grant for the study of modern tectonics and rheological features of the lithosphere in the North-East Asia as a result of the joint competition organized by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
"The issues related to the modern geodynamic and tectonic activity in the south of the region [Far East], the existence of the Amur and Okhotomorsk microplates, the parameters of their rotation, and even the location of the borders of major Eurasian and North American lithospheric plates, are still under-explored. Similar situation is with the northeastern regions of China, bordering the southeastern areas of the Russian Far East," Shestakov said.
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He stressed that joint use of the data and resources obtained by Russian and Chinese scientists would lead to achieving "fundamentally new results."
According to Shestakov, the scientists are exploring the earthquake that took place in Japan on March 11, 2011, followed by a tsunami that hit the Fukushima nuclear power plant, adding that the obtained information would allow to clarify and significantly update the data on the seismic hazard of the southern regions of Russian Far East and the Primorsky Territory, in particular.
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The scientists of Russia's Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) will cooperate with Chinese colleagues on forecasting earthquakes and mitigating their consequences, the FEFU said Monday.
VLADIVOSTOK (Sputnik) — The group of researchers will be headed by Nikolai Shestakov, the head of geodesy and land-utilization department of the FEFU Engineering school. The researchers received a grant for the study of modern tectonics and rheological features of the lithosphere in the North-East Asia as a result of the joint competition organized by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
"The issues related to the modern geodynamic and tectonic activity in the south of the region [Far East], the existence of the Amur and Okhotomorsk microplates, the parameters of their rotation, and even the location of the borders of major Eurasian and North American lithospheric plates, are still under-explored. Similar situation is with the northeastern regions of China, bordering the southeastern areas of the Russian Far East," Shestakov said.
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Seismic Powder Keg: Massive Earthquake Threat Looms Over Istanbul
He stressed that joint use of the data and resources obtained by Russian and Chinese scientists would lead to achieving "fundamentally new results."
According to Shestakov, the scientists are exploring the earthquake that took place in Japan on March 11, 2011, followed by a tsunami that hit the Fukushima nuclear power plant, adding that the obtained information would allow to clarify and significantly update the data on the seismic hazard of the southern regions of Russian Far East and the Primorsky Territory, in particular.
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Will the totally paralyzed communicate with thought power?
February 17, 2017 LYAISAN YUMAZULINA, DARIA SAPRYNSKAYA, SPECIAL TO RBTH
Russian scientists are developing cutting-edge communication technology to help fully paralyzed people communicate, as well as use social networks and even work.
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In order for mental efforts to become a clear command the developers utilize electric detection. NeuroChat goes even further. Source: Getty Images
Approximately 5.4 million Americans, or nearly 1 in 50 U.S. citizens, live with paralysis. The number of such people in Russia is unknown, but each year about 400,000 lose their ability to move after suffering a stroke, traumatic brain injury or other complications.
"The high mortality rates among paralyzed people who suffered a stroke are related to the lack of their motivation to live," said Natalya Galkina, CEO of Neurotrend, the company that developed NeuroChat, a technology for communication among paralyzed people.
The worse paralysis cases are those suffering from ’locked-in syndrome,’ which is when the patient cannot move at all, except blink one’s eyes; meanwhile, mental facilities remain functional. There are an estimated 50,000 cases of locked-in syndrome in the U.S.
Even though bedridden, these people are conscious and feel everything - the air temperature in their room, pain from lying in one position, and they even hear conversations but their mind is a captive in an almost lifeless body.
Jean-Dominique Bauby, the former French editor of Elle, suffered a stroke and was able to write a book in such a condition. He was assisted by a nurse, to whom he slowly recited the letters of the French alphabet. Bauby blinked with his left eye when the nurse pronounced the right letter, which meant "yes." His book, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, was published in 1997.
NeuroChat will give paralyzed people a chance to remain active professionally in programming, translation and literature.
Power of thought
NeuroChat is an interface between the human brain and the computer that is designed to help paralyzed people communicate with the surrounding world.
In order for mental efforts to become a clear command the developers utilize electric detection. For many years it was used in a device, the electroencephalograph, that measures brain activity. NeuroChat, however, goes even further.
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Through a wireless headset the "mental intention" is transferred to a computer via Bluetooth. People have the possibility to express their thoughts both with letters and with symbols. For example, with the help of a symbol one can say, "I feel pain," "I want to eat," and "I'm happy," while words and sentences can be formed with letters.
In early 2017 NeuroChat specialists tested the development on ten paralyzed patients. A user's attention can be distracted because of his condition and his psychological weariness can influence the result, which is why the technology is only 95-percent accurate.
Paralyzed of the world unite
NeuroChat developers believe their technology will help paralyzed people gain access to social networks and email - write messages, send material, and use apps. Moreover, patients from various countries will be able to communicate with each other since the project contains a built-in translation service
"We've been working for 10 years, dealing with several thousand people with heavy motor and speech disorders," said Ruslan Kurbanov, director of social service at the Preodolenie Rehabilitation Center. "In general, patients use the computer and the telephone with their voices, their noses and even their tongues. Thanks to technologies such as NeuroChat people with spinal disorders and paralysis can again become socially active."
When will it be possible?
NeuroChat's scientific consultant and developer, the Laboratory of Neurophysiological and Neuro-computer Interfaces at Moscow State University's Biology Department, has been perfecting the algorithm for the new product.
"In two and a half years we’ll have a 500-piece series ready to be tested," said Alexander Kaplan, head of the MSU laboratory and doctor of biological sciences. "The cost will depend on the material, the functions integrated in the device, as well as the headset with the sensors on the nape and the bio-potential amplifier. The price would start at $100, and it will also be possible to rent the device."
After launching the pilot device NeuroChat's developers plan to conduct tests involving communication between patients from Russia and the Medical School at the University of Southern California.
February 17, 2017 LYAISAN YUMAZULINA, DARIA SAPRYNSKAYA, SPECIAL TO RBTH
Russian scientists are developing cutting-edge communication technology to help fully paralyzed people communicate, as well as use social networks and even work.
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Approximately 5.4 million Americans, or nearly 1 in 50 U.S. citizens, live with paralysis. The number of such people in Russia is unknown, but each year about 400,000 lose their ability to move after suffering a stroke, traumatic brain injury or other complications.
"The high mortality rates among paralyzed people who suffered a stroke are related to the lack of their motivation to live," said Natalya Galkina, CEO of Neurotrend, the company that developed NeuroChat, a technology for communication among paralyzed people.
The worse paralysis cases are those suffering from ’locked-in syndrome,’ which is when the patient cannot move at all, except blink one’s eyes; meanwhile, mental facilities remain functional. There are an estimated 50,000 cases of locked-in syndrome in the U.S.
Even though bedridden, these people are conscious and feel everything - the air temperature in their room, pain from lying in one position, and they even hear conversations but their mind is a captive in an almost lifeless body.
Jean-Dominique Bauby, the former French editor of Elle, suffered a stroke and was able to write a book in such a condition. He was assisted by a nurse, to whom he slowly recited the letters of the French alphabet. Bauby blinked with his left eye when the nurse pronounced the right letter, which meant "yes." His book, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, was published in 1997.
NeuroChat will give paralyzed people a chance to remain active professionally in programming, translation and literature.
Power of thought
NeuroChat is an interface between the human brain and the computer that is designed to help paralyzed people communicate with the surrounding world.
In order for mental efforts to become a clear command the developers utilize electric detection. For many years it was used in a device, the electroencephalograph, that measures brain activity. NeuroChat, however, goes even further.
Siberian scientists discover the depression gene in Europeans
Through a wireless headset the "mental intention" is transferred to a computer via Bluetooth. People have the possibility to express their thoughts both with letters and with symbols. For example, with the help of a symbol one can say, "I feel pain," "I want to eat," and "I'm happy," while words and sentences can be formed with letters.
In early 2017 NeuroChat specialists tested the development on ten paralyzed patients. A user's attention can be distracted because of his condition and his psychological weariness can influence the result, which is why the technology is only 95-percent accurate.
Paralyzed of the world unite
NeuroChat developers believe their technology will help paralyzed people gain access to social networks and email - write messages, send material, and use apps. Moreover, patients from various countries will be able to communicate with each other since the project contains a built-in translation service
"We've been working for 10 years, dealing with several thousand people with heavy motor and speech disorders," said Ruslan Kurbanov, director of social service at the Preodolenie Rehabilitation Center. "In general, patients use the computer and the telephone with their voices, their noses and even their tongues. Thanks to technologies such as NeuroChat people with spinal disorders and paralysis can again become socially active."
When will it be possible?
NeuroChat's scientific consultant and developer, the Laboratory of Neurophysiological and Neuro-computer Interfaces at Moscow State University's Biology Department, has been perfecting the algorithm for the new product.
"In two and a half years we’ll have a 500-piece series ready to be tested," said Alexander Kaplan, head of the MSU laboratory and doctor of biological sciences. "The cost will depend on the material, the functions integrated in the device, as well as the headset with the sensors on the nape and the bio-potential amplifier. The price would start at $100, and it will also be possible to rent the device."
After launching the pilot device NeuroChat's developers plan to conduct tests involving communication between patients from Russia and the Medical School at the University of Southern California.
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Russian scientists offer drug addicts hope for a new life
February 14, 2017 OLGA DOBROVIDOVA, SPECIAL TO RBTH
Several Russian research teams are working on new medication to end the scourge of drug dependence. This potential breakthrough could block the influence of drugs on the brain, such as the feeling of pleasure.
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The RAS Institute of Physiologically Active Substances designed a compound that blocks opioids such as heroin and morphine from ever reaching the brain. Source: Getty Images
Almost six percent of Russia’s population, or 8.5 million people, are drug addicts according to official government statistics. About 90 percent use heroin occasionally, making Russia the world’s per capita leader for this drug.
The RAS Institute of Physiologically Active Substances designed a compound that blocks opioids such as heroin and morphine from ever reaching the brain. Marina Myagkova, who heads the research project, said the new molecule works in the bloodstream to create opioid-specific antibodies that will stop the joyful, euphoric effects sought by people who abuse drugs.
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“It’s a new generation of drugs, with no analog on the market,” said Myagkova. “There are institutions doing similar work abroad, all of them in the early stages of research and development.”
The new medication will work like a vaccine that lasts for up to a year, requiring revaccination every six months for sustained results. The researchers have one peer-reviewed paper published in 2016, and they also have a patent.
Preclinical trials will start later this year, and if successful researchers hope to move to clinical trials in 2019 in partnership with a pharmaceutical company. “If all stages are successful, the drug may be available in 2023,” said Myagkova.
Myagkova’s project, however, is not the first of its kind in Russia, said Natalia Gamaleya, head of the immunochemistry lab at the Narcology Research Institute, adding that the immunological approach to treatment is a feasible one, but similar research has been ongoing at her institution since 2011. Her lab has its own ‘vaccine’ compound patent, issued in 2015, and preclinical trials are already underway.
Other medical professionals have doubted the efficacy of this proposed treatment strategy, saying any drug-based intervention would likely only have a temporary effect, and there would still be a need for psychotherapy.
The World Health Organization's guidelines on treatment of opioid dependence state that no single treatment is effective for all individuals, and rather, “diverse treatment options are needed, including psychosocial approaches and pharmacological treatment.”
February 14, 2017 OLGA DOBROVIDOVA, SPECIAL TO RBTH
Several Russian research teams are working on new medication to end the scourge of drug dependence. This potential breakthrough could block the influence of drugs on the brain, such as the feeling of pleasure.
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The RAS Institute of Physiologically Active Substances designed a compound that blocks opioids such as heroin and morphine from ever reaching the brain. Source: Getty Images
Almost six percent of Russia’s population, or 8.5 million people, are drug addicts according to official government statistics. About 90 percent use heroin occasionally, making Russia the world’s per capita leader for this drug.
The RAS Institute of Physiologically Active Substances designed a compound that blocks opioids such as heroin and morphine from ever reaching the brain. Marina Myagkova, who heads the research project, said the new molecule works in the bloodstream to create opioid-specific antibodies that will stop the joyful, euphoric effects sought by people who abuse drugs.
Not a ‘Western disease’ after all: How HIV appeared in the USSR
“It’s a new generation of drugs, with no analog on the market,” said Myagkova. “There are institutions doing similar work abroad, all of them in the early stages of research and development.”
The new medication will work like a vaccine that lasts for up to a year, requiring revaccination every six months for sustained results. The researchers have one peer-reviewed paper published in 2016, and they also have a patent.
Preclinical trials will start later this year, and if successful researchers hope to move to clinical trials in 2019 in partnership with a pharmaceutical company. “If all stages are successful, the drug may be available in 2023,” said Myagkova.
Myagkova’s project, however, is not the first of its kind in Russia, said Natalia Gamaleya, head of the immunochemistry lab at the Narcology Research Institute, adding that the immunological approach to treatment is a feasible one, but similar research has been ongoing at her institution since 2011. Her lab has its own ‘vaccine’ compound patent, issued in 2015, and preclinical trials are already underway.
Other medical professionals have doubted the efficacy of this proposed treatment strategy, saying any drug-based intervention would likely only have a temporary effect, and there would still be a need for psychotherapy.
The World Health Organization's guidelines on treatment of opioid dependence state that no single treatment is effective for all individuals, and rather, “diverse treatment options are needed, including psychosocial approaches and pharmacological treatment.”
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An international team of scientists under discovered that entropy can decrease in quantum systems
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MOSCOW, February 7. /TASS/ The law of non-decrease of entropy in closed systems, which is one of the formulations of the second law of thermodynamics, can be broken, said the press service of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT).
Scientists uncover Maxwell's demon
An international team of scientists under the guidance of Gordey Lesovik, Chief Researcher at MIPT’s Laboratory of Quantum Theory of Information and the L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences discovered that entropy can decrease in quantum systems. The results of the study have been published in the journal Scientific Reports from the Nature publishing group.
"We have discovered Maxwell's demon which can reduce the entropy in the system," Lesovik said.
Maxwell's demon is a mythic creature invented by British physicist James Clerk Maxwell in the second half of the 19th century in order to explain the paradox of the second law of thermodynamics. The demon should increase the orderliness of a system which by itself cannot grow in the isolated system according to the laws of physics.
New round of experiments in store
In the 1870s, Ludwig Boltzmann formulated the principle of growth of entropy (disorder) in his H-theorem which postulated that the value of entropy in a closed system can only increase or remain constant. For a long time, this theorem could not be proven in the framework of traditional statistical physics without additional restrictions. After establishing quantum mechanics, scientists suggested that the H-theorem was rooted in the quantum world. In the quantum theory of information, the important results were obtained which describe conditions when the entropy of a system does not diminish.
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The group led by Lesovik first formulated the H-theorem in the language of quantum physics and for several years had tried to find proof of that theorem. As a result, the researchers uncovered conditions when the second law of thermodynamics can be locally breached. This can happen in quantum systems of relatively small but macroscopic size measuring a few centimeters or even meters.
The notable difference between the classical and quantum approach is that in classical physics, the decrease of entropy is connected to the transmission of heat energy while in the quantum world, the reduction of entropy can take place without energy transfer but due to quantum entanglement.
According to Lesovik, the researchers are planning to perform experiments in the near future to verify the effect. Such experiments will open the door to creating a new type of quantum coolers and power generators.
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An international team of scientists under discovered that entropy can decrease in quantum systems
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MOSCOW, February 7. /TASS/ The law of non-decrease of entropy in closed systems, which is one of the formulations of the second law of thermodynamics, can be broken, said the press service of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT).
Scientists uncover Maxwell's demon
An international team of scientists under the guidance of Gordey Lesovik, Chief Researcher at MIPT’s Laboratory of Quantum Theory of Information and the L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences discovered that entropy can decrease in quantum systems. The results of the study have been published in the journal Scientific Reports from the Nature publishing group.
"We have discovered Maxwell's demon which can reduce the entropy in the system," Lesovik said.
Maxwell's demon is a mythic creature invented by British physicist James Clerk Maxwell in the second half of the 19th century in order to explain the paradox of the second law of thermodynamics. The demon should increase the orderliness of a system which by itself cannot grow in the isolated system according to the laws of physics.
New round of experiments in store
In the 1870s, Ludwig Boltzmann formulated the principle of growth of entropy (disorder) in his H-theorem which postulated that the value of entropy in a closed system can only increase or remain constant. For a long time, this theorem could not be proven in the framework of traditional statistical physics without additional restrictions. After establishing quantum mechanics, scientists suggested that the H-theorem was rooted in the quantum world. In the quantum theory of information, the important results were obtained which describe conditions when the entropy of a system does not diminish.
READ ALSO
Defective diamonds open route to ultrapower quantum computers
The group led by Lesovik first formulated the H-theorem in the language of quantum physics and for several years had tried to find proof of that theorem. As a result, the researchers uncovered conditions when the second law of thermodynamics can be locally breached. This can happen in quantum systems of relatively small but macroscopic size measuring a few centimeters or even meters.
The notable difference between the classical and quantum approach is that in classical physics, the decrease of entropy is connected to the transmission of heat energy while in the quantum world, the reduction of entropy can take place without energy transfer but due to quantum entanglement.
According to Lesovik, the researchers are planning to perform experiments in the near future to verify the effect. Such experiments will open the door to creating a new type of quantum coolers and power generators.
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February 17, 8:50UTC+3
The specialists will develop and test new tools to diagnose and prevent dangerous infectious diseases, according to the Russian health watchdog
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Russian Ebola vaccine passes clinical trials, health watchdog says
MOSCOW, February 17. /TASS/. Russian epidemiologists will study the Ebola virus and yellow fever at the Russia-Guinea Research Center for Epidemiology and Prevention of Infectious Diseases established in Guinea’s Kindia region. The Russian delegation led by Anna Popova, head of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor), took part in the opening ceremony, the Russian health watchdog said in a statement on its website on Friday.
"Rospotrebnadzor will study special aspects of the dissemination of dangerous natural focal infections (Ebola, Lassa, yellow fever, malaria, West Nile fever) on the basis of the center in Guinea, develop and test new tools to diagnose and prevent dangerous infectious diseases that pose a threat not only to Guinea but to the whole world as well," the statement said.
The idea of establishing the center appeared after the completion of measures to eliminate the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea with the assistance of Rospotrebnadzor experts. Both Russian and Guinean specialists trained in Russia will be involved in studying the viruses.
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The specialists will develop and test new tools to diagnose and prevent dangerous infectious diseases, according to the Russian health watchdog
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MOSCOW, February 17. /TASS/. Russian epidemiologists will study the Ebola virus and yellow fever at the Russia-Guinea Research Center for Epidemiology and Prevention of Infectious Diseases established in Guinea’s Kindia region. The Russian delegation led by Anna Popova, head of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor), took part in the opening ceremony, the Russian health watchdog said in a statement on its website on Friday.
"Rospotrebnadzor will study special aspects of the dissemination of dangerous natural focal infections (Ebola, Lassa, yellow fever, malaria, West Nile fever) on the basis of the center in Guinea, develop and test new tools to diagnose and prevent dangerous infectious diseases that pose a threat not only to Guinea but to the whole world as well," the statement said.
The idea of establishing the center appeared after the completion of measures to eliminate the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea with the assistance of Rospotrebnadzor experts. Both Russian and Guinean specialists trained in Russia will be involved in studying the viruses.
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February 17, 16:23UTC+3
The experiments were performed in Switzerland where gaseous water molecules were irradiated with X-rays arising from the synchrotron
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MOSCOW, February 17. /TASS/ An international research team together with the participation of scientists from the Siberian Federal University (SFU) demonstrated that a distinct vibrational motion can be separated from the whole ensemble of molecular vibrations by means of X-ray irradiation, the SFU’s press-service announced. In the long run, this cutting-edge approach might be applied for precise control of chemical reactions.
"The possibility of manipulating such motions, and in particular the extraction of unique types of motions is a key prerequisite to understanding and controlling molecular reactions," said Viktor Kimberg, a coauthor of the study, and research assistant at SFU’s Laboratory of Non-Linear Optics and Spectroscopy.
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Even very simple molecules such as water are constantly moving in a very complicated way. Their atoms oscillate in different directions with different frequencies called vibrational modes, while the net motion is built up from these various vibrational modes and often referred to as a "molecular dance."
Physicists from Germany, Sweden, Russia, Switzerland, and Brazil mastered the separation techniques of particular modes from the molecular dance by using of the effect of the space gate, the localization of distinct vibrational states due to X-ray scattering. The experiments were performed in Switzerland where gaseous water molecules were irradiated with X-rays arising from the synchrotron. Consequently, following the appropriate treatment, the X-ray scattering spectra on distinct vibrational modes were analyzed.
The study’s results were published in the prominent journal, Nature Communications. The scientists comment that the developed mechanism is applicable for precise control of chemical reactions and can potentially be used for more complex photochemical and biophysical systems. In the near future, the new method is scheduled to be tested on water molecules in the liquid phase
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The experiments were performed in Switzerland where gaseous water molecules were irradiated with X-rays arising from the synchrotron
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MOSCOW, February 17. /TASS/ An international research team together with the participation of scientists from the Siberian Federal University (SFU) demonstrated that a distinct vibrational motion can be separated from the whole ensemble of molecular vibrations by means of X-ray irradiation, the SFU’s press-service announced. In the long run, this cutting-edge approach might be applied for precise control of chemical reactions.
"The possibility of manipulating such motions, and in particular the extraction of unique types of motions is a key prerequisite to understanding and controlling molecular reactions," said Viktor Kimberg, a coauthor of the study, and research assistant at SFU’s Laboratory of Non-Linear Optics and Spectroscopy.
READ ALSO
Physicists discover way to speed up computers using T-rays
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for 'design and synthesis of molecular machines'
Russian scientists develop new sensor that can ‘sniff out’ single molecule of explosives
Russian scientists develop model to predict influence of simple molecules on plants
Russian scientists synthesize new molecules with anticancer and antioxidant activity
Even very simple molecules such as water are constantly moving in a very complicated way. Their atoms oscillate in different directions with different frequencies called vibrational modes, while the net motion is built up from these various vibrational modes and often referred to as a "molecular dance."
Physicists from Germany, Sweden, Russia, Switzerland, and Brazil mastered the separation techniques of particular modes from the molecular dance by using of the effect of the space gate, the localization of distinct vibrational states due to X-ray scattering. The experiments were performed in Switzerland where gaseous water molecules were irradiated with X-rays arising from the synchrotron. Consequently, following the appropriate treatment, the X-ray scattering spectra on distinct vibrational modes were analyzed.
The study’s results were published in the prominent journal, Nature Communications. The scientists comment that the developed mechanism is applicable for precise control of chemical reactions and can potentially be used for more complex photochemical and biophysical systems. In the near future, the new method is scheduled to be tested on water molecules in the liquid phase
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February 08, 12:17UTC+3
The multi-layered medium consists of photosensitive data-storing layers and polymer-based layers that direct and spread the light of the reading laser
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MOSCOW, February 8. /TASS/. Ruselectronics, part of Russia’s hi-tech corporation Rostec, has developed an optical data storage medium comprising substances of vegetative origin to excel CD, DVD and BluRay formats, the company’s press office told TASS.
The multi-layered medium consists of photosensitive data-storing layers and polymer-based layers that direct and spread the light of the reading laser.
"Chromone-class phenolic compounds originating in plants are used to form functional photosensitive layers," Ruselectronics said.
"The data storage media that have been developed excel the existing CD, DVD and BluRay formats by the storage volume, the efficiency of the method and the speed of reading," the company said.
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The new medium in the form of a compact disc can store up to 1 terabyte of information and read data at a speed of 12 gigabits per second while a standard BluRay disc can contain a maximum of 50 gigabytes and offer a data reading speed of 576 megabits per second.
The principle of storing data on a vegetative medium will differ from the method used in existing optical discs. For example, the laser can store information on DVDs by burning some areas in the disc (the so-called pits). Requirements exist for the minimum size limit of pits, as well as restrictions for the number of the disc’s layers.
New data media that will be produced at the Central R&D Technological Institute Technomash will store data through the ability of the chromones to change their properties (they start to glow) under the impact of light of certain intensity. Such a disc can contain a far greater number of data-storing layers
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http://tass.com/science/929677
February 08, 12:17UTC+3
The multi-layered medium consists of photosensitive data-storing layers and polymer-based layers that direct and spread the light of the reading laser
Share
143
© Sergei Konkov/TASS
MOSCOW, February 8. /TASS/. Ruselectronics, part of Russia’s hi-tech corporation Rostec, has developed an optical data storage medium comprising substances of vegetative origin to excel CD, DVD and BluRay formats, the company’s press office told TASS.
The multi-layered medium consists of photosensitive data-storing layers and polymer-based layers that direct and spread the light of the reading laser.
"Chromone-class phenolic compounds originating in plants are used to form functional photosensitive layers," Ruselectronics said.
"The data storage media that have been developed excel the existing CD, DVD and BluRay formats by the storage volume, the efficiency of the method and the speed of reading," the company said.
READ ALSO
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The new medium in the form of a compact disc can store up to 1 terabyte of information and read data at a speed of 12 gigabits per second while a standard BluRay disc can contain a maximum of 50 gigabytes and offer a data reading speed of 576 megabits per second.
The principle of storing data on a vegetative medium will differ from the method used in existing optical discs. For example, the laser can store information on DVDs by burning some areas in the disc (the so-called pits). Requirements exist for the minimum size limit of pits, as well as restrictions for the number of the disc’s layers.
New data media that will be produced at the Central R&D Technological Institute Technomash will store data through the ability of the chromones to change their properties (they start to glow) under the impact of light of certain intensity. Such a disc can contain a far greater number of data-storing layers
More:
http://tass.com/science/929677
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