The council of chief designers engaged in the space field in Russia is opening today in Zheleznogorsk in the south-east of the country.

A diet rich in the vitamin folate may protect men against producing abnormal sperm and children with genetic abnormalities, a study suggests.

United Nations Association of Russia (UNA-Russia) jointly with Moscow State Institute of International Relation (University) annually hold educational theoretical and practical program “Moscow International Model United Nations”. On April 14-18, 2008 for the eighteenth time in its history delegates from all over Russia and foreign countries will gather within the walls of MGIMO to impersonate into real diplomats discussing current global affairs from the their states’ point of view.

The launch of the Ariane 5 rocket carrier with a European automatic cargo spacecraft has become “a major contribution of Europe” to the International Space Station (ISS) programme, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday.

Moving nuclear material is a dangerous job. Apart from a number of technical requirements, anti-terrorist measures also need to be put in place. Russia and the U.S. have developed a joint transportation system which can monitor every movement of such sensitive cargo to ensure security.

A new study finds that aromatherapy has nothing to do with physical healing, but achieves much when it comes to moral and emotional well-being.

Our level of happiness throughout life is strongly influenced by the genes with which we were born, say experts.

The row over the origins of "Hobbit" fossils found on the Indonesian island of Flores has taken a new twist.

Researchers have warned that winter sports tourism is raising stress levels among rare capercaillie birds.

The first flight by a commercial airline to be powered partly by biofuel has taken place.