Science and engineering

Dysfunction of the TP53 gene, which is responsible for stunting and cell division during damage or stress, is the main cause of cancer. This is stated in the results of a study published on the EurekAlert! Portal. 

The Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (TsNIItochmash, part of Rostec) received a patent for the invention of modular firearms

The development from Husqvarna was given the name “Wild Clara”, which she acquired during the experiments on setting the maximum speed.

The Ministry of Agriculture, concerned about the dependence of Russian chicken producers on imported breeding material, offers to breed a new breed

Specialists of Avialesokhrana began to artificially rain in the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Irkutsk Region to combat forest fires. This was reported on the website of the institution.

The chance of death from tuberculosis decreased by 3.8 times from 2005 to 2018, according to the report “The epidemic situation of tuberculosis in Russia in 2018”

The last day of July in Moscow became the coldest in at least 70 years, an employee of the Phobos weather center Mikhail Leus told the media.

The development of a robot to help astronauts in outer space under the Cosmorobot project has been suspended due to the sequestration of the Roskosmos budget, and work will not resume in the near future.