St Petersburg university tests seed coating that boosts wheat yields
Russian chemists have developed a chitosan and glyoxal treatment that, in the laboratory, raised wheat productivity more than 1.5-fold and lowered the risk of disease.
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Ancient DNA reveals extinct yak relative in Siberia
An international team has identified, from bone fragments found in Denisova Cave, a previously unknown bovine that lived in southern Siberia for hundreds of thousands of years.
Daniil Medvedev beats Rublev in Hangzhou for third title of the season
The Russian player defeated compatriot Andrey Rublev 7-5, 6-4 with 23 aces to claim the 24th title of his career.
Russian physicists get nanowires to grow vertically on silicon with a simple technique
A porous silicon layer made it possible to orient gallium nitride nanowires, which then emitted more than three times as much light, an advance useful for micro-LEDs and nanolasers.
Medieval pendant with warrior saint and serpent figure found in northern Russia
An 11th-century piece found in Staraya Russa combines the image of a possible warrior saint with a Medusa-like figure.