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NASA discovers water on sunlit surface of moon

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the moon, the agency announced on Monday.

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27.10.2020 19:30

Scientists find potential new organs inside human head

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM A group of Dutch researchers has discovered what may be a previously unidentified set of organs inside the human head.

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21.10.2020 16:35

Soyuz manned spacecraft docks to space station, setting record by speed of flight

BAIKONUR. KAZINFORM The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft with three crew members reached the International Space Station (ISS) under the two-orbit scheme for the first time, setting a record by the speed of flight to the orbital outpost, Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said in a live broadcast on Wednesday.

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14.10.2020 19:36

Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Milgrom, Wilson

ANKARA. KAZINFORM The 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been jointly awarded to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson «for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats,» the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Monday.

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12.10.2020 20:09

Abai is the mirror of Kazakh civilization, view

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Abai is the mirror of Kazakh civilization, head of the Kazakh Language and Turkology Faculty at Nazarbayev University, professor Uli Schamiloglu told Abai and Humanism international forum devoted to the 175th anniversary of great poet and philosopher.

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08.10.2020 20:39

Antibodies to COVID-19 mostly developed by 18-45 age group, medical company says

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Over half of people of 18-45 years of age, tested by the Invitro medical company, have antibodies to the coronavirus, the company’s statement said.

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01.10.2020 22:17

UNESCO and Open Science: regional consultation for Eastern Europe

ALMATY. KAZINFORM To build a global consensus on Open Science, and in line with the decision taken by the UNESCO General Conference in November 2019, the development of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science relies on an inclusive, transparent and consultative process involving all countries and stakeholders and taking stock of the different regional perspectives.

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01.10.2020 20:56

Kazakhstani scientists develop bio-compatible surgical and dental glue

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Kazakhstani scientists developed a technology to make bio-compatible surgical and dental glue, the Science Committee of the Kazakh Education and Science Ministry reports.

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29.09.2020 21:29

UAE's first environmental nanosatellite to launch today

ABU DHABI. KAZINFORM The United Arab Emirates will launch today its first environmental nanosatellite which was developed by students of Khalifa University, KU, and the American University of Ras Al Khaima, AURAK.

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28.09.2020 19:31

New solar cycle has begun, NASA announces

WASHINGTON DC. KAZINFORM Solar Cycle 25, a new phase in the polarity of the Sun that will determine changes in space weather and will last the next 11 years, has begun and is predicted to be as calm as the last, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported on Tuesday.

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16.09.2020 19:18

Kazakhstan to support budding scientists

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – The Government of Kazakhstan is set to allocate 1,000 grants for budding scientists, Deputy Prime Minister Yeraly Tugzhanov said Thursday.

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03.09.2020 12:44

Polar Urals’ glacier melts away

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Moscow State University's (MSU) glacier, which in the middle of the 20th century was announced the Urals’ longest and second biggest glacier, melted away, press service of the government of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region said, commenting on results of the expedition to the Polar Urals’ glaciers, organized by the Research Center for Arctic Studies and MSU.

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03.09.2020 11:13

Russia to launch Soyuz MS-17 crewed spacecraft to orbital outpost on October 14

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM The launch of a Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft with three crewmembers to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for October 14, Russia’s Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center announced on Wednesday.

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19.08.2020 19:39

Kazakhstan's coronavirus vaccine undergoes trials

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - Many countries across the world have accelerated the development of vaccines against the COVID-19 coronavirus infection due to the pandemic, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan reports.

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30.07.2020 14:02

Russia to have anti-COVID vaccine enough for mass vaccination in early 2021

MALENKOYE VILLAGE. KAZINFORM - Russia will be able to manufacture anti-coronavirus vaccine enough to carry out mass vaccination by the beginning of 2021, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeyev said on Monday.

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28.07.2020 10:15

Progress MS-15 resupply ship takes off Baikonur cosmodrome

BAIKONUR. KAZINFORM - Today, at 08:26 p.m. Nur-Sultan time the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-15 resupply ship was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome site No. 31 to the International Space Station (ISS), Kazinform correspondent reports.

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23.07.2020 21:24

COVID-19 pandemic won’t be over by New Year’s eve, academician says

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - A member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, advisor to the scientific director of the Russian consumer watchdog’s Central Research Institute of Epidemiology Viktor Maleyev thinks that the coronavirus pandemic won’t be over soon judging by the worldwide incidence growth.

Coronavirus

22.07.2020 15:53

Prominent Kazakh chemist Yedil Yergozhin dies

ALMATY. KAZINFORM - Yedil Yergozhin, a renowned Kazakhstani chemist, doctor of science, professor, has passed away today, Kazinform has learnt from the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan.

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09.07.2020 12:55

Pluto’s icy crust may be hiding ocean

ANKARA. KAZINFORM Pluto may have started off as a hot place which formed rapidly and violently and may have an ocean under its icy crust, according to a study published this week.

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24.06.2020 10:17

Scientists reveal mechanisms between men’s and women’s immune response to COVID-19

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM - Scientists from Yale University observed reactions of the immune system of men and women to the coronavirus infection, and discovered that T cells, the main «conductors» of the immunity, react to the infection much stronger in the weaker sex; this might explain high COVID-19 incidence in men, the researchers say in their study, whose preliminary results are available on the medRxiv website.

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11.06.2020 12:08

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