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The article focuses on the impact a Russian amended law concerning state secrets is having on science publishing by Russian scientists. It states President Vladimir Putin used a decree in May 2015 expanding the scope of a law requiring scientists get permission from the Federal Security Service prior to publishing results which could have industrial or military applications. It reports Russian universities are requiring scientists seek approval to the publication of any findings without exception.

US universities are leading the way in technology commercialization, while universities in Russia lag far behind. This paper discusses the best American practices, as well as the main issues of technology commercialization at the US universities. As an example, we consider the experience of the University of Maryland, College Park. In the next section, we turn to technology commercialization in Russia, where it struggles for several reasons. In this paper, we propose that Russia can improve its technology commercialization by studying the example of the leading US entrepreneurial universities and implementing proper procedures. And the important overarching point is that Russian universities need to improve their collaboration with industry, and they need to develop new standards of administrative, research, and business activity that will promote innovation and entrepreneurship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is focused on the dynamics of publication activity of medical universities in Russian Federation over the period of 1996–2019. Based on the number of publications indexed in Scopus database, 28 institutions that have made significant contribution were selected for analysis. Overall, Russian medical universities have demonstrated rapid growth of publication activity over the recent years. Several typical growth patterns were identified, that are shared by the majority of institutions. These patterns were found to be independent of funding and number of staff, or geographic location, and most likely reflect the impact of individual institutional policy in the field of scientific research. Additionally, we investigated the structure of total scholarly output of each institution in terms of scientific fields, frequency of international collaborations, and publication language, all of which have demonstrated significant variability. The dynamics of citation was also analyzed. While medical universities in Russian Federation make advances in terms of publication activity, the citation profile is yet to improve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the achievements of Vadim Mikhailovich Ivanov, doctor of chemistry and professor at the Division of Analytical Chemistry of Moscow State University in Russia, in the observance of his 70th birthday on July 16, 2006. Books written by Ivanov include the "Handbook of the Analytical Chemistry of Rare Elements." His research interests include the theory of action and applications of organic analytical reagents. Professor Ivanov's papers have received prizes from the Mendeleev Russian Chemical Society.

The article focuses on souring relations between Russia and Western countries and how Russian President Vladimir Putin's isolationism and anti-Western rhetoric may negatively impact Russian science. It states Russian research institutes and universities have started to instruct scientists to gain permission from the Federal Security Services prior to submitting papers or giving talks at scientific conferences. It mentions concerns of foreign-funded foundations they could be placed on a list of undesirable organizations.

The article focuses on the achievements of Boris Vladimirovich L'vov, head of the Division of Analytical Chemistry at the Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University in Russia, in the observance of his 75th birthday on July 9, 2006. He is considered the father of electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. Awards received by Professor L'vov include the Talanta Gold Medal in 1974 and the Premium of James Waters Symposium in 1991.

The article profiles Yurii Markovich Dedkov, professor and head of the Division of General and Inorganic Chemistry of Moscow State Regional University in Russia. Dedkov began his scientific activity as a student at the Moscow State Academy of Chemical Technology. He delivered his first scientific report to a scientific conference of undergraduate and graduate students in 1956. He has made a significant contribution to the theory of the development of organic reagents for spectrophotometry.

We replicate the strategy-method experiment by Fischbacher et al. (Econ. Lett. 71:397–404, ) developed to measure attitudes towards cooperation in a one-shot public goods game. We collected data from 160 students at four different universities across urban and rural Russia. Using the classification proposed by Fischbacher et al. () we find that the distribution of types is very similar across the four locations. The share of conditional cooperators in our Russian subject pools is comparable to the one found by Fischbacher et al. in a Swiss subject pool. However, the distribution of the other types differs from the one found in Switzerland. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the analytical chemistry in the context of the general situation in Russian Science. Researchers of the Nizhni Novgorod University and the Institute of High-Purity Substances of the Russian Academy of Sciences have developed a method of impurity preconcentration by microdrop extraction. Researchers of the Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences have proposed methods for the quantitative X-ray fluorescence analysis.

The article profiles Valerii Nikolaevich Maistrenko, who is to celebrate his 60th birthday on September 8, 2007. He was born in the settlement of Novikovka in Bashkortostan, Russia. He graduated from the Department of Chemistry at Bashkir State University in 1970. He is a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences and honored scientist of the Republic of Bashkortostan. He is also a professor and a doctor of chemistry, and director of the Research Institute for Life Safety in Ufa.

The article profiles Vyacheslav Isaakovich Vershinin, professor and head of the Division of Analytical Chemistry of Omsk State University in Russia. Vershinin is a leading specialist in organic analysis, mathematical and computational methods of analysis, and the methodology of teaching analytical chemistry. He graduated from the Chemistry Department of Dnepropetrovsk State University. Vershinin's scientific interests formed under the influence of academician K. B. Yatsimirskii.

The article presents information on the 10th International Conference of Students and Postgraduate Students on Fundamental Sciences called Lomonosov 2003. At almost every faculty of Moscow University, a corresponding scientific section works at the conference; the section consists of subsections corresponding to the main scientific lines of the faculty. The fraction of participants from other countries has increased constantly. The participants of the conference not only present their scientific results and exchange opinions but also learn how to make reports properly.