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Новости за 02.08.2024

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Kremlin acknowledges intelligence operatives among the Russians who were freed in swap

New details have emerged on the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with the Kremlin acknowledging for the first time that some of the Russians held in the West were from its security services. Families of freed dissidents, meanwhile, expressed their joy at the surprise release. President Vladimir Putin embraced each of the eight Russian returnees at a Moscow Airport and promised them state awards. Among them was Vadim Krasikov, a Russian assassin who was serving a life sentence in Germany... Читать дальше...

Cyprus Mail 

Larnaca mayor pleased with port and marina project split

Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras on Friday expressed his “satisfaction” with the government’s announcement from the previous day that the development of the town’s port and marina will now be split into two projects. “The announcements made yesterday by the transport minister [Alexis Vafeades] fully satisfy the municipality and the city’s other bodies, since what we […]

Phys.org 

Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' larger than average, scientists find

NOAA-supported scientists have announced that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"—an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life—is approximately 6,705 square miles, the 12th largest zone on record in 38 years of measurement. This figure equates to more than 4 million acres of habitat potentially unavailable to fish and bottom species, an area roughly the size of New Jersey.

Phys.org 

Researchers demonstrate mechanism that may have stabilized the first RNA molecules

The origins of life remain a major mystery. How were complex molecules able to form and remain intact for prolonged periods without disintegrating? A team at ORIGINS, a Munich-based Cluster of Excellence, has demonstrated a mechanism that could have enabled the first RNA molecules to stabilize in the primordial soup.