Russia pulls out of Antarctic station

Time Out for Station Identification

LoRa Mobile-To-Base-Station Channel Characterization in the Antarctic

Antarctic conditions demand that wireless sensor nodes are operational all year round and that they provide a large communication range of several tens of kilometers. LoRa technology operating in sub-GHz frequency bands implements these wireless links with minimal power consumption. The employed chirp spread spectrum modulation provides a large link budget, combined with the excellent radio-wav...

Endocytosis pulls Notch apart

N otch's neighbors are tearing it apart. On page 445, Nichols et al. show that endocytosis of a ligand on one cell pulls apart its Notch receptor on an adjacent cell, leaving behind an activation-susceptible receptor remnant. Dormant Notch on the cell surface must be cleaved into a free intra-cellular domain that can travel to the nucleus to activate gene expression. Three proteases are known t...

Protection of Antarctic microbial communities – ‘out of sight, out of mind’

Recent advances in molecular biology techniques have shown the presence of diverse microbial communities and endemic species in Antarctica. Endemic microbes may be a potential source of novel biotechnologically important compounds, including, for example, new antibiotics. Thus, the scientific and biotechnological value of Antarctic terrestrial microbial habitats can be compromised by human visi...

the foreign policy of russia toward caucasus 2000-2008

after the soviet union dissolution, a chaotic period was begun in the russia. russia lost its glory and felt disgrace. the first group of elites came to power under yeltsin; they tried to re-define russia’s identity as a european country and build a foreign policy on this baseline. therefore russia tried to become closer with the west especially with the u.s. according to their view the sovie...