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Scientists create artificial skin that emulates human touch
According to experts, the artificial skin is "smarter and similar to human skin." It also offers greater sensitivity and resolution than current commercially available techniques. A group of Chinese and American scientists created experimental sensors to give robots artificial skin capable of feeling. According to experts, the sensitivity is comparable to that experinced by humans. ...
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Putins letter to Obama covers all hot issues Kremlin
Nearly all hot topics on Russia-US relations have been mentioned in a letter sent by President Vladimir Putin to his US counterpart Barack Obama, the Kremlin said Friday.According to presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, Putin stressed in his letter that Moscow's vision on issues concerning the missile defense, Syria, Iran and the Korean Peninsula differed from Washington's ...
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North Koreas bid to return to n-talks welcomed by Moscow
Moscow, May 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia regards as a "positive development" reports that North Korea is willing to return to six-party talks on the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, a Russian diplomat said. China's Xinhua news agency and South Korea's Yonhap reported Friday that Choe Ryong Hae, a special envoy for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, met Chinese ...
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Syrian terrorists confess to murder and kidnapping of civilians
A member of a terrorist group in Syria has confessed to killing and kidnapping civilians and theft of public and private institutions, it was announced on Sunday on the Syrian official news agency, SANA. Linda Ataolá confessed after surrendering to Syrian security forces in the district of Ghoiran, in the northeastern city of ...
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Climate change should reduce variety of plants and animals
The main effects, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change, should be felt in the Amazon, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central America and Australia. Half of the common species of plants and animals can suffer a significant decline in their habitat due to climate change in the coming decades, warns a study published on Sunday and published in the journal, Nature Climate Change. According ...
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Damascus willing to attend peace talks Moscow says
/enpproperty--> Damascus has agreed "in principle" to attend a conference proposed by Russia and the United States on ending Syria's civil conflict, Russia's foreign ministry said on Friday. It was the first confirmation that President Bashar al-Assad's government would be willing to take part in the talks with the opposition. But despite the announcement ...
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Russia relocating cosmodrome
The new Vostochny Cosmodrome to be constructed in Amur Oblast will save money and provide long-term stimulus to the province’s local economy, according to early material released to Russia news media detailing the government’s plans for the new site.
Russia has a long history of manned space flight and continues to operate one of the most advanced spaceports in the world. Our Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan remains the largest operational space launch facility in the world and was also the first in the world to be constructed and made operational. Read more
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