Category: World

In the United States, scientists have created a knife made of wood, which is three times sharper than stainless steel devices made of wood. The products created using the new technology turned out to be three times sharper than knives made of stainless steel familiar to humans, reports EurekAlert. Chemists from the University of Maryland in the United States have removed from the tree its “weak part” that makes it soft – hemicellulose and lignin. – retaining the structure of cellulose, making it 23 times stronger. It is noted that after the removal of lignin, the wood became more flexible and brittle, but this problem was solved by pressing the material at a high temperature. Finally, specialists coated the finished material with mineral oil to prevent water from absorbing into the wood. As a result, cutlery was made from the treated wood, with which they repeatedly cut medium-rare steaks and

In the Novosibirsk region, a 60-year-old woman suffered fractures after a private house collapsed In the Novosibirsk region, a 60-year-old Russian woman several floors collapsed in a private house. This is reported by the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region. A woman born in 1916 with bruises and fractures was hospitalized in the central regional hospital on the night of Sunday, November 7. The incident was reported at 00 : 35 local time (20:35 Moscow time). Within 20 minutes, rescue units arrived at the scene, removed the victim and handed over to the ambulance. 18 people and 6 pieces of equipment took part in the operation. Earlier, an explosion occurred in the industrial zone in the Krasnolissye area in Yekaterinburg. A gas cylinder exploded at the enterprise, and then a fire started. There were three people at the plant at the time of the explosion – they evacuated on

NHK: Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be headed by Yoshimasa Hayashi Served as Minister of Defense, Minister of Science and Education and Minister of Agriculture of Japan Yoshimasa Hayashi will head the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This was reported by the NHK TV channel. Earlier it became known that Japan wanted to renew the composition of the government. According to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the country's leadership needs to “meet face to face with public opinion.” At the same time, the head of Japan's main opposition force, the Constitutional Democratic Party, Yukio Edano, emphasized that “the entire government needs to be changed, since the LPD will not change.” Foreign Minister and Prime Minister.

The working village of Dorogino, Cherepanovsky District, Novosibirsk Region, completely got rid of emergency housing – in 2020, 5 emergency houses were resettled, in which 116 lived human. This is reported on the website of the regional government. Resettlement measures were carried out within the framework of the national project “Housing and Urban Environment” at the expense of federal funds, they allowed to resettle the entire emergency housing stock located on the territory of the district village. In 2019-2020, it was planned to resettle 22.36 thousand square meters of emergency area in the region, where 1,250 people lived. By the end of 2020, they managed to resettle 1,657 people, 25 thousand square meters of housing – this is 112 percent of the plan. In Russia, until December 2030, it is planned to implement the national project “Housing and Urban Environment”. Its budget is about a trillion rubles. The project is

Starting from 2022, the repair of regional roads in the Amur Region will be financed under the Safe and High-Quality Roads National Project. The Ministry of Transport and Roads of the region reported that they had been seeking inclusion in the program for two years, TASS reports. “To attract additional federal funding for regional roads, the indicators of the share of road compliance have been adjusted – from an erroneous 75.2 percent to actual 33.2 percent “, – said Governor Vasily Orlov. It is noted that federal funding is provided from 2022 to 2024. Until December 2030, Russia plans to implement the national project” Safe and high-quality highways ”. The goal of the project is to create comfortable and safe travel on Russian roads. Within its framework, regional municipalities and roads in military towns are being repaired, places where traffic accidents are concentrated, intelligent traffic control systems are being introduced,

The Ministry of Education of Russia wanted to mark school certificates with QR codes to protect the document from counterfeiting. The corresponding order is published on the portal of legal information. According to the text of the order, a white field in the form of a square of 20 by 20 millimeters will appear on the back of the title page of the certificate. A two-dimensional matrix code will be put in this field. On the same side there will be a coat of arms, the inscriptions “Russian Federation” and “Certificate of basic general education”, as well as the document number and date of issue. Earlier it became known that digital profiles of students will be created in Russia , and they will begin to receive diplomas of graduation in electronic form. Elena Druzhinina, deputy head of the Ministry of Education and Science, noted that the ministry is now striving

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on youth policy, which, in particular, involves raising the age of Russian youth. The document was published on the portal of legal information on Wednesday, December 30. Now the youth in Russia is considered to be people aged 14 to 35 years. Also, the law enshrines such concepts as “young family”, “youth policy”, “youth public association” and “young specialist.” Support for youth initiatives and young families, as well as assistance interregional and international cooperation in the field of youth policy, and so on. Members of the working group of the State Council in the direction of “Youth Policy” began work on the document with the participation of members of the Federation Council and deputies of the State Duma in 2019. First, the document was finalized taking into account the proposals received from the regions, and then it was discussed in committees with the

Deputy of the State Duma Svishchev proposed to present the Russian national beach soccer team in the state award football. Thus, he reacted to the victory of athletes at the Intercontinental Cup-2021, his words are quoted by “Sport Express”. The parliamentarian stressed that beach athletes traditionally demonstrated phenomenal results and deserve the highest awards, they practically never have failed tournaments … He congratulated the players and expressed his admiration for them. Related materials 01:41 – Today “The rivals will not sleep” Shcherbakov and Khromykh lost in the short program, but snatched victory at the Italian Grand Prix 10:01 – October 25 “There is pride in our girls” Russian skaters won two gold medals at the US Grand Prix “The older brothers in the classics need to learn a little from the beachgoers. Our beach soccer team deserves the highest awards. Maybe from the Ministry of Sports. Or maybe from the

“World of apartments”: residents of the Kemerovo region can save up for their own house in four years can citizens living in the Kemerovo and Magadan regions – in less than four years, showed a study conducted by the portal “World of apartments”. The results are at the disposal of Lenta.ru. The portal's analysts compared the level of prices for cottages with the level of wages in each region and determined how many years it will take residents to save up for a private house on their own (without resorting to a mortgage). It was assumed that the entire salary of a citizen is entirely set aside for the purchase of a house, and the income of the second working family member is spent on living. It turned out that residents of the Kemerovo and Magadan regions can collect the required amount in less than four years, from four to

Model Heidi Klum attended the social event in a lace top, jacket and mini-shorts network for a photo in a revealing outfit. The corresponding comments appeared on the Daily Mail. It is known that the 48-year-old celebrity attended a social event in Los Angeles. In her Instagram account, she shared a photo of the image chosen for the event. The picture shows her in full growth in a black jacket, mini-shorts and a lace top, which partially exposes the supermodel's breasts. Klum's image was complemented by low shoes with heels to match the color of the outfit. The publication received almost 40 thousand likes. Readers of the publication began to criticize the appearance of the star in the comments. “Heidi looks good, but trying to rejuvenate at the expense of vulgar clothes betrays her age.” In more closed things, she would look much better “,” At 48, she bares her