Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
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Curiosity of scientists is stronger than fear. Looking for discoveries, they climb down into toxic side gutters, boiling lakes or gloomy caves deep underground where scorching magma is bursting from rock clefts. And quite often their fearlessness is rewarded — scientists find microorganisms with fantastic abilities which can be used to improve life on Earth. This comic strip is a hit parade of similar discoveries. One of them has been recently made by biologists from the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems of JINR at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory (INR of RAS) located at a depth of more than two kilometers under the Andyrchi mountain in Kabardino-Balkaria.
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There are places on Earth where everyone can easily imagine conditions on the planet four billion years ago while it was just forming. These places are usually located deep underground, near magma chambers. One of such locations is the underground Baksan Neutrino Observatory established by the Institute for Nuclear Research of RAS. Recently, biologists from the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems have descended to its tunnels with environments seemingly incompatible with life and managed to discover life there.
This comic strip is the outcome of the joint project of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems and the Komikadze group, a collaborative association of scriptwriters, artists, illustrators, and science educators.
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Why is the water in Lake Baikal, one of the most beautiful Russian lakes, so pure and crystal clear? It is purified by neither people nor man-made filters nor cleaning installations but by hardly noticeable organisms playing a crucial role in the lake’s ecosystem. Sponges called Lubomirskia baikalensis are among them. Lately, they began to change their colour from bright-green to greyish-pink, get ill and die. It means that the Baikal ecology undergoes negative changes. Thanks to the superpower to filter water, a sponge accumulates toxic substances even if their concentration in water is too small. This comic strip tells us about the way JINR researchers from the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems and the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, and also scientists from the Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences investigated whether sponges can be considered bioindicators of Lake Baikal’s pollution.
This comic strip is the outcome of the joint project of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems and the Komikadze group, a collaborative association of scriptwriters, artists, illustrators, and science educators.
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Every day we are exposed to radiation. It is our natural background. And it results not just from operating microwaves, smartphones, gadgets, and home appliances. Radioactive rays arrive from space. Radiation sources are mountains, trees, buildings. And even our own bodies! And what if we turn radiation completely off? Or just significantly reduce the daily radiation level? Will it do any good or harm? To find it out, biologists from the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems and physicists from the Baksan Neutrino Observatory of INR of RAS have conducted an intriguing experiment very deep underground at DULB-4900, a special low-background laboratory.
This comic strip is the outcome of the joint project of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems and the Komikadze group, a collaborative association of scriptwriters, artists, illustrators, and science educators.
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There is a wealth of ways to explain something. The main thing here is to be heard and understood. How to communicate science and make it clear and entertaining? Especially at the time of information superfluity when the brain tries to protect itself from unnecessary information with all its might, when internet users do not read texts any more, but just scan through them.
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To reach distant planets and to colonize Mars, people have to find out how to protect themselves against space radiation. Physicists develop new materials which can shield from radiation. Engineers design space ships such as to suppress radiation. Chemists try to invent drugs which would lessen harmful impact. And geneticists from the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems at JINR perform experiments on the mutation able to entail natural radiation protection in an organism. Microscopic animals, tardigrades, have the required gene. With this gene scientists modify fruit flies making them radiation-hardened. If experiments succeed, people could reckon on this superpower in future as well.
This comic strip arose from the joint project of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems and the “Komikadze” group, a cooperative association of scriptwriters, artists, illustrators and science educators.
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