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Formative fabrication is a revolutionary manufacturing of three-dimensional structures from inorganic and organic substances, including living cells. The main idea is the use of various physical fields to provide the temporary and removable non-contact support for directed and programmable assembly of such substances. Physical fields can be magnetic, acoustic, electric or others, and can be used separately or in various combinations. This review formulates the main physical principles of the 3D assembly and fabrication, provides clear examples of successful practical application of the technology (in particular, in tissue engineering), describes the still unsettled scientific and technological issues, and outlines the main directions of future development. The role of domestic scientists in the development of this new promising and innovative technology is distinctly emphasized. The ongoing development of the proposed approach theoretically could become the basis of the next industrial revolution.

Oxylipins are ubiquitous in truly multicellular eukaryotes as cell-to-cell communication signals. However, their functions in bacteria are still poorly elucidated. Our recent research raises intriguing hypotheses and discussions on bacterial oxylipin signalling. The understanding of its mechanisms can, probably, not only open a new chapter in multicellularity evolution, but also provide more successful combating antimicrobial resistance. This material was first published in English in Nature Portfolio Microbiology Community blog. This article is an adapted translation into Russian.

The article is dedicated to the preparation and subsequent carrying of a scientific-research Russian-Danish expedition organized in the summer of 2021 to study the chronology of the Quaternary glaciations in Eastern Siberia. It focusses on the most challenging issues of the Quaternary history of the region: the causes and extent of glaciations, the possibility of blocking of the Lena River flow, the emergence of large glacial-dammed basins, etc. The key goal of the expedition was to estimate the extent and age of the Verkhoyansk Ridge glaciations using the most modern methods of optical luminescent, cosmic isotope, and radiocarbon dating.

The 180th birth anniversary of Vologda first guild merchant and philanthropist, Kh.S.Ledentsov, will be celebrated in 2022. Established in 1909 in accordance with his will, the Society for Promotion of Advancement of Experimental Sciences and Their Practical Applications provided comprehensive assistance to many scientists for eight years, which determined the development of various fields of science, including chemistry, in our country. The studies of such eminent Russian chemists as A.E.Chichibabin, N.D.Zelinsky, I.A.Kablukov, and L.A.Chugaev were implemented largely due to the support of the Ledentsov Society. The scientists were provided with all necessary things: laboratories, equipment, instruments, and reagents. The traditions and unique experience of the Ledentsov Society have not lost their relevance in the XXI century, and their study is of great importance for the development of science in Russia.

Впрошлом году из печати вышла книга «Экспедиции по Поволжью и Прикаспию. Этюды половины тысячелетия. От первых путешественников до “Флотилии плавучих университетов”». Авторами выступили научный руководитель экспедиции «Флотилия плавучих университетов» А.В.Иванов (Институт географии РАН, Музей землеведения Московского государственного университета имени М.В.Ломоносова), начальник штаба экспедиции И.А.Яшков (Музей геологии, нефти и газа, г.Ханты-Мансийск) и руководитель проекта «Плавучая школа телевидения» Е.Е.Захаров (Саратовский государственный технический университет имени Ю.А.Гагарина, ГТУ). Издание иллюстрировано серией черно-белых изображений исторического плана, а также крупным блоком цветных фотографий о деятельности экспедиции в 2015–2021 гг. — работами фотохудожников А.В.Сочивко, М.П.Игнатовой, А.М.Паничева, Е.Г.Романовой и др.