Karelian Research Center RAS has signed agreements on cooperation with scientific and educational organizations of the Republic of Belarus. Scientists will cooperate in the fields of economics, humanities and natural sciences. Special focus is on the study of mire and forest ecosystems and development of biotechnology in agriculture. Signing of the documents took place during the visit of KarRC RAS delegation to Minsk.

How do birds navigate as they travel tens of thousands of kilometers during migrations? What serves them as a map and compass? Some questions remain open, but scientists have already learned a lot about the navigation and orientation systems of birds. Nikita Chernetsov, RAS Corresponding Academician, Director of the Zoological Institute RAS (St. Petersburg), shared the details of how these mechanisms work at KarRC RAS Learned Council session on December 20.

Questions of the queuing theory are studied at the global level by specialists from the Institute of Applied Mathematical Research KarRC RAS. This is a current trend with applications in computing, Internet and telecommunications, logistics, transport and other areas. Chief Researcher at IAMR KarRC RAS Evsey Morozov told about a study on the robustness of retrial queuing systems at KarRC RAS Learned Council meeting on December 20th.

Specialists from the Institute of Geology KarRC RAS study the genesis of banded iron formations in Kostomuksha area – the mainstay of one of Russia’s largest iron deposits. This is necessary for understanding the geodynamic processes involved in their evolution and for predicting ore quality. These studies are also essential for being able to reconstruct Early Earth’s appearance.