http://siberiantimes.com/news/ Thu, 23 May 2013 14:32:04 +0700 HostCMS http://siberiantimes.com/news/science/161/ 60 metre asteroid hurtles in the direction of Earth next February, causing debates about the possible threat of collision. The asteroid DA14 is estimated to pass 27,000 kilometres from the planet, though US National Aeronautics and Space Administration expert David Dunham has suggested the gravitational pull of the Earth will 'considerably' alter its path. He claimed 'further scrupulous calculation is required to estimate the threat of collision'. Dario de la Cruz, chief astronomer of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), said the impact of a 60-metre asteroid would not affect the entire planet. He likened its potential destruction to the magnitude of the Tunguska blast or explosion in Siberia 112 years ago. The force knocked down trees over a total area of 2,150 square miles, almost the size of Luxembourg. Accounts vary but the  explosion is now understood to have been caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment rather than an asteroid crashing to Earth. This explosion was at an altitude of between five and ten kilometres above the Tunguska area in what is now Krasnoyarsk region. The energy of the blast was the equivalent of ten to 15 megatons of TNT, seen as the  largest-ever known  impact over land in Earth's recent history. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:37:48 +0600 Science http://siberiantimes.com/news/science/161/ http://siberiantimes.com/news/business/160/ New explorations show that deposits are 19 per cent higher, and ore 20 per cent higher. New explorations show that deposits are 19 per cent higher, and ore 20 per cent higher. The mine is run by Russian holding Seligdar and is believed to have a further eight years of production capacity. It is is a Siberian operation formed in 2008 after a merger of assets by Russian Funds Investment Group and Seligdar Prospectors Artel. Gold production is seen as hitting around 700 kilograms annually. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:29:26 +0600 Business http://siberiantimes.com/news/business/160/ http://siberiantimes.com/news/science/157/ A 20 year old student from Tyumen has won a $60,000 prize for hacking into a Google browser, all in aid of improving security for millions of users worldwide. Sergei Glazunov, a fourth year student from  the Computer Security department of Tyumen State University, was the first in the world to hack into the new Chrome browser. Google recently became one of the first companies to announce a  ‘bugs for money’ world wide competition, aiming to attract the best minds to establish the flaws in their  software. It took Sergey Glazunov, who is referred to by his University professors and fellow students as ‘one genius of a programmer’ just a minutes to detect the critical mistake in the Google Chrome, it is claimed.   Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:00:42 +0600 Science http://siberiantimes.com/news/science/157/ http://siberiantimes.com/news/business/153/ A new direct international flight will start on April 1 between Irkutsk in Siberia and the key Chinese trading city of Guangzhou. The weekly service on Sundays will be flown  by Ural Airlines. The airline says the lowest return fare on the route will be 299 euro. Here is an example of how we can do, lets check it out. @ Siberian Times   Ural Airlines say the new service will be launched to coincide with the Conton Fair, the world' third largest trade fair. Irkutsk Airport boasts direct flights to at least 14 foreign countries. Sun, 11 Mar 2012 02:38:01 +0600 Business http://siberiantimes.com/news/business/153/ http://siberiantimes.com/news/business/152/ Russia's continental shelf in the Arctic could be 1.2 million square kilometres bigger than previously acknowledged, with potentially huge implications for energy exploration and exploitation. The results of new geological surveys off northern Siberia conducted  in 2011  «may give Russia the right to explore rich hydrocarbon reserves» under the ice, according to the  Natural Resources Ministry. The surveys were conducted to establish evidence for the Russian contention that the undersea  Lomonosov Ridge is geologically part of the East Siberian continental shelf. The Ministry was commenting on a report by Anatoly Ledovskikh, head of subsoil resources agency Rosnedra. It was in 2001 that Russia submitted a claim to for additional territorial waters off the Siberian coast in the Arctic to the United Nations.  A 2007 expedition collected samples from the sea bed and planted a titanium Russian flag under the North Pole. Vladimir Putin said in 2011: «Russia is determined to expand its presence in the Arctic. We are open for dialogue with our foreign partners, with all the neighbours in the Arctic Region, but of course we will be firm and consistent in upholding our geopolitical interests.» Other countries with territory close to Arctic waters, namely the US, Canada, Denmark (Greenland) and Norway are seeking to assert jurisdiction over parts of the Arctic, believed to hold up to a quarter of the Earth's undiscovered oil and gas. Sun, 11 Mar 2012 02:34:39 +0600 Business http://siberiantimes.com/news/business/152/ http://siberiantimes.com/news/business/151/ Siberia Coal and Energy Company has taken over the company which held a license to explore and develop the Apsatskoye coal deposit in the Baikal area. SUEK paid 7.8 billion roubles for Arkticheskiye Razrabotki in a deal approved by the Federal Antimonopoly Service in late December 2011. Total reserves are put at  2.2 billion tonnes of coking coal, 976 million tonnes of coal, and around 50 billion cubic metres of methane gas. SUEK, linked to businessman Andrei Melnichenko, in February announced net profits of just under 25 billion roubles for 2011, compared with 9.1 billion roubles in 2010. The company accounts for almost one third of Russia's domestic coal supplies and one fifth of Russian steam coal exports. Sun, 11 Mar 2012 02:29:05 +0600 Business http://siberiantimes.com/news/business/151/