Irkutsk State University

Experts have developed a way to zap household waste with a giant microwave reactor, turning it into coke, fuel and gas.

In distant times, parts of California and Hawaii were administered from the city of Irkutsk.

Techno-capital Tomsk goes global to advertise for students.

One early visitor: a fireball streaking across the sky and splashing into Lake Baikal.

The asteroid was 'the same size' as the meteor which exploded over Chelyabinsk injuring 1,500.

As usual there is outlandish speculation about an alien visit, but there is genuine puzzlement and disagreement among experts over the mystery object.

Colin Madsen 'froze to death after taking cannabis', says law enforcement, but friends dispute findings.

Officials insist there is no problem but this is not how locals see it in Cheremkhovo town.

A powerful backlash has hit new laws due to be speeded through parliament on 'modernising' the country's science.

Colin Madsen, 25, enjoyed night-walking in Siberia but never came back after going out on Sunday.