New rector Mikhail Fedoruk has set a bold target of bringing Siberia's leading university into the top 90 in world rankings.
Siberian scientist leads team making unexpected discovering in Kyrgyzstan.
A grave on Lena River sand bank ‘proves site north of Yakutsk city is not historic original Cossack settlement’ in coldest region.
New methods of refining medical prescription to benefit the patient's individual genetic make-up are being pioneered in Siberia.
Until now, it was believed no form of life could exist on the Red planet.
Exclusive pictures show autopsy on a four year old bison preserved in ice since ancient times.
Almost 1,300 bones of 13 species of mammals unearthed at new site on Gydan peninsula aged between 10,000 and 50,000 years old.
Vital for making its waters so 'pure', one theory is that rising underwater methane leaks are killing off the sponge, but is there a silver lining?
Now the prickly rodent lives no closer than 2,000 kilometres away, but its remains - recently dated - are scattered in caves of the Altai Mountains.