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June 16, 2026
Compost derived from wastewater sludge holds promise for agriculture
Compost based on sludge from wastewater treatment facilities can be used in agriculture: in can, under certain conditions, serve as a plant growth stimulant. This is an interim conclusion from an experiment conducted jointly by PKS-Vodokanal utility company and the Karelian Research Centre RAS. Scientists have harvested lettuce grown on the soil substrate prepared by the company's specialists and moved on to the final, laboratory-based stage of the experiment.
Compost based on sludge from wastewater treatment facilities can be used in agriculture: in can, under certain conditions, serve as a plant growth stimulant. This is an interim conclusion from an experiment conducted jointly by PKS-Vodokanal utility company and the Karelian Research Centre RAS. Scientists have harvested lettuce grown on the soil substrate prepared by the company's specialists and moved on to the final, laboratory-based stage of the experiment.
June 11, 2026
Scientists described the mechanisms of ‘martial’ water formation in Karelia
Karelian scientists have revealed the formation mechanisms of martial waters, whose famous deposit it at the core of Russia's first spa resort. Here, mineral groundwater forms under the impact of a combination of favorable factors: shungite-bearing rocks, landscape, climatic conditions, and geological history. At the same time, the relict waters that had accumulated after the glacier retreat are now nearly depleted and are being replaced by modern precipitation-derived waters. This unique deposit requires a special water-use regime and a reduction in detrimental human impacts.
Karelian scientists have revealed the formation mechanisms of martial waters, whose famous deposit it at the core of Russia's first spa resort. Here, mineral groundwater forms under the impact of a combination of favorable factors: shungite-bearing rocks, landscape, climatic conditions, and geological history. At the same time, the relict waters that had accumulated after the glacier retreat are now nearly depleted and are being replaced by modern precipitation-derived waters. This unique deposit requires a special water-use regime and a reduction in detrimental human impacts.
June 2, 2026
The journal Transactions of KarRC RAS released its fifth issue this year in the Experimental Biology Series
This year’s issue No. 5 of the journal Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre RAS, Experimental Biology Series, is out of press. This issue includes review articles on the causes of photodamage to plant leaves under abnormal light–dark cycles, as well as on the role of microRNAs in regulating flowering timing in plants. The feature in the Dates and Anniversaries section is devoted to the 95th anniversary of birth of Vyacheslav Berestov, the first head of the Laboratory of Fur Animal Physiology at the Institute of Biology KarRC RAS.
This year’s issue No. 5 of the journal Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre RAS, Experimental Biology Series, is out of press. This issue includes review articles on the causes of photodamage to plant leaves under abnormal light–dark cycles, as well as on the role of microRNAs in regulating flowering timing in plants. The feature in the Dates and Anniversaries section is devoted to the 95th anniversary of birth of Vyacheslav Berestov, the first head of the Laboratory of Fur Animal Physiology at the Institute of Biology KarRC RAS.