Notable achievement of our chemists [The first work of Ukrainian chemists, published in the journal Nature]
A new world record for the length of the carbon bond C-C currently is 1.704 Ao (typically 1,540 Ao). Remarkable is that despite on the record bounding length, synthesized compounds are stable even at elevated temperatures. The result was so unpredictable that it was necessary to undertake specific study causes of anomalous stability and this has led to fundamental discovery.
Giorgio Vasari the chronicler of the Renaissance
500 years ago in the small Tuscan town of Arezzo it was born Giorgio Vasari - author of the famous "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects." This book is destined to live long, and perhaps eternal life, because until mankind will live, it will remain one of the main sources of information on prominent figures of the Renaissance. It should be noted that it was Vasari who coined the term "Renaissance" ("Rinascita").