In return, two Russian researchers will examine decision-making processes at American companies.

The law lets healthy companies fall into bankruptcy almost as often as sick ones, the Russian researchers found.

Nuclear energy has become an important tool for plant breeders and Russian horticultural researchers have been putting it to good use in their iris-breeding programmes.

In addition, Russian and American researchers have cooperated to a limited degree in some space science projects.

The new agreement follows a joint research project that Sun announced with the Russian researchers in February.

Russian researchers concluded that hydrocarbon mixes would be created within the mantle.

Some Russian researchers have recommended that moose milk could be used for the prevention of gastroenterological diseases in children, due to its lysozyme activity.

And nothing in the agreements would preclude the American companies from granting bonuses to the Russian researchers for outstanding work.

Russian researchers requested the discs for studying, and allegedly several were shipped to Moscow.

There are claims that Russian researchers are working on "plasma stealth".