Science and technology № 24 (1976)

1. "Into the depths of the Universe"

The main telescope of the country.

Opening the telescope mirror.

Computer room.

An employee of the observatory goes up to the spectrograph cameras.

Observing the luminaries from a direct focus camera.

The central control panel.

2. "Stone fiber".

Excavator work in a quarry.

Installation for the production of stone threads.

Production of mineral wool.

Production of basalt cardboard from cotton wool.

Products made from basalt fiber.

3. "Almet".

Synthetic diamonds.

Laboratory of the Institute of High Pressure Physics of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

A compound of metal and diamond powder in a small container.

The container is placed under a high-pressure press.

A new material made of diamond powder and metal is almet.

4. "Why are there toadstools in the forest?"

Porcini mushrooms in the forest.

Two men are picking mushrooms in the forest.

Birch grove.

Honeydew on a tree.

Fly agaric.

The mushroom picker knocks down the fly agaric with a stick.

Toadstools.

Laboratory.

A piece of mycelium is placed in a flask.

The leaf in the flask with mycelium decomposes almost completely after a while, but not in the control flask.