Делегации из Ирландии во главе с Джоном Халлиганом, министром образования, профессиональных навыков, инноваций и научных исследований, посетила Технопарк «Сколково», где была принята председателем Фонда Аркадием Дворковичем. В перечне многочисленных...
A delegation from the United Arab Emirates visited the Skolkovo innovation city on Thursday to discuss cooperation in areas including food technology. L-R: Skolkovo's Arkady Dvorkovich, Mariam Al Mehairi and Skolkovo Ventures' Vasily Belov. Photo...
Компания «Сингента», один из мировых лидеров в области производства средств защиты растений и семеноводства, открыла в Сколково лабораторию по исследованию и контролю качества растительного материала. Предполагаемый объем инвестиций «Сингенты»...
A large part of the Skolkovo innovations ecosystem is preparing to head north to Russia’s second city this week for the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum ( SPIEF ), which takes place on May 24-26. Skolkovo startups and foundation...
When the Kursk region-based agricultural enterprise Agrofirma Rylskaya noticed that the costs of their sugar beet production were constantly rising, with no corresponding increase in yield, they turned to an innovative tech startup. Roboprob , a resident startup...
Two of the top three prizes in a reality TV show that followed the fortunes of Russian tech startups went to residents of the Skolkovo Foundation. Vitaly Savelyev, commercial director of KB Avrora, receiving first prize for the Agrobot project. Photo...
The Golden Autumn agricultural trade fair is to a large extent a celebration of Russian traditions. Individual regions of Russia present their local produce on their own stand, often accompanied by people dressed in folk costumes who sing, dance or play traditional...
When pinpointing a region’s innovative potential, it may not seem entirely logical to look to a seaweed-processing plant preparing to celebrate its centenary. But Russia’s northern Arkhangelsk region is putting its hopes for its economic future...
Just four months after Cherkizovo Group, one of Russia’s biggest meat producers, signed an agreement with the Skolkovo Technopark to set up an agrotech accelerator there, the company has already identified a potential unicorn among Skolkovo startups....
There was a distinct feeling of déjà vu at the second InSpace forum held in Moscow on Friday, where one year after the original event , the main players in Russia’s space industry pondered the same existential questions that had dominated...
Japan’s Panasonic Corporation may be primarily associated in the public mind with consumer electronics, but in some parts of the world, it is selling a very different kind of product: vegetables. Panasonic has branched out to grow lettuce and other...
Огромный океанариум, открывшийся в 2016 году на острове Русский, до сих пор в основном служил источником новостей для хроники происшествий, однако в недалекой перспективе с помощью «Сколково» может сделаться центром компетенций в сфере аквакультуры...
Первое впечатление о достижениях сельского хозяйства Израиля можно получить в любой овощной лавке или на рынке Тель-Авива или Хайфы. В ноябре это гранаты размером с детскую голову и манго, напоминающие мячи для регби; россыпи разноцветных помидоров и изумрудная...
The Skolkovo innovation centre has signed a cooperation agreement with the Israeli city of Yoqneam Illit, marking its first partnership with a fellow hi-tech city. Skolkovo's Igor Drozdov (left) and Yoqneam Illit Mayor Simon Alfasi sign the cooperation...
The Skolkovo Foundation’s biomed cluster, which includes an agrotech division, signed two agreements with agricultural companies on Thursday at the second day of the Open Innovations forum. Kirill Kaem, left, and Alexei Kuznetsov, head of RusChemBio...
Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest and deepest lake, is in danger. For several years now, the water near the shores of the vast Siberian lake has been turning green with algae, and satellite images reveal that that is only a small part of a much bigger problem...
Ровно два года назад, 11 августа 2014 года, на сайте Sk.ru было опубликовано первое интервью нового директора по науке биомедицинского кластера «Сколково» Юрия Никольского. Проживший к тому времени 20 лет в Америке 49-летний ученый и предприниматель...
The annual Open University Skolkovo (OpUS) Summer Camp kicks off on July 3 with a focus on agro-technologies in the BRICS countries and, for the first time, a truly international flavour. Some of the students who took part in last year's Open University...
Amid the satellites, virtual reality headsets, 3D printers and other hi-tech products on show at Skolkovo’s recent Startup Bazaar, the stand housing a cage of buzzing flies and jar of writhing maggots stood out. Also on the table were jars of dried and...
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food,” the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates proclaimed. Almost 2,500 years later, biologists and geneticists around the world have come to the conclusion that he was right. With antibiotics in...
Russia and Israel look set to join forces to improve efficiency on Russian farms after Israel’s agriculture minister visited the Skolkovo Foundation last week, where it was agreed that a working group should be set up to facilitate joint research and...
«Сколково» и Министерство сельского хозяйства Израиля создают совместную рабочую группу для определения конкретных возможностей сотрудничества. Договоренность об этом достигнута во время посещения Фонда главой Минсельхоза Израиля Ури Ариэлем. Как...
ИРКУТСК. Второй день Стартап-тура в городе на Ангаре, по сложившейся за пять лет проведения этих инновационных роуд-шоу традиции, лишен внешних эффектов. Местное начальство, участвующее в церемонии открытия, уже не смущает своим присутствием стартаперов и студентов;...
В империи инков, развившей высочайшую культуру, но не знавшей колеса, новости разносили гонцы, которые преодолевали сотни километров по горным дорогам. Считается, что одной из причин их невероятной выносливости был рацион, основанный на семенах киноа. Древняя...
Skolkovo has begun accepting applications from startup companies in the agriculture business and expects its first residents by the end of the year, opening up new avenues of research that experts say are of critical importance for biotech in Russian and beyond...