Astro Digital took second place at Slush, one of the largest events for high-tech companies in Europe, which took place in Helsinki on Nov. 11-12. This year over 15,000 people visited the fair. Astro Digital, a startup created by Ekaterina Kotenko-Lengold...
An exterior view shows the Skolkovo Hypercube at the Skolkovo Innovation Centre, with a sculpture of a cow seen in the foreground, on the outskirts of Moscow May 20, 2014. (Reuters) - Students at Moscow's new science-focused university crowded into...
In 2005 researchers found the protein on sperm that enabled it to attach to the egg to fertilise. Now scientists have found the protein receptor on the egg that the sperm protein attaches to. Dr Allan Pacey explains the finding and the implications this could...
The International Space Station is exempt from NASA’s restrictions on formal dealings with Russia. Scientific relations between Russia and the West have reached their lowest ebb since the cold war, after Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean...
Serbian student Jelena Nadj explains why she decided to apply to Moscow’s Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology , and what’s so exciting about being part of this new university. This time last year I was at the beginning of my final year...
The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is excited to announce the launch of the Skoltech Innovation Program (SIP) call for proposals. Developed from the Innovation Support Program...
In 1958, the US satellite mission Explorer 1 made the first—and one of the most significant—discoveries of the space age: space is radioactive. Further US and Soviet missions revealed an entire outer belt of radiation that proves harmful to humans...
Skolkovo Innovation Centre is to expect intensive developement. To that end, RUB 125.2 billion will be allocated from the 2020 federal budget. The government’s resolution introduced relevant amendments to the governmental Economic Development and...
The Skolkovo University of Science and Technology (Skoltech) launched classes in Moscow Monday, welcoming 45 new graduate students of different nationalities. The students joined a group of 20 graduates who studied abroad as part of a Skoltech program...
As an executive straddling the U.S. and Russian economies, I’ve been surprised by the heavy-handed talk about Russia lately. While we can all agree the Snowden affair is controversial, it’s important that doesn’t overshadow the major strides...
But sceptics question prospects for Skolkovo commercial park. The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology will open near Moscow next year (artist’s impression). HERZOG & DE MEURON BASEL A Russian revolution in scientific innovation...
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technologies (SkolTech) has announced a Chief Information Officer (CIO) vacancy. As stated in the announcement, the CIO will be engaged in IT strategy development, management of the entire IT infrastructure and...
Four years ago, the government allocated over 2 billion euros to develop a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) hub for students. One of the key goals is to connect science and business, so that STEM subjects become more relevant to real life and...
June 20 — At the St. Petersburg Forum, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and SURFnet , one of the leading research network operators in the world, signed a Letter of Intent to form the foundation for conducting cutting-edge research at...
St. Petersburg, Russia—President of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) Edward Crawley and St. Petersburg State University (SPbU) Rector Nikolay Kropachev signed a five-year collaboration agreement at the St. Petersburg Economic...
Hovercraft, bionic arms, space tourism and nuclear laptop batteries may all be products of the future to be created and brought to market by Skolkovo — the business education and technology center taking shape on the outskirts of Moscow. Despite...
Moscow city is going to push ahead with its privatization plans over the next two years, hoping to raise more than $480 million for the city budget, Andrey Sharonov, Deputy Mayor in charge of economic policy issues, told Business RT. “We still want...
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology is pleased to announce the opening of the online application to the Skolkovo Tech MSc Fellowship Program 2013-2015 . Applications will be accepted from August 1, 2012, through January 15, 2013. For this...
Photo: RIA Novosti US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul has spelled out his vision of the past, present and future of Russian-American relations to students of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, who will leave for the United States soon...
As one drives up to the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology – the key node of the suburban Moscow innovation hub referred to as Russia’s Silicon Valley – the multicolored building that emerges looks like a modern art project straight...
Government's role in funding has some uneasy “There is a tremendous amount of talent there,” says MIT's president, Leo Rafael Reif. During the Cold War, Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists produced ideas and...
If you could build a new university on a “greenfield” – or a snowy, white field, as the case might be – what would it look like? The founders of Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) , a graduate-only university founded...
This week, 1 year after being created by the Russian government, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology took two significant steps toward its long-term goal of becoming an academic powerhouse and an engine of economic development. The generously...
On June 4, Ivan Sherstov, Director of Research at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, visited Paris, France in an effort to encourage French universities and research institutes to participate in the Call for Proposals to create Skolkovo Tech Research...