• 'Caring for people in their environment'

    The Skolkovo Innovation Center is often praised for the rate at which it is sprouting out of the ground on a patch of land just west of Moscow. Just a few years into the project, hundreds of resident companies are already here, as is the Skoltech university...

    01 September, 9:21 Nowak David
  • Update available for Startup Village

    Improvements in this version of Startup Village: Record crowds, new setting, creative catering. Like the leading smartphone apps, Startup Village is constantly evolving. The third edition of Russia and Eastern Europe’s biggest startup event is no...

    26 May, 13:03 Nowak David
  • A forum of robots, a meeting of minds

    The third Skolkovo Robotics International Conference was a runaway success, attracting a wide array of participants from all corners of the planet and, critically, encouraging the discipline to flourish domestically. The March 20-22 event at the Skolkovo...

    24 March, 11:16 Nowak David
  • The day the Russian Startup Tour ceases to be ‘Russian’

    A key message that Skolkovo transmits its startups is the need to expand into new territories. Now it is leading by example: This week, Russia’s biggest innovations roadshow ventures abroad for the first time in its five-year history. Almaty - the...

    13 March, 14:02 Nowak David
  • Skoltech students throw out textbooks for 3 weeks

    The most creative period in the academic year of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology kicked off Tuesday as students ditched their textbooks to learn everything from snowboarding to stock trading. The independent studies period (ISP) window is...

    13 January, 12:30 Nowak David
  • Skoltech scientists talk brains, smart grids at Hypercube

    Top minds from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology gathered in the Hypercube last week to present research trends in the fields of brain evolution, renewable energy and quantum physics. Skolkovo is aiming to become a top international science...

    01 December, 12:40 Nowak David
  • Nobel Prize Laureate at Skoltech

    Sidney Altman, a Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry (1989) for his research into RNA catalytic activity, spoke on Monday before an audience of young Skoltech scientists. In an interview given to sk.ru the prominent scientist stressed the importance of cooperation...