Marks & Spencer, one of the largest British retailers invested in Texel, the company that designed the technology of the electronic fitting room, Sergey Klimentyev, co-founder of the Skolkovo resident company, told Sk.ru. The negotiations regarding...
The Russian Streetbee service which collects data using crowdsourcing and machine learning technologies for retail, FMCG, and pharmaceutical companies, has announced a merger with BeMyEye, a leading European data collection service based on crowdsourcing, spokesperson...
Five Russian startups – the winners of the Startup Challenge accelerator organised jointly by the Skolkovo Foundation and multinational pharma giant AstraZeneca – are showcasing their inventions at the International Future Healthcare Forum in the...
When experienced test pilots and cosmonauts at the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation started building a wooden spacecraft, complete with an interior made out of cardboard boxes, they quickly attracted the mirth of their colleagues. “We called it...
“Ugly aeroplanes don’t fly,” the famed Soviet aircraft designer Andrei Tupolev is often quoted as saying. This is the unofficial motto of the upcoming Days of Industrial Design festival at the Skolkovo innovation city, according to its...
The Skolkovo Foundation signed a landmark agreement with the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca on Tuesday on the setting up of a corporate accelerator programme for biomed startups working on treatments and diagnosis systems for cancer, cardiovascular...
When tech startups are being considered for resident status at the Skolkovo innovation centre, one of the conditions for acceptance is that their product or service must have potential for export. Skolkovo’s mission is not import substitution; on the...
A Skoltech -led team of international scientists has developed a mathematical model that makes sense of one of the great mysteries that have long perplexed researchers of Saturn’s rings, and published the results of the research in the scientific journal...
The Skolkovo Foundation has joined forces with the U.K.’s AMR Centre, a private-public initiative launched in 2016 to support and accelerate the development of new antibiotics, to combat the global problem of antimicrobial resistance. Skolkovo's...
Group-IB , a Skolkovo Foundation resident cybersecurity startup, has released a report detailing the actions of a Russian-speaking targeted attack group nicknamed MoneyTaker. MoneyTaker carried out at least 20 successful attacks on financial institutions...
While recycling, a rejection of plastic bags and other eco-friendly initiatives are now a way of life in many European countries, Russia – the biggest country in the world – lags woefully behind in this area. This year was declared the Year of Ecology...
“A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow,” the Roman poet Ovid wrote two millennia ago. The world may have changed a lot since...
The second Skolkovo Jazz Science festival took place at the Skolkovo innovation city on August 26, attracting thousands of visitors for a day of first-class jazz, fascinating popular science lectures, interactive installations and much more. This year’s...
Russian tech startups seeking to conquer international markets are setting their sights on the U.K. as a gateway to Europe, attracted by government support and business conditions in the British capital. Successful Russian tech startups looking to expand...
Major announcement Skolkovo Foundation, Imperial College London, the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis and BR Russia New initiaive launches Center of Applied Research on Heal Exchange and Catalysis Wednesday 15th February 2012
Innovation Models Steve Geiger, CEO Skolkovo Foundation Wednesday 15th February 2012
Dr. Viktor Vekselberg President Skolkovo Foundation Wednesday 15th February 2012
A £9.3 million international consortium to make oil refining in Russia more efficient and environmentally sustainable has been given the green light this week. The Skolkovo Foundation has given official approval for the establishment of a Center of...
Skolkovo Investment Policy Alexander Lupachev, Head of Investment Service Skolkovo Foundation Wednesday 15th February 2012
Satellites that can help forecast earthquakes; renewable energy generated from vodka and whisky waste; stent tube advances that can help save lives: These are just three of the processes UK and Russian scientists are developing thanks to funding from Russia’s...