A pair of very special speakers took part in a conference devoted to 3D bioprinting in space at the Skolkovo innovation centre on Wednesday. Two cosmonauts – commander Anton Shkaplerov and flight engineer Oleg Artemyev – answered questions and interacted...
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...
Questions surrounding artificial intelligence and whether or not it constitutes a threat to mankind have dominated the headlines this year. Now the Skolkovo innovation centre is gathering together Russian and international experts in this field to discuss the...
“Did you know that more than 70 percent of cancer patient deaths are caused not by the cancer itself, but by the side effects of chemotherapy?” With this shocking statistic just minutes into the presentation of his product, Andrei Garazha has the...
Despite the turbulent economic situation, the Russian government will continue to support innovative startups, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told representatives of regional governments on Wednesday – but only if their ideas and products are...
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Skolkovo is starting to produce tangible results, despite being less than five years old. From left: Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg, his advisor Pekka Viljakainen, and Prime Minister Medvedev. Photo: sk.ru ...
Addressing officials from 79 of Russia’s 83 regions from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok, Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg on Wednesday called for the creation of a dozen similar innovation centers across the country. The conference at the Hypercube...
The Russia’s government has signed an anti-crisis plan to restructure the economy in part through innovations, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told a meeting of regional officials on Wednesday. Dvorkovich addressing regional officials at...
Skolkovo is aiming to contribute 1.5 trillion rubles to the Russian economy by 2020, Foundation president Victor Vekselberg said Friday. Addressing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s commission on economic modernization at the Hypercube, Vekselberg noted...
Russia has made strides in creating the infrastructure needed for an innovations-based economy, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday at a meeting of the economic modernization commission presidium at the Skolkovo Hypercube. Medvedev was chairing the...
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...
Alexander Borodich, one of Russia’s most active investors, has been named the country’s business angel of the year in a ceremony at the Skolkovo Hypercube. Borodich is one of the founding members of the Closed Business Angels Club, itself one...
Skolkovo’s flagship partners including Microsoft and Siemens have reiterated their commitment to the project, insisting political turbulence will not blow them off course. At the Hypercube this week the Skolkovo Foundation held its Industrial Advisory...
Russia’s first bioprinter went on display Tuesday at an international bioprinting and biofabrication conference at the Skolkovo Hypercube. For the second year running the Skolkovo Innovation Center is holding one of the world's top events in biotechnology...
Dmitry Medvedev visited the first Skolkovo’s Innovation City building, the “Hypercube”, held the Modernization and Innovations Council meeting there and made a brief welcome speech at a biomed conference, held by the Skolkovo Foundation there...