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Russian scientists work on quartz-based data storage that can hold data forever

May 26, 2016

Glass through which we see the world may soon be used as a data storage system that can outlive mankind. A new five dimensional (5D) digital data storage technology uses nano-structured quartz glass to store information. Scientists at the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology say they can make these new storage devices the size and …

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Akademgorodok: The last Soviet utopia, or the next Silicon Valley?

April 6, 2016

Located twenty miles from Novosibirsk, Akademgorodok, which literally means ‘academic town,’ was established in 1957. It quickly became a major Soviet scientific hub, with talented researchers settling there from all the country. After the fall of communism, however, salaries and funding collapsed. But Akademgorodok managed to attract a number of foreign companies including IBM, Intel and Schlumberger, …

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Reading without eyes: a Russian device gives hope to the blind

February 29, 2016

Inspired by an aunt’s suggestion, a Russian engineer invented a learning device that teaches the blind by converting electronic text into Braille. This digital tutor might soon reach the international market. A little over a year was needed to create the digital tutor, See All, which converts electronic information into Braille. The device consists of two modules. One is …

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How Bashkir language is being saved from digital obscurity

February 21, 2016

The Republic of Bashkortostan is a region a bit larger than South Korea. It’s part of the Russian Federation, nestled near the Kazakhstan border. And until recently, its residents had a hell of a time using smartphones. The Bashkir language has around 1.5 million speakers. The language is distinct from Russian – it has Turkic …

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Russian company uses 3D-printer to create tank prototypes

February 11, 2016

The Russian military makes wide use of 3D printing to create physical objects. Thus Electromashina, a part of the Uralvagonzavod corporation, develops solid objects made of polymer materials. In the summer of 2015, an industrial 3D-printer was introduced to create prototypes and low-volume parts. “The 3D-printer helps to speed up the trial production. When the designer …

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Hyperloop in talks with Russian investor to introduce sonic speed train in Russia

March 2, 2017

US company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies is in talks with a Russian private investor to finance its launch in Russia, the company’s COO Bibop Gresta told RT last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos. It is likely the government will also be keen on the idea, he believes. “We’re heading at a private-public partnership. Usually that’s our …

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Russian breakthrough in quantum technology can protect banks from hackers

February 7, 2016

Until recently quantum networks were considered invulnerable to hacker attacks. Quantum connections have been used to protect data for a long time, but they work only at short distances, approximately 100 kilometers (60 miles). Furthermore, such connections are rather fragile and face problems shortly after they start functioning. Physicists at the Russian Quantum Center, however, …

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Russian scientists successfully implant first 3D-printed thyroid gland

February 11, 2016

A Russian company has announced a successful experiment implanting 3D-printed thyroid glands into mice. The results, which some experts say might revolutionise medicine, will be published next week, “We had some difficulties during the study, but in the end the thyroid gland turned out to be functional,” said Dmitri Fadin, development director at 3D Printing Solutions, to …

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Russian-made smartphone sensor to detect cancer cells and diagnose HIV

October 6, 2015

Russian scientists Dmitry Fedyanin and Yury Stebunov have created a new sensor that can detect cancer cells and diagnose diseases such as HIV, hepatitis, and herpes in the comfort of your own home. “We are using a nano-mechanical circuit with a very high sensitivity,” Fedyanin told RBTH. Previously, such technologies worked only under low temperature …

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Skolkovo opens branch in Russia’s Far East

February 14, 2016

As announced earlier this year, Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, has opened a new branch in the Far East and selected its first batch of local startups. Skolkovo’s experts have granted the status of resident companies to seven early-stage companies, the Skolkovo Foundation reported, claiming to have received in …

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