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Germany wants to produce hydrogen from Russian gas

The German energy agency Dena called the proposal of Russian colleagues to build a pilot plant at the Nord Stream exit point to produce the lightest gas in nature by pyrolysis of methane a “great idea.” It is planned to be used in power engineering and transport: it is known that since recently, H2 is considered in Europe as one of the tools to achieve carbon neutrality. However, according to scientists, first, it is necessary to build a test site and carefully study the entire technological chain. Otherwise, such projects may turn out to be unprofitable and unsafe.
The Tchaikovskys: Family of Engineers Except for Pyotr Ilyich

In 2020, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky became the top trending Russian musician outside the country. A billboard with an image of his was erected right in central New York, on Times Square. Yet notwithstanding the international recognition of the composer's music, the Tchaikovskys are also known for having had connections with another industry, traditionally the key one for Rusia's economy.
Intrigues of diamond discoverers, or who was the first to find the “Mir”

In the summer of 1955, three geologists of the Amakinskaya expedition sent a secret radiogram to their superiors: "We smoked a peace pipe, the tobacco is excellent. Avdeyenko, Elagina, Khabardin". According to the official version, they are considered the discoverers of one of the largest primary diamond deposits in Russia... But there are still disputes about the authorship of the discovery.
China laughed at Europe’s call to give up hydrocarbons

At the end of January, the concept of so-called climate diplomacy was approved in Brussels. From now on, the European Union will not only develop green energy on its territory but also insist that the rest of the world also intensify this process. The EU plans to force Asian and African states to abandon hydrocarbons, in particular, by reducing investment in their production and processing.
Why Gazprom neft spent $50 billion on a delayed coking unit

Gazprom Neft announced the completion of another commissioning stage of the delayed coking unit at the Omsk Refinery. Behind this seemingly insignificant news is a real technological breakthrough. Russia is about to start producing needle coke, which is in great demand from metallurgical companies and which used to be supplied to our plants only from abroad. Forpost decided to find out whether this project is that important for the national economy and whether one of the flagships of the oil and gas industry will be able to get back the 50 billion rubles invested in it.
Rector of MISiS: There Is a Growing Interest in Engineering Education in Russia
Citation one, citation two, that’ll make a Hirsch index. What’s wrong with our research articles

For decades, the domestic academic community has been trying to rapidly increase its scientometric indicators, primarily the citation rate of articles. However, we have not been able to achieve any tangible success although the number of publications in journals indexed by the leading scientific Internet search platforms Scopus and Web of Science has doubled in ten years. In 2009, the country issued 65,000 articles to the world; in 2019, it is almost 137,000.
Why domestic university rankings only harm higher education

The ranking agency RAEX-Analytics has completed the collection of data for the subject ranking of Russian universities in various areas of training. Does this mean that the country will finally have an objective chart, which will allow applicants to choose the best development paradigm for themselves?
Rector of South Ural State University on the Advantages of Russian Education

In an interview to Forpost, Aleksandr Shestakov, Rector of South Ural State University (SUSU), speaks on the drawbacks of higher school in comparison to the Soviet system. He also mentions areas in which Russia is lagging behind foreign universities and areas in which our country manages to outstrip them.
I’m Going to Be a Shipbuilder. Let Them Teach Me

In an interview to Forpost, Gleb Turichin, Rector of the Marine Technical University, spoke about how to prevent the engineering education from degradation, when Russian universities will meet employers' requirements, and why so far no one can take our country's institutions for PhD studies seriously.
Dicaprio and Biden set out to lead humanity away from the “cliff edge”

Leonardo DiCaprio, Natalie Portman, and about 150 other actors, politicians, and businessmen signed an open letter to Joe Biden. They said that civilization today is “on the edge of a cliff” and urged the new U.S. president to do everything possible to reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.
He Who Became the First Rector of Mining University

The first higher technical university in Russia was established by a decree of Empress Catherine the Great, following a request with which a mining entrepreneur from the Ural addressed her. But who was the person who established and headed the educational institution? A famous son of a famous father he was.
Why our detonators are popular in Europe

In 2020, for the first time in Finnish history, a mass explosion was carried out without the use of TNT and dynamite. It was loaded exclusively with Russian-made cartridges and detonators. The head of the department for new projects at Azot-Blast, the largest company in Russia and the CIS for the production of drilling and blasting agents, talked about what radical changes have taken place in the industry and how to build a successful career today.