Science and technics

January 2020 marks 200 years since Russian sailors discovered Antarctica. What secrets are buried deep below the continent, and why its ice shield is of such interest to scientists studying climate change processes?

The evaluated capital cost of the technology is about 120–125 k$ (as opposed to 300 k$ using the existing method), the payback period is not more than one year.

The Rector of St. Petersburg Mining University pointed that the Far North, especially the continental shelf, ”has a huge potential”.

Delegation of BELAZ company paid a working visit to Mining University.

Andrey Rudskoy talks about the institution’s efforts to motivate researchers – most notably amongst the youth – to participate in scientific work.

UrFU’s research team presented a new type of ’Kanatokhod’ robot updated to apply special anti-icing coatings on wires and OPGW cables of high-voltage lines. This allows working on HV lines without disconnecting them.

This year, five new research centres have been created at Russia’s oldest higher technical education institution.

It is extremely undesirable to burn them as ordinary firewood since it is dangerous for the environment and for the health of those who get into the area where the products of combustion spread.

At the same time, the problem with recycling industrial wood residues is solved.

A new catalyst for water electrolysis can replace expensive platinum-group metals.