Science and technics

Russia’s withdrawal from the Bologna process implies, first of all, raising the level of basic higher education. This is one of the goals of the pilot project involving 6 domestic universities, which was launched in May this year by the decree of President Vladimir Putin. Today’s first-year students of the Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University will get not just an additional year and a half of study to the 4-year bachelor’s degree, but a fundamentally higher quality engineering education closer to the needs of modern production.

Rectors Vladimir Litvinenko of Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University and Shirong Ge of China University of Mining Engineering and Technology (Beijing) signed a memorandum on the establishment of a joint educational institution to train personnel from both countries.

Maksim Natchuk and Matvey Vasiliev, students of St. Petersburg Mining University, have developed a prototype of mixed reality (MR) glasses, which, according to experts, have all chances to be put into production. Their main distinguishing feature is their low cost as compared with Western analogues, which increases the likelihood of mass use of this technology in the industry.

They will present their scientific projects to experts from leading mineral resource companies and flagship universities, dedicated to improving the efficiency of production and use of natural resources, as well as reducing the technogenic load on the environment. The event was organised in cooperation with the International Competence Centre in Mining Engineering Education under the auspices of UNESCO.

New blocking compounds (crosslinkers) required for efficient operation of Kovykta gas condensate field have already passed pilot tests. Their introduction into production will make it possible to avoid problems when drilling wells, which arise due to the uncontrolled flow of brine. Salty groundwater disrupts circulation of drilling fluids, which leads to their absorption into the formation. Elimination of complications takes a lot of time and leads to decrease of production profitability.

Italy’s Bologna is best known in the world for its waterproof cloth and the declaration of the same name with which European higher education entered the 21st century. In both cases, the initial excitement was replaced by disappointment.

On the eve of the New Year in the Pskov region, on the territory of the special economic zone Moglino a new high-tech enterprise ”Titan-Polymer” was opened

The Federal Service for Intellectual Property has published a rating of universities, research institutes and companies that have filed the largest number of electronic applications for patents in 2022

One of the most urgent tasks facing Russian scientists and industrialists today is to create as many full-fledged value-added chains as possible within the country.

Temperatures at Vostok Research Station in Antarctica are now lower than at the North Pole, even though the southern hemisphere is known to be in the height of summer