Youth technology

Russian innovators received a prize for a cryochamber

Today in Moscow the three-day international youth innovation session of the CIS, organized at the end of the year of science and innovation by the International Foundation for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS, Rossotrudnichestvo and the Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation, ends. In fact, it was a large competition of innovative developments, designed to prove that the words of President Dmitry Medvedev about the need for scientific and technological modernization were not aimed at nothing and that neighbors in the CIS also strive to participate in this process. The laureates - one each from Moldova and Kazakhstan, and a team of authors from Russia - received 200 thousand rubles each. to continue research. A total of 516 people took part in the competition. The 20 best were invited to Moscow, of which the jury selected ten for free internship and study at Moscow State University and at the Sistema-Sarov technology park.

A team of authors from Russia (Andrey Tamonov, Konstantin Mukhin and Maxim Bulavin) created a project for a “cold ball neutron substitute in a pulsed fast reactor for the study of nanomaterials and condensing agents.” For amateurs, the jury explains that we are talking about a large cryogenic chamber, which will also make it possible to work more safely with radioactive materials. Associate Professor of the Department of Thermal Power Engineering and Metallurgy of the Innovative Eurasian University of Kazakhstan Evgeniy Prikhodko proposed heat-saving technology, and chemist from the Moldavian State University Vyacheslav Baldescu proposed “biodegradable particles for pulmonary medicine.”

The main Russian innovator did not honor the session with his presence, but on behalf of the presidential administration, its head Sergei Naryshkin greeted the participants - however, also not in person, but through a message. The chairman of the CIS Council for Humanitarian Cooperation, Presidential Aide Jahan Pollyeva, was assigned to open the session. She recalled that the development of political, cultural, scientific and humanitarian ties and “how our states will behave with each other” depend on young people.

Minister of Sports, Tourism and Youth Vitaly Mutko spoke Russian and seemed a little less eloquent than on the day Russia received the right to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. “Our generation is inspired by your works submitted to the competition,” he said and added that Russia already has a system for supporting innovation - it’s a matter of specific developments. In terms of the international integration of CIS innovators, the minister places great hopes on the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

The head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Farid Mukhametshin, said that Russia has already opened centers of science and culture in Astana, Kiev, Tashkent, Baku, Yerevan, Chisinau, Minsk, Bishkek, Dushanbe, Almaty and Simferopol: “Since January (2011. -- Ed. ) departments of science and innovation will appear in their staffing table.” This, apparently, should mean that government interest in science and innovation will not dry up with the expiration of the year dedicated to them. Jahan Pollyeva said that next year in the CIS will be considered the year of historical and cultural heritage.

Ivan SUKHOV