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Expected for more than six months, the deal to acquire a controlling share of the developer of the line of Russian processors "Baikal" is closed. The details of the transaction are not known, but it is obvious that the share of the arrested owner of "T-platforms" in this organization has been reduced to a minimum, and possibly to zero.

RUSNANO and the company" H2 Clean Energy " at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum signed an agreement on the joint development of projects in the field of hydrogen energy.

The State Corporation "Roscosmos" supported the scientific project of OmSTU to create new samples of electrothermal engines for nanosatellites weighing 4 kg or more. The scientists plan to develop and manufacture new samples of fuel automation elements of the corrective propulsion system and new samples of micro-motors based on the NTC "Cryogenic Technology".

Flight tests of Russian ion engines are planned to be conducted in 2025-2030, according to the Keldysh Research Center (part of Roscosmos).

GlobalFoundries has signed a contract with the Pentagon to supply several batches of chips for the US Army. Their purpose is unknown, and the first shipment is scheduled for 2023. All chips will be 45-nanometer, although by 2023 the main chip suppliers are going to master the 3-nanometer process.

A team of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a new type of Kevlar-based molecules that can self-assemble into long strands. Their thickness is only one nanometer, while the length and area can vary depending on the tasks set. The first experiments showed that these thinnest threads are incredibly strong, and therefore have a wide range of potential applications.

Sergei Sobyanin launched the construction of the Moscow State University's Vorobyovy Gory innovation cluster, the Moscow Mayor's Office reported. Previously, investments in this project were estimated at 20 billion rubles.

At Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU), with the support of the Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs (FIOP), the RUSNANO Group has completed the development of a professional development program for specialists engaged in the design and production of the element base of radiophotonics with nanoscale components. In February 2021, the training of a pilot group of employees of JSC OKB-Planeta (Veliky Novgorod), which acted as the customer and industrial partner of the educational project, will begin. The new program became the seventh joint project RUN and the University.

NUST MISIS scientists in collaboration with Russian and foreign colleagues were able to improve the technology of obtaining medical alloys with shape memory. The new technique will improve the reliability of existing surgical devices and develop a number of new ones. The results of the study are published in the journal JOM.

In the next decade, the volume of production of thin-film solar modules in value terms will grow by about 10% per year. In gigawatts of power, the increase will be comparable to the rate shown by the rapidly developing solar power generation based on crystalline silicon.

At the end of 2020, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research at the Air Force Research Laboratory awarded 17 grants for quantum information research, two of which focused on the use of quantum computing to overcome problems in navigation without the use of GPS, according to the publication Inside GNSS. Quantum computing and quantum sensors use quantum bits (qubits) to speed up computing processes while performing multiple operations simultaneously, which is beyond the capabilities of modern computers. 

Scientists of the National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" (NRU MEPhI) have developed the first Russian microelectronic transceiver that provides the operation of "vision" in autopiloted systems. According to them, the use of a new element, characterized by compactness and simplicity, will accelerate the introduction of fully autonomous safe transport.

One of the most important events of 2020 was the beginning of the revival of the Russian research fleet. For the first time in many years, money has been allocated for the creation of new research vessels (NIS). What characteristics will the new scientific ships of Russia have and why their early creation is of such great importance for the country?

Scientists of the research center "Kurchatov Institute" as part of a research group received promising material for creating self-learning neuromorphic computing systems. Their energy efficiency is superior to conventional computers by several orders of magnitude.

Contract manufacturer of mechatronics, robotics and medical equipment TEN fab (part of the Technospark group of companies of the investment network of the Fund for infrastructure and educational programs of the RUSNANO group) in December 2020 manufactured and delivered to Europe a series of 3D printers of the company Anisoprint.

the truth and myths about the light scalpel

In February 2020, near the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, an American anti-submarine aircraft P-8A Poseidon was illuminated and blinded by a laser from a Chinese destroyer. This incident, some believe, marked the beginning of the open use of laser weapons as an independent system. From that moment on, they started talking about the rapid spread of laser weapon combat systems (LO).

The RUSNANO Group Infrastructure and Educational Programs Foundation (FIOP) and the Nanotechnologies Technical Committee 441 operating on its basis took part in the development of the general Technical Preliminary National Standard (PNST) in the field of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The work was carried out in cooperation with the Technical Committee "Cyber-physical Systems" on the basis of RVC, which submitted the preliminary standard for public discussion.

Renesas Electronics has expanded the RA4 series of microcontrollers with a new group of 32-bit microcontrollers, which has been designated RA4M3. These microcontrollers use the Arm Cortex-M33 core, which operates at a frequency of up to 100 MHz.

graphene nanotube Solutions for high performance composites and coatings are entering the canadian and Mexican markets

Canadian company Arya Chem and Mexican companies Kathion Chemie De Mexico and NASEDA (Nacional de Servicios Dargue) plan to launch concentrates and suspensions based on graphene nanotubes to provide a new range of properties of liquid coatings and resin-based composites.

the international association "global energy" presented the first annual report "10 breakthrough ideas in energy for the next 10 years", co-authored by scientists from around the world. The report reflects the main provisions of research aimed at combating global climate change, including through the development of energy efficiency and energy conservation, as well as renewable energy technologies.