Nanotechnology

06.04.2012 20:31 27 comments Eau de toilette: Bill Gates pays to turn sewage into drinking water The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has won worldwide respect for battling disease and starvation in the developing world. But their latest venture – cheaply recycling sewage into drinking water and fuel – may prove more controversial.		15.12.2011 18:44 22 comments Engineered virus which hacks & controls brain: Do you mind? Today, an average computer user cannot even keep the machine secured. So what will the world look like when hacking your mind becomes as easy as infecting your machine with a computer virus?
30.10.2011 08:08 6 comments AlcoLaser – the new high-tech nemesis of drunk drivers Drunk drivers in Russia from now on face a brand-new nemesis – a laser device which detects alcohol in the air of your car with sophisticated precision. This brainchild of Russian science is a world first and will be in use by traffic police by 2013.		13.10.2011 19:36 9 comments Air Force finds out about drone virus from the Internet Some people go online for sports scores; others log on to check email. Military personnel with the US Air Force, however, recently used the Web to learn that their controversial and exuberantly expensive drone fleet had been hacked.
12.10.2011 10:34 4 comments Red Shift: global power moves eastwards? Balancing out the economic and political dominance of the West: Russia’s Prime Minister meets with Chinese political heavyweights on the second day of his visit to the country.		04.10.2011 20:36 1 comment Russia’s Silicon Valley gets American president An American professor from Massachusetts Institute of Technology will become the first president of Russia's new Skolkovo Institute.
23.08.2011 23:12 6 comments DC quake turns off two nuclear reactors Tuesday afternoon’s 5.8 earthquake caused two nuclear reactors at a power plant outside of Washington DC to go offline.		27.07.2011 20:45 1 comment Government admits to spying through your cell phone The US government is in a relationship with your cell phone provider, but “it’s complicated.”
27.06.2011 23:37 11 comments GPS - Global Police State? Global Positioning System or Gigantic Police State? Soon the term GPS may mean both one in the same.		16.05.2011 19:57 2 comments Russia's Silicon Valley to host Medvedev’s first live Q&A Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has changed the venue for his first live Q&A session with Russian and foreign media on May 18, from the Kremlin to Skolkovo innovation hub.
10.05.2011 19:26 2 comments Innovative tandem: Russia may have two Silicon Valleys Modernization in Russia will soon be driven by one more engine: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has announced the creation of an agency responsible for developing national innovation.		28.03.2011 19:39 4 comments Japan radiation detected in US rainwater Health officials in the US said rainwater tested in Massachusetts registered low levels of radiation, most likely from the Japanese nuclear power plant damaged by the earthquake and tsunami. Earthquake in Japan
28.01.2011 21:04 Scientists confirm Nabokov’s theory on evolution of butterflies Known and loved by many as a brilliant bilingual writer, Vladimir Nabokov has overnight turned into a genius entomologist who was thinking far ahead of his time.		25.01.2011 11:39 2 comments Possession of nuclear technology is mark of leadership – Iran’s IAEA envoy A country entering the nuclear sphere will have high-tech industry and a higher scientific level of its universities, hence it will become a leading country, shared Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
30.11.2010 14:50 Russia’s foreign view not just to the West RT Politics asked Russia's leading political commentators for their thoughts on the President's address to the Federal Assembly, which dealt with dozens of issues on domestic and foreign policy. RT Politics Interview		04.11.2010 18:06 Skolkovo migrants to avoid visa hassle Russia's new innovation hub will boast its own Federal Migration Service office, specializing in visa support for the center’s specialists.
03.11.2010 16:02 1 comment Medvedev says no nano-future without better laws Russia must cut excessive tax burden and red tape if it is to become a major player in nanotechnology, according to President Dmitry Medvedev, speaking at the annual RusNanoTech Forum.		02.11.2010 19:54 1 comment Microsoft to set up camp at Russia's Silicon Valley US software giant Microsoft is set to join Russia's Skolkovo project, pumping millions of dollars into Russian start-ups.
20.10.2010 22:38 High import duties prevent foreigners from coming to Skolkovo Despite recent laws simplifying immigration procedures, Russian customs officials have not hurried to lower new duties for foreigners, hampering the governmental initiative to lure highly-skilled specialists from abroad.		15.10.2010 15:40 2 comments World watches Skolkovo What exactly is the Skolkovo innovation center and why is the world watching it so closely? Anatoly Aleksandrov, one of six co-founders of the center and the rector of Bauman University fills RT in with the details. RT Politics Interview

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