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Panasonic becomes Skolkovo partner
Electronics giant Panasonic became a partner of the Skolkovo Foundation on Friday, signing a deal with Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg that obliges the Japanese multinational to build research facilities...

Skolkovo Technopark: what has been done in 2014
The Skolkovo Technopark, one of the largest tech parks in Europe, achieved impressive results in 2014: A new building and an array of services were launched; it won the bid to host the IASP World Conference...

Craig Barrett: Politics moves faster than innovation and research
Skolkovo Foundation Council co-chairman Craig Barrett voiced confidence on Thursday that the project to diversify Russia’s economy would far outlive the current political troubles. Barrett, Intel...

‘More than Moore’ contest winners leave Skolkovo all shook up
Cutting-edge technology that measures seismic events has won the 5 million ruble top prize in Skolkovo’s More than Moore contest, an initiative to encourage breakthroughs in computer hardware. Seismotronika...

US diplomat: Skolkovo/MIT partnership more important than ever
A prominent US diplomat said Monday that Skolkovo’s partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is more important now than ever. In opening remarks at the US-Russia Research Symposium...

Cleaning up the Ganges, with Skolkovo's help?
On a recent trip to India, Skolkovo Foundation president Victor Vekselberg named BioMicroGel as one of the innovation center’s two dozen residents that could help with cleaning up the Ganges river...

Igniting omics in Russia
The concept of omics may still leave most people baffled, but for science communities, this hugely promising approach to biolomedical research is already 25 years old and ignorance could be costly. Skolkovo...

Skolkovo ramps up high-tech ties with India
Skolkovo signed an agreement with India on Thursday to ramp up cooperation in the high-tech sector, part of a raft of deals overseen by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a trip to New Delhi. Skolkovo...

Medvedev: Skolkovo the 'standard bearer' for Russia's high-tech sector
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday called Skolkovo “the standard bearer for creating a high-tech sector” in Russia. Asked in a live television interview about the fate of a...