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Branson brings hyperloop to India
The journey time between Mumbai and the university town of Pune could be slashed from three…
China’s innovation drive continues with $1bn Skolkovo deal, but FDI drops off
China’s drive to establish a presence at the cutting edge of innovation in areas such as…
Milan takes fast train to China
Milan became the latest European city to join up to China’s Belt and Road initiative last…
China tops patent application list again but still waits for breakthrough
For the fifth year in a row, China has topped the world’s patent application list but failed…
Russian billionaire Yuri Milner pumps $100bn into Breakthrough Starshot
Breakthrough Starshot: Russian billionaire internet investor Yury Milner has joined forces with the world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking…
Russia and China to set up Tomsk Innovation Centre
Tomsk Innovation Centre: Russia and China have agreed to establish a centre of innovative cooperation in the Siberian…
Chinese get modest foothold in Boston Consulting Group innovation survey
Three Chinese companies appear in the Boston Consulting Group’s 10th annual global survey of the 50…
Internet of Things set to turn China’s ICT sector into $6trn industry
The Internet of Things – the network of physical objects embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and…
Huawei to invest in UK graphene research project for ICT sector
Graphene: Chinese telecommunications equipment giant Huawei is expected to use President Xi Jinping’s visit to the…
Next five years vital to success of Made in China 2025 – E&Y
Chinese companies must carry on upgrading their operations over the next five years and establish more…
Designs for hybrid ‘Red Zeppelin’ Atlant airship
By 2018, a new but strangely familiar sight could start floating across the skies above the wastes…
Finns to fund €200m Skolkovo Bio City
Skolkovo Bio City: Russia’s Skolkovo Foundation has signed an agreement with Finland’s Turku Science Park to build a…
Tests of Kamaz unmanned Autorobot vehicle begin
Tests of the unmanned Autorobot vehicle being developed by Kamaz in conjunction with Cognitive Technologies and the…
Ten-year plan calls for Chinese productivity to equal Germany’s by 2015
Chinese productivity: China’s State Council has published a ten-year plan to modernise the country’s manufacturing facilities to the…
RVC teams up with Finematika to launch space technology investment fund
Two venture capital firms have teamed to invest $60m Russia’s largest space technology investment fund, it was revealed…
Cellulose ‘harder than steel’ developed by researchers in Perm
Cellulose ‘harder than steel’: Researchers at the Perm State National Research University (PSNRU) in the West Urals…
Skolkovo Innovation Centre to house Russian-Chinese business incubator JV
The Skolkovo Innovation Centre on the outskirts of Moscow is set to house a joint Russian-Chinese business incubator,…
Samruk-Kazyna looks to open in Silicon Valley
Samruk-Kazyna looks to open in Silicon Valley: Kazakhstan’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna is considering setting up a…
BRICS biomed consortium proposed by Siberian scientists
BRICS biomed consortium: Scientists at the Tomsk Research Institute of Cardiology in Siberia have put forward…
Skolkovo Foundation planning permanent office in Vladivostok
The Skolkovo Foundation, the organisation behind Moscow’s high-tech business incubator and research-based Skolkovo Innovation Centre, is…
Sports Innovation Centre planned for Moscow
Sports Innovation Centre planned for Moscow: Skolkovo Technology Park and the Russian Olympic Committee are joining forces to…
High-tech orthotics start-up secures backing from New York VC firm
High-tech orthotics start-up: Zdravprint, the Moscow-based start-up that is using 3D printing technology to produce customised…