Polytechnics in China: International Conference and Competition for Innovative Projects

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The Suining International Lithium Battery Industry Conference 2025 was held in Suining, China. Over 400 representatives from leading universities, research organizations, industry, and investors from China, Russia, Germany, India, Australia, and other countries attended the event. Polytechnic University was represented by Professor Sergey Kondratyev, Professor Wang Qingsheng, and the NEMTRI team.

Sergey Kondratyev delivered a welcoming address at the opening of the conference. He noted that the development of new energy sources is impossible without fundamental research and breakthrough technologies in materials science.

Wang Qingsheng, Distinguished Professor of the Polytechnic University and Director of the SPbPU Joint Department in China, presented at a thematic session dedicated to the prospects of quasi-solid-state batteries. He is actively developing cooperation between the Polytechnic University and the Russian-Chinese Engineering Institute of Materials and New Energy Sources (NEMTRI). This institute has become a significant platform for scientific research, joint projects, and cultural exchange.

It's worth noting that the conference was attended by Polytechnic University graduates and postgraduate students who are currently pursuing research at the university's affiliated department in China under the supervision of Professor Wang Qingsheng. Their participation confirmed the continuity of scientific schools and the successful development of joint educational initiatives.

The long-standing scientific friendship between Russia and China serves as a solid foundation for the implementation of joint projects. Today, SPbPU and its Chinese partners actively collaborate in the research and industrial implementation of new energy storage and conversion technologies.

It's also worth noting that a team of Polytechnic University graduates and postgraduates took second place in the finals of the Hangzhou International Entrepreneurship Contest (Brain-inspired Intelligence Track). More than 130 international teams participated in the competition, of which only 20 advanced to the finals. The Polytechnic University team presented a design for a next-generation bionic hand prosthesis.

The project is led by Professor Wang Qingsheng. It was launched a year ago in collaboration with the Scientific and Technical Center for Additive Technologies and Materials in Intelligent Biomedical Systems at the Russian-Chinese Engineering Research Institute (ETRI) in Hangzhou, with the support of Polytechnic University Rector Andrey Rudskoy.

In a relatively short time, the team developed a proprietary bionic finger movement mechanism, a control system based on PMSM motors, an electronic platform, and an algorithm for processing commands from EMG sensors using neural network personalization methods. The engineers are currently preparing a second prototype and plan to present the first pre-production sample next year.

The team's success was the result not only of engineering work but also of international collaboration. Polytechnic University graduates and postgraduate students working in China are actively developing ties between Russian and Chinese researchers.

For us, this is not only a victory, but also confirmation that Russian-Chinese scientific collaborations are capable of producing world-class results. We look forward to welcoming both experienced researchers and professors, as well as students who want to create the interfaces of the future with their own hands," notes team leader Mikhail Linchevsky, a postgraduate student at the Higher School of Artificial Intelligence Technologies at the Institute of Computer Science and Technology at the Polytechnic University.

The bionic prosthesis project is just one part of the center's broader work. Research in additive manufacturing, biomedical systems, new energy sources, and functional materials is conducted in Hangzhou and Changxing. The center's laboratories are open to internships, joint dissertations, and international projects, and participation in these projects has already enabled many Polytechnic students to begin research careers abroad.

The SPbPU team's second place in the prestigious competition in Hangzhou and Sergei Kondratyev's participation in the conference in Suining confirmed the Polytechnic University's prominent role in international scientific and educational cooperation.

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Molecular Diagnostics Methods: SPbPU and Alcor Bio Launch a Joint Master's Program

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The Higher School of Biotechnology and Food Production of the Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology at SPbPU, in collaboration with the Alkor Bio Group, launched a new corporate master's program, "Methods and Tools for Molecular Diagnostics." The program is designed to train versatile specialists with knowledge and practical skills in the development of medical devices for clinical diagnostics, covering the full technological cycle—from determining analytical and diagnostic characteristics, verification, and validation of new products to registration and approval for use in clinical practice. The program's uniqueness lies in its development of scientific competencies in the development of test systems for infectious disease diagnostics, allergy diagnostics, and PCR diagnostic kits.

The program's opening was preceded by a discussion of the project's roadmap. Negotiations regarding targeted co-financing for the corporate educational program took place at Alcor Bio with the participation of Alcor Bio Group President Dmitry Polyntsev, Director of the Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology Andrey Vasin, and Director of the Higher School of Biotechnology and Food Production Yulia Bazarnova. The co-financing agreement provides for the program's development, including improvements to the facility's facilities, scientific conferences, and career guidance events.

In developing the curriculum, a working group consisting of Natalia Barsukova, Head of the Graduate School of Business and Public Health (HSMBPP) Master's Programs; Ekaterina Aronova, Academic Director of the HSMBPP Program; and Vyacheslav Bolshakov, Head of the Molecular Diagnostics Department at Alcor Bio, focused on the current talent needs of the modern Russian market in the development and production of medical devices for molecular diagnostics. Therefore, in addition to the core courses covered by the university program, students will become familiar with the regulatory framework for the production and registration of medical devices, methods for developing diagnostic kits for nucleic acid analysis, the practice of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunochemiluminescence assay (ICA), and flow cytometry methods. During their studies, students will gain practical experience working at a large biotechnology holding company, a leader in the development and production of test systems and equipment for laboratory diagnostics in the Northwest region. The best master's students will be placed in employment with the company.

The educational collaboration between the Alkor Bio Group of Companies and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University began in 2020 at the initiative of the Higher School of Biotechnology and Food Production. Its goal is to provide master's students with additional education in molecular biology methods and to provide them with internships and practical training using the state-of-the-art facilities available at the Alkor Bio Group of Companies.

Alcor Bio is interested in attracting personnel with the relevant knowledge base and practical experience in molecular biology. The launch of a joint master's program in 2025 is a new, mutually beneficial step aimed at training highly qualified biotechnologists, says Vyacheslav Bolshakov, head of the Alcor Bio Group's molecular diagnostics laboratory.

The new corporate master's program, "Methods and Tools for Molecular Diagnostics," generated keen interest among applicants, including undergraduate graduates from the Polytechnic University and other universities. First-year master's student Daniil Porozov commented on his choice: "The main reason I chose the new master's program was the practical experience I gained at Alcor Bio during my undergraduate studies. After my first internship, I worked in several departments: I learned about the ELISA method and working with laboratory animals in the hybridoma lab, mastered DNA extraction, PCR, and oligonucleotide synthesis. I spent the most time in the RNA analysis lab, where I participated in the development of a microRNA diagnostic method using real-time PCR. This experience formed the basis of my bachelor's thesis and helped me delve deeply into molecular diagnostics, so I decided to continue studying this field in my master's program."

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School of Elders of SPbGASU

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The class monitor is the liaison between students, the administration, and the student council. All matters concerning the academic process are handled by the monitor. They fulfill faculty requests, maintain contact with the administration, collect documents and necessary information, and interact with everyone in the class.

The school of elders will help you find answers to many questions:

Who is a group leader? How do I interact with the group and the administration? What responsibilities might a group leader have?

These and many other questions will be addressed at the Class Leaders' School, which will be held at SPbGASU from October 6 to 21! We would also like to inform you that for class leaders, absences from classes to participate in the School will be considered valid absences.

For details on participation, please contact the faculty deans' offices.

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A GUU student is among the winners of the "Alpha-Future. Scholarships" competition.

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Marat Bakayev, a third-year student in the Department of Public and Municipal Administration at the State University of Management, has won the prestigious "Alpha-Future. Scholarships" 2025 competition!

This year, more than 44,000 applications from 300 universities were submitted to the competition—the competition was record-breaking, and the selection process was intense.

In addition to a monthly stipend of 5,000 rubles, 3,000 winners will receive access to Alfa-Bank events, including closed ones.

"I learned about the competition at university and decided to give it a try to prove myself and gain new perspectives. I'm glad I succeeded. In the future, I want to develop my skills in management and build a career in government," shares Marat Bakayev.

We wish Marat continued success in his professional development. May this victory be a confident step toward achieving his ambitious goals.

A new application period for "Alpha-Future. Student Grants" will open soon—your chance to win 300,000 rubles to help realize your dreams. Stay up-to-date with the latest announcements here.

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Blagoveshchensk Polytechnic's scientific mission: from the cosmodrome to Amur University

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At the end of September, a delegation from SPbPU visited Blagoveshchensk, Russia's Far East. Polytechnic University representatives—professors Alexey Filimonov, Vladimir Zaborovsky, and Vadim Korablyov, and associate professor Vyacheslav Bondarenko of the Higher School of Engineering Physics—participated in several scientific events.

The visit began with a working meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The delegation toured the technical and refueling complexes, the Soyuz-2 launch pad, and the newly constructed launch pad for the Angara heavy-lift rocket.

The following day, the 23rd scientific conference "Physics: Fundamental and Applied Research, Education" opened. This year, it was held at Amur State University, which celebrated its 50th anniversary. Participants presented key results of experimental and theoretical research in the fields of semiconductor physics, condensed matter, and nanotechnology to the scientific community. Over 50 papers were presented at the conference, including the usual 50 poster presentations.

The Polytechnic University team presented three papers. The first, "Dynamics and Kinetics of Lead Magnoniobat Relaxor," was devoted to the study of ferroelectric relaxor materials with potential for practical application.

Relaxors represent one of the most interesting groups of disordered compounds. In this study, we analyzed structural relaxation in the lead magnoniobate relaxor PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 (PMN). X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) was employed as the primary method for studying slow dynamic processes. Using experimental data, we traced the temperature evolution of both single-time and dual-time correlation functions. Ultra-broadband dielectric spectroscopy was also used to track the kinetics of the dielectric response of lead magnoniobate during aging in the region of a diffuse phase transition. It was found that aging is accompanied by a hardening and narrowing of the dielectric loss spectra and a decrease in the dielectric strength. An explanation is proposed based on the concept of creating degenerate polar nanoregions spanning several chemically ordered regions.

The second report was titled "Physical Aspects of Machine Learning Processes." It discussed, from the perspective of modern computer science and theoretical physics, the evolution of digital implementations of deep artificial neural networks toward the creation of multimodal transformers of large language models—the foundation of intelligent technologies for modeling complex physical processes and "learning" computer systems.

Pythagoras developed the theory of the harmonic series, which explains why music, like geometry, is a form of reflection of the objective properties of physical reality. A theory capable of guiding the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems based on fundamental physical concepts has not yet been created. This paper presents an exo-intelligence extension of the architecture of modern computer-based software automata, which it proposes to consider as information-open physical systems capable not only of inductive learning based on explicitly specified digital data but also of conceptual learning. This allows us to solve the problem of regularizing the generative hallucinations of large linguistic models by exploiting fundamental physical laws.

The third report, "Chaotic Potential on the Surface of Doped III-Nitrides," focused on obtaining information about the nature of the electronic properties of semiconductor surfaces and contact structures. SPbPU scientists presented the results of a study of the size effect in semiconductor heterojunctions during space charge distribution across point and extended linear defects, which is relevant for fine-tuning the manufacturing technology of modern electronic devices based on heterojunctions.

This paper discusses the screening of electroactive defects (point and linear) and the structure of the chaotic potential on the GaN surface under self-compensation conditions. Using a statistical analysis of a Poisson ensemble of charged defects, the amplitude and scale of the chaotic potential are determined. It is shown that at high degrees of self-compensation, inhomogeneities in the fields of charged dislocations dominate the surface.

The conference featured an informal scientific discussion with colleagues from Moscow State University, TUSUR, Kabardino-Balkarian State University, Novosibirsk State University, and many other educational and scientific centers in Russia, as well as with representatives from Heihe University in China.

Professor Zaborovsky also delivered a lecture entitled "Information Intervention in Physics: Computer Science and the Problem of Machine Learning" to third- and fourth-year students at the Institute of Computer Science and Engineering at Amur State University as part of an exchange program.

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Financial News: Moscow Exchange Trading Schedule for 2026

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The Moscow Exchange has determined the market operating procedures during public holidays in 2026.

On the official holidays of January 5–6, January 8–9, March 9 and May 11, 2026, trading will be held on the stock market, deposit market and loan market, foreign exchange market and precious metals market, futures market and standardized derivatives market (SDFI).

On the specified dates, trading will take place on all instruments in the foreign exchange market and the precious metals market, with the exception of transactions with the fulfillment date of obligations on the day of the conclusion of the transactions (transactions with “TODAY” settlements) and swap transactions, the fulfillment date of obligations for the first parts of which falls on the day of the conclusion of these transactions.

Conclusion of over-the-counter transactions with the central counterparty (CCP) on the derivatives market on the specified dates will be carried out with settlements for all instruments, except for derivatives agreements that provide for obligations denominated in Russian rubles, with the exception of deposit margin.

On official public holidays: January 1–4, January 7, February 23, March 8, May 1, May 9, June 12, November 4, and December 31, 2026, trading on Moscow Exchange markets will not be conducted.

On the remaining days of 2025, trading on the exchange markets will be carried out according to the standard schedule.

The weekend trading schedule (additional weekend trading session) on the stock and derivatives markets in 2026 will be published separately.

Moscow Exchange trading calendar for 2026.

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Dmitry Chernyshenko: Over the past five years, over 90,000 schoolchildren and students have participated in the "Science. Territory of Heroes" competition.

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The sixth season of the popular science competition "Science. Territory of Heroes" has launched for schoolchildren and students. The competition will run from October 6, 2025, to February 2026, with the support of Russia's national projects and is part of the "Science of Winning" initiative of the Decade of Science and Technology.

You can register on the platform heroes.science.rf, which features articles about the scientific achievements and discoveries of Russian scientists and video tours of scientific organizations. During the competition, participants will complete game tasks and take thematic quizzes.

"In the Decade of Science and Technology, declared by President Vladimir Putin, special attention is being paid to promoting research and engaging young people in it. The 'Science: Territory of Heroes' competition has proven itself to be an effective platform. Last year alone, more than 22,000 young people participated, and over 90,000 have participated since then. This season, we are launching a creative program called 'Science Creathon' for the first time. I am confident this will enable even more schoolchildren and students to find their own path to development in research and contribute to achieving our national goal of technological leadership," noted Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.

The competition is held in several thematic areas: “Energy and Numbers” (physics and mathematics), “Biochemistry of Discoveries” (chemical and biological), “Science in Life” (general education), “Scientific Creathon” (creation of creative projects).

"Today, our country has successfully built a system to support scientific creativity, establishing links between schools, universities, and the real economy. The 'Science: Territory of Heroes' competition is one such tool, allowing young people to learn about the work of major technology companies interested in talented young professionals. I am confident that for each participant, the new season will be a starting point for a long scientific journey," noted Minister of Education and Science Valery Falkov.

Competition winners will complete internships at leading scientific and educational centers across the country, receive additional points when applying to MISiS University, RUDN University, and Tomsk Polytechnic University, and receive grants from Beeline and PhosAgro.

"Science. Territory of Heroes" is a nationwide competition for schoolchildren and students aged 10 to 25, aimed at developing an interest in the natural sciences, popularizing scientific knowledge, and supporting young talent.

"Energy and Numbers" invites young researchers to immerse themselves in the fascinating world of physics and mathematics. They will explore the laws of nature, the properties of matter, its motion and interaction, and various physical phenomena. Participants will solve problems and create models that will help them understand how the universe works. Ideal for those who enjoy logical challenges and the exact sciences, this program is open to schoolchildren and students aged 10 to 22.

"Biochemistry of Discoveries" – in this program, participants will explore the amazing world of living nature and chemical processes. They will conduct experiments, study the structure of organisms, and the chemical reactions that occur around us. Suitable for those interested in biology, chemistry, and the natural sciences. This program is open to schoolchildren and university students aged 10 to 22.

"Science in Life" is a program open to anyone who wants to expand their knowledge. Here, you can explore the mysteries of astronomy, discover amazing facts about the Earth, and solve problems at the intersection of different fields of knowledge. Schoolchildren and students aged 10 to 22 are welcome to participate in this program.

Also being held for the first time this season is the "Scientific Creathon"—a new creative approach where science meets creativity. Participants create vibrant, inspiring projects—contest mascots and merchandise designs, illustrations, and entire comics dedicated to scientific discoveries. This is an opportunity to showcase creativity, present scientific ideas in an unusual format, and discover new facets of the relationship between art and science. The competition is open to participants aged 10 to 25.

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24 people have died in India as a result of landslides caused by heavy rains.

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NEW DELHI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) — At least 24 people have been killed and scores injured after incessant rains triggered landslides in India's eastern West Bengal state, authorities said on Monday.

Landslides struck the picturesque town of Darjeeling, located approximately 626 kilometers north of the state capital, Kolkata. Mudflows swept away homes, blocked roads, and isolated villages.

The tragedy caused widespread destruction and left hundreds of people, mostly tourists, stranded in the Himalayan foothills.

Communication networks were also damaged.

According to authorities, heavy rainfall in Darjeeling on Sunday night triggered landslides in several areas. Police and rescue services have launched rescue operations.

Authorities have closed popular tourist spots in Darjeeling to prevent accidents and urged locals and tourists to exercise caution and monitor road and weather conditions.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held an emergency meeting on Sunday evening and announced that she would personally visit the affected areas on Monday.

"The situation is serious. Due to incessant rains in Bhutan, floodwaters have spilled into North Bengal. This disaster is tragic; natural disasters are beyond our control," she told a local television station. "In just 12 hours, more than 300 mm of rainfall was recorded, causing landslides and flooding in at least seven places."

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Under the supervision of Guangzhou Customs, a total of 260 China-Europe freight trains were dispatched from January to September 2025.

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BEIJING, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) — A total of 260 China-Europe international rail freight trains were dispatched under the supervision of customs authorities in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, in the first nine months of 2025, according to the news website chinanews.com.

According to statistics, these trains carried more than 22,000 standard containers (TEU) with goods worth a total of about 5.9 billion yuan (approximately 828.7 million US dollars).

According to local customs authorities, from October 1 to 8, during the 8-day holiday to celebrate the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiujie), four China-Europe trains are scheduled to depart from Guangzhou International Port Station, carrying 388 standard containers of cargo worth about 120 million yuan. The cargo includes a wide range of high-value-added products such as new energy vehicles, electronic products, and customized LED lighting fixtures. -0-

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Study: Mantle on far side of Moon is cooler than on near side

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BEIJING, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists have discovered that the mantle on the far side of the moon is colder than on the near side after analyzing lunar soil samples collected by China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe.

This discovery provides petrological and geochemical evidence for temperature differences between the near and far sides of the lunar mantle, as well as key scientific data for studying the evolution of the Moon.

The study was jointly conducted by the Beijing Institute of Uranium Geology, Peking University and Shandong University and published in the journal Nature Geoscience. -0-

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