Last time, we talked about the characteristics of crystalline-coated titanium nickelide, developed at the TSU Laboratory for Medical Alloys and Shape Memory Implants.

News from the TSU Laboratory for Medical Alloys and Shape Memory Implants appears on the website of our University rather often. The researchers of the Laboratory continue working on what Professor Victor E. Gunter started over 30 years ago.  

Russian Science must get younger! This is one of the goals introduced by the National Project “Science”. The developers of the Project even presented us with the numbers that shall be expected if all factors and participants work together on carrying out the plans. By 2024, 50% of researchers are expected to be 39 and younger. However, science started getting younger in the beginning of the 10s. This time we will talk to Professor Alexander Vorozhtsov, Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation, Doctor of Physics and mathematics, and discuss why young people started showing interest in science and why TSU is the right place for a young scientist to work at.  

The events of the last months showed us what the era of change and uncertainty is really about. Even if we are not professionally involved in the world of finance, the news on interest rates, changes of oil prices, and mortgage banking from the Russian Central Bank appeals to us greatly. We know from personal experience that the current global financial situation directly effects our private pockets and lives.

This is the second part of our conversation with Professor Sergey Kirpotin, Doctor of Biology, Director of the TSU Center of Excellence “BioClimLand”.

Most problems that people need to deal with, starting with climate change and ending with the coronavirus pandemic, are man-made. People create global challenges and then heroically face up to them. Unfortunately, we do not see any direct connection between the events. This was something we proposed to discuss to Professor Sergey Kirpotin, Doctor of Biology, Director of the TSU Center of Excellence “BioClimLand”.

Some time ago, Tomsk State University and the Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science (ISPMS) presented an innovation technology of producing powder with nanoparticles that have antiviral and antibacterial properties.  
Today we are going to find the answers to the questions “How and why does it work?” and “Who needs it?”

We all have different feelings about self-isolation. For some people it is time for learning and discovering new things that will be useful in the “after life”. For others, it is time of torture and relationship pressure tests. Either way, all of us have our checklists of things we are going to do when we regain our freedom. In order to be prepared for whatever else the future may hold for us, we ought to put carrying for our health and supporting our immune system to the top “must do” things.