Science achievements

Ash from Power Stations To Be Processed into Reagents for Water Purification

Russian metallurgists proposed to dissolve the ash waste of thermal power stations with hydrochloric acid at high pressure. The resulting compounds can be used for water treatment at water utilities and thermal power stations themselves. The method has already shown effective deposition of impurities in water from Moskva river. The description of the technology is published by scientists from NUST MISIS and a number of other universities in Journal Cleaner Production. The research is funded Russian science Foundation under the Presidential Program for Research Projects.

Boron nitride nanofilms will replace antibiotics while protecting against bacterial and fungal infections

Body heat into electricity: scientists developed a new way to charge gadgets

Russian scientists have developed an economical atomic battery with power increased by 10 times

Fracture toughness of the material for aircraft construction is increased by 1.5 times

Eggshell-based surgical material for skull injuries

Magnetic gold nanohybrid will help fight cancer

Scientists: Sodium Can Replace Lithium in Batteries

Scientists from NUST MISIS Create the Stealth Technology That Hides Metal Masts and Antennas Completely

NUST MISIS Students Develop a “Phantom” Brain for Neurosurgical Practice

A team of NUST MISIS students developed a “phantom” of the human brain, i.e. a hydrogel model with structural and mechanical similarity to a real organ. “Fantomozg” (en: Phantombrain) will allow students and neurosurgeons to study the pathological anatomy of tissues and train in complicated surgical manipulations.

Danger cubed: scientists have found that the shape of nanoparticles affects their toxicity to the liver

Scientists Develop a Biodegradable Alloy for Bone Implants for Fractures, Osteoporosis and Myeloma

A Technology for the Innovative High-strength Aluminum Composites for Aerospace Industry is Developed at NUST MISIS

Biocompatible Gold Nanoparticles Will Accelerate Individual Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Russian Scientists Developed the Most Heat-Resistant Material Ever

Group of scientists from NUST MISIS developed a ceramic material with the highest melting point among currently known compounds. Due to the unique combination of physical, mechanical and thermal properties, the material is promising for use in the most heat-loaded components of aircraft, such as nose fairings, jet engines and sharp front edges of wings operating at temperatures above 2000 °C. The results are published in Ceramics International.

New Copper Alloy Without Toxic Components

Team of Scientists from NUST MISIS and Merzhanov Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science developed a technology that would eliminate the use of toxic beryllium powder in the production of bronze for use in microelectronics and high-precision sensors, such as motion and vibration sensors. The article is published in Journal of Alloys and Compounds.

Scientists Propose a Technology to Enhance the Effects of Drugs for the strokes and spinal injuries treatment

Implants Will Survive Up to 6 Times More Effectively

Scientists from NUST MISIS and Gamalei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology found a way to increase the survival efficiency of skull polymer implants by an average of 4-6 times doping it with proteins. This means that the patient would recover faster, and in the future the newly grown bone would be able to withstand the same loads as before the operation. An article about the development is published in Polymer Testing.

Scientists Developed Bioactive Material with Combinatory Antibacterial Effect

Scientists from NUST MISIS developed a bioactive coating for titanium implants that can completely destroy bacteria. Its special porous structure with bioactive components in its composition would accelerate the implant’s survival, and the combinatorial action of active oxygen forms and silver ions will ensure the effective destruction of various bacterial strains. An article about the development is published in the international journal Applied Surface Science.

NUST MISIS Scientists Register a World Record in the Moscow Metro

The Degree of Survival: Nanoparticles and Heat Cure Intestinal Cancer in Mice

Qubits Will Operate at Room Temperature

Scientists from NUST MISIS (Russia) together with colleagues from Sweden, Hungary and USA found a way to manufacture stable qubits that would operate at room temperature, in contrast to the majority of existing analogues. This opens up new prospects for creating a quantum computer. Moreover, the results of the research can already be used to create high-accuracy magnetometers, biosensors and new quantum Internet technologies. The article is published in Nature Communications.

Clones of Trees Will Help Restore Forests: Russian Scientists Increase the Survival Rate of Seedlings for After-Fire Reforestation

Scientists Figure out How to Extend the Life of Gadget Screens

New Graphene-Based Material to Extend Life of Storage Devices

International group of Russian and Japanese scientists developed a material that will significantly increase the recording density in data storage devices, such as SSDs and flash drives. Among the main advantages of the material is the absence of rewrite limit, which will allow implementing new devices for Big Data processes. The article on the research is published in Advanced Materials.

Cost-effective way to produce metal powders simplifies 3D printing of aircraft parts

A Unique Nanopipette for the Level of Acidity of a Living Cell Measuring Will Help to Determine the Mechanism of Inflammatory and Oncological Processes

A Neutrophil is a Liposome’s friend: NUST MISIS Scientists Discover a New Factor of the Effective Drug Delivery to Tumors

The scientific team of the NUST MISIS Laboratory of Biomedical Nanomaterials has conducted an intravital (on the living tissue) study of the mechanism of targeted drug delivery to malignant tumors using liposomes. It turned out that the immune cells of the body neutrophils increase the efficiency of drug delivery to the tumor by 30%. The results have been published in the international scientific journal ACS Nano.

A helicopter from a printer: Russian scientists “print” a large-sized case of a helicopter engine for the first time

The internal engine body of the Russian helicopter VK-2500, completely created by the method of selective laser melting, is presented at the stand of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation at the Open Innovations forum in Skolkovo. The use of additive technologies for engine manufacturing has reduced the manufacturing time to 14 days. Developers: NUST MISIS and St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University (SMTU).

Solar Cells With New Interfaces: Innovative Two-Dimensional Materials Increase the Efficiency