A team of scientists from Derzhavin University participated in the opening of the regional stage of the National Science Festival "NAUKA O+". The "NAUKA O+” festival is one of the largest educational projects in the field of science popularization worldwide and a major event of the Decade of Science and Technology. The festival’s goal is to explain science, what scientists do, and the prospects that scientific knowledge opens up for humanity in simple language. This year, "NAUKA O+” is being held for the 20th time in 80 regions of Russia at over 400 venues.
At the exhibition on the opening day of the festival, Derzhavin University presented the latest developments from its Research and Educational Center for Ecology and Biotechnology (a photobioreactor simulating the conditions of a sludge pond; microalgae cultures isolated from a sludge pond); Organic Synthesis and Macromolecular Compounds laboratories (acrylic dispersion for paint and varnish production, release agent for reinforced concrete molds, nanostructured cerium dioxide-based suspension, gel for ultrasound medical examinations, mold cleaning fluid, urea-melamine-formaldehyde resin); and the Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Research and Education Center (controller boards, scratch tester identification module, pine and larch wood cores, limestone and pegmatite oil and gas well cores).
The staff and representatives of the Derzhavin Student Scientific Society held interactive sessions for schoolchildren on "Experimental Chemistry,” "Virtual Reality in Tourism,” and "Medicine of the Future.”
This year, the Tambov Regional Science Festival runs from October 10 to November 30. Its program includes approximately 40 events, including scientific conferences, round tables, workshops, interactive activities, and competitions for students and schoolchildren, held by leading universities and other educational institutions in the Tambov region.
