Zhanna Komarova
The aim of the main blow
When interviewed, the Academician-Secretary of the Department of Physical and Technical Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, academician Alexander Laskovnev spoke about the world prospects of material science and the achievements of the materials scientists in Belarus.

Yauheni Marukovich, Uladzimir Stsiatsenka, Aleksey Gutev
Silumin with globular silicon
There have been developed the methods of obtaining the silumin with globular silicon. The silumin with globular silicon details by their wear resistance and service life are not worse or even better than similar ones made of the industrial antifriction bronze, but are three times easier and cheaper.

Tamara Budzko, Mikalai Navitski, Alexander Stogniy
New meta-materials: magnetoplasmic and magnon crystals in the form of thin films of ferrite garnets with diffraction gratings
The article considers the magnon and magnetoplasmic crystals obtained at the Scientific and Practical Materials Research Centre of the NAS of Belarus by combined methods of double ion-beam sputtering-deposition.

Vladimir Agabekov, Viktoryia Kulikouskaya, Kseniya Hileuskaya,Katsiaryna Dubatouka
Nano- and microcontainers for the biologically active substances delivery
The article considers the natural polymers (polysaccharides, proteins) and lipids based carriers for biologically active substances providing targeted delivery and/or prolonged release. There have been obtained the multilayer microcapsules and hydrogel nanoparticles containing imatinib methanesulfonate and providing increase in its cytotoxic effect as compared to the native form.

Vitaly Zalesskiy, Aliaksandr Valochka, Gennady Markov
Transparent electromagnetic shields in the visible light range
There has been developed a structure of transparent Cu–Ni–(ZrO2,TiO2) multilayer coatings shielding electromagnetic radiation in the radio frequency range. It was shown that the shielding efficiency improves with adding more layers of pure metals and their transmission in the visible range remains high.

Aleksander Vecher
New composite materials and their use in electronic engineering
A unique and inexpensive technology for producing composite materials based on metal powders has been developed at the Scientific and Practical Materials Research Centre (SPRMC) of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

Nina Bohdan
Science for innovative development: World trends and challenges for Belarus
The article considers the world trends in funding research based on the UNESCO, EU and OECD data. The problems of the Belarusian science development have been revealed, and recommendations on the role of science in the innovative development of the country have been given.

Valery Belski, Larisa Trigubovich
Improving the Belarusian technology parks performance in the context of Eurasian integration
The authors assess the existing structure and activities of the Belarusian technology parks, consider the opportunities of their efficiency increasing in the context of the EAEC countries integration cooperation.

Egor Gusakov
Organizational and economic mechanisms of agro food cooperatives: Theory and methodology
The article gives forms and types of cooperatives, including new cooperative organizations and associations. The author defined the main conceptual points of the agro-industrial complex formation in new conditions, and gives the economic mechanism scheme of its development.

Eduard Kuznetsov
Reforming the institutional framework market in Belarus
The article considers the activities of the institutions regulating the work of the Belarusian microfinance organizations. The author gives reasons for establishing the Republican support fund, suggests the algorithm of its creation and defines main tasks.

Irina Mikhailova-Stanyuta
ICT in solving strategic innovation problems
The article considers the electronic services development, which will contribute to the competitive goods production, wider use of new engineering solutions and finding new markets for domestic products.

Stanislav Baranovskiy, Maxim Tolkachev
Conceptual model for improving small and medium enterprises business processes
Small and medium-sized business is often confronted with different challenges and requirements of the consumers and competitors, on one part, and the governmental bodies, on the other.

Irina Emelianovich
Republican Scientific and Technical Library
This is the interview with the director of the Republican Scientific and Technical Library Raisa Sukhorukova on the achievements of the library and the support rendered by it to the Belarusian enterprises and organizations.

Yury Vnukovich
Folklore is our national treasure
The Collection of folklore records of the Department of folklore and culture of Slavic peoples covers all aspects of folklore, and includes manuscripts, photographs, musical note transcripts, and audio and video recordings. The Collection is recognized as a scientific object, this being a national treasure.

Alesya Kasyan
The riddles of ancient canvases
The article considers the main stages and methods of scientific expertise in the works of art restoration in the workshops of the National art Museum of the Republic of Belarus.

Siarhei Sakuma
The Belarusians in Japan
The article considers the Belarusian diaspora formation in Japan. The author distinguishes its main groups, describes its state and composition (number of population, distribution), and considers the opportunities for future development.

Natallia Husakova, Yuliya Yarets, Andrey Hamaliaka
NET: The hunt goes on
The authors describe a simple and available for use in a clinical laboratory method for visualization of neutrophil extracellular traps to be applied to patients with chronic recurrent furunculosis, chronic wounds and healthy volunteers in the spontaneous and stimulated test version.