Syarhey Novikau
Open-ended questions of military history
The author discusses a problem of urgent need for more intensive research work of the Belarusian military historians, which is explained by higher requirements for quality of information and need to verify the historical facts related to the Red Army combat operations in Belarusian territory in summer 1941.

Vladimir Lebedev
Nanoworld: From investigation to production
The scientists of our country have done a considerable groundwork and suggested novel engineering decisions in nanotechnological sphere. This was the subject matter the first Vice-Chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Presidium academician Sergey Chizhik talked about, as well as the future opportunities of nanoindustry.

Egor Eroshevich
Nuclear power microscopes: made in Belarus
Tatiana Kuznetsova, a researcher of the Laboratory of the nanoprocesses and technologies of the A.V. Lykov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, speaks on the probe microscopes.

Sergey Magonov
The scanning power microscopy: nanostructures visualization and qualitative measurements of their mechanical and electrical properties
There have been presented the research results aimed at the development of the scanning power microscopy method. There are also considered the ways of this method application to study different materials properties and structure, and given the patterns of the local mechanical and electrical properties measurement with nanometer resolution.

Andrey Khudoley, Gennagy Gorodkin, Leonid Gleb, Anna Aleksandronets
The high-precision surfacing with magnetorheological fluids
There have been considered the problems of the surfaces automated precision processing with magnetorheological fluids. The possible ways to increase the radiation resistance of the optical elements are presented, as well as polishing and shaping of different surfaces.

Nikolay Khomich
Magnetic abrasive machining of the surface critical parts
There have been considered the problems of the equipment for the surface finish machining with the use of the magnetoabrasive method engineering and manufacturing. It can be used for both simple and complex by form parts made of different materials, including metal, alloys, ceramics, monocrystals, etc.

Vladimir Lebedev
“Gold key” of productivity
Interview with the head of the Natural polymers modification group, Institute of physical- organic chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Sergey Azizbekyan on the new generation fertilizers development and production on the basis of nanoparticles of microcells.

Oksana Tkacheva
Patent activity in Ukraine and Belarus in the sphere of nanotechnologies
The article deals with nanotechnologies development in Ukraine and Belarus. The specific features of patent activity in this sphere have been defined, recommendations for improvement given.

Zhanna Komarova
Specialists who will be needed tomorrow
It his interview Victor Borisenko, the head of the Micro- and Nanoelectronics Chair, Belarusian State University for Informatics and Radioelectronics, speaks on the problems of the engineering personnel for the nanotechnological industry of the country training.

Elena Kireeva
Tax incentives for the Belarusian innovative entities
The article considers the tax privileges available for the innovative entities and innovative infrastructure in Belarus. There have been analyzed the financial sources of the research and developments and the fringe benefits given. Main tax incentives disadvantages have been defined and recommendations to improve the fiscal mechanism efficiency given.

Denis Nikityuk, Konstantin Krasovsky
The features of the economic clusters analysis methodology
The article deals with the economic clusters analysis methodology, with stages of its development described. The practice of clusters formation in the Central and East European countries has been analyzed as it can be of interest to the Republic of Belarus

Arzu Guseinova
Innovation processes financing in Azerbaijan
The author has analyzed the world practice and problems of Azerbaijan in the sphere of the innovation financing and classified the sources of the innovation financing.

Nikolay Bazylev, Marina Bazyleva
Global capital as the innovation resource
The article considers the economic category of “global capital”, which includes mineral and biological resources, renewable energy and fossil fuel, ability to assimilate the wastes, the most important life supporting functions, afforded by the properly functioning ecosystems.

Sviatlana Mitskevich
The Internet in advertising enterprises
The article presents the Institute of fruit-growing’s collection of the ornamental forms of the apple tree, which could be used in the development of landscape and farmland gardening.

Mikhail Amelin
The team-work on business process modeling
The article considers the team-work on the enterprise’s business process modeling. As the Internet is an asynchronous, geographically independent platform for the collaborative development of business models, there is an opportunity to use its wide means of communication, beginning from online forums and websites to IP-telephony and video conferences.

Irina Emelianovich
A rightful part of the academic science
The United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus became the participant in the heading “Open door”. A series of articles show the achievements of the institution for the 50-year period of its work.