MINSK, 3 November (BelTA) – Young Belarusian scientists, the winners and finalists of the national contest 100 Ideas for Belarus, have been awarded the main prizes in three nominations at the Science and Innovation Forum of the countries of BRICS and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) that took place in Moscow, BelTA learned from Alesya Vinnik, the coordinator of the contest 100 Ideas for Belarus.

The Belarusian scientists competed in three nominations: medicine, agriculture, and power engineering. They secured first place in each of them. Research assistants at the Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, representatives of the company Unitekhprom BSU Sergei Solomevich and Denis Adamchik presented bioabsorbable anticancer agents for local chemotherapy of malignant neoplasms. Senior researcher at the Vyshelessky Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine Natalia Shchemeleva demonstrated new veterinary medicaments with enhanced effectiveness for treatment of parasitic diseases in farm livestock. Head of the power efficient technologies sector at the science and technology park Polytechnic of the Belarusian National Technical University Kirill Levkov presented power saving equipment TurboSfera for utilization of excess natural gas pressure. Kirill Levkov also got a certificate for participation in the all-Russia competition New Idea for the best technical solution by young scientists.

Alesya Vinnik pointed out that, as the expert jury noted, all the presented solutions can be applied in practice in the countries of BRICS and the EEU.

The program of the forum included many events such as discussions of the intellectual property issues and the patenting procedure in the EEU, foresight discussions about scientific and technical development of the countries of BRICS.

“The participation in the forum was not only a great honor, but also a grave responsibility for our young scientists,” Alesya Vinnik stressed.