Leaderboard: August 2026, Business and Science

In August, Russian technology projects reached very different heights. In one case, this was 30 km above the North Pole; in another, it was the journey of a bionic hand from the lab to its first user. Meanwhile, scientists presented a prototype vaccine for lung cancer, opened access to an eight-qubit quantum co-processor, and turned a set of smartphones into a distributed computing system. "Computer.ru" selected the month's leaders and evaluated their results using a unified system of criteria. Every month, dozens of significant news items appear in Russia's technology agenda. Companies release products, scientists publish research, engineers test new developments, and young specialists win at international competitions. Amidst the flow of individual messages, it is not always easy to see the people behind these…