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• Castles and Fortifications: Russia’s Hidden Medieval Gems

• Picture of the Week: Lab-Created Universe for Cell Cultivation

  …, the image in the photo captures a sample of periodically ordered patterns of calcium phosphates, which researchers at ITMO’s Infochemistry Scientific Center will use to grow new cells and study their behavior. The sample is based on agar, a vegetable gelatin substitute, made up of a mixture of polysaccharides. This material helps scientists create a periodic pat…

  15.02.2021

• Celebrate Lunar Year of the Ox

  …Xiaobo Li, third-year Bachelor’s student at the Institute of International Development and Partnership As the Chinese New Year’s date is determined by the lunar calendar, the day of the celebration shifts from year to year. This time, it is celebrated on February 12. In China, we consider it the most important festival, thus always preceded by great preparations. …

  12.02.2021

• Winter School on Robotics and Control Systems Wraps at ITMO

  …d Artificial Intelligence The track aimed to promote a greater understanding of robot design methods. Its participants were students wishing to create, program, and train new robots in the future.  Associate professor Alexey Vedyakov spoke about the development and applications of machine learning methods and encouraged students to apply their new formats.  “Having registered on the platform and stated the price rates for advertising, bloggers will be able to work with brands and communicate with companies directly,” explains Al…

  12.02.2021

• ITMO Scientists Propose Improved Method For Laser-Plasma Processing of Glass

  …. Its interaction with glass results in the forming of a micro- or nano-relief. “The idea of using laser emission-produced plasma in processing transparent materials is not new; it was successfully demonstrated by Vadim Veiko and his colleagues back in 1969, at the dawn of lasers,” comments Maksim Sergeev, senior researcher at ITMO’s Faculty of Laser Photonics and…

  11.02.2021

• Venture Capitalist Dmitry Kulish on Business Unicorns and Why Not Chase Them

  …Fantastic beasts and new monopolies In the business and financial worlds, a unicorn refers to a privately held startup company with a value of over $1 billion. These are, for example, Uber, Airbnb, WeWork, SpaceX, and Juul. Unicorns appeared 18 years ago. Before this, no entrepreneur sought to grow their company to a billion in revenue. They used to launch thei…

  11.02.2021

• Student Spotlight: Vitor Figueiredo, Brazil

  …the University of Bradford (the UK). What were your first impressions of the university and St. Petersburg? My first days at the university were exciting: everything was new and I met a lot of new people. I found the university beautiful. St. Petersburg has different weather than my hometown, but I love snow and cold, so I had no …

  11.02.2021

• Inside the Labs: AIR Displays Projects by Art & Science Students

  …d really is. The artists touch on the dichotomy between the living and the dead, identity and form, ethics and exploitation,” explains Khristina Ots. |s=1,center| ITMO.NEWS visited the exhibition and talked to the authors of the works to learn more about the meanings of their projects, the subjects covered therein, and the difficulties they experienced in wor…

  10.02.2021

• Not Just Bike Paths and Greening: What Urban Planners Really Do

  …t. So they only renovated the pavement, placed benches and trees in planters near the subway entrances, cleaned the front pieces from unauthorized constructions and somewhat renewed them. The expenses on this were a lot less than that of a full-scale renovation, but the benefit for the citizens and tourists was obvious. How does people’s attitude towards the i…

  10.02.2021