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Bio & Art Summer School: Biomaterials in Art
…porary art and my academic advisor sent me a link on Instagram about this summer school. I'm studying how to analyze and write about bioart, and thanks to this course, I have discovered more about the materials which are used in bioart,” explains Irina Lebedeva, who is currently a part-time student at the Faculty of Art History at the Russian State University for the…
20.08.2020
Get Outside: Socially Distanced Activities in St. Petersburg
ITMO.GREEN Club Holds Online Ecohabits Camp
… for shopping, bought groceries by weight in reusable bags, had coffee in my own cup, filled my bottle with water, and also sorted and recycled waste. This camp made me re-discover certain aspects of an eco lifestyle, especially the ones related to traveling and housing. I learned about carbon footprint and various types of transport, so in the future I would like…
18.08.2020
Gold Changes Light: Scientists Find Optimal Nanoparticle Shape for Controlling Color
…The work of scientists who focus on a specific topic does not end with discovering some new material, molecule, or a way to produce them. After the sensational presentation of a novelty, there comes a time for tedious and labor-intensive work on its optimization, improvement, and adaptation to the demands of our daily lives. Several years ago, scientists from Far …
18.08.2020
Friday Experiment: Decluttering
…ne. I’m not a very patient person, so 30 days seemed like way too long. I’d get fired by then. So I had to tackle it right there and then, using my favorite approach I discovered during the epic quest of cleaning out the attic at my dacha. One August, my mom invited several friends to her weekend birthday celebration. There was only one challenge – there wa…
14.08.2020
Scientists Develop a Better Yogurt with Chia Seeds
…ain. This product is imported to Russia once every few months. However, Salvia hispanica remains interesting for researchers, as it’s possible that its new advantages will be discovered, or existing ones will be adapted for a new product. Artyom Lepeshkin says that their article proves that chia seeds add to the biological value of yogurt’s lipid component whe…
13.08.2020
ITMO Graduate on Doing His Master’s 20 Years into His Career and What Came of It
…that I have the opportunity to compare. How comfortable was it for you to study alongside people that were much younger than you? I didn’t experience any psychological discomfort at all – the question never arose. My classmates and I lived regular student lives, helped each other with lab projects, shared lecture notes, covered for each other if one of us coul…
05.08.2020
Russian Scientists Suggest Device to Make Breast MRI More Effective
…ease in scan time due to its multiple repetitions, which, however, leads to the fact that the throughput even in high-tech MRI rooms becomes very low, and patients experience discomfort from a long time inside the scanner. As a result, only women in the increased risk group receive the necessary examination procedure, and for young patients without hereditary predisp…
04.08.2020
ITMO Physicists Discover Way to Achieve Stimulated Raman Scattering in Isolated Silicon Nanoparticles
…rom spontaneous to stimulated Raman scattering makes it possible to amplify the signal by several times and, therefore, speed up the measurement process. The researchers also discovered that this method allowed them to not only measure the temperature of molecules and nanoparticles, but to efficiently increase it as well. “In our earlier research, we used na…
03.08.2020
ITMO University Students Launch a Digital Medicine Project
…s how the Lotos project came up. Its main functionality is that it allows you to compare prices of medical tests in different laboratories all over the city, access them at a discounted price, and plan an individual check-up. I have vast experience working as a SEO specialist and webmaster with medical online projects, which is why we managed to complete all pre-laun…
31.07.2020