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• Top Five: Podcasts to Self-Isolate With

  … to aging and feminism, but is equally great – so you may as well start with the first one (you’ll probably binge the other ones straight after that anyway).  The British History Podcast History buffs will be well-fed with this gem of a pod, with its impressive pool of episodes chronicling the yesteryear happenings on the island o…

  17.04.2020

• Russian and Dutch Researchers on What’s Holding Back a Revolution in Data Storage

  …d of it? Today, one of the possible candidates to take the place of the magnet in HDDs is a short laser pulse. The idea of using laser radiation to record data has a long history. Think CDs and DVDs, where optical radiation was used to “brand” the data on the disk. A long-standing issue, however, was the likelihood of using a focused flow of radiation to record in…

  16.04.2020

• ITMO Roboticists Developing a Financially Independent Robot Artist

  …gn, created by the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, the core message of which is that robots cannot be given freedom and autonomy. But history shows us that you can’t just up and forbid people from doing something. Someone at some point will eventually do these things out of moral conviction or simple desire for profit. Sooner o…

  16.04.2020

• Citizen Science: How to Contribute to Research From the Comfort of Your Home

  …cations of mitochondria in cells; with Fossil Atmospheres, you’ll need to compare the cells of modern and ancient specimens from the Ginkgo plant family to help document the history of climate change and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration rates. Climate and weather research Monitoring climate change and the quality of air and water is an important part of…

  15.04.2020

• Science for Industry of the Future: Photonics Master’s Studies at ITMO University

  …interesting vacancies there isn’t not a problem.” Ksenia Zavatskaya, a member of Opto-Technological Laboratory and a School of Photonics Master’s graduate, shares her story. “In 2016, I completed my Bachelor’s degree at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University’s Department of Quantum Electronics. I wanted to continue my education in an adja…

  15.04.2020

• ITMO Hosts MemoryHack: New IT Services for a Project About Veterans

  …serve the memory of the WWII participants. It’s a database with information about every veteran of the war. Apart from photos, each user can share details about their family history and their ancestor’s heroic deeds. Anyone can take part in the project that is available here.…

  13.04.2020

• How Reading and Literature Changed in the Digital Age

  …ture in the modern world? Modern literature is in an unusual state right now. We used to think of it as of something necessary and unavoidable. For the most part of human history, that’s how it was: literature was the main source of knowledge on history, culture, natural sciences, and psychology. Reading was absolutely necessary.  …

  10.04.2020

• Oncologist Maksim Kotov: Communicating With a Patient Shouldn’t Be a Game of Luck

  …ussia, medical professionals aren’t taught to communicate with patients” What started your journey of teaching the basics of medical communication? This is a rather long story. Initially, I started hosting similar workshops especially for doctors. Just because this isn’t taught at medical universities.  You didn’t have such a course at your university, then?…

  08.04.2020

• Safe and Social: Video Games to Play in Self-Isolation

  …ay it, party-like experience of mounting a campaign alongside complete strangers.  I can’t do it without you Now, whereas online multiplayers rarely feature an intricate storyline and are mainly based on short campaigns, co-ops or split screen games usually include a decent plot with a variety of quests that, depending on the mode you select, can or cannot be c…

  03.04.2020

• Laine Schaublin: Moving to St. Petersburg Was One of the Best Decisions I’ve Ever Made

  …iced any misconceptions people, in general, have about Russia? I grew up during the Cold War and whenever Russia was mentioned on the TV news in the US, for any reason, the story was accompanied by images of the Red Square filled with soldiers and military vehicles. I, like most Americans, believed that Russia was always ready for war. After watching the Victory D…

  02.04.2020