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Inspiration Overflow: Movies That Motivate Us
…Marina Though a little hazy on details, I recall the bittersweet yet exceptionally inspirational feeling – in the best traditions of GMH stories (yeah, I am that old) – after I saw the end credits of Pay It Forward (2000) back in the day. The movie is built around one idea, a tree of favors, according to which instead of returnin…
03.10.2023
ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #40
…est study can provide the solution. The method they’ve developed is 98% reliable and easy to apply. While their research continues, the results so far provide some much-needed insight into this growing field of study. Read more: Physicists From ITMO Generate Single Photons For Secure Information Encryption And in similar news, scientists at ITMO and St. Petersb…
02.10.2023
A Multiuse Robot for Medical Applications Designed at ITMO
…no one-stop complex to execute both procedures – except for the one currently under development at ITMO University. The laser-based complex Researchers from ITMO’s Institute of Laser Technologies and their colleagues from Laser Center designed a multiuse robotic complex for surface treatment of diverse medical materials. According to the developers, the t…
02.10.2023
Nobel Prize 2023 in Medicine Awarded for mRNA Vaccines: What Does It Mean?
… “The discoveries by the two Nobel Laureates were critical for developing effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 during the pandemic that began in early 2020,” states the Nobel Assembly’s official website. As acknowledged in the press release, the work of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman made it possible to develop vaccines agains
02.10.2023
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Colombian Scientist Juan Domingo Baena Doello on Wirelessly Charging Medical Implants Using Metamaterials
…retical and experimental, primarily on the topic of periodic structures in electromagnetism. I presented my findings at a number of international conferences. In 2008, for instance, Pavel Belov, the chief researcher at ITMO’s Faculty of Physics, invited me to the International Conference Days on Diffraction in St. Petersburg. Back then, we hadn’t worked with him …
29.09.2023
Assistants Real and Virtual: 12 Services for ITMO Students and Staff
…words and translate anything from English into Russian or any of the other available languages. What’s more, you can even ask questions on the topic or ask Notion AI to brainstorm ideas for a task you have to solve. ChatPDF ChatPDF, true to its title, works with PDF files – textbooks, articles, books, or any other documents. The tool analyzes the entire tex…
27.09.2023
This Week in St. Petersburg: September 28 - October 4, 2023
… masterworks. The pieces on display, loaned by the State Russian Museum and private collections in St. Petersburg and Moscow, aim to show the artist in a new light and provide insight into his daily life. Saturday, September 30 Ah, Sea! Festival 12-8 pm Sevkabel Port Free The charmingly named Ah, Sea! Festival returns to Sevkabel Port with a …
27.09.2023
Applications Open for the I Am a Professional Contest
…ork on challenges that are as near to real-world cases as possible and practice for their future jobs. The competition tasks are created by professionals from renowned Russian institutions and organizations. This year, ITMO University in partnership with Sberbank is in charge of three tracks, namely Programming and IT, Robotics, and Information and Cyber Security.…
27.09.2023
Something of a Scientist Myself: Using Memes to Promote Science?
… of variations on the same joke. It’s possible that memes as we understand them today became so popular thanks to this exact mechanism. The American media scholar Henry Jenkins believes that thanks to the internet, we now can not only consume content but co-create it. Can we say that memes can shape public opinion? As a form of media, memes can affect our op…
26.09.2023