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Megabyte Media Launches New Podcast About Oncologic Diseases
…values: commitment to evidence-based medicine, progressive scientific views, and an extensive, successful work record. Several episodes are also planned to be recorded with prominent science journalists, for example Alexey Vodovozov. As told by Alexey Itin, Megabyte Media’s editor-in-chief, the idea for the creation of a medical podcast has long been around, b…
15.05.2020
ITMO University Researchers Create a Terahertz Holographic Spectrometer During Self-Isolation
…l measures and wear masks and gloves that are necessary during the pandemic, as well as glasses and coats typically worn at the labs. The experiments took a week and showed promising results. It was proven that the holographic spectrometer allows one to record the distribution of terahertz radiation on a 16x16x30mm square in 10 minutes. However, according to the c…
14.05.2020
Scientists Use Lasers and Gold Particles to Turn Titanium Oxide Into Nanocomposite for Photocatalysts
…system researchers can increase the area taking part in the reaction, thus raising the catalytic activity as compared to the bulk materials due to quantum effects. One of such promising materials is titanium dioxide, which can be infused with gold nanoparticles to improve its photocatalytic properties. Smart films In fact, fabrication of such composite mat…
12.05.2020
ITMakeup: Beauty, Self-Acceptance and Online Makeup Tutorials
Suvorov Canals: Russia and Finland to Cooperate on Development of Important Historical Objects
…nharju and Telataipale), the purpose they served, and the historical figure of Alexander Suvorov and his activities aren’t very well known in Finland. This project is aimed to promote tourist exploration of the routes taken by the general, develop recreational objects in the historical areas, and raise awareness among the population,” says Soile Lehtinen, a project m…
07.05.2020
Beginner’s Guide to Submitting Your Research to Scopus and Web of Science Journals
…famous articles they had once rejected. In some cases, articles discarded by high-profile journals have even netted their authors a Nobel Prize. It’s important to analyze what prompted the rejection and, if need be, rework your article and try again. What about money? Authors tend not to be paid for their articles; quite the contrary, sometimes they have …
06.05.2020
U.S. Fulbright Scholar Victoria Alexander on St. Petersburg, Isolation and Nabokov’s Connection to Evolution
…d to see so many women at the university working in science-related fields” What led you to ITMO University? Oh, it was a series of coincidences. Many scientists who are prominent in the fields of studies I’m interested in happen to be Russian. As I did research on some topic, or on some theory, names of Russian researchers kept coming up. So I ended up being f…
05.05.2020
Founder of CritMouse Podcast Aleksandr Golovin On What’s Wrong With Popular Science Podcasts in Russia
…dcasts by topic is very hard, misspelling a single letter is all it takes to fail at finding the one you need. While the podcast format seems ideal for the purposes of the promotion of science, there are very few popular science podcasts in Russia. In the USA, there are hundreds of them, some being very popular: Stuff You Should Know, 99% Invisible, Hidden Brain.…
04.05.2020
ITMO University Holds Closing Ceremony of 9th Congress of Young Scientists in Minecraft
Is Fully Hack-Proof Code Possible?
…ttracts the most interest is device-independent quantum key distribution. This approach is founded on the assumption that even the equipment used by legitimate users can be compromised by a bad actor, and even in this case, there is still a possibility to generate a strong key. Many believe that such systems are the future. Does this mean that this encryption …
30.04.2020