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The Experiment: Living Zero Waste for a Week
…shopping These gripes aside, I did manage to dump my trash at the event. What’s more, even as I was standing there thinking what to do next with my life, I made a pleasant discovery that all this painstaking effort seemingly didn’t go unmissed by the universe, karma, the source or whatever else people believe in, because throwing my two Tetra Pak boxes (as in, cen…
09.08.2019
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: August 10-11, 2019
… Govard (pianoforte), Sofia Bridge and Igor Zalivalov (violin, electric violin), the Games and Dreams (“Игры и Сны”) duet and Olga Maximova (harp, electric harp). Want to discover more places that offer a bird’s-eye view of the architecturally magnificent Northern Venice? This article by ITMO.NEWS is your best bet! The Union of Youth exhibition July 4 –…
07.08.2019
ChemBio Cluster Master’s Students on Their International Internship Experience
Dine with a View in St. Petersburg
…d out with couches for the hot summer days. The restaurant is located on the 10th floor of Vedensky hotel, and if you’re staying at the hotel, you maybe even be able to get a discount or free drink at the restaurant. Bear in mind that Vedensky hotel only has nine floors, so you will need to head to the 10th floor by foot. Make sure you reserve a spot in advance. Y…
06.08.2019
Quizzing and Mythbusting: Medical Lab Initiative Comes to ITMO University
…d the country. “When we’re healthy, we are sure that it’ll be that way forever and so we don’t keep an eye on our health. Sometimes, after going on a Wikipedia binge, we discover the symptoms of some illness we’ve just learned about and start looking for a remedy for something we don’t suffer from. Neither of these things, of course, helps us stay healthy. Medic…
06.08.2019
Mendeleev 150: IUPAC’s Birthday and Invention of Periodic Law
…r works on their periodic table; later, they were both awarded a medal by the British Royal Society. Mendeleev, adds Pyykkö, also predicted the elements that had not yet been discovered: scandium, gallium, and germanium. “I have respect for the researchers who look towards the future. The Russian crystallographer Alexander Kitaygorodskiy said that there are th…
02.08.2019
Recognize Me If You Can: Can Facial Recognition Systems Really Tell How We Feel?
…hat a client’s biometrical data can be checked against their transactions, which allows the company to detect a change in a customer’s buying patterns that results from their discontent. Other fields. In March 2019, the Shenzhen Metro launched a payment system that makes use of facial recognition technology. The system was launched at the Futian station and involv…
02.08.2019
Crystals and Peculiar Stars: Final Day of Mendeleev 150 at ITMO
…udent of the P.L. Kapitsa School No. 1557 in Moscow. Platon is a chemistry and astronomy enthusiast and winner of national competitions in these subjects. At the age of 9, he discovered 7 variable stars (Kachalin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). Platon’s talk at the conference concerned the topic of peculiar stars, which are stars with unusual chemical make-up. Since the cre…
01.08.2019
Camp in Programming: Intense Problem-Solving
…se and challenging. Allan notes, “I knew what I was getting myself into based on the program description, but when I came here it multiplied by three.” But instead of feeling discouraged, it has made them even more motivated to pursue their studies and become great specialists. “I chose Russia because I want to be a good engineer,” comments Parekh. Allan also…
01.08.2019
Baikal: Fighting for the Future of World’s Deepest Lake
…o precise data on the volume and make-up of pollution is available. Each year, activists take part in clean-up efforts along the lake’s coast, and researchers have previously discovered microplastic in the water. Today, plastic pollution is threatening the animal and plant life of the region. In July 2019, it was announced that a group from the Russian branch …
31.07.2019