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Comfort Foods to Try This Fall
…treat. Freshly baked or cold, dusted with powdered sugar or topped with a dollop of vanilla ice cream or any syrup – perfect for any food lover! Kseniia Last year, I wanted to celebrate Halloween but caught a cold right before it. At first I was quite disappointed, but then I did the best I could to create a festive mood – and hot cider helped a lot. You ca…
02.10.2020
Scientists Create New IR-Activated Coating for Local Drug Delivery
… kidneys. The patient does not need to worry about dosages and medication schedules. Moreover, it is much easier to prevent or suppress inflammation at an early stage. “I want to create such a coating that besides stimulating osteogenesis, would have additional functions, for example, antibacterial, or, as in our case, stimulate cell differentiation towards the …
02.10.2020
Media Research Group’s Aleksandr Farseev On Advertising Algorithms and Social Network Monopolies
…eb content by watching ads. Once users understand that services they use are paid for by advertising, the paranoia will disappear. Everyone will be able to choose whether they want to be a part of social media, use their mobile phones, and allow tracking. It will be a personal choice. You said that artificial intelligence can help find balance between users, brand…
01.10.2020
Smart Cane and Quantum Physics In Water Drops: Projects by ITMO Students at Youth Awards in Science and Innovations Finals
…e Master’s program in Standardization and Metrology in High-Technology Sector of Economy Maksim Nazin and I learned about the contest from ISU. We already had a project we wanted to try at an event and this contest suited us perfectly. We spent a year developing the smart cane; truth be told, we were just interested in working with Arduino controllers. We assembl…
01.10.2020
ITMO University and Gazprom Neft Launch Energy Club
…rm for future developers in the field of traditional and renewable energy. “The club is created primarily for those students who develop projects in the energy sector and want to try themselves as specialists in leading Russian oil and gas companies,” says Kirill Plugin, the club's mentor and head of the Center for Entrepreneurship. “Today, companies are activel…
30.09.2020
ITMO Team Wins VolgaCTF
…he level of tasks and challenges was also worthy. VolgaCTF was really an international event that brought together teams from all around the world: Germany, Italy, Austria, Taiwan, etc. This is a level that few organizers can handle, especially if they don’t have connections with major corporations such as Sberbank, for example. And VolgaCTF is organized by people wh…
30.09.2020
100 Free Courses from Coursera: Seize the Opportunity
…lso acquire basic skills of computational problem solving that can be applied in many computing environments. The course also can be interesting to experienced programmers who want to understand the principles behind coding and dive deeper into programming overall. Algorithms, Part I Organizer: Princeton University Target audience: beginner and intermediate …
29.09.2020
Down the River: Delightful Journey Through My Suddenly Unfamiliar Country
…ls, and lots of food – it felt like we had retired a quarter of a century earlier than expected. Of course, initially this terrified us. I mean, we were on vacation, we wanted to sleep till noon, walk and be with our peers! But then… at first you are amazed at how little effort, responsibility or initiative (things that make up our worlds 24/7) is required of …
29.09.2020
Are Russians a Gambling Nation?
… even by doing something quite innocent. Maybe ask your Russian friends to teach you how to play Дурак or arrange a board game night – challenge the Chance! And in case you want to learn more about gambling in Russian culture, here are some classic novels covering this topic: The Queen of Spades (1834) by Alexander Pushkin A Hero of Our Time (184…
28.09.2020
ITMO’s Cultural Navigation Course: Lectures, Challenges, and Quests
…acquainted with the history and culture of St. Petersburg, especially those who, like students, recently moved to the city. “They showed an interest in the course, but we want to create a separate program since they have a slightly different background,” concludes Daria Martynova. The Navigating St. Petersburg's Culture course was developed by Galina Zhirko…
28.09.2020