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• Summing up ITMO Preaccelerator's First Workshop

  …iltration, and the hydroponic method of growing vegetables. One of the teams brought up a highly relevant yet little-discussed topic – the disposal and recycling of food containers. Many, especially during quarantine, switched to the delivery of ready-made food, which most often uses difficult-to-recycle or non-recyclable packaging such as foil and complex combina…

  12.10.2020

• Your Guide to Gaming in Fall-Winter of 2020

  …l appeal to both hardcore fans and newcomers in for the spirit of an “honest” role-playing game – as a single character or a party of several warriors. Naturally, the game maintains the D&D traditions at its roots, and who doesn’t want to have a pandemic-approved game night choice at the ready? – CZ. Amnesia: Rebirth Release date: October 20, 2020 Platforms:…

  09.10.2020

• Battleships and Electrons: ITMO Student Develops a VR Game for Chemistry Students

  …'s why the team of creators had to think of a creative way to present it. "I proposed to set the Battleship game in outer space. So that the players would be spaceship captains of different alien races in the state of war. I wanted to call the races lanthanides and actinides and Mikhail really liked the idea. So we not only came up with visual content but also a…

  09.10.2020

• ITMO University Launches New Preacceleration Program

  …o achieve success. And also – to teach them how to test their ideas quickly and abandon them if needed rather than lose time. For example, about a third of all applications contain the same ideas. That’s probably caused by the fact that they are quite obvious, which means that there are probably other teams working on them, maybe major ones. So such projects probably…

  08.10.2020

• In a Nutshell: Genome Editing and the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

  …If it’s the CRISPR/Cas9 method that we’re talking about, you begin with choosing a target ― a DNA sequence that you want to edit. Then, researchers prepare a construct that contains the cas complex (a protein, endonuclease, that uses RNA to find a target in the DNA and disrupt the sequence) and a tag for our target, and transform the object with it. It’s possible to …

  08.10.2020

• Staff Spotlight: Daniel Nsengumuremyi, Rwanda

  …r, although still different from Rwanda’s. St. Petersburg is an international city – it’s European and tourist-friendly, there are more opportunities for both science and entertainment. Yekaterinburg, on the other hand, although lacking many international students, has a unique culture and a Russian spirit. But both of them are among the most beautiful cities I’ve ev…

  08.10.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 10-11, 2020

  …Third Place Art Fair October 10-11, 12-8 pm Third Place Space Free entrance  Did someone just say fair? The finest Venetian palazzo, contemporary art, and entertainment – all that can mean only one thing: the fancy atmosphere of a big and beautiful holiday. In these bleak times, we invite you to immerse yourself in the mystery of art: painting, sculptu…

  07.10.2020

• What is ITMO's Buddy System and How Does it Work?

  …fish goals.” How are the buddies chosen? “When we recruit students, we seek someone who displays more than a desire to acquire some advantages which there are certainly many”, comments Anna. Club members – buddies for international students – are pre-selected through applications and interviews. It is necessary to speak English or another foreign l…

  07.10.2020

• ITMO.STARS 2020 Winners: Who Are They?

  …s can cope with it. And some people generally drink raw tap water – it shocked me. And after all, we examined only iron – who knows what other harmful substances this water сontains. I want to show people that there is a problem which even a school student can spot. And these problems need to be solved not only with the help of science but by making this common kn…

  06.10.2020

• Epidemiologist Vasily Vlassov on Medical Problems Exposed by the Pandemic

  … of our mind.” At the same time, the lecturer doesn’t think artificial intelligence will be able to solve this problem, either. However, doctors were able to reach certain results. For example, they stopped overusing medical ventilators, which don’t necessarily solve the problem but can lead to serious complications, from respiratory damage to bedsores. …

  06.10.2020