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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
You Can Fight the World and Win: ITMO Graduate Kirill Rivkin on DataArt, Studies in the US and His Startup
… a heavy heart but I didn’t want to be just a programmer. As far as I know, you studied to be a programmer and not a physicist? Almost any job these days involves a certain degree of programming. Even experimental physicists in the industry spend enough of their time writing scripts for their equipment. I am an engineer-developer now, though I started at the …
05.10.2020
The Unexpectedly Superstitious Side of St. Petersburg
…cky sights in St. Petersburg that you really shouldn’t miss; after all, you do want your time in Russia to be lucky (and it’s also good for your hand-eye coordination): Fountain Ball Malaya Sadovaya St., 8 One of the street's main attractions is its fountain with a granite kugel ball spinning freely in jets of water. You should…
05.10.2020
Comfort Foods to Try This Fall
… favorite sitcom and oatmeal cookies, cocoa can brighten up even a ruined day. Fun fact! According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, flavonoids contained in hot cocoa increase the blood flow and oxygen to the brain and help you think better! Why not take advantage of it to stay focused this fall? Marina For me, fall recipes are …
02.10.2020
Scientists Create New IR-Activated Coating for Local Drug Delivery
…behavior of the drug in the human body and to accelerate the onset of action, if necessary. The new hybrid stimulus-responsive system holds promise for targeted, localized, sustained release of drugs and the development of bone replacement systems. Light control Many external factors can activate drug delivery systems, such as temperature, magnetic and electric…
02.10.2020
Smart Cane and Quantum Physics In Water Drops: Projects by ITMO Students at Youth Awards in Science and Innovations Finals
…nth year at school, my friend and colleague Vladimir Igoshin had a practice class at the St. Petersburg Polytechnical University. And one time, he stood there watching the fountain with a classmate. They started arguing: are the water spheres that bounce in the fountain water drops, or air bubbles? Vladimir thought they were the former,…
01.10.2020
New Historical Exposition Set to Open in Russia’s Oldest Science City
…f space gastroenterology and creator of space food for cosmonauts." Look back through the lens of modern perspective The artists will have to figure out how to maintain a balance between the historical environment with its authenticity – the scientists’ furniture, typewriters, equipment, and musical instruments – and new technologies. Even the first discu…
01.10.2020
ITMO Team Wins VolgaCTF
…resenting a university, including four teams from ITMO. Two of the latter got into top-10, and the team More Smoked Leet Chicken got first place. ITMO.NEWS talked to the captain of the winning team Vlad Roskov, a trainer at the SPbCTF community and an employee at Kaspersky Lab, as well as to VolgaCTF participants Anantoliy Korniltsev and Ilya Glebov about the comp…
30.09.2020
ITMO Researchers Create Unique Wound-Healing Nanofibers Based on Hyaluronic Acid
…of Bioengineering. The paper presenting the results of the project was published in Materials, and was chosen by the MDPI publishing house to be the cover of its 16th issue containing over 200 publications. Hyaluronic acid is actually vital for an organism: it is a part of not only cells but also of pericytal and intercellular spaces. That is why medical trea…
30.09.2020
ITMO Researchers Develop Unique Printing Technology for Invisible Images
…cial particles 10 nm wide and around 200 nm long. In a solution, these particles are organized chaotically and when they are applied on the substrate in the usual way they maintain this disorganized state. However, using special chemical synthesis methods and technological application parameters, the researchers were able to make the particles orient themselves along…
29.09.2020