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Physicists Propose New Mechanism of Radio Emission in Neutron Stars
…a high density, neutron stars have tremendous gravity, which results in unique physical properties such as directed radio emission, which played a major part in neutron stars discovery. On Earth, the radiation from neutron stars was first observed in 1967 in the form of periodic signals, initially causing scientists to suggest that it may have come from an extrate…
12.04.2018
VK’s Head of Growth and Research On Delegating Routine Tasks to AI
…s have been achieved to date? To date, more than ten thousand participants have received the “Fire of Prometheus”. We already have a large community of authors. A vivid discovery was, for example, the singer Grechka, who is very popular now and even appeared on Channel One. Our algorithms found her and gave her the “Fire of Prometheus” back in January if I’m no…
10.04.2018
St. Petersburg Off the Beaten Track
…1. Discover New Holland: a City Within the City Just a decade ago it was but a rough, uncouth place, but it was recently given a new life and transformed into a perfect space for both leisure and entertaining. The garden, the walkways paved with stone and surrounded by a sprawling herb garden, and the lush green lawns with stools and chairs make this place a mu…
10.04.2018
Learning Russian and Making Movies: a Finn's Exchange Semester at ITMO University
…try. I can assure you everything is different now from how it was 20 years ago. What are the most popular stereotypes, apart from bears and vodka? One of the common misconceptions is about trust - many believe that you shouldn’t trust a Russian. Also, you often hear that there is a lot of criminal activity in Russia and it is not as safe as in Europe. For …
09.04.2018
VR/AR Association & ITMO University Spring Kickoff: Trends and Philosophy of Virtual Reality
…ual reality is a “virtual”; someone who is comfortable with existing in the virtual environment is a “gratual” (from Latin gratus – “pleasing”), while someone who experiences discomfort and rejects virtual spaces is an “ingratual”. Denis Stolyarov, lead engineer at the Center of Mixed Reality and Interface Design, CEO of Video360Production, and head of the St. Pet…
05.04.2018
Funny Science: ITMO Hosts Its First-Ever Science Stand-Up Show "Quantum Potential"
…seeing images of sprawling atoms. Vladimir Borisov - PhD student at the Department of Photonics and Optical Information Technologies of ITMO University told us how scientific discoveries actually happen. "Laboratory experiments are usually successful. But many argue with this: people who refuse to give me grants, theorists. Have you watched "The Big Bang Theory"? …
02.04.2018
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ITMO Student Wins IEEE Undergraduate Scholarship
…When did you learn that you’d won an IEEE MTT-S Undergraduate Scholarship? I was in San Francisco at the SPIE Photonics West Conference when I received a message from my advisor, Anna Vozianova, saying I’d won something. It was already very late in the US and I was tired after a long flight, so I didn’t pay much attention to the message. But when I woke up in the …
29.03.2018
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…e cost-efficient and sustainable solution to the global data storage problem while enabling the critical pivot from Big Data to Long Data, opening up new realms of scientific discovery. Fabric lights a lamp. Researchers have developed a fabric that converts kinetic energy into electric power. The greater the load applied to the textile and the wetter it becomes th…
26.03.2018
Scientists Invent Method of Catching Bacteria with ‘Photonic Hook’
…m ITMO University, along with their colleagues from Tomsk State University, the University of Central Florida, the University of Ben-Gurion and the University of Bangor, have discovered a new type of curved light beam – the photonic hook. “Photonic hook is formed when we direct a plane light wave to a dielectric particle of an asymmetric shape," – says Alexander…
16.03.2018