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• Future Technologies Program: Teams Present Projects at Demo Day

  …who are working on an service for analysis and visualization of large amounts of data using machine learning, have spoken to investment firms such as REOG Capital and San Francisco Oy and were invited to the technological projects’ competition GoTech 2017. DemoDay Future Technologies As part of the Demo Day, the acceleration program’s final event, which took …

  25.09.2017

• How Music Affects Our Brain

  …ve of music is determined by genetics and depends on the function of the neurotransmitter dopamine. It helps humans anticipate pleasure, remember it and strive for it despite discomfort. Scientists noted that, having listened to music, participants of their experiment experienced functional changes in their dopamine receptors, which improved their mood. The researche…

  20.09.2017

• Relocation Tips: Perks of Student Life in St. Petersburg (Part 2)

  …Movies The majority of cinemas and cinema chains in Russia offer discounts to all university students. Each one has different terms and conditions which you can inquire about on your own, but here are the offers from St. Petersburg’s major cinemas: Formula Kino (formulakino.ru) and Kronverk Cinema - 15% off for students (offer does not extend to IMAX show…

  19.09.2017

• Ig Nobel Prize And How It Contributes To Science

  …g Ears?". He found out that after one reaches 30, their ears grow 2 millimeter each year due to gravity. The Biology prize was awarded to a team from Switzerland for their discovery of a female penis, and a male vagina, in a cave insect. The Fluid Dynamics prize went to Jiwon Han from South Korea for finding the best way to carry a coffee cup so as to prevent c…

  19.09.2017

• Journey to the Red Planet: New and Daring Projects for Mars Travel

• BBC Expert: How to Make Science More Accessible

  …een found. Meanwhile, journalists and science communicators faced a challenge: how to explain to millions of regular people what this “God particle” is all about and why this discovery is among the biggest in scientific history, all in a span of a few minutes of airtime. Making science popular, social media-style Over the course of his career, Julian Siddle…

  15.09.2017

• Anna Krongauz, Editor of Popular Science Website N+1 On Science Writing And New Ethics

  …em would be relevant even some couple days after, let alone years. As of now, we are trying to bring science use to a more casual format. For instance, we are binding some discovery, experiment or results to a particular moment in time - for instance, the publishing of a press release. As for the format itself, we experiment, try different approaches. For now, our…

  15.09.2017

• Relocation Tips: Perks of Student Life in St. Petersburg (Part 1)

  … sights and landmarks in St. Petersburg, such as the State Hermitage Museum, Kunstkamera and the Museum of Anna Akhmatova offer free admission to students, while others offer discounts; most student tickets tend to be priced at 50 to 200 rubles. To make use of these offers, you will need to present your student ID at the ticket office. Don't forget to check that your…

  12.09.2017

• RACIRI-2017 Summer School in Sweden

  …n). The fact is that the nature of this effect is not yet clear. On a global scale, there are very few who study the triboelectrification effect. Nikita Prasolov It was discovered that, by changing the surface potential, it is possible to change the crystal growth process on the substrate. This can be used in microelectronics. Modern methods of epitaxial growth…

  11.09.2017

• ITMO Scientists Help Link Alzheimer’s to Lack of Energy in Immune Cells

  …s happen? What makes microglia cease their most important function? The international team including staff from the Washington University in St. Louis and ITMO University has discovered that one of the reasons for this can be the lack of or mutation of TREM2 (Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells 2) protein in these cells. Credit: depositphotos.com R…

  08.09.2017