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Don’t Get Skinny Like a Russian: Tackling Common Food Myths
… fasting on pure kefir, it will fix you right up and get rid of all the junk you have accumulated in your body. Not a fan of kefir? Well, then try some phytotea (herbal tea) instead! Just do the same thing: no food and a cup of this brew instead of every meal. Staying thin If you are looking to lose some weight, just hit t…
10.10.2022
How to Stop Reading Bad News and Calm Down
…h your newsfeed while laying in bed. You should use your bed for sleep only. Socialize. When anxiety cripples you, give your family a call or even better meet them in person instead of spending another night on your feed. Social interactions are more important than we think. Exercise more. Any physical activity, be it running, dancing, or walking, is a tried-and-…
07.10.2022
Announcing the Upcoming International Conference on Robotization of Chemical Technologies
…ant, work with chemical databases, and study nanostructures with a microscope. Read also: ITMO Researchers Teach Robots to Run Chemical Experiments Living Science: Inside ITMO’s Infochemistry Center What Is Infochemistry? How to apply The conference is designed for everyone interested in research at the intersection of chemistry and IT, includi…
07.10.2022
Insider’s Guide to Film Photography in St. Petersburg
…of course, film. Momentography https://momentography.ru/ Momentography is a treasure chest for all lomography and Polaroid lovers. A wide selection of easy-to-use and instant cameras along with film can be found in their online store. Until recently, there’ve also had an offline shop at Berthold Center. Unfortunately, it has closed, but let’s hope for a come…
07.10.2022
How Biomimetics Helps Scientists Create Materials With New Properties
…hydrophobic into hydrophilic ones. In order to do that, they influence the surface of a material and create a required microgeometry (morphology) by using chemical reagents or installations with programming control. However, such methods aren’t always efficient. If you need to change the properties at nano- or microscale or study how one property influences another, …
06.10.2022
Staff Spotlight: Ekaterina Rassolenko, International Admissions Office
…nections through students and staff. Upon coming across a university that we think would make a great partner, we send out direct emails as well. Each of these partnerships begins with a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in which we agree on certain activities such as student exchange, research partnerships, etc. We value an active partnership the most — one that all…
06.10.2022
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022: All About Click Chemistry
…s field focuses on reactions that occur in living cells. Experiments like these have already been conducted for such purposes as creating a specific drug or contrast indicator inside, for instance, a cancer cell. What kinds of reactions are typical for click chemistry? In essence, click reactions work because the resea…
05.10.2022
ITMO to Host Eco Art Festival and Upcycled Fashion Show
…d Daniil Mironov, the members of ITMO's Sustainable Development Club. When coming up with the idea for their event, the students, or othersiders, as they call themselves, draw inspiration from Timothy Morton, a philosopher who proposed to stop dividing the natural world and the human world and perceiving “nature” as something external and alien to humans. As noted by…
05.10.2022
Nobel Prize in Physics 2022: What Are Entangled Photons and Why They Are Important?
…n devices. In order to do that, we need to, first, correctly determine the fundamental laws defining quantum particles, and second, learn to work with them experimentally. For instance, in order to prove quantum entanglement of particles in an experiment, we need to check that they comply with Bell inequalities (after physicist John Stewart Bell). These allow us to d…
04.10.2022
ITMO Students Win Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Scholarship
…anks to the victory, the students will be able to study at Tel Aviv University for eight months from October 2022 to June 2023. They are also going to be provided with medical insurance and financial support by both Russian and Israeli universities. “Eugenia and I are grateful to the staff the International Research and Educational Center for Physics of Nanostru…
04.10.2022