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• Staying Ahead of Time: ITMO’s New Program of Neurotechnologies

  …ov Lisitsyna What skills will the program train? The program's first module includes programming on a wide range of languages, as well as different technologies, specifications and program suites. The second module is based on ITMO's research results in what has to do with neurotechnologies and mostly focuses on e-education systems. "It's all aimed at te…

  21.03.2017

• Chemists Create Nanoparticles for Safe Imaging of Tumors

  …ned to shift the luminescence spectrum. For example, particles with terbium emit green light, and particles with europium — red. Such adjustments will be useful for solving specific tasks." As rare earth elements still have some level of toxicity, the researchers checked their effect on blood plasma and cell cultures by adding large amounts of particles to biologi…

  21.03.2017

• What’s Behind the So-Called "Vitamin Deficiency" And How To Cope With It?

  …y. What to eat Another important question is what to eat during this challenging time. Even though spring frustration can have many reasons, tips to nutrition are most specific. "The best option is eating fibrillose products that are hard to digest. If one eats such products (cabbage or green cucumbers, for instance), the heavy fibers will make one's bowel…

  16.03.2017

• Master’s Student Talks about Her IT Internship in Berlin

  …velopment — it has not been released yet. There are certain technical and mathematical issues that have to still be fixed. Was it difficult to work on this app? We used a specific platform, which made the work easier, as it is appropriate for iOS, Android and Windows. If we developed apps for each platform, the project would be more complicated and expensive. If an…

  14.03.2017

• 5 Things You Need to Know Now

  …ublished research by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics suggests that mysterious phenomena called fast radio bursts could be evidence of advanced alien technology. Specifically, these bursts might be leakage from planet-sized transmitters powering interstellar probes in distant galaxies. Game of Thrones returns. On July 16.…

  13.03.2017

• Gamification: How to Learn the Periodic Table While Playing Battleship

  …s well. Credit: depositphotos.com So, what is the benefit of games? What do participants get? Some new skill? New knowledge? Every particular goal calls for a specific game. This is what educators or business coaches have to understand. "Games are great in teaching participants certain algorithms, explaining concepts or making them share their ideas. …

  03.03.2017

• SciComm in Russia: How Does It Work and What’s Its Future?

  …icator" be called a profession. We've scaled the four hours of lectures down to seven topics. So, is "science communicator" already a profession? Yes, according to specific criteria, believes Elena Brandt. If we look at science communication in terms of the dictionary definition of profession, it is the result of the specialization of labor, it calls for spe…

  02.03.2017

• Why Design Programs: Anatoliy Shalyto on Automata-Based Programming

  …lopers thought, what approaches and methods they used. To do that, one would need program design documentation. Thus, it would be possible to formalize and align the design specification, which is especially important in case of critical facilities. If few know, how the software on such objects work, what can we say about operation safety? Solution The solu…

  27.02.2017

• Russian Men’s Day, Women’s Day and the Danger of the Frying Pan

  …te. Gadgets also make good presents. Married woman often want some kitchen appliances such as a new washing machine or a dishwasher. But be careful: buy them only if she specifically asked for them. Be sure to add something nice and, of course, flowers to show her that she is your sweetheart, not just mother and wife. And never, never, ever give her a frying pa…

  23.02.2017

• ITMO Faculty Learned How to Teach in English in Arizona

  … will spur on enthusiasm and motivation for more staff at ITMO University to begin offering courses in English at all levels. "What I learned about EMI and English for Specific Purposes made me change my views about teaching in English for students for whom English is not their native language. I felt much more confident. In addition it was very interesting to p…

  23.02.2017