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• New Metamaterial-Enhanced MRI Technology Successfully Tested on Human Subjects

  …e than a computed tomography or ultrasound scan. This means that a patient must lie motionless within a confined apparatus for up to an hour, resulting in significant patient discomfort, and relatively long lines in hospitals. Specialists from Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands and ITMO University in Russia for the first time have acquired human M…

  25.05.2017

• Why Google Loves Kotlin and Who Needs 2000 Programming Languages

  …at one of the goals of its authors was to create a product that could work in projects based on a mixture of languages. Kotlin programming language. Credit: cdn-business.discourse.org As creators of Kotlin say, their main goal was to create a “pragmatic” product, meaning that they focused not just on eliminating flaws and perfecting their language, which is w…

  25.05.2017

• Trolling Evolutionists with Flatfish or: Five Facts that Prove Natural Selection

  …ea plants in official publications of Brno’s scientific society instead of a well-known scientific journal. Because of this, his findings on the mechanics of inheritance were discovered too late. Gregor Mendel. Credit: wikireading.ru “Due to this, there is now a myth stating that Darwin supposedly didn’t open Mendel’s letter in which the latter described hi…

  22.05.2017

• Music Under the Sky and Art that Never Sleeps: Lively Weekend in St. Petersburg

  …o can sing, perform or play an instrument is encouraged to participate in the day. It’s a chance for everyone to experience new musical adventures and make unexpected musical discoveries. Its mission is to unite people using the world’s most universal language – the language of music. In the center of the city, some of the sites for the event will be on the main s…

  19.05.2017

• Everybody Wants a Piece of the Pie: Why Universities Need to Create and Support Innovation

  …rk. How do we become creative or innovative? There’s a financial book entitled “The Black Swan” that poses a theory that all the major historical, scientific and other discoveries happen unexpectedly. Here’s the thing: up until mid-17th century the world had no idea that there were not only white swans, but black ones, too – until a team of explorers d

  19.05.2017

• Visiting Scientist Silvio Hrabar: Why It’s Important to Find New Uses for Old Discoveries

  …e following often happens: a group of scientists publish something remarkable that appears to be a breakthrough in their field, and later on come to find out that it has been discovered in a slightly different way by scientists from another field 60 years ago, or vice-versa. The point is that physicists and engineers don’t interact with each other. That’s why univers…

  16.05.2017

• 5 Things You Need to Know Now

  …y of Minnesota have developed a revolutionary process for 3D printing stretchable electronic sensory devices that could give robots the ability to feel their environment. The discovery is also a major step forward in printing electronics on real human skin. Biofuel from coffee grounds. Future Americano, cappuccino and latte drinkers could help produce the raw mate…

  15.05.2017

• Royal Society Member Maurice Skolnick: Why Making Science Understandable to Society Matters

  … waves. Credit: svopi.ru On a global scope, which scientific events could drastically change our life? In the last few years what has really inspired and awed me is the discovery of gravitational waves. Sure, it impressed everyone, but for me this discovery had a special meaning. It showed the importance of long-term research. Gra…

  11.05.2017

• Towards Better Tomorrow: How to Start Scientific Career in the Field of Photonics

  …tter than men to receive recognition. Natalya, Demkovich, PhD, head of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research at the B Pitron SP company. I also wanted to discover and create something new. Humanities have not provided me with such an opportunity and I decided to devote myself to science and hi-tech area. Now I work in a company that sells softwar…

  04.05.2017

• 5 Things You Need to Know Now

  …ambs. An extra-uterine system can physiologically support the extreme premature lamb that with appropriate nutritional support demonstrate normal growth up to four weeks. The discovery could potentially save lives of thousands of premature human babies. 3D robot prints buildings out of spray foam.  The Digital Construction Platform (DCP), “an automated constructio…

  01.05.2017