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• «The World Can Be Changed in Different Ways: I Want to Start with My University»

  …his project and convinced me to try. The application form included general questions connected with our educational background, hobbies, achievements and so forth, and some specific ones which had to do with ecological issues. We had to explain why we believe that eco problems are important and how do we understand this discipline.» Ekaterina was surprised that no…

  10.10.2016

• Training the Next Generation of Information Security Specialists

  …is vein, the IS&CT Faculty is thinking about how ideas from businesses can be implemented in the educational programs. «We are planning to diversify educational programs by specific areas, which will be expected of our graduates», explained the Dean, «Representatives from businesses will help us with this. As a result, our graduates will be the most competitive on th…

  07.10.2016

• The Ceaseless Chain: Why Schools and Universities Have to Collaborate?

  …ar understanding of which schools and universities they should work with to get results. From my point of view, those are educational establishments that train personnel in specific fields. The same can be said about universities: they should focus on helping profession-oriented schools. Then we'll be able to achieve great results.…

  05.10.2016

• New Optical Biosensor Can Diagnose Infections in Few Seconds

  …hen the film is exposed to infrared light in a common laboratory infrared spectrometer. Acquiring spectra of light passing through the sample, one can infer the presence of specific bacteria or viruses in the sample. To prove that the novel biosensing platform can instantly detect pathogenic microorganisms, the scientists used common bacteria called Staphylococcus a…

  05.10.2016

• In Terms of Science: the Explanation for Paranormal Phenomena

  …used by different signals can «intercross.» It provokes parallel associations with numbers, colors, music etc. But some people declare that they can see humans' auras, a specific surrounding radiation. Some of them are obviously liars, others are synesthets. The latter can, for instance, see people surrounded by a colorful «aura» depending on their relationship. …

  04.10.2016

• Open University: Education For All

  …sources more effectively. Through the help of special programs, a large amount of data can be analyzed to predict human behavior, like how a situation would change based on specific conditions, which steps to take to prevent panic, crowding, infection or other dangerous situations. In medicine, this technique can be used for the more effective use of the resources av…

  26.09.2016

• Distance Medicine Technologies: ITMO’s Collaborations With Federal Almazov North-West Research Center

  …isco WebEx cloud platform. Dmitry Kupareev explained that most medical institutions «replicate» their hardware-software complexes: they buy several sets and install them in specificplaces. At the Almazov Center, the specialists use a different approach: they try to make the advanced technologies open to as many physicians as possible. «More than three thousand…

  22.09.2016

• «Metamaterial Black Holes» Can Absorb Radiation at any Distance — a Scientist from University of Coimbra on his Recent Research.

  … heated body depends on its absorbability. Thus, the ideal source of heat emission would be an ideal black body that absorbs any and all light rays. This happens due to its specific porous structure: upon getting into the pores, the light reflects and re-reflects in them thus never leaving them and converting into other types of energy, including heat. When heated…

  21.09.2016

• Philips’s Vice President: Darkness is the other side of the Lighting Design

  …light the bridge, but also share its' history. It aims to unite people and connect their country with new undiscovered lands. That is why we wanted to endow the bridge with specific energy. We created the unique idea that was never used before — made an animation, which provokes the illusion of waves' moving one by one. Dark colors were at the foundation while bright…

  19.09.2016

• Studies at Russian vs. American Universities: Tale of Two Cities

  …year usually starts with a visit to guidance counselor and/or with a few hours purusing course catalogue and picking the classes you’ll take that semester. Each major has a specified number of credits (hours) for specified disciplines and as long as you’re sticking to the schedule, you’re good. If you’re a math major, you’re likely to h…

  16.09.2016