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• Campbell’s Law: Why Smart Technologies Don’t Always Make Life Better

  …mics and politics. As Campbell was observing social and bureaucratic institutes (including education, army, police, and so on), he noticed that the implementation of any criteria or indicators according to which the functioning of an institute was being evaluated unavoidably distorted both the indicators and processes in question. Even though more than 40 years…

  23.07.2020

• Evolutionary Computations Explained in 9 Simple Questions

  …ed image or melody? In cases such as this, it is possible to use the so-called interactive evolution method: the evolutionary algorithm “asks” a human observer to assess its interim solutions. In other cases, there might be a need for chemical or physical experiments to be conducted – in that event, the algorithm will wait for researchers to produce the necessary dat…

  23.07.2020

• Serhan Agrali: Visiting Silicon Valley Inspired My Major

  …he time they picture a native Turkish person as a dark, strong, hairy man. I strongly disagree with this stereotype because I don't think any of my Turkish friends fit that criteria. I also don't fit, but my case is different because my mother is originally from Russia, and I assume that's where I got my appearance from. Can you tell us a bit about Istanbul? Ma…

  23.07.2020

• How Course Assessment Influences the Quality of Education

  …luence the quality of their education. Apart from their opinions in general, we also evaluate how motivated and satisfied students are, as well as whether they find provided materials sufficient for passing their exams, how hard their exams are, and so on. We often hear that all these surveys don’t actually have any impact but in reality, they do. The university c…

  22.07.2020

• At-Home Lab Experiments: A Look at the Summer SCAMT Workshop Week 2020

  …I worked on the project “Make a Nanopharmaceutical Drug”. We had to synthesize two types of thrombolytics, one based on magnetite and the other based on calcium carbonate or vaterite. We were sent a kit containing reagents for two experiments, not counting the general decellularization workshop. In the first experiment, we synthesized magnetite in home conditions, an…

  22.07.2020

• Cognitive Science: How Memory Works and How to Make Yours Work Better

  …on quickly, you need to practice both storing it in this way and reassembling it. The more you do it, the easier it will be to apply your mnemonic technique of choice to any material you need to remember.  So, while our memory may be constantly evolving and shaping our recollections to fit our beliefs, there is still a way for us to get the upper hand and ensure t…

  21.07.2020

• Scientists Suggest Using Gold Nanoparticle Metasurfaces to Determine Substance Molecular Composition

  …ontain. Even a small concentration of such compounds can have a tremendous negative effect on the health of humans and animals. Moreover, these days chemists, physicists and materials scientists experiment with extremely small quantities of various substances in small concentrations, and that’s why they need to have a reliable way to determine even the slightest amou…

  21.07.2020

• Mission Inboxible: How to Set Up a Successful Marketing Mailout

  …can set up social media leads-based mailouts automatically.  Another tried-and-true way to get hold of a client’s email is to ask them to fill out a questionnaire when registering for a discount card. But in this case, you absolutely have to keep in mind that this action is regulated by law – which means that you need to obtain the client’s consent to cross-border…

  21.07.2020

• Russian Books to Read This Summer

  … of the Line by Venedict Erofeev Moscow to the End of the Line (also known by its original title Moscow – Petushki) by Venedict Erofeev is a brilliant comic guide to the mysterious Russian soul. A man hops on a suburban train and drinks all the way to his beloved, sharing with the world magnificent monologues on society, politics, and life. A snapshot of the dark …

  20.07.2020

• A Great Opportunity to Practice Public Speaking: SPIE Photonics Europe Participant on the Advantages of Online Scientific Conferences

  … their properties – one way is to modify them by turning them into hybrid nanostructures. What was important for us specifically was to study exactly how chlorin e6’s characteristics change in cancer cells – and we managed to register the spectra of molecules in cells and gage how the optical properties of molecules change in affected cells. The results were submi…

  20.07.2020