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• Artist and Biologist Ippolit Markelov on Russian Science Art and Collaborating With Scientists

  …aesque about it.  After finishing this project, we were able to turn it into a research initiative. Instead of a neural interface and a human we used a self-learning neural network.  Here, we look at insects as a species capable of solving complex problems, such as navigating a maze. The more time an insect spends within the maze, the better it gets at escaping…

  13.01.2020

• Medical Journalist Elizaveta Babitskaya on Being an Informed Patient in Russia

  …ge that you obtained during your Master’s came in handy in your work?  On the one hand, our training was rather academic, on the other – it offered opportunities for global networking. We had a large number of lecturers, and not all of them delivered full courses – some were invited experts. Considering that Dmitry Malkov himself graduated from a European universi…

  13.01.2020

• 5 Healthy Habits for the New Year

  …e that a balanced vegan diet can cover all the nutrients your body needs.  If you’re interested in combating cruelty towards animals or helping the humanity stick on the planet for longer, we suggest you start slow, incorporating more and more plant-based meals in your diet, keep informing yourself to stay on track, and have fun with it: with all kinds of finger-l…

  10.01.2020

• ITMO Scientists Help School Team Win ICCET 2019

  …mmunication between school students and mentors from the academic community. The participants compete in ten categories in fields such as electronics, energy engineering, genetic engineering, navigation and even space exploration. In 2019, seven teams have become winners of ICCET: the Quantum team from the Astrakhan Oblast (“Flexible electronics” track), Sintez…

  10.01.2020

• ITMO University Researchers Create Complex Nanoparticles with Laser Impulses

  …ensive and reliable technology for nanophotonic particle production.  An international research group of scientists from Russia (including ITMO specialists), France and the Netherlands has conducted a series of experiments in which they created smart materials for nanophotonics formed from metal-organic frameworks, “soft” molecular crystals based on organic and in…

  10.01.2020

• ITMO Student Became the Youngest Winner of Young Runet Leaders Award

  …Young Runet Leaders 2019 marked the first time that the Young Runet Leaders Competition was organized and brought together young specialists in IT and the digital industry. According to the organizers of the event, its main goal is to give talented and motivated specialists an opportunity to come into the spotlight. The competitio…

  09.01.2020

• Ten Life-Changing Technologies of 2019. Part 2

  …have made this prospect an actually achievable one. AR and VR technologies are already becoming affordable enough for widespread adoption. Telecom companies are updating their networks to 5G fast enough for them to handle the mass of data streaming from modern devices without any delay. Innovators are polishing technologies, including haptic sensors, which would allo…

  07.01.2020

• Travel the Trans-Siberian Railway Like a Russian

  …6 million people. You can drive (and walk, or take a metro) across the Ob River, spend a day at the zoo, one of the largest in Russia, or check out the night sky at the two planetariums.  Krasnoyarsk, 4,106 km. Two of this city’s top sites - a massive bridge across the Yenisei River and the Church of Paraskeva Pyatnitsa are on the (now nearly extinct) 10-rouble bi…

  06.01.2020

• Ten Life-Changing Technologies of 2019. Part 1

  …m nonfood plants like giant reed or from wood and agricultural waste, which would otherwise serve no function.  Cellulose, the most widespread organic polymer on the planet, is the major component of plant cell walls while lignin fills the spaces in those walls ensuring strength and rigidity. It is exceptionally important to work with lignin as its monomers co…

  06.01.2020

• New Year’s Done Right: Brainy Books and Movies to Check Out This Holiday Season

  …actually know very little about them. This book will help you discover the vast and unexplored world of liquids. The Violinist's Thumb, by Sam Kean The book focuses on genetics and the unique stories told by our genetic code. A perfect pick if you’d like to start the year with learning about and rediscovering the fundamental truth…

  03.01.2020