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An Introvert's Guide to Survival
… feel edgy about some important conversation, prepare for it: imagine how it will go, what the other person will say, what you should or shouldn't say and the possible ways to solving the matter of discussion; 6. Sometimes, communication doesn't go the right way and becomes tense, so you need to calm it somehow. How do you do that if nobody is ready to back down? …
30.03.2017
Cameras On A Chip And Holographic Displays: How Dielectric Nanophotonics Changes Our Future
…ch in the field of dielectric nanophotonics for the past several years, as well as the field's promising future. What problems are dielectric nanophotonics supposed to solve? To effectively control light, one has to simultaneously and independently control its electric and magnetic components. Yet, there is a problem: the magnetic response of natural mater…
30.03.2017
ITMO Conducts Research for Alexander Park Renovation
…focused on such an important issue as its further development and management. It's necessary to not only reorganize the territory, but also develop a complex program that will solve the problem of attracting more visitors to the park," comments Mikhail Klimovskiy. What are the park's current problems? To fully assess the situation and define the park's main p…
29.03.2017
ITMO University Becomes the Co-Founder of CINPET Innovation Center
“Physics: the Game of Light” - ITMO University and Newtonew Launch a New Online Game for School Students
…ce? Anyone can play the game, though it was developed for highschoolers. The main requirements to a player are being interested in science and wanting to test his skills by solving engaging tasks. How does it work? All the tasks are to be solved online after registering on the game’s website. One can register whenever they want…
28.03.2017
Nanotechnologies for Teenagers: How ITMO Promotes Physics
…ture. This is why for an engineer — someone who can "change" nature — physics gives full scope to the imagination." Can one write with a nano-pen and how can a schooler solve real tasks for business? As soon as the middle of April, the contest's winners will have the opportunity to visit ITMO's Metamaterials Laboratory Nanocenter — there, they will have the…
28.03.2017
Dynamically Lit Jewelry and Smart Backpacks: the Fashion of the Future by ITMO Students
…y can track a person's pulse. Also, they can be fixed with such functions as reading body temperature, or temperature of the surrounding environment. Yet, the designers aim at solving other tasks, like developing new types of communication that have to do with one's emotional state. For example, if you want to show your emotions more obviously, your jewelry can help …
24.03.2017
Research on Fairy Circles in Africa Will Benefit Agriculture
…everal years ago the ground layer of forests in Netherlands became filled with prunus serotina, a shrub that disrupted the ecologic balance. Scientists launched a research for solving the problem and found a particular mushroom — Chondrostereum purpureum — that killed the plant. By using it, more than 90% of forests in Netherlands were cleared of the shrubs. "This …
23.03.2017
Cyberattacks: XXI Century’s Main Challenge
…ks on a motherboard's firmware for more than six months already. "Just think of it: you have a computer, it gets infected, but you can still format your hard drive, and thus solve the problem. Yet, there are programs that can infect the motherboard. We've conducted tests on several machines and found out that 25% were not protected from them. Point is, one can infe…
22.03.2017
Staying Ahead of Time: ITMO’s New Program of Neurotechnologies
…nologies and mostly focuses on e-education systems. "It's all aimed at teaching the students to develop software systems that use neural interfaces and special equipment for solving particular tasks: person identification, defining one's emotional state, developing one's cognitive functions and such, shares Lyubov Lisitsyna. Thus, the program's graduate will not ju…
21.03.2017