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• Five Things We Loved Last Week

  …s August in New York, featuring the Met Opera stars and a 3D virtual reality show. Nature Dark Milky Way. No, not a new chocolate bar. An international team of astronomers discovered a massive galaxy that consists almost entirely of dark matter. Science Daily. Carbon transistors. University of Wisconsin-Madison materials engineer…

  12.09.2016

• The University of Children: Their Dreams and Plans for the Future

  …'ve learned of the University of Children from my friend. I am really glad that I could take my girls to these lectures. I liked the opportunity cause here Sonya and Rita can discover lots of new things, experience the educational process at a real university. It's great that there are people who can answer children's questions professionally. I hope that in some yea…

  12.09.2016

• METANANO-2016: Best Reports and Future Collaboration

  …ials for light and sound Alexander Hanikaev, Queen's College During the last three decades such physical phenomena as Quantum Hall effect and Spin Hall effect have been discovered, as well as topological insulators. This changed our perception of quantum properties of substances. The properties of topological insulators imply that the material inside is dielect…

  10.09.2016

• METANANO-2016: Danish Scientist on Reasons for Investing in Science

  …materials as a field of science is already down low in the list. They were really popular not so long ago, metamaterials and their properties like invisibility were named the discovery of the year and such, but these times are gone. Now metamaterials science faces a dilemma: they will either fade away and remain only an interesting concept, or some breakthrough will …

  07.09.2016

• Bringing the Aquabus Back: St. Petersburg Water Taxi Can Be in Demand Aain

  …y’s transport hubs, especially near the subway stations “Sportivnaya-2” and “Ploshad Lenina”; most of those are to be based on the existing piers. “There have to be some discounts for passengers who change routes – for example, a common ticket with a 90 minutes duration. Combined trips should also be possible: when a person can first go by bus and then get on th…

  23.08.2016

• Evgeny Pidko: Chemistry is a Catalyst for Success

  …nt role and often paves the way to of inventions. One can compare it with cookery. I don't know how many grams of salt I put in a soup. To synthesize new compounds and make a discovery one usually uses trial-and-error method. I think that the time has come to change this paradigm. We have now tools and sufficient knowledge to transfer to a more rational approach t…

  18.08.2016

• Migraines May Be Caused by Vascular Reactivity

  …the body and record the increase in size of the limb over time. This makes it possible to define various parameters of the blood flow. But this method is associated with some discomfort for the patient. Thus, the study devoted to the nature of migraine, was a part of a larger project to create an optical device that will distantly diagnose circulatory disorders. W…

  12.08.2016

• Joining Big Science: How PCs Help Large-Scale Projects

• Bioinformatics Summer School: Where Tech and Biology Come Together

• Brain Fitness Games: Can Intelligence Really be Boosted?

  … skill calls for therapy. All in all, the process of searching for something new in something old is a good exercise for the brain. That’s why we should develop old skills by discovering their new aspects, those that we’ve never noticed before. Cognitive skills are more about social and cultural activity, and a healthy brain can always find some “cognitive set” for i…

  02.08.2016