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Daniil Sharov on Being a Physicist and a Science Communicator
… How do you envision a science museum of the future? How will it be different from those we have today? I think that museums will become the means of communication between universities and the public. There will be a lot of visitors motivated to study and learn something new. And why isn’t it possible today? As I see it, the main problem with any co…
22.01.2020
ITMO Graduate Elena Ushakova on Scientific Career, Research Projects and Working in Hong Kong
…their grade, they can easily submit an appeal and I will have to send them a detailed explanation of why it is this grade that they got. Does it mean that the relationship between students and professors is completely different there? Do students respect their lecturers? Yes, they do. But thanks to the fact that their educational trajectory is much more flexib…
21.01.2020
International Team of Scientists Discover New Phenomenon in Topological Physics
…Khanikaev, a professor at the City College of New York, wanted to study. “If we create a structure made of such triangles, then, at specific conditions when the distance between the elements inside the cell is greater than the distance between the nearest elements in two adjacent cells, localized states of an electromagnetic field …
20.01.2020
Machine Rights: Can an AI Create And How Should Its Creations Be Protected?
…and provided with successful man-made examples. All of this put together allows us to build a system capable of making something similar. The problem is in the difference between what a computer actually does and how it is perceived by people. To someone who doesn’t know a lot about technologies it may seem as if some kind of magic is taking place here, that a co…
20.01.2020
Unexplored St. Petersburg: Soviet Art and Holo Eyes in Manege
…on by the Israeli artist Igor Revelis (aka Klone) fittingly titled “Can You See Me?” and is supposed to explore “the phenomenon of human memory and the fluctuating boundaries between the external and the internal. That’s to put it mildly, considering that you’re looking at dozens of hologram eyes that belong to a St. Petersburg resident. As you walk by, the optic…
17.01.2020
Tsegai Tekle: Russia Exceeded My Expectations
…otally different. Russians are respectful, polite, decent and generous people, unlike how they are portrayed in the Western media. What would you say is the difference between an African and a European metropolis? There are several differences between African cities and European cities. Fortunately, I am also able to see the s…
16.01.2020
Pharmacological Constructor: Scientists Propose Method for Synthesising Calcium Carbonate Particles with Different Geometry for Targeted Drug Delivery
…s systematically studied the mechanisms of crystallization of calcium carbonate particles, the process of growth of particles of various morphology, as well as the connection between the morphology of particles and the crystalline phase of calcium carbonate. In order to solve this problem, an international group of scientists from ITMO University, Tel Aviv Uni…
16.01.2020
TVs for Instagram Videos and Flying Taxis: 2020 Consumer Electronics Show
…s at the world’s various tech exhibitions. TV was considered by many as an antediluvian medium on its way to extinction, but with its today’s integration with the world’s networks, it seems that the devices are managing to keep consumers’ interest, which elicits a response from hi-tech companies’ engineers. This year’s, the 53rd, iteration of the Consumer Elec…
15.01.2020
Top Tech at CES 2020
…as the world’s first compact High Dynamic Range (HDR) capable VR eyeglasses by Panasonic. They display ultra high definition visuals without a "screen-door" effect (the lines between pixels that become visible in a screen that is positioned millimeters from your eyeball) thanks to a micro OLED panel and new optical driver which creates “natural and distortion-free im…
14.01.2020
Experts Discuss Prospects and Challenges in Life Science Research at ITMO University
…ic fields that study the nature, structure, functions and behavior of living beings, their evolution, development, and interconnections, as well as the relations that develop between them and the environment at large. Although historically biology has taken the centerplace among all life sciences, the latest technological advancements in the field of biotechnologies …
14.01.2020