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• Highlights of Another Break Down by Atoms Lecture at the Informational Center for Atomic Energy

  …iagnostics mainly employs two methods: radioimmune analysis in vitro, when a blood sample is analyzed, and in vivo, when the treatment is injected into the body – positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).  PET uses beta plus isotopes, which emit several gamma quanta with a short half-life…

  03.03.2021

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: March 6-7, 2021

  …for those who decide to treat themselves to this unique silent disco. Visitors are advised to arrive 20 minutes before the time on their tickets and be ready to enter new dimensions as they put on their headphones to follow their adventurous tour guide. A lot of dancing and singing in the open air is bound to ensue as you become part of a secret community for this pe…

  03.03.2021

• How the Pandemic Is Causing a Technological Revolution in Medicine and Biotechnologies

  … 2010, has grown eightfold during the pandemic and is now worth $63 billion, thanks to the fact that it was able to develop a vaccine officially approved by the European Commission. Another very promising field associated with genetic research is synthetic biology – the creation of new living organisms from scratch or editing the genome of existing ones. For e…

  02.03.2021

• ITMO Highpark’s Project Receives Positive Assessment

  …ction but also for years to come,” noted the First Vice Rector of ITMO University Daria Kozlova. “We were able to find the balance between the contemporary standards and our vision of the future. We are glad that the experts gave a positive assessment to our project.” The dorms’ roof is made of glass in order to increase the amount of natural lighting. The build…

  02.03.2021

• Mind-Blowing Research of the Month: Brain-Computer Interfaces

  … products.  Any kind of invasive surgery on the brain is only performed if there is a medical condition that requires it. Thus, implanted electrodes can partially restore vision in those blinded in adulthood, help paralytics restore some control of their limbs, or prevent seizures in epileptics – all by stimulating either muscles or specific brain areas. Such case…

  02.03.2021

• Giant Turnips and Runaway Buns: Essential Russian Folktales

  …u’re a folklore character. You can find out what happened to Kolobok here. Ryaba the Hen Shortly put, it’s a tale about a chicken that lays a golden egg much to the confusion of its owners. The thing with such ancient stories is that no one can possibly know the initial intent of their author, so there may be as many interpretations as you’d like. Perhaps Ryaba…

  01.03.2021

• ITMO PhD Student Anna Mikhailovskaya Receives IEEE MTT-S Graduate Fellowship

  …h? In my work, I develop radiofrequency coils for MRI, which is currently the most promising tool for medical visualization thanks to its information richness and data precision. At the same time, MRI is a non-invasive and thus a relatively safe method of diagnostics.  For instance, MRI gives us a unique chance to study the metabolic and microvascular functions…

  01.03.2021

• A Guide to the World of Science Fiction

  …cular reader – may entirely discourage beginners to read science fiction.  Take, for example, Ulysses by the Irish novelist James Joyce. This book is full of mysterious allusions and a multiplicity of styles and is considered one of the most challenging books to read. At the same time, it is extremely difficult to discover the world of science fiction if you know …

  26.02.2021

• Student Spotlight: Stefan Labovic, Montenegro

  …an is to read Russian literature and watch TV shows and movies in Russian. How was the process of coming here as an international student and what were your first impressions? The first things I noticed when I arrived in Russia were the spacious streets, the outstanding architectural style of St. Petersburg, and the climate – much colder compared to what I …

  25.02.2021

• ITMO Professor Alexander Boukhanovsky on How AI Can Help Economy in Crisis

  …The funding for your project from Russian Science Foundation (RSF) has recently been extended, but when did you receive your first grant? And what were the extension conditions?   We secured the grant in 2017 in the first competition of laboratories held within the RSF Presidential program. Only two projects were named winners in the category Mathematics, Informat…

  25.02.2021