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ITMO Researchers Develop Alternative Liquid-Based THz Radiation Source
…gies: spectroscopy, security, biomedicine, and non-destructive diagnostics Terahertz radiation is a type of electromagnetic radiation located within the frequency spectrum between infrared and radio. It passes well through a variety of materials, such as wood, plastic, and ceramics. These properties provide terahertz sources with a variety of practical applicat…
03.06.2019
Konstantin Zaytsev, One of Top-5 Young Russian Scientists in Systems Biology, on Systems Biology in Russia
…s, the issue of understanding specialists from other areas is ever relevant. How is this problem solved in the field of systems biology? As of now, I’d say that I exist in-between two research fields. So you can say that I act as a translator of a sort. But on the early stages, that was indeed a complex process. During the first two years, I had problems with unde…
31.05.2019
InnoCamp: How Russian and Finnish Students Reinvent Old Spaces
…g projects. During the remote stage we gathered all the necessary information about the product and the European health foods market, and split the areas of responsibility between ourselves. In the on-site stage at XAMK Kotka Xlab, we spent a week developing cases, practicing our seven-minute speeches, and attending lectures that would help us look at the projects…
31.05.2019
ITMO University Partners with Art&Science Day Skolkovo
… questions, from searching for new approaches in education, science and business through the means of creative experiment to the analysis of cases of successful collaboration between artists, the business community, IT teams, and scientists. Among the key speakers at the event are leading scientists and experts in the field of contemporary art. For one, professor …
29.05.2019
Summer Festivals in St. Petersburg
…battling, and a medieval crafts fair. VK Fest July 20-21, 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg Park The 2019 VK Fest will be the 5th installment of the Russian social network’s massive open-air festival, and its organizers are promising to go all out on this momentous occasion. The event’s program is still a secret, but judging by the past years’ lineups – wh…
28.05.2019
New Method for Analyzing Genes Activity Helps Predict Cancer Patients Survival
… genes, according to which the expression levels of two genes specific for the same cell type linearly depend on each other. The scientists used this correlation to construct networks of linearly dependent genes, through the analysis of which one can determine what cells are in the samples. The researchers have shown that all deconvolution algorithms are subject t…
28.05.2019
St. Petersburg European University’s Nikolay Rudenko on Fixing the Divide Between Tech and Humanities
…y or exist independently. Technology and culture are the two parts of professional culture that are represented, in one way or another, all over the world. The differences between the members of the two groups are known and understood by most. If being an engineer or a programmer is a more-or-less universal experience and such a specialist can adjust to a new loca…
28.05.2019
Useful (and Not) Apps for Exploring St. Petersburg
…ubway (metro) system, in addition to being exquisitely beautiful, is often the fastest way to get around the city. The trick is knowing which lines to take and when to switch between them. Yandex's brilliantly simple Metro app (App Store; Google Play) will find the best route, tell you how long it'll take you to get there, and even tell you how many trips you've got …
27.05.2019
Magic of Light Exhibition in Shanghai: The Dazzling Results
…shares Elena Bobritskaia, the head of the Museum of Optics. One of the reasons for the exhibition’s success is that this project is the result of close collaboration between ITMO University and the Hellenic Institute of Holography. In 2017, the exhibition’s coordinators decided to repeat the successes of 2015 and 2016 and give it more visibility, and such an…
24.05.2019
ITMO University at the Science of the Future – Science of the Youth Forum
…About the forum The main goal of the forum and the conference is to promote science among the youth, as well as provide a platform for communication between researchers and international collaboration in various fields of science. Among the events’ official partners are the Sirius Park of Science and Art, and the Inconsalt K company. This year, the Sirius Park …
24.05.2019