Search results for «SciE» 4560 results

• ITMO Graduate and UbiQD’s Senior Director of Physics Nikolay Makarov: A Scientist’s Interests Must Always Be In Flux

  …You graduated from the Information Technologies and Programming Faculty. What made you choose that particular field? In school, I was into computer science. One day in 1996, Vladimir Parfenov (head of the Faculty – Ed.) came to our school to talk about his department. It seemed an appealing prospect, so I took the exams and never even considered a different option…

  14.05.2020

• Scientists Report on Crucial Reduction of Indian Lion Genome Diversity

  … most powerful and dangerous predators on the planet. Many cities and countries use lion images on their coats of arms as a symbol of power and strength. However, according to scientists, nowadays lions are in great danger of extinction. In the last two centuries, a 90% reduction in the population took place. During the last 150 years, Cape and Barbary lions were ext…

  14.05.2020

• ITMO University Researchers Create a Terahertz Holographic Spectrometer During Self-Isolation

  …Experimental physics obviously demands lots of expensive and complex devices. Moreover, if a project is at the frontline of science, it’s even harder to find a suitable device for it. Therefore, sometimes a research team has to design or update a device on its own. Recently, ITMO University’s Laboratory of Digital and Display Holography faced a task of this kind. …

  14.05.2020

• Emina Iskhakova: Just Choose What You Like and Do It

  …s all over the world. In my last year of college, I decided to move to Russia to study. In order to know everything about studying in Russia I visited the Russian Center of Science and Culture under Rossotrudnichestvo. There, we had extra exam preparation classes and different cultural activities. For example, students and staff held a big concert titled Boldinska…

  14.05.2020

• AI vs. Nanotechnology: ITMO Scientists on What Tech to Expect in the Near Future

  …s on the molecular scale, but pretty close,” says George Zograf. Simply put, nanotechnologies are now practically everywhere, which is why we should see them not as a science, but a tool, notes the researcher. Just like the stone, bronze, and iron ages, today’s era could rightfully be considered the nanotechnology age. As for these technologies’ level of …

  13.05.2020

• ITMO University’s NTI FoodNet Curator Olga Orlova: the Pandemic Will Make Food Safety a Long-Term Trend

  …product and the raw material. There are not enough quick-acting tests right now that would allow you to gauge the quality of ingredients. Today, our university’s Infochemistry Scientific Center receives a lot of orders for the development of such tests. Still, delivery tracking technologies aren’t only needed for quality control. There’s also the matter of process…

  12.05.2020

• First Phase of ITMO Highpark Unveiled to St. Petersburg Government

  …and evaluate the results obtained by the university in order to propel ITMO forward on its path of development and internationalization.  ITMO Highpark is an integrated science, education and innovations center under the aegis of ITMO University, located in St. Petersburg’s Pushkinsky District on a total area of 100 ha. The project includes an educational,

  12.05.2020

• Scientists Use Lasers and Gold Particles to Turn Titanium Oxide Into Nanocomposite for Photocatalysts

  …Some time ago, scientists and engineers created a number of special materials capable of accelerating chemical processes when exposed to light. This discovery has a great implications for industry – such materials can be used in a wide variety of devices, from air purifiers to fuel cells.  These materials function in the following way: electron vacancies (or space…

  12.05.2020

• Schneider Electric Becomes Key Partner of Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems Master's Program

  …dustry 4.0 era. We are expecting applicants who majored in Automation of Technological and Production Processes, but we’ll be glad to welcome those who specialized in computer science, instrumentation technology, or engineering. On the whole, this program has to bring together various specialists and become a basis for the creation of project teams for specific enter…

  11.05.2020

• ITMO University's Work Schedule for May 12-31, 2020