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• Movie Chitter-Chatter: The Last Jedi

  …And The Last Jedi is rated PG-13, by the way. That’s stretching it. Isn’t The Force Awakens also rated PG-13? That is correct, “for sci-fi action and violence”, though Entertainment Weekly begs to differ, saying that the TFA rating “couldn’t be more vague and unhelpful… in the vast world of science fiction, ‘action violence’ could encompass anything from blasters …

  03.05.2019

• At the Intersection of Sciences: Bioinformatics Specialist Nikita Alexeev on Challenges of DNA Research

  …e come to bioinformatics from both sides. A mathematician can pick up biology and a biologist can pick up mathematics. Of course, to be a good specialist you need to have a certain level of knowledge of both. A true biologist would easily notice that I come from mathematics and don’t know biology as well as they do, but that is why we collaborate and that is why it i…

  02.05.2019

• Vantage Point: Different Ways to Explore St. Petersburg

  …, past Lakhta Center, the tallest skyscraper in Europe, into the Gulf of Finland and brings you right to the piers of Peterhof. It’s all imperial splendor and world-famous fountains from here. From above The easiest way to get above it all is the Colonnade of the St. Isaac’s Cathedral. You’ll have to climb over 200 steps to get there, but the combination of awe…

  01.05.2019

• ELSA: New Robot by ITMO’s Youth Robotics Laboratory

  …At the end of April, the Tomsk Entertainment and Sports Center housed dozens of robots, which did all sorts of things, from flying, playing football and navigating the terrain to moving objects and giving live performances. The students of the Youth Robotics Laboratory of ITMO University’s School of Computer Technologies and Control (Vasily Dunaev, Dmitry Kharlape…

  30.04.2019

• Targeted Drug Delivery, Multidimensional Blockchain, and Vision Enhancement: ITMO University’s Young Scientists Win SIE Support Grants

  …targeted drug delivery. Systems based on polymer microcapsules are actively used for targeted drug delivery purposes, in a manner similar to that in which regular drugs are contained within capsules. One of the possible ways of releasing the active substance from a capsule is thermally-induced destruction, namely the local overheating of the capsule’s walls. This …

  30.04.2019

• Academic Freedom and Focus on Interdisciplinarity: Leading Experts on Key Trends in Master’s Studies

  …ho already have some international experience, including the experience of having worked as part of an international team. And this is exactly the kind of experience one can obtain as part of Master’s studies,” noted the expert. According to Michael Lees, both in the UK, where he’s from, and the Netherlands, where he works, you can’t have a successful career as …

  30.04.2019

• Polytechnic Museum’s Curator Alexey Semikhatov: Logic and Math Help Us Predict the Unknown

  …t always takes on a mathematical form. A mathematical law is always a behavioral equation, as the behavior of everything is subject to several conditions; if something is a certain way right now, we can understand how it will change in the next fraction of a second. The laws by which the present determines the future are represented by differential equations, and the…

  30.04.2019

• Master’s Degree ++ Conference: The Plenary Session in Review

  … the digital economy. “We see Master’s studies as the key support link in the training of highly skilled specialists. That is why today, it is especially important to maintain the exchange of the best practices and discuss our visions regarding the prospects and goals of the development of Master’s studies. Participating in this conference are top experts with a…

  29.04.2019

• How to Catch a Particle: Physicists Found a Way to Make Ion Traps More Efficient

  … approach for a more accurate analysis of the electromagnetic field inside a nonlinear radio-frequency trap. Unlike in some simpler linear traps where a charged particle is contained in one spot, particles in nonlinear traps can be “caught” in several spots. Previously developed models were only suitable for simple traps since they could not explain field asymmetry o…

  26.04.2019

• Dragon Anatomy and Folk Tales: Physicist and Anthropologist Discuss Game of Thrones

  …. Perhaps, the real life has a deficit of situations in which we can learn about means of survival in the world. Thus, stories like this fill that gap and present us with a certain cultural model. The works of Martin and his peers have a massive historical predecessor in the form of fairy tales. These texts, similar in structure, narrative, and characters, emerged…

  26.04.2019