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• Physicists Design Next-Gen Antenna for Supersensitive Magnetic Field Detectors

  …Studying the characteristics of magnetic fields is necessary for many industries: from navigation to medicine. For example, magnetoencephalography can register magnetic fields that emerge as part of the brain’s function, as well as measure the activity of individual neurons. This method is used in the diag…

  02.11.2018

• State Hermitage Photographer Yuri Molodkovets on Running an Instagram for World-Famous Museum

  …hould have had a great effect on many viewers by helping them reinterpret what's commonly displayed at the Hermitage. And it all ended up in a scandal that stemmed from social networks, namely Instagram. Lots of posts against the Hermitage and Fabre emerged, about us having supposedly tortured animals and so on. What's more, many of them were obviously fake, written …

  02.11.2018

• Ghent University Professor: Every Patient Should Have Their Own Heart Model

  …d the mechanism of arrhythmia since it doesn’t develop at a single-cell level, but at an organ level, while every organ is composed of a myriad of cells. For example, genetic scientists can examine a group of people who most often die from arrhythmia. But what they do is they search for a mutation in certain genes, which doesn’t explain why people die from thi…

  01.11.2018

• What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer: Oncologist Explains

  …ld). There is evidence that obesity also increases the risk of breast cancer, as well as other types of cancer; it is a very serious disorder that affects the whole body. Genetic mutations are yet another significant risk factor for breast cancer, as some 25% of patients are women whose relatives also had this type of cancer. The statistics indicate that in the ge…

  31.10.2018

• Scientists' New Image And Academic Mobility: Professor Pavel Belov's Take on Modern Science

  …esearch institution has, they just can't compete with the opportunities offered by the international scientific community. In our research center, for instance, we study magnetic resonance tomography. As no one manufactures MRI tomographs in Russia, working on our project implies collaborating with Dutch companies that manufacture them, Belgian colleagues who deve…

  31.10.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: November 3-5

  …d for the fourth time in a row, this year’s Festival of Lights will be a truly stellar sight to behold. The St. Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex will come to life with planets dancing on its modernistic facade and drones serving an electric performance inside, which will probably be too much for the 1980’s building as the organizers promise it will tilt like the…

  31.10.2018

• ITMO University Up by Ten Positions in QS EECA University Rankings

  …tional students (2.5%) and the percentage of international academic and research staff (2.5%). This year, a new indicator has been added to the list, international research network (10%). This indicator is calculated based on data derived from the Scopus database and shows the university’s research collaboration activity. This is the highest indicator for ITMO Uni…

  31.10.2018

• Eat, Swallow, Digest: Medical Journalist Talks Healthy Eating

  …How many times have you seen people on the Internet complain about how weak and fragile the human body is? Indeed, our body isn’t perfect, but it works, and that’s what really matters. When you’re growing up, it’s your mother who cares about your nutrition. How does she know that her baby is hungry? It gets fussy and starts to cry. If we’re talking about an adult,…

  29.10.2018

• 15 Popular Science Cartoons on Anything and Everything

  … animated videos, as well. For instance, you can check out the clips created in collaboration with NASA: here they explain why Mars is red, and here you can learn about the planet’s atmosphere and temperature.  …

  26.10.2018

• ITMO Scientist Vladislav Gromov: We Want to Make Robots Help People, Not Replace Them

  …ent of intelligent algorithms, too, is powered by researchers with different specializations: from mechatronics (robotic systems design) and control systems to programming and network engineering. Apart from that, the foundation prioritizes the projects which would motivate the youth to participate in scientific activities, and also those which yield topical r…

  24.10.2018