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• Bioprosthetics: Can They Really Be Controlled With Our Minds?

  … minds in the future? What can a person with a bionic limb do? What are the limitations of prosthetic limbs? Will bionic prostheses ever get cheaper? Are cyborgs reality or fiction? What is a bionic prosthesis? There are two main types of prosthetics that compensate the functions of lost limbs: powered and bionic…

  04.12.2020

• Food of the Future: What’s to Come?

  … play in this? Many factors influence the development of the food industry: the global economical and political situation, changes in people’s needs and preferences, new food production technologies, and even climate change. For these reasons, it is difficult to predict exactly what food of the future will be like. But it’s difficult to deny that it is an integral…

  04.12.2020

• Scientists Develop Transparent High-Performance Material for Flexible Displays and Solar Panels

  …rial and prove its effectiveness. The scientists from ITMO University and Academic University proved the preliminary conclusions to be true.  “The experimental data matched predictions with an accuracy of 5%. Thus, we have obtained a flexible, transparent material that can be used as an electrode in optoelectronic devices,” concludes Ivan Mukhin. The paper …

  04.12.2020

• How To: Outdoor Ice Rinks

  …station. Here, ticket prices fall between 250 and 450 rubles, while renting a pair of skates will cost you 350 rubles.  Like with any other activity these days, the pandemic restrictions apply here, too. So, to stay safe you will need to wear a mask and keep a distance from others.  We hope our tips will help you get the most out of your ice-skating adventure! …

  04.12.2020

• FoodTech Master’s Program Head Olesya Volokh: Food Is Always in Fashion

  …roduct depending on its role in the nutritional process. We learn what the various food categories are. We also look at how much dairy or cereals a person must consume daily, what functional foods are, and what are the benefits of fermented foods. Other topics include how food is tested on human subjects and food-related legal regulations. Finally, we learn ho…

  03.12.2020

• Nanolasers, MRI, and Cultural Heritage: ITMO University Wins Three Megagrants

  …t ITMO’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering, represents Russia in the interdisciplinary project on creating new nano- and microlasers. This research will be carried out at the intersection of physics, chemistry, and materials science by the joint efforts of the faculty’s leading young scientists. The researchers aim to create new ultra-compact high-speed lasers th…

  03.12.2020

• Scientists Demonstrate New Opportunities for Controlling Light in Optical Graphene

  …ame time, these phenomena are similar to quantum effects that emerge in regular graphene. For example, the Spin Hall effect when electrons with different spin divert in different directions when moving. Spin (something like a particle’s inner momentum) is a quantum category, there’s no description for it in classical physics. Analogy principle Then again, w…

  03.12.2020

• Student Spotlight: Omar Ceesay, Gambia

  …Come to Russia and pursue your dreams, but be prepared to work hard for it because it will never be easy. The things that are achieved with effort will fill you with pride and satisfaction in the future. Interview by Juan Sebastian Velasquez Acevedo…

  03.12.2020

• Best Projects by Participants of Online School by ITMO Avatar Developers

  …rom in order not to overload the network. The school also hosted an ITMO Avatar feedback contest in the form of a diary study. Following its results, the developers will choose functions which will be finalized and offered to users.  …

  02.12.2020

• Soft Skills: What Are They and Why Do We Need Them?

  … stage fright, you need to consider every force majeure citation you’re afraid of (an awkward question, a technical difficulty, a forgotten line, etc.) and devise a specific plan of action; that way, you cut down the number of variables and reduce stress. You can also work with fear on a physical level – for instance, by doing some simple physical exercise before you…

  02.12.2020