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• How New Advanced Materials Help Fight Bacteria – and Cancer

  …mplex than that, but metal phosphonates offer two potential treatment methods. The first concerns the creation of a drug delivery route to the infected area, as well as the sustained discharge of anti-cancer drugs. Since the drug is part of a phosphonate’s open structure, it is less likely to be discharged before arriving at the target area. Another potential trea…

  12.12.2018

• BizCycle: Moving Towards Comfortable Biking Infrastructure on Russian-Finnish Border

  …tineraries and identified the areas for potential collaboration with other projects that are part of the cross-border program. According to the Cursor Oy representative Taini Rajala, despite the fact that there are similar projects in Finland, they have their faults. The itineraries developed fail to factor in the services provided by local businesses, and the…

  12.12.2018

• The Alchemy of Silk: Bioart Pioneer Joe Davis’s Workshop by The Polytechnic Museum and SkBioLab

  …t the workshop is part of the Bombyx chrysopoeia project for which Joe Davis and his colleagues have bred a genetically modified silkworm. These silkworms produce silk that contains silicatein - a protein retrieved from the Tethya aurantia sponge. Under Mr. Davis's guidance, the workshop's participants learned the method for biomineralization of proteins and created …

  11.12.2018

• ITMO Fellow Ilya Anoshkin on Nanotubes and Working Abroad

  … their level of torsion, diameter, and defectiveness, they demonstrate a different chemical reactivity. By combining materials or exposing them to various substances, we can obtain a very wide range of properties.” Nanotubes are already being used in polymers for enhancing their properties, for example, in order to increase their durability and conductivity, and…

  10.12.2018

• Tech Entrepreneur Grigory Kunis: Sky's the Limit

  …ng deliveries from restaurants. Developing a website for our service was a really interesting experience. In the very beginning, we learned that neither Lenta nor METRO maintain an up-to-date database of their goods and offers. As we were making a website for buying products online, we needed images. Most people rely on visual perception when making choices, so th…

  07.12.2018

• Bright New Dawn of Light-Guided Photonics: How the Next Generation of Fiber-Optic Device is Made

  … gyroscope is a large spinning object that can be used to find the angle deviations from its spinning axis. Such systems are used in navigation; for example, they can help maintain a ship's course. In the 1960s, new optical devices started to replace these traditional gyroscopes. The first navigational device of this type was the ring laser gyroscope, praised for its…

  06.12.2018

• Education Anew: Motivation, Development, and Careers in the Digital Age

  …Marina K.: Offline education makes you tied to one teacher and one location. There's this external stimulus which makes you attend your classes, and it disciplines you in a certain way. In online education, we are motivated by the money we've paid. It is very difficult to force yourself to finish a course, but in all other respects this education format is much more …

  06.12.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 8-9

  … State Hermitage on December 7, putting on view his most famous oeuvres (including his beau idéal of Madonna di Senigallia) scouted from all over Italy, Spain, Portugal and Britain. An event not to miss if there ever was one. The State Hermitage tickets start at 300 rubles (but are completely free for students, hip hip hooray). And while you’re there, make sure to…

  05.12.2018

• Winter Fairs in St. Petersburg

  …u get to enjoy cocoa, snacks, jazz music and more for the entire evening. If you’re feeling especially daring, you can even order a trendy cocoa “freakshake” topped with a mountain of sweets. One thing, though: you have to bring your own cup/mug/vessel! Get tickets here (or pay 500 rubles on the day). Christmas Charity Market at Annenkirche (December 20-23, 12-8 P…

  04.12.2018

• Head of the .NET-Development Department at JetBrains Sergey Kux: Don’t Build a Process Just for the Sake of It

  …and a fault-free code is something from the fantasy world. As a result, 5 to 10% of users are ready to operate the EAP versions. Another crucial aspect here is that at a certain point, we start working cyclically, and that makes us know what to expect. It’s important because it gives you an understanding of how everything is going to work, and, consequently, how y…

  04.12.2018