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• Scientists Create New Magnetic Nanosphere For Efficient Drug Delivery

  … were directed at the thrombus using magnetic field. A complete lysis of the thrombus took 620 minutes to effect. "We synthesized larger particles on purpose since we wanted to be able to see how they would lyse the blood clot in an optical microscope. For me, observing the effects of our development in real time was the most impressive and interesting part …

  10.09.2018

• Grand Chess Fest: ITMO Participants On Noble Game’s Unfading Appeal

  …hess championships as possible but it’s not always easy because of my studies. On average, I participate in about three or four major competitions a year, but in the future, I want to dedicate more time to it and join more tournaments. As Wilhelm Steinitz, the first undisputed World Chess Champion (1886-1894), used to say, chess is an excellent exercise for your brai…

  10.09.2018

• Movie Fridays: A Quick Fix

  …une in to discover that Japan is even weirder than you might have expected, but that’s what makes it so flippin’ great. A word of caution, though: there’s a high chance you’ll want to pack your bags and leave for the ramen kingdom on the next flight. As if we ever needed an additional nudge to visit Japan, duh. But you might also like Abroad in Japan even if you don’…

  07.09.2018

• Disability and Accessible Environment: Participants of Exchange Program on Japan’s Best Practices

  …blind and so on. When speaking about sports for the blind, one has to understand that they have a lot to do with hearing things. In the nearest future, the center’s organizers want to introduce trampoline sports for people with health limitations. Andrei Zlenko: The most interesting thing was goalball (which is an official Paralympic sport), where a team of th…

  07.09.2018

• Climbing Mountains and Doing Research: How ITMO Students Spent Their Summer

  …Natalia Ros, second year Master’s student: volunteering in the Mt. Elbrus region I’ve been wanting to do some ecological volunteering for a long time: clean up, plot tourist trails, develop infrastructure. Nowadays, we have ecovillages where volunteers can do field work, tend to cattle and help around the household, and I really like this idea. I started monitorin…

  06.09.2018

• The Land of the Rising Sun: Politeness, Self-Management, and Nature Conservation

  …nguage. I practice Aikido, so I had already known quite a lot of words in Japanese by the moment I started learning the language. Japan has a very unique culture, and I really wanted to take a closer look at it, meet the locals, visit different cities. Elena Kislitsina, PhD student at the Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics: I travel a lot, but mostly in Europ…

  06.09.2018

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

  …useum staff will be telling guests all about the dainty orangeries that once were dotted all over this park, whilst actors from the whimsical St. Petersburg theater ‘Mr Pejo’s Wandering Dolls’ will host carnival performances. And if that doesn’t entice you, the event will also feature giant soap bubbles and a magic apple tree that apparently makes your wishes come tr…

  05.09.2018

• Online Farmers Market and Students with Jobs: SumIT School Winning Projects

  … returns on investment. Green Space is a food delivery service intended for people who are tired of fast-food and don’t have time for cooking their meals themselves, but still want to eat healthily. In contrast with its many healthy-eating counterparts, the service doesn’t work on a subscription basis only and will deliver wholesome and all-natural ready meals to any…

  04.09.2018

• ITMO.GO: Thousands of First-Year Students Join ITMO University

  …lthough we were in parallel classes. I first heard of ITMO University when I was still a school student and instantly realized that it was just the place for me as I’ve always wanted to study software engineering; this scientific field is in high demand now and will only continue to grow in the future. Other factors that influenced my decision were the wide range of …

  03.09.2018

• Great Expectations: ITMO Welcomes New Students

  … open day earlier this year. When asked about why they chose ITMO, Evgenya commented: “I really liked the atmosphere here. And of course, the fact that ITMO offers the major I want, which is design and technology.” In five years, they see themselves as “strong, confident, and independent people” and plan to become game and app designers. Marta is a first-year bac…

  03.09.2018