Search results for «Teri» 3680 results

• Winter, Explained: Why Snow is White, Ice Slippery, and Snowflakes Unique

  … the more fogged-up your glasses will become. Why does the phone switch off when it’s cold outside? Don’t blame the phone, blame the phone battery. Modern lithium-ion batteries have a higher self-discharge current: because the gel-like electrolyte is where the ion exchange process takes place, its cooling down leads to a sharp decrease in the ion exchange. The …

  21.01.2019

• Nanophotonics' Most Topical Fields: Research on Hybrid Metal-Dielectric Structures

  …e to note that specialists of our Faculty of Physics and Engineering are really good at studying dielectrics, they work with dielectric nanoantennas, metasurfaces, etc. Such materials have great application prospects in many fields, including the development of new data recording devices and so on. Structures based on metal particles also have many advantages in r…

  21.01.2019

• Nights in a Library, History Lessons and Stress Relieving Dogs: Academic Exchange at Seoul National University

  …t the changes on the exchange market made us reconsider these plans. When I started looking for a Russian university, a university's international partners was among my top criteria. At ITMO University, they advised me to take a semester abroad during my third year. So, I approached the International Office and chose three programs that looked most promising, in Ital…

  18.01.2019

• Five Simple DIY Devices

  …l devices. Start by securing a metal servo motor, which will be responsible for opening the lid, and a sensor, which will take notice of how full the bin is, to the latter’s interior. As soon as the amount of trash is too much for the bin to handle, it will open its lid to give you a heads up. After you’re done with the inside part, place an ultrasound sensor on the …

  17.01.2019

• Scientists Propose a Fully Optical Method for Near-Field Reshaping and Enhancement in Hybrid Metal-Dielectric Oligomers

  …enefits of metals and dielectrics and have enhanced properties that are essential from the practical standpoint (for instance, nonlinear optical properties, unidirectional scattering and the like). A plasmonic or dielectric nanoparticle can act as a transmitting nanoantenna that converts the localized electromagnetic field into freely propagating waves, or as …

  17.01.2019

• ITMO University Rises Higher in THE Emerging Economies University Rankings

  …rld University Rankings (WUR). The Emerging Economies University Rankings use the same 13 performance indicators as WUR, but these indicators are adjusted to reflect the characteristics of this specific group of universities. All the performance indicators are grouped into five areas: teaching (learning environment), research (volume, income and reputation), citat…

  16.01.2019

• ITMO Scientists’ Research at Sino-Russian Symposium at Harbin Institute of Technology

  …ineering, talked about a research project conducted at ITMO’s International Research Center “Biotechnologies of the Third Millennium”, aimed at exploring nonconventional raw materials and using them to produce functional foods. Among such ingredients is camel milk, which is produced in bulk in Kazakhstan and can be used as an alternative to cow’s milk. What makes thi…

  14.01.2019

• Not by Scopus Alone: World’s Best Scientific Databases

  …rce also gives free access to full-text versions of scientific articles. However, unlike Sci-Hub, Cyberleninka works legally and makes an agreement with every publisher; all materials are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. Cyberleninka has entered the Webometrics list of world’s top research-oriented repositories and is the bigge…

  14.01.2019

• Project Management Institute: Helping Project Managers Develop

  …Ekaterina Nedelina, Vice President for marketing at the St. Petersburg chapter of the Project Management Institute, on the organization and its local chapter’s activities Project Management Institute (PMI) is a global non-governmental organization advocating for the development of professionals in the field of project management. Founded in 1969, it operates on th…

  11.01.2019

• Poznan University of Technology’s Agnieszka Barczyk on Collaboration with ITMO

  … this problem? At the Poznan University of Technology, we organize exchange promotion events in two formats: formal, with PowerPoint presentations, and informal, in the cafeteria. I think that’s how we achieve balance. First, students learn about the programs and then talk to people who have been on an exchange program and can help them navigate their way in a new…

  10.01.2019