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• ITMO Hosts First Russian Hult Prize Impact Summit Supported by UN

  …and sell the product directly to customers. Team Food Development Project from Ankara University, Turkey, came up with a technology to extract protein from unrequited food remains, while team Food Engineers from the Malawi Polytechnic (University of Malawi) introduced a prototype of fruit and vegetable dryer that works on solar energy and natural heat. Finally, th…

  19.05.2021

• Kotlin Creator Andrey Breslav on His Psychotherapy Finder Service

  …he relationship but his personal problems that he had to work on: anxiety, high expectations for himself, and so on. This way, Andrey began to see psychotherapy as not just an instrument for solving specific problems but rather an essential element of self-improvement – and this had a great effect on his attitude towards the whole thing. The specialist who worked …

  19.05.2021

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: May 22-23, 2021

  …ween figures of giant elephants, monkeys, and rhinos, you are invited to see them through the eyes of your inner child and remember what it feels like to be all-knowing. Quite inspirational, don’t you think?   SpbTransportFest May 21-22 City center Free SpbTransportFest is an international transport festival that will be held in St. Petersburg for t…

  19.05.2021

• Mind-Blowing Research of the Month: How and Why We Study Music’s Effects on the Brain

  … all its vastness: there are so many components in music, each of them contributing to the way in which the resulting works affect us. Apart from minor and major melodies, for instance, we can study rhythms, which can be simple and complex. Simple ones are highly periodic and easy to predict with strong beats always adhering to a pattern. Complex rhythms, on the othe…

  18.05.2021

• ITMO Robotics Team Wins RoboCup Russia Open

  … presented in the RCJ OnStage Preliminary Secondary category. It’s one of 10 categories of the competition, as part of which the robots must perform: dance, sing, play musical instruments, and entertain the audience. ITMO’s team consisted of Dmitry Yakovlev, Dmitry Kovalko, Elina Knyazeva, Nikita Luskin, and Valery Rybin, as well as their coach Igor Lositskiy. Rob…

  18.05.2021

• ITMO Hosts School for Young Scientists

  …lor’s years, and help develop in this direction,” notes Mikhail Kurushkin. “If a person is promising, all you need is to open the door for them. For this purpose, one needs an institution of advisors who can show such students the diversity of various scientific projects, as well as the prospects they open for a young scientist.” Participants’ opinions The sc…

  18.05.2021

• 5 Expat Blogs in St. Petersburg

  …s of teaching English, she received professional training as a tour guide and now offers tours of St. Petersburg. Her blog SAFS (Ships Are For Sailing) has its own website and Instagram page. On the blog, Stacey shares tips and advice on living in St. Petersburg and takes you on mini cultural tours and experiences around the city through her regular stories. Stacey a…

  17.05.2021

• Yandex’s Andrey Sebrant on Progress, Society and Podcasts

  …, and all those people are no longer important. They stand at the door, but there are no longer any walls around. This happens to not just the fourth estate. One of the key instruments of any government is its central bank. Financial policy is something that a state would never give up, but cryptocurrencies are starting to infringe on it. The question is whether t…

  17.05.2021

• It’s Your Call! Forum Winning Projects: Fighting Burnout and Recycling Face Masks

  …ding lectures by industry leaders and taking part in workshops in their fields and on essential soft skills. Apart from that, students could take part in various contests, for instance, those in the information security track had the chance to join a CTF (capture the flag – Ed.) hacking tournament. Teamwork  On the first day of the forum, students were also div…

  17.05.2021

• Biologist Dmitry Zhukov on Stress, Depression, and Displacement Activities

  …. In difficult social situations, such as a conversation with one’s boss, we prepare to fight and shed blood, just like animals do. Blood vessels that supply our hearts and brains become constricted, blood clotting systems are activated, and blood pressure rises. In short, the body braces itself for blood loss. Of course, that’s not what actually happens, but due to …

  14.05.2021