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• Scientists Report on Crucial Reduction of Indian Lion Genome Diversity

  …ors. Apart from that, a troubling reduction in Indian lion genetic material was proved,” Stephen J. O’Brien concludes. The article: Marc de Manuel, Ross Barnett, Marcela Sandoval-Velasco, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Filipe Garrett Vieira, M. Lisandra Zepeda Mendoza, Shiping Liu, Michael D. Martinf, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, Sarah S. T. Mak, Christian Carøe, Shanlin Liu,…

  14.05.2020

• ITMO University’s NTI FoodNet Curator Olga Orlova: the Pandemic Will Make Food Safety a Long-Term Trend

  …s trend will also likely lead to a decrease in sales of loose goods. People will tend to buy packaged, hermetically-sealed products to minimize the likelihood of contact with random people and objects. Another current trend are immunity-boosting products. Our immune systems are very dependent on various substances, primarily zinc and vitamins. 20% to 40% of the po…

  12.05.2020

• Online vs Offline: How to Find Common Ground With Students as a Teacher

  …t only the admin user can broadcast their screen or use other features (share files, draw, add backgrounds, send private messages). But what do you do if the culprit is no random passer-by, but one of your students? First, figure out their intentions. If they’re simply trying to rile you up, express your feelings honestly and suggest they disconnect. Under no circ…

  23.04.2020

• “Humans Aren’t So Unique”: Modern Artists Talk Future of Art

  … became “human” in the modern sense of the word once they got their hands on instruments and technologies – similar to the myth of Prometheus. A human is more of a product of random factors and circumstances – things that are external and non-human. And this is especially evident now, said the expert, when our new reality is dictated by a virus and we cannot help but…

  17.04.2020

• Study Abroad at Home: ITMO University Student’s Experience

  … friendly, helpful, and ready to answer my questions. The approach to the studies is also something I appreciated. We had a lot of interactive work, and were given a bunch of handouts each class. Do you study remotely now? How comfortable is that? It’s quite comfortable, even though my classes didn’t change much. I’m sort of lucky because I managed to atten…

  16.04.2020

• Citizen Science: How to Contribute to Research From the Comfort of Your Home

  …earch. By visiting the Cochrane Crowd website, you can help analyze a massive database of published research papers to determine whether the studies in question were based on randomized control trials or quasi-experiments. Games One of the past decade’s top trends is total gamification. Science, too, wasn’t left out – now, you can help develop quantum compu…

  15.04.2020

• How Statistics Can Skew Facts – and How We Can Learn to Trust It Again

  …who received the vaccine has 20% more recovered patients than the placebo group. Knowing that the sample sizes were very small, we could suggest that this is a coincidence, a random outcome, or the effect of hidden, unaccounted-for factors. That’s why mathematicians have come up with a trick: even though there’s only one sample group, and a small one at that, we c…

  03.04.2020

• “I Am a Professional”: Competition Winners on Experience Gained and Opportunities Discovered

  …led omnidirectional platform. The experience I gained at ITMO University’s ADL Lab helped me complete the task. For the second round, held at Innopolis University, we were randomly sorted into four-member teams and once again asked to use ROS to write software for a quadcopter – this time, an actual DJI Ryze Tello. We had some hurdles, but the tasks themselves wer…

  01.04.2020

• Family to the Rescue: ITMO Volunteers Launch Effort to Help University’s Older Staff Members

  …ion. “In collaboration with the “Starost v Radost” (“Old Age in Joy”) foundation, our volunteers call the elderly at residential care facilities so that they won’t feel abandoned. We also continue to work with animal shelters, as they are in desperate need of help during these difficult times,” comments Alena Tarasova. The staff of the Volunteer Center also…

  27.03.2020

• How to Get a Grip on Working or Studying from Home: Tips and Tricks

  …ave a separate room, a privacy screen could help – you can use it to mark your personal space and indicate to others that you’re busy and needn’t be disturbed.  Remove all random items from your sight, let minimalism reign on your workdesk. Get rid of all irritating factors: the TV, loud music, phone notifications; close all unnecessary tabs in your browser. If ne…

  25.03.2020