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High School Laboratories for Nanotechnologies
…dren’s technoparks,” explains Aleksander Golubok. As of now, more than 500 pieces of this equipment are used throughout Russia. The company has also made sales in the Netherlands and Italy; last year, NT-SPb won a tender on equipping five quantoriums in different regions - Skolkovo, Korolev, Ryazan, Rybinsk and Penza, and has recently completed these School …
15.02.2018
Love is… Where to take your Valentine in St. Petersburg
…haring. … being quiet together Sometimes we say it best when we say nothing at all. One place to be quiet and gaze at the stars (not always easy in St. Petersburg) is Planetarium 1 that offers daily sky shows and special projection demonstrations, sometimes to live music, on its giant dome screen. Thanks to numerous pixels and sensor screens, you can even go on…
13.02.2018
New Materials, Genes, And Crowd Management: Science Slam in St. Petersburg
…mic level. Nikolai Panushin, PhD student at the Faculty of Biology of St. Petersburg State University Why do genes constitute only 20% of the human genome? What are genetic disorders? It is when some gene gets damaged, and this results in different malfunctions of the organism. Back in the 90’s, scientists decided to try replacing the damaged genes by inject…
13.02.2018
The Dangers of Light Pollution
…ce. Experimentation As of today, the incentivized community initiates different experiments that may provide insight into the effect of artificial lighting on the planet’s ecosystem. For instance, one can see the local light measurements on the global map of lighting pollution initiated by the International Astronomical Union. If one points their attention …
13.02.2018
Academic Mobility: Studying Biotechnology at Sup Biotech Paris
…Institut Sup'Biotech de Paris Sup'Biotech is a private engineering school in Paris which was opened in 2003 and is part of the IONIS education group. IONIS is a major network of French educational institutions that unites more than 20 schools and organizations in 14 cities and more than 27,000 students in different program tracks, from marketing and design to powe…
12.02.2018
Chemist Ekaterina Skorb On International Work Experience And Prospects Of Infochemistry
…fore DNA and RNA came to be. It is already known how amino acids can develop from inorganic molecules; we attempted to use chemistry to launch the cycles and chemical reaction networks of simple organic molecules so that they would come alive. The other project I worked on was dedicated to studying dissipative self-organizing systems; we were trying to underst…
12.02.2018
Food Chemistry: “Natural” Doesn’t Always Mean “Good”
…don’t contain any chemicals. By the way, it was quite an easy task, as the list is empty - any food consists of chemicals. DNA molecules are the basis of all life on the planet. And even its name indicates that it is a “chemical” molecule, and everything that happens in it is the result of particular chemical reactions. We all consist of different “chemicals”, and…
09.02.2018
If You Want to be the Best, Learn From the Best: ITMO University Collaborates with Alibaba Cloud University
…ersity (HDU) HDU is one of the largest public universities in China. The university is known as “The Cradle of Entrepreneurs” and currently has an extensive entrepreneurial network worldwide. The most successful graduate is Jack Ma, the founder of the Alibaba Group. There are more than 40 research institutes at the university and more than 2000 researchers, lectur…
08.02.2018
HACKATHON 2025: Innovations for Cities of the Future
…IoT, IT-Hackathon, Moscow) presented a next-gen streetlight capable of analyzing and identifying different types of outdoor noise, contacting authorities and sharing a 5G internet connection. Prize – 200,000 rubles. Team Boontar Live (Fintech & Retail, IT-Hackathon, Moscow) created an online sales and purchases service that provides live streaming of the stores and…
06.02.2018
Projects by ITMO’s Higher School of Lighting Design Win LIT Design Awards
…specialists from ITMO’s Department of Solid State Electronics and artists from the Lux Aeterna theater from Budapest that focuses on developing audiovisual performances for planetariums. The project got a new boost in 2013 after medical specialists showed interest in the idea, and proposed to adapt its artistic methods for the development of relaxation programs an…
06.02.2018