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• ITMO Graduate Nikita Teplyakov on Working in Switzerland, Studying in the UK, and Breaking Stereotypes

  …perial College London. Was that difficult? I’d say that, considering the results of my studies as a Bachelor’s and Master’s student at ITMO University, it was rather easy. The selection process wasn’t very challenging: I got in touch with some professors who worked at universities I liked, sent them my CV, passed a short interview, applied for a scholarship, and a…

  28.07.2020

• Environmental-Monitoring Water Drones to Be Tested on St. Petersburg Rivers

  …e had to be made compact, so that it could easily be transported by car and launched from unequipped shores. But such compactness shouldn’t be to the detriment of its autonomy and functionality – which is why light and durable fiberglass was chosen as the casing material, with solar panels being employed as one of the power sources. To protect the electronic componen…

  28.07.2020

• St. Petersburg's Nobel Prize Legacy

  …of several types of therapy and treatments for various mental disorders. This important discovery was made not far from Kudrovo at what is now Pavlov’s Institute of Physiology – a functioning scientific institution that also houses a museum open for physiology enthusiasts (or art and science connoisseurs).    Ilya Mechnikov, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, …

  27.07.2020

• Path to Immortality: Old and New Ways to Fight Aging

  …ach division, chromosome cells are doubled, DNA is copied, and telomeres become shorter. They don’t carry any data, but once telomeres become too short, it may result in damage to functional genes located in the chromosomes. In that case, a cell can no longer grow and divide; in addition, shorter telomeres increase the chance of mutation. Studies have found that t…

  27.07.2020

• Scientists Optimize Growing Neurons from Stem Cells Using Machine Learning and Robots

  …ng the technology of growing entire organs from stem cells can lead to a major breakthrough in medicine – two years ago, British scientists successfully used this method to create functioning kidney tissue.  But for growing tissues from stem cells to become a usual practice, scientists need to solve several important problems, one of which is effective management …

  27.07.2020

• ITMO University’s Work Schedule for July 26 – August 16

  … accounting officer, heads of Informatization Department and Information Security and Access Department, as well as other staff members whose presence at ITMO is essential for its functioning. All other staff members who can work remotely without hindering their units’ operation will continue to do so.  If the work format needs to be changed, vice rectors and h…

  27.07.2020

• ‘Free From Sulfates, Phosphates, and Parabens’: What Is Chemophobia and How Is It Tackled at ITMO

  … The problem is that chemophobia, unlike other widespread phobias such as the fear of spiders or the fear of flying, isn’t as obvious and pronounced. Most often, it manifests as rejection of processed foods in favor of natural ones marked with “eco” or “farm-made” – which can look like a regular concern for one’s health – or rejection …

  24.07.2020

• Cities on the Moon, Villages on Mars: What's Stopping Us?

  …t holds us back is money. While it’s true that you do need a lot of it, there is another crucial problem: as of now, we aren’t able to live away from Earth. It’s hard to imagine a functioning industry on another planet. Food and water would likely be stored, not produced. If we really want to live on other planets, then being a mere colony of Earth is not enough. …

  24.07.2020

• Campbell’s Law: Why Smart Technologies Don’t Always Make Life Better

  …bserving social and bureaucratic institutes (including education, army, police, and so on), he noticed that the implementation of any criteria or indicators according to which the functioning of an institute was being evaluated unavoidably distorted both the indicators and processes in question. Even though more than 40 years went by and management tools were most…

  23.07.2020

• Evolutionary Computations Explained in 9 Simple Questions

  …ime regardless of the methods used. Evolutionary algorithms bring us closer to the optimal solution. And, as a rule, the more time you give an algorithm, the closer it’ll get to perfection. In practice, there are usually specific requirements set: for instance, a solution’s fitness must be above a certain value. If the results aren’t satisfying, we can run the algori…

  23.07.2020