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• Taiwanese Nutrition Scientist on Foodsharing, Functional Foods, and Grashopper Protein

  …ce and after a brief conversation it became clear that we have several programs that could serve as a framework for educational exchange and collaboration. This is how I got enrolled in this visiting lectureship to give a short course.  We have not yet collaborated on a research project, but during my visit we discussed our common research interests, which will pave …

  04.10.2019

• Quantum Potential: 400+ Attend the 4th ITMO Science Stand-Up Show

  …people here can talk about something new, something personal, not just the usual textbook lines.” Valery Chernov, a third-year student at ITMO University’s Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics, gave his take on the ethical issues holding robotics back, the reasons why we don’t live in smart-homes and have not yet created Skynet, even though we have so many IT…

  03.10.2019

• Engineer and Scientist in One: How ITMO Trains Developers of New MRI Systems

  …s who from the beginning of their studies have expressed interest in scientific research can join this work. Candidates who have successfully passed the probation period are enrolled as regular staff and allocated a salary.  Courses from leading specialists in the field As noted by Mikhail Zubkov, a research member of the Faculty of Physics and Engineering coor…

  03.10.2019

• Maker’s Day by ITMO FabLab: Hands-On Workshop for Robotics Beginners

  …t, giving participants the opportunity to not only obtain valuable knowledge but also apply it on the spot. Guests attempted to assemble a circuit and connect it to a microcontroller, while FabLab programmer Ruslan Bobko guided them on how to avoid short circuits and other problems that could occur. “In the button, we have a microscopic plate that bends when pre…

  02.10.2019

• The Magic of: Autumn

  …his world and a must see. If you don’t want to go all the way to Pushkin though, you can get a spectacular experience in any of the city parks, like Elagin Island. Enjoy the stroll and the crisp fresh autumn breeze! Anastasia K. Let’s look at it this way: it’s fall, it’s gray, it’s drizzly (and straight-out pouring it down with rain in the worst-case scenario),…

  01.10.2019

• 10 Rules of Eco-Friendly Behavior: Expert on Simple Sustainability Lifehacks

  …everyone at once, because of the assumption that otherwise, they’ll get nothing for themselves. Before, up until the beginning of the 2000s, economists were convinced that control over common goods could only be effected either through governmental oversight or privatization. But in 2009, American researcher and Nobel Prize laureate Elinor Ostrom proved that the conc…

  01.10.2019

• ITMO University Researchers Showcase Potential of Perovskite-Based Solar Cells

  …ire expensive processing units and costly synthesis methods. “Perovskite production is easier because their chemical production methods are accessible and compatible with roll-to-roll processing. The latter allows us to spread nanomaterials on the substrate beneath it. These nanostructures can have different forms: we can create na…

  01.10.2019

• Scientists Describe Universal Way of Compressing and Stopping Light for Ultrafast Optical Data Transmission

  …e in the data transfer speed. To produce such cutting-edge, high-speed information transmission lines, scientists need to create more complex optical schemes in which a controlled change in the frequency of the optical signal, as well as its compression and deceleration, would be possible. The unsolved nature of these tasks hinders the development of the telecommu…

  30.09.2019

• Life at St. Petersburg Lyceum 239’s Boarding School “Formula for Success”

  … or later that they need to find a good school if they want to grow further.” Graduates Last year, the school celebrated its first graduation: all of its alumni have enrolled at some of the nation’s top universities, but still remain in touch with their old alma mater, tells us Alexey Kroshikhin. Many of them visit holiday celebrations and talk to friends the…

  30.09.2019

• Song of the Month: September 2019