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• Evolutionary Biologist: The Brain Attracts a Lot of Attention, but We Still Don’t Know Much About It

  …From school, we know what parts the brain consists of and what functions it performs. Scientists know much more, but even they don’t claim to understand all principles on which it operates. What makes the brain different from other organs, what roles do lipids play and can their composition be used to tell a wild animal from a domesticated one, or a child from an old…

  25.06.2020

• Why is Quantum Physics so Hard to Understand?

  …y describes the world as a whole, why don't we observe its principles in our regular lives? The answer to this lies with the term decoherence. Decoherence emerges at the interaction of a quantum system with the environment, and at this moment, the chaos of the uncertainty of the environment’s state uncontrollably changes the state of a quantum system. A good e…

  25.06.2020

• ITMO’s Avatar: A Truly Digital University

  …The idea ITMO’s Avatar is a tool that will turn interaction with the university’s ecosystem into a tailor-made experience for every user, be that a student or a lecturer. Potentially, this tool can benefit a wider range of users including prospective students, staff, partners and graduates. This digital avatar platform not only combines a number of useful services…

  24.06.2020

• Promising Materials, Reservoir Computing and Li-Fi: Research at ITMO’s International Research Center of Functional Materials and Devices of Optoelectronics

  …The center’s structure ITMO’s International Research Center of Functional Materials and Devices of Optoelectronics was founded in 2016 as part of the School of Photonics, and still has close ties with its Faculty of Laser Photonics and Optoelectronics, the faculty’s dean Alexey Romanov being the center’s head, as well. Its research focuses exist at the interface o…

  24.06.2020

• St. Petersburg Physicists Synthesize Hyperbolic Material for THz Frequency Range

  ….  Hyperbolic medium The researchers decided to base their new material on bismuth. Such materials are semimetals with a small overlap between the valence band and the conduction band, which is important for detective devices in the THz frequency range.  “There are three dielectrics, semiconductors and conductors,” says Petr Demchenko, co-author of the…

  23.06.2020

• Scientists Develop Method to Facilitate Plant Growth with Glass-Ceramics Lamps

  …eye. Such a material is more sturdy, has better luminescent properties – and is called glass-ceramics.” New light for plants Chrome is added to glass-ceramics at the production stage: this gives the material a pink tone that allows it to produce red and IR light at the same time.  There are two potential applications for the new material.The first is t…

  22.06.2020

• Venture Investment: What It Is and How to Work With It

  … big data analysis, machine learning, AI-based technologies for different industries, traditional business process optimization or replacement, robotics for business (logistics, production, etc.), AR/VR, Fintech,” says LETA Capital’s website on their investment areas.  If you’re developing a startup in one of these fields, at what stage do you submit your applic…

  22.06.2020

• Residents of ITMO Accelerator Are Working on the VR Superstar Project

  … in general? Virtual reality is quite useful for creating animations, movies, and games. It allows us to save a lot of time spent on post-processing and other phases of movie production. The trend for  using VR in film production can be seen among major studios.  If VR technologies allow major companies to save money at no expense…

  19.06.2020

• Top Five: Podcasts Against Boredom

  …The resulting podcast is witty, gripping, and mightily illuminating – an absolute must-listen.  James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds We all have our hills to die on, our deepest convictions that we’re ready to go to battle for. For some, it’s that chunky peanut butter is better than its pathetically smooth counterpart (raises hand). For James Acaster, it’s that 2016 …

  19.06.2020

• ITMO Researchers Develop New Terahertz Pulse-Based Data Encoding Method

  …for simultaneous transfer of multiple data channels over a single physical channel has been successfully implemented in the infrared (IR) range. This technology is based on the interaction between two broadband IR pulses with a bandwidth measured in tens of nanometers. In the terahertz range, the bandwidth of such pulses would be much larger. “It would be within…

  19.06.2020