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• 5 Science News Now

  …Cosmic rays used to identify a hidden pyramid chamber. Particle physicists have uncovered a large, hidden void in Khufu’s Pyramid, the largest pyramid in Giza, Egypt—built between 2,600 and 2,500 B.C. The discovery, published in Nature, was made using cosmic-ray-based imaging and may help scientists work out how the enigmatic pyramid was actually constructed. The tec…

  06.11.2017

• Things to Do in St. Petersburg this Weekend: November 4-5

  …  BTK FEST A very curious event dedicated to the art of puppet shows, this year's BTK-FEST: The Theatre of Contemporary Puppets will expand on the different connections between puppetry and circus; in the course of five days, theater companies from France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, and Russia will present 19 shows united by this common…

  03.11.2017

• KronBars Tops List of Russia's Best Student Sports Clubs

  … account in the evaluation of clubs in the ranking. Awareness-building efforts, such as the number of references in the media, photo and video reports, activity in the social networks and other activities, were also taken into account. "Our club is developing in all directions, that's why we are not only organizing sports events, but also engaging in "side" …

  03.11.2017

• COMSOL DAY: Tractor Beams, Optical Traps and Nanoparticle Manipulation

  …olaritons is shorter than that of optical waves, particles can be positioned with better precision by modulating the properties of both the beam and the surface. Interference between surface plasmon-polaritons and propagating electromagnetic waves can be used to create nanoobject grids on metal surfaces with various, even anisotropic parameters. This approach can thu…

  03.11.2017

• Campus Festival: Why Data Science Is All Around Us And Why Memes Are Folklore?

  …tions, calculate probabilities, arrange documents and the like. For instance, one has to predict the popularity of an emoticon that looks like a cat in a particular social network for a particular time span. How can this be done? First, it is necessary to study the data we already have, i.e. data on the emoticon’s popularity for the previous period. Then, we calcu…

  02.11.2017

• Kinda Science: Festival of Absurd and Bizarre Ideas

  …h irrational numbers, such as Archimedes, were killed. Chemistry is based on three pillars: the period table, the concept of valency, and the structure of chemical bonds between elements. Valency is the ability of atoms to connect with other atoms, for example, oxygen has a valence equal to 2, hydrogen - one, thus the formula H2O, that is for one atom of oxygen,…

  02.11.2017

• Chemist Artem Oganov: On Blind Spots in Chemistry and Materials of Future

  …ssia and China. As a result, from 2013 on, three laboratories - in the US, China and Russia - started working under my supervision. Of course, it is very difficult to live between three countries, so in the end I decided to settle in Russia, where I now spend most of my time. In 2015 I became a Professor of Skoltech, just two days ago I received the George Gamow P…

  02.11.2017

• WorldSkills Russia: Why Participate?

  …the country was in dire need of labor force, and a national competition was held in order to promote blue-collar jobs. In 1950, the first international competition took place between Spain and Portugal, and three years later representatives of other European countries joined it, as well. Russia first conducted a WorldSkills championship in 2013 in Togliatti, where it…

  01.11.2017

• Master’s Student: Why IT Specialists Need to Get Involved in Science

  …pervisor. Besides, if we do need to meet in person, I can simply come to St. Petersburg for day’s visit. My work has to do with analyzing how information propagates in social networks. Later on, once I have some solid results, I might expand the subject or continue the work in a related area of study. What is the best way of combining work and a Master’s educa…

  01.11.2017

• BIOCAD Expert: Building Teams in Innovative Businesses

  …esumes of potential candidates on various web resources. She then calls those who she deems fitting for the job and conducts a preliminary interview: the self-learning neural network can recognize human speech and maintain a dialogue. If the interview is successful, the robot sends a job description to the applicant and redirects them up the chain to a human HR manag…

  31.10.2017