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• Eight-Hour Experiments and a Football Match: Chinese Scientists on Internship at ITMO University

  …mples, identify noise levels and valid frequency bands, and so on. How will all the knowledge you acquired at ITMO help you in your research? The Changchun University of Science and Technology we are part of conducts research in optics and biology, but without linking these fields with one another. This course gave us a valuable opportunity to gain new insight …

  16.01.2019

• ITMO Scientists’ Research at Sino-Russian Symposium at Harbin Institute of Technology

  …cids. Daria Kuznetsova, a PhD student at ITMO University, is currently working on a project aimed at finding the most efficient extraction method for chia oil. ITMO University scientists have proven that chia leaves also contain a lot of biologically active substances, and even created a plant culturing unit, which will allow them to grow chia sprouts. Apart from tha…

  14.01.2019

• Not by Scopus Alone: World’s Best Scientific Databases

  …Cyberleninka The idea of Cyberleninka, a Russian scientific electronic library providing free access to academic publications, is similar to Sci-Hub and based on the concept of open science. The project was launched in 2012 by the graduates of Lomonosov Moscow State University and National Research Nuclear University MEPhI Dmitriy Se…

  14.01.2019

• Unexplored St. Petersburg: Icebreaker Krassin

  …p has many stories to tell. Apart from temporary exhibitions (for one, they will soon be doing a project on living in polar night conditions in collaboration with Norwegian scientists), Krassin offers two regular tours. The first covers the icebreaker’s history and operation; you get to see the ship’s decks and the many exhibits in its collection. In my opinion, t…

  11.01.2019

• It All Depends on Effort You Put In: ITMO Master’s Student on Internship at Gazprom and How to Win It

  …iningrad much different from those at ITMO University? It’s hard to say; everywhere has its own pros and cons. I obtained my Bachelor’s degree in Applied Maths and Computer Science at Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (BFU). Mine was a very general major, so I’m honing my knowledge and skills by studying Big Data Financial Technologies here at ITMO. There…

  11.01.2019

• Poznan University of Technology’s Agnieszka Barczyk on Collaboration with ITMO

  …esearch projects. After learning about ITMO University’s approach, I decided to give it a go.    In what way is ITMO different from your home university in terms of how the scientific process is organized? The structure of the two universities is very different. ITMO University researchers are, in my view, more independent. Both Polish and Russian scientific literature and analyze the market. This year, all the students were split into three teams, each focusing on one particular field such as urban studies, healthcare system, and transp…

  10.01.2019

• Maps to Rovers: the History of Mars Exploration

  …nges in temperature produce seasonal, several-months-long storms made up of microscopic dust. Despite such harsh conditions, Mars can boast some beautiful canyons, in which scientists still hope to find liquid water, but no luck so far. It’s also home to the Solar system’s largest mountain, Olympus. No one has gone as far as to measure its exact height, but we kno…

  08.01.2019

• January 7th: Russia Celebrates Christmas

• Our New Year’s Resolutions

  …ring myself to throw things out, and if I do, I feel like a rogue poacher that has just killed the last specimen of a Red List species on Earth. Like a rogue poacher with a conscience, though, a Dostoevsky rogue poacher. Anyways.  I want 2019 to be the year I finally got the recycling malarkey down to a T. I want to force myself to feel excited and elated when I’m…

  03.01.2019