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• New Partnership: ITMO’s Esports Team and CS.MONEY

  …ments Alisa Ivanova. “As you can see from the news, our team is getting bigger. And our esports club, as well as ITMO University, has no analogs. This project is unique,” explains Alisa Ivanova. Opportunities at CS.MONEY CS.MONEY was initially focused on gaming purchases, and now it is developing in other fields related to the gaming industry. It has alre…

  12.01.2021

• To Infinity and Beyond: How Modern Discoveries Are Changing Our Understanding of the Solar System

  …ere are different kinds of it on the planet's poles: carbon dioxide-based, which increases over the winter and melts by spring, and water-based, which forms an ice cap and retains its state and shape. The thickness of water ice reaches 3.5 kilometers at the south pole and over 1.5 kilometers at the north pole. If you melt them, then the whole surface of Mars will be …

  11.01.2021

• ITMO Student Dmitriy Tsarev on Theoretical Physicists, Quantum Physics and Its Similarities With Professional Sports

  …etrology. Could you tell us more about this field? Before I dwell into the special nature of quantum science, I want to use some illustrations from professional sports. For instance, pole vaulting, which requires a significant amount of various physical attributes – but not only that! The excellent training of athletes is as important as the correctly selected pol…

  11.01.2021

• Picture of the Week: AgInS Quantum Dots in CaCO3 Calcite Phase

  …e, you can see images of silver, indium, and sulphur quantum dots. As part of their research, scientists aimed to create calcium carbonate (CaCO3) microspheres embedded with AgInS/ZnS quantum dots. The key problem had to do with CaCO3 having three different morphological structures and the spherical shape not being stable. In the picture, we can see the partial trans…

  11.01.2021

• Speaking from Experience: Inspiration from ITMO’s International Students

• 5 Dishes To Take You On a Cooking Adventure This Holiday Season

  …Draniki (Belarus) Crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, and all-around satisfying. This meal is very simple, very versatile, and affordable. Mostly, all you need is a whole lot of potatoes, spices, salt to taste, and some flour to make things less watery — and there you go. Some of the recipes I followed before have included eggs or other veggies, like p…

  08.01.2021

• Potential Threat, Treasure Trove, or Future Home: Why Scientists Study Asteroids

  …o an asteroid. Why Hermes? This asteroid was discovered in 1937 at the time when it was closing in on Earth, and Boris Vorontsov-Velyaminov thought that in the future, such instances might open up opportunities for travelling to asteroids and on them. Now we know that this assumption wasn’t entirely correct: attaching oneself to an asteroid isn’t an easy task. …

  08.01.2021

• Seven Sins of Our Memory or Why We Forget Things

  …muscle memory. Afterward, there were not many studies of people with damaged hippocampus, mostly because such operations are no longer performed. However, a study of the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease has shown that the associated memory problems are caused by destruction of the cells in the hippocampus. The seven sins

  07.01.2021

• Koliada: Russian Trick-or-Treating?

  … из дома так! Ne uidem iz doma tak! This verse roughly translates as: Koliada, koliada Open your gates, Pull out your chest boxes, Give us your five-copeck coins. At least a ruble, at least a coin, We won’t leave with empty hands! As we can see, some traditions are actually pretty universal. It’s good news – for one, it means people from ar…

  07.01.2021

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: January 9-10, 2021

  …e experiences in the fair’s vast activities. Plan your weekend getaway right to make your soul and tummy happy.  Food Truck Park Till January 10, daily 12 - 9 pm Rubinstein St. 28 Check the menus And speaking of foods, having quick bites may not be a healthy lifestyle but when it’s something that delicious – we can’t help but say yes. At the Food Tr…

  06.01.2021