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• University of South Carolina Professor on Development of Anticancer Drugs

  …t tumors aren’t able to develop a mechanism to resist it. As an example, rectal cancer was for a long time considered as dangerous as any other type of cancer. But then scientists discovered a whole new class of conventional drugs targeting the disease, and now 90% of patients are able to go back to health thanks to these treatments. Among the main groups o…

  19.12.2018

• ITMO University in 2018: A Year in Review

  … professional will need these competencies to succeed in the digital economy. Pride and Joy Looking back on 2018, we can’t help but give a shout-out to all the wonderful scientists who made the headlines this year: to Alexey Slobozhanyuk, whose PhD thesis was named best of the year at the Australian National University, to Anvar Zakhidov and Valentin Milichko, …

  18.12.2018

• Musicians: Nature or Nurture? Science Journalist Asya Kazantseva Explains

  …tribution of functions, and this makes them very difficult to research. You can also only study the love for music through people, which creates limitations in terms of what a scientist, especially a geneticist or a molecular biologist, can do. Another problem is that music seems to be a simple topic, and one that always resonates with the public at large, so related…

  17.12.2018

• University of Twente’s Stefano Stramigioli: Robotics Is About Giving Machines Life

  …e diseases. There is another project which I plan to launch, and I am currently in talks with experts on cardiovascular disease. That’s just medicine. As for other areas of science, we also work with drones a lot. We develop drones that can be used in different configurations and be equipped differently depending on their work environment. Finally, we have some un…

  17.12.2018

• Yaks and the Milky Way: Warming up on a Cold Day

• ITMO Rector Vladimir Vasilyev Appointed to Russian Science Foundation’s Supervisory Council

  …nal Medical Research Center for Endocrinology Ivan Dedov, the President of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations Alexander Dynkin, the Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Mikhail Kotjukov, the Rector of Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University Sergei Lukyanov, the head of RAS Institute of Archaeology Nikolaj Makarov and s…

  13.12.2018

• On the Origin of Memes: Meme Scientist Explains Post-Irony and Future of Internet Culture

  …First off, let’s differentiate the two meme sciences. The first is memetics, which studies the deeper meaning of memes from the points of view of culture, psychology, and sociology. Its founding father is said to be the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, who in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene proposed a basic unit of cultural transmission: a meme. A meme …

  13.12.2018

• Microbial Fuel Cell, Space Station, and Electronic Guide: Finals of Quantoriada Competition

  …Quantoriada is a science and engineering competition for school students that consists of three rounds: first, participants solve theoretical tasks individually, then they’re divided into teams and work together in the chosen track remotely, and then comes the final round during which children complete their projects and present their achievements to the jury. The pr…

  13.12.2018

• Techies Tell: Best Podcasts for Data Aficionados

  … how to create a neural network in order to answer questions about images. A very informative number! Talking Machines Presenters of this podcast give Google executives, scientists, and developers a technological third degree, asking them in-depth questions about the ethics of artificial intelligence and achieving equality in society, as well as throwing them v…

  13.12.2018

• How New Advanced Materials Help Fight Bacteria – and Cancer