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• Picture of the Week: Spinneret of Linothele Fallax Spider

  …nsists of thicker (basal) and thinner (terminal) segments.  In the process of biosynthesis, spider silk passes through the gland and undergoes many biochemical changes. For instance, it gradually becomes more acidic (its pH goes from 7.2 to 6.3). Also, it is exposed to shearing and elongation, and as a result, its structure changes – spider silk solidifies into fi…

  07.12.2020

• In Search of Phantom: Regular Graphite and PVC to Help Diagnose Oncological Diseases

  …dent. By irradiating these samples, they can check whether a device works correctly or it should be adjusted. “We can’t use real biological tissue for this purpose,” explains Tianmiao Zhang, PhD student at ITMO University. “they are hard to get, what’s more, there are also ethical issues associated with their use. Finally, there’s the problem of storing these sa…

  07.12.2020

• 5 Things That Make St. Petersburg Russia's Cultural Capital

  …e’s capital for over 200 years and showed the revolutionary spirit and heroism of its residents during the Siege of Leningrad in World War II. It has always been and still remains a magnet for the brightest minds, tourists, and culture lovers. Being a modern bustling city, St. Petersburg has lost none of its historical, architectural, and artistic appeal. You can …

  07.12.2020

• Bioprosthetics: Can They Really Be Controlled With Our Minds?

  … There are two main types of prosthetics that compensate the functions of lost limbs: powered and bionic. Powered or active prostheses are controlled via special threads inside them. They contain no digital parts and are moved completely with the power of the remaining joint. Bionic prostheses are robotic. They are some of the most advanced prostheses currently…

  04.12.2020

• Food of the Future: What’s to Come?

  …If you were to google “food of the future,” you’d find plenty of articles about insects, algae, sublimated foods, and all sorts of meat substitutes. But even though humans are finding more and more types of foods to consume, we can also improve upon those that are familiar to us. Could these future foods help people lead a more active life? And what role does science…

  04.12.2020

• Scientists Develop Transparent High-Performance Material for Flexible Displays and Solar Panels

  …uced.  “Any display is an optoelectronic device. Roughly speaking, contacts connected to the display generate photons, so one of these contacts must be transparent,” explains Ivan Mukhin, a researcher at ITMO University’s School of Photonics and a professor at the St. Petersburg Academic University. “Today, indium tin oxide (ITO) is widely used in displays. It d…

  04.12.2020

• How To: Outdoor Ice Rinks

  …to move in a big circle around the rink so that there is no chaos and fewer opportunities for accidents. You might sometimes notice people speeding up, going backwards (not against the “flow” but with their back turned forward), or doing simple skating figures, but those usually go in the middle of the circle and don’t disturb the “amateur” skating enthusiasts.  …

  04.12.2020

• FoodTech Master’s Program Head Olesya Volokh: Food Is Always in Fashion

  …e personally interested in helps students stay involved. That’s why for me every time teaching the course is like visiting a new world. And you gain useful knowledge, too. For instance, if someone comes in for an interview at Danone and says they’ve done the nutritional science course, I’ll be very glad – because I know I won’t need to explain to them the things that…

  03.12.2020

• Nanolasers, MRI, and Cultural Heritage: ITMO University Wins Three Megagrants

  …not only deal with radiofrequency and develop new coils for MRI units, but also optimize pulse sequences used to obtain images, as well as apply artificial intelligence,” explains Irina Melchakova. “Our goal is to improve the MRI procedure, shorten it, increase its safety, work out new methods of obtaining images, and, as a result, offer medical specialists a univers…

  03.12.2020

• Scientists Demonstrate New Opportunities for Controlling Light in Optical Graphene

  …ook really similar, despite the difference in their nature. This is how the analogy principle works in physics. “I’ll give you a simple example from school physics," explains the article’s co-author Alexey Yulin, a leading researcher at ITMO’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering. "Let’s take a regular pendulum and swing it a bit. Then take an electric capacitor a…

  03.12.2020