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ITMO’s Teaching Methodology Wins Best Innovation Product Award
…to apply their knowledge to real-world tasks. In the project-based model of learning, as suggested by its name, projects take the center-stage. Their focus, be it engineering, science, or something else, is not of great importance; what matters is to have an open-answer, unsolved task. We group three to five people around a task, set an objective, and let them do the…
02.11.2018
Physicists Design Next-Gen Antenna for Supersensitive Magnetic Field Detectors
…for brain surgery. However, magnetoencephalography requires super-sensitive magnetometers: devices that record the properties of magnetic fields, even weak ones. Therefore, scientists are constantly looking for new ways to create super-sensitive magnetometers of the new generation. Such devices should operate at room temperature and low input power. Moreover, they…
02.11.2018
State Hermitage Photographer Yuri Molodkovets on Running an Instagram for World-Famous Museum
What Future Does Climate Change Spell for St. Petersburg?
…Specialists from the Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety at the Russian Academy of Sciences (SRCES RAS) used satellite analysis to evaluate the effects of a 1.5 degree Celsius change in average temperature on the city of St. Petersburg. According to their findings, it would cause damage to road surfaces, increase pollution,…
01.11.2018
Ghent University Professor: Every Patient Should Have Their Own Heart Model
…What issues is your scientific group trying to solve right now? In short, at the core of our research is the problem of heart arrhythmia: its causes and possible treatment methods. Atrial fibrillation is known as the most common irregular heartbeat. There is evidence that this disease is associated with an increased risk of stroke. On the one hand, it’s easily …
01.11.2018
Biochemistry Twins on Creating their Own Lab
…pt from university that we both have is for colloid chemistry. Although it is chemistry that we have been doing all our life. Our parents were against us choosing to become scientists. So we used to secretly participate in the “young chemists club”. When it came to applying to university and we firmly decided that we want to do scien…
01.11.2018
What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer: Oncologist Explains
…dentified. First of all, it should be noted that breast cancer is a hormone-sensitive cancer, which means that higher levels of certain hormones can stimulate tumor growth. Scientists believe that taking birth control pills for a long time (more than eight years) can increase breast cancer risk by 35%. Other potential risk factors include lack of childbearing, ear…
31.10.2018
Scientists' New Image And Academic Mobility: Professor Pavel Belov's Take on Modern Science
… is not only governments but also companies that finance research projects. For one, many companies have their research centers with apt research teams. In such circumstances, science is undergoing particular changes, and is becoming more focused on practical tasks. Nevertheless, 90% of the world's science is still concentrated and gene…
31.10.2018
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: November 3-5
…ex’s one. Admission is free. TECH Weekend Festival Novelty gadgets, antediluvian computers, hip game consoles, kicky neurostimulators, 3D holograms, light sculptures and scientific shows bonanza: this weekend, the A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications will turn into an every techie’s heaven. Swing by to watch science-pop doc…
31.10.2018
Siberian Coal Energy Company’s Advisor on Personnel: Even the Most Macho Miners Need Soft Skills
…nal training activities at ITMO. This time, they will be based on the theory of inventive problem solving, a set of methods for effective decision-making developed by a Soviet scientist Genrich Altshuller. The other plans for the future include adding machine learning and Big Data to the courses’ agenda. Apart from that, SUEK aims to introduce a new internal c…
30.10.2018