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• Research Team from ITMO University, St. Petersburg State University, and Nova Southeastern University Is the First to Sequence the Genome of Moss Animals

  …the coastal area at a depth of 200-300 meters. They get attached to rocky coasts and port facilities. Moss animals are a colonial, so to say, a modular organism. It means that inside of what seems to be one organism, there are actually several of them. Each of them is responsible for a certain function: reproduction, nutrition, or attachment to the surface.” …

  28.10.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 31 – November 1, 2020

  … 390 rubles for students  To all geeks and technomaniacs, this is not a test! Over 40 cutting-edge VR headsets will teleport you to the first VR bar in Russia, bring you inside world-renowned masterpieces, give you the experience of Half-Life: Alyx that we know you wanted – and tons more! Since Cyberpunk 2077 has moved its release date yet again (we know!), thi…

  28.10.2020

• ITMO Scientists Demonstrate Record-Breaking Light Coupling into Optical Fiber at Large Incidence Angles

  …lectric signal does via a copper cable. What’s more, optical fibers are used in everyday medicine, for example, for the in vivo (within living organisms or cells) studies. For instance, endoscopy methods employing optical fibers make it possible to examine people’s internal organs in real time, which is extremely essential for diagnostics purposes. However, the ef…

  27.10.2020

• What is Hyaluronic Acid and Where Can We Apply It?

  … remain one of the main ways of hyaluronic acid subtraction. However, using acid obtained from tissues of living organisms can cause allergic reactions due to remaining endotoxins and protein components which could not be removed by purification. Another source is bacterial synthesis: certain strains of bacteria are grown in a substrate…

  27.10.2020

• Cognitive Science Tales for Halloween: 4 Mysterious Cases

  …th your research.  The case of patient K.C.  You might have heard something along the lines of “our memories are stored in the hippocampus” (a small curved formation inside our brains that gets its name from its likeness to a seahorse). Well, this case was one of the first that led scientists to link memory to this deep-seated…

  27.10.2020

• ITMO Graduate Wins Young Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award

  …ology in their classes and feel motivated in their work. ITMO.NEWS has already met with Mariia Plotkina and talked about her path in entrepreneurship, her project, and what inspired her to launch a startup. However, since then, the startup team has reached a new milestone – the Young Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award. About the Young Female Entrepreneur of …

  27.10.2020

• From Science Lab to Real Business: New School of Technology Brokership at ITMO University

  …ls associated with the introduction of their invention in real production — though oftentimes, they are not necessarily meant to. “When organizing the school, we took inspiration in the University 3.0 concept, where a university is seen as not just an educational center, a temple of science and a place for doing research, a source of advanced technology and …

  26.10.2020

• IT Careers: Veeam Developer on How to Do a Test Task and Get a Job Offer

  …me. And developers never have enough time as they always have to write something. That’s why I want to automate everything. So now I use automated systems or scripts,” he explains. Thus, it is extremely important to avoid silly mistakes. For example, mix up the value that will be returned at the end of the program – such a small mistake can be costly. Use…

  26.10.2020

• Russian Horror Stories: What Do We Find Spooky?

  …Instead of urban legends, a genre of folklore popular in the West, we Russians have strashilki (from страх (strah), meaning “fear”) – short spooky stories mostly told by children.  They often have a similar structure. At first, there is a warning not to do something, then the protagonist doesn’t pay attention to it, and then they are punished for that. For example…

  26.10.2020

• ITMO University up by 34 Spots in Best Global Universities Ranking

  …This year’s ranking includes 1,748 universities from 86 countries around the world; the published list includes 1,500 higher education institutions. Universities are included in the ranking on the condition that they are found in a global top-250 list according to a worldwide reputation survey conducted by Clarivate Analytics (owners of Web of Science) or that they’v…

  23.10.2020