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• ITMO Scientists Develop New Polymer Holograms

  …r. The  holographic nanocomposite polymer material developed by ITMO's scientists doesn't have these downsides.  In essence, it is a photosensitive acrylic monomer that can contain different colorants and nanoparticles. The hologram encryption method is based on rearranging the material’s components under the effect of radiation. "Originally, the nanoparticles a…

  27.06.2017

• Second Day of Geek Picnic: Evolution, Rats and Superstition

  …ding how it works in the most extreme cases. And that’s where it gets interesting,” – says Mr. Borisov. For example: how, in accordance with the theory, can reaching a certain speed slow down time? How does the weight of an object increase when that speed is achieved? What happens to distance? To understand how the scientific community came to realize that laws …

  26.06.2017

• ITMO to Enter New Academic Year with New Athletic Field

  …and St. Petersburg. According to Evgenii Raskin, chairman of the “KronBars” club, ITMO University does not yet possess its own athletic fields, grounds or any other self-contained sports infrastructure. That is why the construction of an outdoor athletic field will help students maintain a fitness regimen without resorting to the use…

  26.06.2017

• Geek Picnic-2017: Richard Dawkins, Cyborgs, VR and Psychological Experiments

  …rees are a good example of ineffective competition in regards to planned economy. In the end, the fastest to develop are genes push animals to evolve. Yet, there are certain peculiarities. For instance, one can tell about changes in climate by analyzing certain genes: some animals had thicker fur during cer

  25.06.2017

• What is EMI? Tips and Tools

  …ching in L1 When the program is being taught in the students’ and the teacher’s native tongue, the latter is more confident while the former can easily take notes and retain more information after the lecture as opposed to when they are taught in English and need to focus on the language itself and not the subject. EMI learning might make students anxious as t…

  23.06.2017

• ITMO Scientists Develop New Protective Pipeline Coating

  …comparison with foreign-made coating materials, but surpass them in its properties,” – says Evgenia Guseva. Unlike many other poly-ureaurethane coatings, this material contains no solvent or thinning agents. Many of today’s manufacturers are making an effort to cut down on the use of such elements, mainly out of ecological concerns. This is because thinning agen…

  23.06.2017

• New Femto-Camera with Quadrillion Fractions of a Second Resolution

  …ically, the camera can even capture an electron jumping to another orbit. However, that is important, now we can study viability of cells not passively, but when initiating certain processes. For example, heating or transferring viruses, cells and its structures in three-dimensional space using femtosecond laser radiation. The device also supports tracking cell state…

  22.06.2017

• ITMO Students in Singapore: How to Please Customers by Analyzing Their Social Media

  …Account profiling So why do companies even need to gather data on the preferences of certain users? The answer depends on the company’s intentions. For example, they could seek to improve their product by finding out the individual tastes and qualities of certain groups of customers. For this purpose they would need not only to find …

  21.06.2017

• Art&Science: Optical Devices In Fine Arts And Design's Role In Evolution

  … Child with Canon van der Paele) the artist left a hint: one of the characters holds glasses, and, according to the researchers, glasses with 2 diopter lens could be used to attain such realistic representation. What’s more, such lenses already existed at that time. Charles Falco "My laboratory is on the 10th floor, and there's a building nearby. If we draw a…

  21.06.2017

• ITMO's PhD Students Will Simplify Online Learning On OpenEdX

  …ic principles are very simple; as of now, MOOCs have already become one of the best formats for distance learning. The OpenEdX platform has many such courses. It already contains thousands of educational programs developed by different educational establishments. Previously there was no interconnection between them - no direct links from one course to another that…

  20.06.2017