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Vegetarian & Vegan St. Petersburg: Restaurants
…process. RA Family Kuznechnyy Lane 6 Situated in the very heart of St. Petersburg, RA Family serves tons of delicious yet healthy veggie salads, pasta, soups and rolls. Among the highlights are vegan Philadelphia rolls, green pea soup, and amazing mouth-watering pizza. They also have nice breakfasts such as flax porridge, …
25.01.2019
The New Kilogram: Reasons Behind Upcoming Measurement Reform
…water. This definition had its own drawbacks, as water always contains impurities in the form of heavy isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen, which affect the triple point value. Metrologists were even forced to create a new standard: the Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water. The new definition of kelvin is based on the Boltzmann constant, which is always equal to 1.38064852 ×…
24.01.2019
Analyzing Metagenome Helps Understand the Role of Bacterial Species in Crohn’s Disease
…gut microbes, as well as an imbalance in gut microbiota. In order to study its development and find the methods of effective diagnostics and treatment, scientists research the role of bacteria in the pathologic process. Among the most promising approaches is metagenomic analysis of genetic material. A research team composed of scientists from ITMO University and s…
24.01.2019
Ins and Outs of Modern Animation
… was able to convince Jobs about the project’s ability to change people’s minds, in large part thanks to Pixar’s RenderMan software engine that uses the Reyes algorithm to control camerawork, geometry, materials and lighting in the frame. Simply put, it renders images by taking into account ray tracing, global lighting and materials qualities. That’s why Pixar began …
22.01.2019
Winter, Explained: Why Snow is White, Ice Slippery, and Snowflakes Unique
…ar. Another reason is in how clean these windows are. Old wooden windows are often dirtier and dustier than plastic ones, and as we’ve already established, dust plays a key role in the formation of frostwork. On the other hand, if you wake up and there are frost patterns on your plastic window, you can take it a sign that the latter wasn’t fitted in a correct way,…
21.01.2019
Nights in a Library, History Lessons and Stress Relieving Dogs: Academic Exchange at Seoul National University
…er's missing. Sometimes, lecturers bring and hand out presentations themselves. I think it’s a great thing to do. On using the library The library plays a very important role. It is the place where you study. On the first floor, you can comfortably interact with other students, they have a cafeteria and rooms for group work. On the second floor, you have to obs…
18.01.2019
Movie Fridays: Black Books, or The Good Old Telly of Yore
Five Simple DIY Devices
…lf and reports when it’s full Implementation: medium For kids starting from: 13 years old Things you need: two ultrasound sensors, a metal servo motor, and a microcontroller (all these tools can be bought in specialized inventor shops). Take a regular trash bin and equip it with several devices. Start by securing a metal servo motor, which will be respons…
17.01.2019
Scientists Propose a Fully Optical Method for Near-Field Reshaping and Enhancement in Hybrid Metal-Dielectric Oligomers
…Tailoring of the near‐field properties of nanostructures is a significant task for the control of radiation of nanoscale light sources as well as for sensing applications. In the recent years, such tasks have been solved by specialists working in the field of plasmonics where different metal particles are used to control light. With the…
17.01.2019
Master’s Student from Argentina: Immersing Into New Culture Is Like Starting New Life
…Rodrigo Lopez Pablos had always wanted to study in Russia, because, in his words, Russia played such an important role in the world’s history. When the opportunity of going to Russia for studying emerged, he jumped at the chance and did his utmost to win a scholarship contest organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. He a…
17.01.2019