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• Top Five: Funky Ways to Fight a Cold – Reviewed!

  …is little guy involved. And if it’s joined by black/cayenne pepper, lemons, maple syrup or, God forbid, turmeric, which usually happens as part of a bizarre but divinely revered concoction called “ginger shots” (no doubt to lure us incurable tipplers to get some of our five-a-day in, cheeky!), well then you’ll be floating on air and become immortal in a jiffy. That’s…

  18.10.2019

• Lithium-Ion Batteries, Space and How Oxygen Affects Cells: 118th Nobel Week Results

  …ld”. This is a reference to lithium-ion batteries that the scientists have created and that now power every smartphone and laptop. Their work is based on electrochemical oxidation reactions happening to metallic lithium that comprises the anode. The battery’s development began back in the 1970s thanks to Stanley Whittingham. It was then continued by John Goodenough a…

  18.10.2019

• Intergenerational Teamwork: ITMO University Introduces a New Mentorship Program

  …efore, we ran the project together with the Recursion charity foundation. The complexity was that this involved an external platform, and we couldn’t evaluate how close was the interaction between our students and graduates, what results they obtained, and whether there were any results at all. Recursion brought together graduates of the country’s leading universitie…

  18.10.2019

• Head of ICPC Northern Eurasia Regional Headquarters at ITMO: Helping People from Everywhere Join the Movement

  …help them, as well as develop this initiative further.   How will this new office be integrated into the international agenda of the ICPC? We represent ICPC Global, so all our actions will be approved by the ICPC Headquarters. It is crucial that we are not isolated. Our task is to create and support the infrastructure here that will become a part of the interna…

  18.10.2019

• New Technology and How It Can Affect My Art: An Artist’s Opinion

  …l life without these new advancements. Twenty years ago it wasn’t even necessary to have a mobile cellphone at all times but now our devices bring to the table all kinds of new interactions with the external world. Smartphones, smart watches, smart TVs – they all make our lives easier in some ways and more complicated in others; but we must ask ourselves: how does an…

  17.10.2019

• Startup Consulting Expert Faris Alami: Investors Don’t Invest in Ideas, They Invest in People

  …ormally there are plenty. So, in order to overcome the wall between the investor and the developer, you don’t break it, but rather surround it with a web of acquaintances and connections? I would call it a bridge. Let’s say I’m 23 years old and I have a revolutionary idea for a new multifunctional drone. How do I find an invest…

  17.10.2019

• ITMO’s PhD Student Awarded a Grant for Researching Natural Protein-Based Preservatives

  … bacteriostatic agents to prevent the growth of microorganisms in products.  “This is the first time that the peptides we are focusing on are being research. Their structure, functions and properties have never been described anywhere else before,” shares Georgiy. Right now, the PhD researcher faces a number of tasks: using his own technique, he has to isol…

  17.10.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 19-20, 2019

  …ng with Danish psychodrama Nina at 5pm, or dart a wistful look into the past with Danish historical drama A Fortunate Man. On Sunday October 20, tut-tut at the perils of gambling addiction with Putting Lipstick on a Pig, a documentary straight off the Åland Islands, from 5pm, and learn more about the lives of Finnish soldiers during the Soviet-Finnish war and onwards…

  16.10.2019

• 8 Mistakes to Avoid When Starting Your Business

  … processes and nuances. Only once you have a developed business model can you start on a business plan. First, understand how you’ll be making money, and then develop a step-by-step action plan. Mistake #2: Unique product If you believe that your product has no equal, that it is unique and one of a kind, and that no one has ever made anything like it, you need …

  16.10.2019

• Open Doors Competition for Tuition-Free Master’s Studies in Russia: ITMO to Coordinate Computer & Data Science Track

  … judges conduct the evaluation of the participants’ portfolios, as well as develop and check the results of the test tasks of the second round.   “For us, it’s more of a social action project, we feel a connection to the cause of enabling talented young people from all over the world, regardless of their financial situation, to stu…

  16.10.2019