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• Blood Nanofilters and Graphene Gas Sensors: “Big Challenges” Summer Camp

  …“Big Challenges” summer camp The “Big Challenges” scientific summer bootcamp for talented high school students was organized by the Sirius education center and took place in Sochi, Russia’s southern resort turned research powerhouse. Winners and high-achievers of the national contest of physics, maths, technologies, and natural scien…

  08.08.2018

• Per Aspera Ad Astra: ITMO.STARS Contest Results

  …o told the commission about the results of her project on the methods of information support and premedical care; Elizaveta Punchenko, a participant of ITMO University's Young Scientists Conference, Sergei Fedorov, the winner of the 28th Sakharov Readings International Scientific Conference; Ignatiy Ponomarenko, a second-prize winner of…

  07.08.2018

• “Will Musk Catch Up With Korolev”: Private Space Industry's Journey to the Stars

  …he explosion of one of his own engines. Max Valier did research of rocket-powered vehicles and solid-state engines, but then he realized that these old technologies would lead science nowhere. So he moved to exploring new areas like liquid-fueled engines, petrol vapors, and processes of combustion. The concept of reusing spacecraft equipment also appeared long bef…

  07.08.2018

• Vacation With a Purpose: Science Tourism and Citizen Science

  …Citizen science is a concept that has to do with conducting research while engaging volunteers who don’t necessarily have a scientific background or any special training. Thousands of amateur researchers from all over the world partake in these kinds of activities. The involvement of such people often helps scie<…

  06.08.2018

• Science Communicator Fred Balvert: 'For a Journalist, Geniuine Interest Matters More Than Knowledge'

  …How did your career in science communication begin? I studied to be a journalist and from practice I developed myself into a communications advisor. My work as a science communicator started when I was writing for the newspaper of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Here I “translated” scientific topics and i…

  06.08.2018

• Movie Fridays: A Matter Of Time

  …lievich: Back to the Future is probably the most popular Soviet movie ever made and the one that Russians watch on TV every New Year's Eve. The story features an absent-minded scientist Shurik (Alexander Demyanenko) who creates a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager Ivan Vasilievich (Yuri Yakovlev) and a suave burglar (Leonid Kuravlev) to…

  03.08.2018

• ITMO University Expands BIM Program in Partnership with Industry Leaders

  …g and its communications network, you’ll see whether any elements conflict with each other,” explains Filipp Perepelitsa, Head of the Autodesk-ITMO International Education and Science Center. BIM In Russia In the recent years, more companies have embraced BIM in their work. The matter of introduction and regulation of the technology has also been spoken a…

  03.08.2018

• Building A New Generation of Drugs: SCAMT Laboratory Scientists On Rational Chemical Design Using Metal-Organic Frameworks

  …o slight variations in their composition, these materials are usually subdivided into different classes, with modular-structured metal-organic frameworks being one of the most scientifically peculiar. First discovered several decades ago, this class of framework materials has now taken the center stage in the contemporary chemistry research. With their large pores an…

  03.08.2018

• Hermitage, Football, and Lots of Programming: Summer Camp at ITMO

  …ITMO University’s Camp in Programming is an English-taught summer school with an intensive program that offers a perfect blend of computer science theory and practice. Participants not only get hands-on programming training, but also acquire valuable soft skills: teamwork, time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills. All of our interviewees came ac…

  02.08.2018

• The Results of Workshop Week at SCAMT Lab

  …ood clot taken from a sample of human plasma. I’ve synthesized magnetite before, but I’ve never used it in such a manner. I like the people here; we all come from different scientific backgrounds: chemistry, physics, medicine. We all have different levels of training, from Bachelor’s to PhD students. The lectures were also surprisingly interesting. I was already f…

  02.08.2018