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• Ready for Take-Off: Happy New School Year!

  …r peers from around the world regularly share their experiences, successes and failures. You might just find “your people!” Stay in the know. Check back every Wednesday for the selection of must-do events in our This Weekend in St. Petersburg and wrap up your week with insightful movie reviews and healthy living experiments. Check out the 2019 Student Guide. The …

  02.09.2019

• Song of the Month: August 2019

  …e a name for himself with a unique brand of angry, vicious, and nihilistic sound, shows a very different side of himself, one deeply hurt by the cost of every second of humanity’s inaction. A Minute to Breathe is an apology to Earth, an admission of guilt, a confession that ponders: what if the planet’s better off without us? But if you’d rather try and make a…

  30.08.2019

• ITMO Staff Develop AR-Solution for WorldSkills Kazan 2019 Opening Ceremony

  …e. The show begins at the 1:02:00 mark. Challenges and novelties At WorldSkills, ITMO University staff presented five AR creations – “Perception” (for a performance by confectioner Anna Prokopenia, Europe’s representatives in the WorldSkills Champion Trust), in which an on-screen monument transformed into a bar of chocolate; “Experiment” (for Pranav Mistry,…

  30.08.2019

• This Is (Not) Art: Insights into the Origins of Art, Its Connection to Science and the Makings of a Masterpiece

  …the word, it’s completely unclear how humans, whose intrinsic, existential goal is just to survive, could have created non-utilitarian art. Science speak of this case as that of reflection, positing that art is first and foremost a tool for cognizing the world around us. This is perhaps the only definition of the word “art” that has the potential to become universal,…

  30.08.2019

• SciComm at Sirius: ITMO Graduates Help Kids Explore Science and Art

  …cs, math, chemistry, and biology, as well as key figures of Russia’s music, ballet, and visual arts communities. Educational programs at Sirius are divided into several parallel sections: science, arts, and sports. Its students learn about many varied subjects: from physics and biology to hockey and fundamentals of multilayered watercolor painting. The Center also…

  29.08.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: August 31-September 1, 2019

  …e fancy clothes, or just wind down a bit, you’ll find it all at the Market by the Sea. Housed at one of the city’s trendiest public spaces, Sevkabel Port, this fair offers a wide selection of handmade clothes, cool accessories, ceramics, eco-friendly cosmetics, as well as books, honey, sweets, and lots of other foodstuffs. Explore the wide array of unique handmade so…

  28.08.2019

• ITMO Researchers Describe Carbon Dot Structure, Discover Red Emission Amplification Method

  …eaning that each carbon atom is linked to four nearby atoms. In graphite, each atom in the state of sp2-hybridization is surrounded by three atoms in-plane and has weak vertical connections. Our study is the first to suggest fractional hybridization. That means that atoms in carbon dots are suspended in a state of intermediate hybridiza…

  28.08.2019

• Don’t Believe Your Eyes: How Visual Illusions Work

  …llusions caused by physical phenomena. For example, the image of a broken spoon in a glass of water or mirages in the desert are illusions that are caused by the effect of light refraction. The best way to check whether an illusion is caused by a physical phenomenon or not is to take a picture of it. The thing is that illusions of visual perception do not exist in th…

  28.08.2019

• Your Guide to Events at ITMO University in 2019-2020

  …Introduction Days In the new academic year, ITMO University will organize Introduction Days for first-year students of Bachelor’s and Master’s programs. On September 2-3, newcomers to the University will learn everything they need to know about the educational process at ITMO University. For the first two days of studies, instead …

  27.08.2019

• Science Conference for New Generation: International Sol-Gel Conference Starts at ITMO University

  …d for the creation of innovative medications, smart covers for phones and other day-to-day products. The capabilities and prospects of sol-gel can be seen as limitless, from the production of flexible ceramics to the formation of an aerogel coating that could make the vast Martian territories suitable for living in. In the course of the conference, scientists working…

  27.08.2019