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• ITMO’s Russian Language and Culture Summer School: A Passion for Learning

  … East and West at the moment which I think is a shame. And I find Russian literature just fascinating. Just the sociology behind it. The way that Russian writers manage to get inside the human soul. I would say my favourite writer is Dostoyevsky. He chimes with what foreigners think Russia is. His writing reflects their preconceptions about the country.”  Sam pa…

  28.07.2020

• St. Petersburg's Nobel Prize Legacy

  …approach is at the base of several types of therapy and treatments for various mental disorders. This important discovery was made not far from Kudrovo at what is now Pavlov’s Institute of Physiology – a functioning scientific institution that also houses a museum open for physiology enthusiasts (or art and science connoisseurs).    …

  27.07.2020

• Path to Immortality: Old and New Ways to Fight Aging

  …of aging, the virus wouldn’t have been able to cause such harm to humanity. There are nine key mechanisms of aging; here are some of the most important ones: Genomic instability. This leads to mutations, which are the most common cause of cancer. Telomere attrition. Telomeres are the endpoints of our chromosomes. During each division, chromosome cells ar…

  27.07.2020

• Scientists Optimize Growing Neurons from Stem Cells Using Machine Learning and Robots

  … Wnt signaling pathways, is well-known and widely used; however, it has a range of significant disadvantages. “The problem is that this takes a long time to happen,” explains Anton Nikolaev. “To, roughly speaking, convert a plate of stem cells into neurons, you’ll need a month or even more than that. The second problem is that you don’t have any control over whi…

  27.07.2020

• Yagodnoe: More Than a Summer Camp

  …Think pine forest, glacier rocks and wooden cabins on a lake when you picture Yagodnoe (Google Maps), situated amidst a picturesque nature preserve in the Priozersky District of the Leningrad Oblast, eight kilometers from the Losevo railway station. Founded in 1958 as a summer tent camp, it has since become a year-round venue complete with different types of housi…

  24.07.2020

• ‘Free From Sulfates, Phosphates, and Parabens’: What Is Chemophobia and How Is It Tackled at ITMO

  …ss researchers posited a hypothesis that chemophobia might be a result of poor chemical and biological awareness and tendency to jump to conclusions. These are also what underpins the anti-vaxxers movement and many other antiscientific concepts flooding mass and social media. That’s why, apart from developing a support program for chemophobiacs, the project also a…

  24.07.2020

• Cities on the Moon, Villages on Mars: What's Stopping Us?

  …e suitable conditions for human life. Design and produce in space using local resources. For example, we should be able to produce parts needed for construction right there instead of bringing them from Earth, as it would take weeks or months if we’re talking about deep space. It’s faster and easier to produce – until we can do it, we won’t be able to actually exp…

  24.07.2020

• Campbell’s Law: Why Smart Technologies Don’t Always Make Life Better

  … the lecture. Donald Campbell was a prominent American psychologist, sociologist, and methodologist. Throughout his scientific career, he was engaged in questions of social institutes’ assessment. In his key article, Assessing the Impact of Planned Social Change (1974), he formulated a principle which is nowadays known as Campbell’s law and often used in economics…

  23.07.2020

• Evolutionary Computations Explained in 9 Simple Questions

  … What are evolutionary computations? Evolutionary computations are a part of a scientific field that deals with solving complicated tasks using algorithms that are inspired by the theory of evolution. The tasks can deal with different matters, such as developing the optimal operating schedule for a number of conveyor belts that would minimize idle time. E…

  23.07.2020

• Serhan Agrali: Visiting Silicon Valley Inspired My Major

  …r happened. What do you think makes a good student? To be awake. What I mean is if you have a problem, then there is always a solution. However, if you choose to "sleep" instead of being "awake," then there will always be troubles around the way. Troubles with grades, teachers, and exams. A good student should always be consistent. What motivated you to choo…

  23.07.2020