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• 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

• How Human Thinking Works and Why It Why It Can Fail Us

  …about traffic jams and weather. Most likely, you will be right in your choice, but as already mentioned, there are no 100% guarantees. When heuristics go bad We couldn’t function without heuristics, but some of them are pretty strange and can lead us astray. For example, take the classic brain teaser about the wolf, goat, and cabbage. A man has to take a wo…

  27.08.2019

• ITMO University and University of Lorraine Expand Opportunities for Student and Staff Mobility

  …ience.  In 2018, the two organizations earned first place in the funding competition within the framework of the federal targeted program “Research and development on priority directions of scientific-technological complex of the Russian Federation for the 2014-2020 year period” and received financial support for high-priority research with participation of resear…

  26.08.2019

• Russian and Swedish Scientists Work Together on New Biomedical Product

  … properties is today one of the top priorities for researchers. Now that nanotechnologies are being developed rapidly, qualitatively new hybrid materials with an expanded range of functional properties can be obtained. Spider silk has long been considered one of the most interesting biological components for creating new materials. Consisting of protein molecules,…

  23.08.2019

• Russian Language Summer School: Behind the Curtain

  …r language proficiency. Students with no prior knowledge of the language started learning it in their own group.   All of the teachers are firm believers in a communicative and functional approach. They have built their program’s content around relevant topics that would teach students skills they can use right away in their everyday life. The tasks comprise of wo…

  22.08.2019

• 2019 Light Nights in Gatchina: Projects by ITMO Participants

  … façade, interactive installations, a multimedia show revolving around the estate’s fountains, fireworks launched from the basin of White Lake, as well as performances and stage productions.  A competition of light installations and videomapping took place as part of the festival, its participants ranging from students of Russian and international universities to …

  22.08.2019