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ITMO Scientists Get St. Petersburg Government Award and Presidential Grants
…hat photons aren’t prone to interacting with each other. This hinders the development of metasurface-based optical gates, though they offer many opportunities in regard to controlling the propagation of light on a nanoscale. “The possible solution for the problem lies in the introduction of the so-called strong light-matter interaction regime. This way, the …
04.06.2018
Science Communication Research from American Journalists
…ed from the same university or whatever other reason. How to treat paranormal research WG: Different paranormal phenomena, as strange as they may be, also play their role in the development of science. Science can advance by studying anomalies. For instance, not so long ago NASA stated that there might be signs of microbial life in Martian rock samples. Thi…
01.06.2018
How Your Brain Makes Decisions
…eally fast: we can use it to concurrently process great amounts of information, but it can also cause us to behave irrationally. The rational system, in turn, is easier to control, but a lot slower. Daniel Kahneman suggests that both systems have their hidden pitfalls. The next advance in research of decision making had to do with embracing an interdisciplinary ap…
31.05.2018
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: June 2-3
…want take time away from the city noise and enjoy a magnificent view. With hundreds of lilac trees all blooming at once, the park will turn into a kingdom of flowers. Take a stroll through the park, attend an exhibition of lilac bouquets, take part in workshops on gouache painting and perfume making, listen to live jazz and blues, and even try some lilac cotton candy…
30.05.2018
Biosystems Engineering 2018: Chia Seeds, Camel Milk and Foods of the Future
…d Aian Orazov’s scientific adviser. Vera Vokueva, a PhD student at the Department of Meat and Fish Processing and Refrigeration, presented her research on meat safety control in accordance with HACCP methodology. “Not all Russian companies use the HACCP methodology for risks management. Meat is one of the products that are the most susceptible to variou…
30.05.2018
Dissolving Borders: teamLab’s Founder on Digital Art
Speech Information Technology Programs at ITMO University
… do we need this for? For instance, you want to construct a robot. Surely, you can be proficient with kinematics and mechanics, develop the computer intelligence that will control the robot’s movements, but you will still have to give your robot the ability to perceive its environment, assess the situation it’s in:where to turn its head, where to go, what to answer i…
29.05.2018
Michio Kaku on Digital Future: Should We Fear Robots?
…se. We’ll even have smart walls so that you can change the wallpaper whenever you’d like. Flexible electronics are already a thing, and soon enough you’ll be able to literally roll up any of your devices. Education If everyone can find out anything they want with a blink of an eye using a pair of specialized glasses or contact lenses, what’s going to happen…
28.05.2018
Researchers Use Silicon Nanoparticles For Bioimaging and Drug Delivery
…s and identified the most efficient ones. Scientists synthesized and studied three types of nanoparticles. Non-resonant yttrium vanadate particles (YVO4) were used as a control sample. Such particles do not affect the intensity of dye molecules. Gold and silicon particles of the same size coated with dye molecules placed at different distances from the surface wer…
28.05.2018
New Blockchain-Based System Will Control Quality of Medical and Chemical Products
…Last July, the Russian Ministry of Health addressed a deterioration in the quality of vaccines; each year, the ministry’s department of medical provision and quality control has to bar a number of vaccines of different types. The ministry also receives numerous complaints about a lack of vaccines as well as their incorrect storage. When choosing medicine, customer…
25.05.2018