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• Making world better: social entrepreneurship experience in Russia and USA

  …ocial design is and why it is important, will do it in the future as well. Thus, the society of people is created, where everyone develops social initiatives only because they want to make the world a little better," Andrey says. At UCLA, a special unit promotes these ideas - the Academy of Social Engineering. Any student can come there, tell about the idea, fo…

  21.04.2015

• How optics rules influence perception of art and architecture

  …d creative type of mind. I appeal to artists, musicians, architects collaborate with scientists. The harmony of beauty and scientific accuracy is the result that many thinkers wanted to achieve. I often recall the words of Mikhail Rusinov, the outstanding optics scientist, that if the drawing looks ugly, then the device constructed on it will work poorly," Sergey say…

  03.04.2015

• Universities of Russia, Norway and Finland are preparing a joint educational project

  …he purpose of which was to establishing the interaction between university students and employers of the union countries. The project was done successfully, but the organizers want to launch a new, with the increased number of companies and universities participating in it. Peter Fisher, the professor of the University of Tromsø believes that the ITMO University Inst…

  25.03.2015

• Nanoparticles based on magnetite will become a new landmark in pharmacology

  …t the substance could be in the blood circulation for a long time. To do this you need to create a special coating for the particles which won't be extraneous for the body. We want our substance to assist the protein molecules to survive in the aggressive environments in the body. Until now, the problem has been that many chemical agents are simply incompatible with …

  17.03.2015

• St. Petersburg scientists have developed unique enzymes that are resistant to high temperatures

  …e reason for such a rapid branch development?   - All biochemical processes in living organisms occur involving enzymes. Therefore it is not surprising that scientists want to use that power for their own purposes. Science learned to reproduce enzymes found in the body artificially by growing them out of bacteria. Now they are involved in the processes not on…

  16.03.2015

• Experts in scientific communications met at a conference at CERN

  …is an opportunity to see how they work in other countries, to find common interests, contacts for specialists training. Moreover the visit to CERN itself inspires everyone who wants to deal with the popularization of science, it is a special place," Alexandra Borisova says, the head of the TASS-Science project. Conference at CERN has demonstrated the need for c…

  10.03.2015

• Russian universities at the AULA international educational exhibition in Madrid

  …in Spain is held since 1992 under the auspices of the country's Ministry of Education.Every year it is visited by tens of thousands of students, their parents and teachers who want to learn more about education abroad.In parallel with the AULA-2015, these days there is a range of activities in the field of education: International Higher Education Fair exhibitions, I…

  09.03.2015

• Evert Verhagen, an urbanist: "The world is ruled by creative industries"

  …e a park in Amsterdam than in St. Petersburg. But believe me, the attitude towards transformations is the same everywhere. There is no money officials are corrupt, they do not want to change anything. But if you want to change something, then there will be a progress. You need to constantly convince people that you are right and entice …

  20.02.2015

• University scientists have created completely new nanocomposites

  …in copper and nickel particles and have unique optical and magnetic properties. "At the beginning of the experiment we had a few goals," Alexander Vinogradov says. "We wanted to create materials, which could change their optical characteristics under the influence of a magnetic field. Based on these tasks a logical chain of work was built, during which we hav…

  18.02.2015

• Fablab is opened for students: bring your idea to life

  … is a partner of the new workshop. "In the Polytech FabLab one should pay for the use of the equipment. This allows them to detect serious-minded students. However, we want to make our laboratory affordable and hope for understanding on the part of students." the FabLab head says. The desire to be active engines of scientific progress brings together ma…

  17.02.2015