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• Ig Nobel Prize And How It Contributes To Science

  …ke people laugh, and then make them think - at least, that is what they say about it on the award's official website, never mentioning anything about these achievements being "scientific". The award is meant to emphasize an unusual and creative approach to research which contributes to the promotion of science, medicine, and technology …

  19.09.2017

• Journey to the Red Planet: New and Daring Projects for Mars Travel

  …EmDrive - the “Impossible Engine” Press has recently reported that Chinese scientists have built a working prototype of the “Impossible Engine”, EmDrive, for use in space travel. It is said that the thruster will be able to deliver a mission to Mars in two and a half months (as opposed to the usual estimation of six to nine months). EmDrive is the proposed elec…

  18.09.2017

• BBC Expert: How to Make Science More Accessible

  …n the 60’s, Peter Higgs had proposed the existence of a particle that was long considered the “missing link” in the Standard Model of physics. Simply put, it was the one thing scientists needed to finally explain the origins of the Universe. Half a century later, scientists finally announced that the Higgs Boson particle had been found.…

  15.09.2017

• Anna Krongauz, Editor of Popular Science Website N+1 On Science Writing And New Ethics

  … Why? What has changed in the past several years? Several factors contributed to this, and science has become interesting to different parts of the society. On one hand, as technology rapidly develops and is introduced in our everyday life, people start to wonder how they work. On the other, there's the governmental strategies for developing science, including optics, physics, engineering, programming, microelectronics, biotech and web development. Today it is a sort of a cooperative construction bureau open to everyone regardless …

  14.09.2017

• Baltic Weekend 2017: Why Creators Will Always Be In Business

  …e product can still be in development stage, but its team has to have a good marketing strategy. Be more creative than any machine Robotization is no longer something of science fiction - it is already here. Yet, robots will never replace talented PR-specialists, believes Vera Sivacheva, Client Service Director of Rodnya PR Studio. Robots will help with some pr…

  14.09.2017

• Exchange Programs: General Advice and Life-Hacks From Recent Participants

  …ropean universities' websites have an Exchange Students section, be sure to look for it. 3. Get approval for participation in an exchange program from your Department Head or scientific advisor. It is most important to avoid ending up with several academic deficiencies (or worse). 4. Choose a program. It’s likely that you won't be able to find a program identical t…

  14.09.2017

• Blockchain for Patenting Intellectual Property: How Will it Work?

  …re development of this particular blockchain system for patents will be discussed further. Besides ITMO University, the association is also made up of Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Institute of Economic Strategies, Skolkovo Fund, Non-Profit Organization for the Protection and Management of Rights of Artwork, Russian Organization of Intellectual Pro…

  13.09.2017

• Art, Love and Depression: How Your Brain Controls Your Life

• How IT Technology Saves Lives

  …Evidence-based medicine is the most modern scientific approach to treatment. It combines a doctor’s individual clinical experience with the data from top medical research. An important part of this approach is making sure that medical practitioners are supplied the best research data in a structured format. The process of distributing knowledge acquired through cl…

  12.09.2017