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• Maker’s Day by ITMO FabLab: Hands-On Workshop for Robotics Beginners

  …cause not all first-year students and beginning creators had the opportunity to explore this field in their school years, we’re providing them with this opportunity now,” explains Alexey Shchekoldin, member of ITMO’s FabLab.  In the first part of the event, the guests were welcomed with a presentation on the opportunities of one of minicomputers created by R…

  02.10.2019

• ITMO Technopark and Highpark Launch Pre-Accelerator Program

  … of startupers has become a problem, as there exist many events of this kind, corporate, state-funded, private and university-based accelerators. The current situation is that institutions have to compete for good projects. And the fact that Pre-accelerator brought together 487 participants is really cool. What’s more, I really like the team that Aleksey Solomatin ga…

  02.10.2019

• 10 Rules of Eco-Friendly Behavior: Expert on Simple Sustainability Lifehacks

  …t stop people on their way to more sustainable behavior is the thought that their contribution would mean nothing. “If I were the only one to not buy a car and commute on bike instead, would something really change? Everyone around is still continuing to do that.” There is a term in science called the tragedy of the commons, in this case, of common resources. Individ…

  01.10.2019

• ITMO University Researchers Showcase Potential of Perovskite-Based Solar Cells

  …nophotonics, and was first used in solar cells around a decade ago. In its structure, this artificial material is identical to natural perovskite, discovered in the Ural Mountains in the 19th century and named after Lev Perovski, a Russian Home Affairs Minister and an avid mineral collector. Despite the fact that many scientists around the world have been trying t…

  01.10.2019

• 5 Ways to Deal with Culture Shock

  …e the ingredients are different, but either way, there’s no point fighting it. Coping strategy: Consider it part of your adventure. Get to know local foods and post them on Insta. Learn to cook. Personal space. It’s a fact that different cultures have different concepts of personal space. I like to have space around me, so it takes me about a month to get used …

  30.09.2019

• Scientists Describe Universal Way of Compressing and Stopping Light for Ultrafast Optical Data Transmission

  … frequency of oscillations will change. This is the so-called dynamic frequency change phenomenon. In this case, the oscillation wavelength determined by the string length remains constant. It can be shown that the same effect will occur in the case of a wave traveling along a string. If you change the tension of the string during movement, then the wave launched fro…

  30.09.2019

• ITMO University Graduates Organize Monthly Meetups For Science Communicators

  …tant for each of us as part of the professional community. Now it is quite heterogeneous: there is a group of science communicators and there are people who do PR. In research institutes, this task is often performed by some part-time researcher. However, there are also more advanced organizations out there, who are ready to tell people, particularly kids, about scie…

  30.09.2019

• Life at St. Petersburg Lyceum 239’s Boarding School “Formula for Success”

  …s free to choose what they like – maths, physics, computer science, robotics, volleyball, tennis, or music. They’re also free to attend any other club in St. Petersburg,” explains Svetlana Fedorova. “Many of our students play music and form their own bands. We organize holiday celebrations and birthdays. The kids often suggest their own ideas for events or class trip…

  30.09.2019

• Science on the International Scale: Study Abroad Fair at ITMO University

  …, which gives me the reason to confidently state that we offer state-of-the-art laboratories where ITMO University students, among others, can work if they chose our education institution,” says Nathen, an ITMO University exchange student coming from SUP’Biotech Paris.   But students can find even more partner universities, and with that, semester and short-term…

  27.09.2019

• Song of the Month: September 2019

  …September it has been all about work. Teamwork, breaking new ground, finding new ways to work and work better and smarter. With more zeal. With better results. Doing work that inspires and moves the needle, at least a little bit. The song that has been my mantra during all this is Move Together by Ndidi Onukwulu. It’s a soundtrack for brand commercial, which I happen…

  27.09.2019