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• The More Chocolate the Better Test Results — What Really Helps to Prepare for Exams?

  … asked two groups of students do certain task in a given time. Members of a group who chewed a gum when doing the task showed better results. However, another study made by scientists from Cardiff University, came to the point that chewing limits the short-term memory and other brain skills. It is also important to mention that some studies proving the positive in…

  13.03.2017

• ITMO University in QS World Subject Rankings for the First Time

  …2017, ITMO University made it into the list of best universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings by subject. The University was placed 351−400 in the Computer Science & Information Systems subject rankings, and also Physics & Astronomy. The best scores which helped ITMO make it into the rankings for both subjects were mainly related to citation in…

  10.03.2017

• New Material Makes it Possible to Record Data with Light

  …To simplify the description of complex effects in quantum mechanics, scientists have introduced a concept of quasiparticles. One of them which is called exciton is an "electron — hole" pair, which provides energy transfer between photons and electrons. According to the scientific community, this mediation of quasiparticles will help to …

  10.03.2017

• "Genome Tetris" and Analyzing Fly Behavior: BioHack — the First Hackathon on Bioinformatics

  …tics Institute. ITMO University hosted the event, which gathered the 100 participants who've passed competitive selection. For two days, they had to solve tasks set by leading scientific centers, laboratories and research institutions that work in the field of bioinformatics, as well as its adjacent fields. Among them were Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, …

  09.03.2017

• Those Who Code: Female Programmers on Gender Issues in IT

  …s already studying in the math section of the Presidential Physical and Mathematical Lyceum #239 in St. Petersburg. Thanks to my teachers, I received great groundwork in exact sciences. They've taught me to use a creative approach when solving tasks, be persistent and enjoy competition. Many renowned mathematicians learned here, and in the recent years, its graduates…

  08.03.2017

• ITMO Students Presented Summer Schools in Europe

  … representative offices in Brussels. Here, in the capital of the European Union, there are such organizations as Horizon-2020, Erasmus+ and other projects aiming at supporting science and education. Each rep office has several employees who are responsible for preparing documents for grants and internships. Maria Sigutina, head of ITMO’s Rep Office, who is in charge …

  07.03.2017

• Bioinformatic Contest 2017: The Results

  …om the Bioinformatics Institute proposed to collaborate on a contest in bioinformatics, we've discussed the situation and understood that bionformatics is not exactly an exact science. For example, how to define with a 100% probability whether someone has cancer or not? Sooner or later, there will be a way, yet still there isn't. That is why we had to devise such tas…

  07.03.2017

• American Scientist’s Experts on Scientific Standup Shows and Singing Dinosaurs

  …Declare yourself as a science communicator! Jamie Vernon: I am an ex-scientist, who became a science communicator. People constantly ask me about how I did it. As a microbiologist I was supposed to devote my life to science. I got a PhD degree and worked on a vaccine again…

  06.03.2017

• New SAP Lab at ITMO Gives Students a Chance to Work on Real Projects

  …that you don't have to cooperate with corporations to achieve this. This is in some respect true but independent R&D costs much more and requires more time. There are a lot of scientists working at SAP, and there are also a lot of salespeople and customers. Others say that cooperation with corporations is dangerous because of the intellectual property rights since su…

  06.03.2017

• Gutenberg’s Lounge: Human-like Intelligence or a Spotless Mind?

  …ch a statement — and some of them support this idea — as "It is impossible to create AI until one comprehends natural intelligence." For instance, over 40 years ago one famous scientist declared at a large conference on neurophysiology: "Just imagine that one has left a computer on Mars, then the Martians start studying this using the same methods as we use while stu…

  06.03.2017