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• The University of Children: Their Dreams and Plans for the Future

  … Children last year and I continue to do it now, as well. During the fist lecture about saltiness of water I learned lots of new things, though I've already known about the hydrological cycle. I want to become many things, but first and foremost I want to be an inventor. I really want to listen to a lecture on physics and learn of teleportation. Thing is, I have my o…

  12.09.2016

• METANANO-2016: Best Reports and Future Collaboration

  …cal systems. He also shared about experimental work in this field, including the prospects of practical use of photon and acoustic topological insulators. They allow us to control light and sound, direct electromagnetic waves in preset directions with no loss or dispersion even through curved waveguides. Plasmonic microchips: theory and application Mr. Valentin…

  10.09.2016

• The Shock of the New — Latest Developments in St. Petersburg Theater Part 2

  …y the fact that these astonishing shows were seen only by a couple of hundred devotees in a windswept corner of a St. Petersburg Park. To top it all, AKHE are ridiculously prolific. In the past year, they have also staged Cabinet of Curiosities, also on Yelagin, and Pene Dna or Froth on the Daydream, an open-air adaptation of the novel by French writer Boris Vian,…

  09.09.2016

• British Royals Acknowledge Video360 Arctic Footage

  …Students from Russia's different universities spend 20 days conducting experiments, researching the flora and fauna in places where the icebreaker stops, gather geological, hydrological and meteorological data. Every year the Arctic Floating University goes a different route. This year, it left Arkhangelsk for the Novaya Zemlya archipel…

  09.09.2016

• Quantum Perspectives: Present and Future Tech

  …'s next? Speaking of industry, quantum technology are already being implemented: quantum communication lines that gradually come into being (though experimental in nature); metrology - new frequency standards that are based on isolated cold atoms. Medicine All new drugs that are being produced are first developed using computer modeling. During this process, sc…

  09.09.2016

• Unified State Exam Scores: ITMO in Top-10

  …ITMO's position in the ranking has improved by 4 positions (it was rated 11th last year): the mean score of 1,174 applicants who enrolled in state-sponsored positions in 2016 was 86.9. This result is second best in Saint Petersburg - the first place was taken by Saint Petersburg State University; also, this result is third amongst Russia's technical universities (aft…

  08.09.2016

• METANANO-2016: Interview with Scientists

  …n the most advanced research. Vladimir Kulakovski from Institute for Solid State Physics Our team works in two directions: photonic crystals and their use in the control of light polarization in emitters, and research on polaritrons, non-linear effects and the like. We're interested in collaboration with scientific teams that are able to create the structur…

  08.09.2016

• Experiencing VR: A List of Apps You Might Like

• METANANO-2016: Danish Scientist on Reasons for Investing in Science

  …logies at ITMO university is an interesting area. How exactly do companies and funds form criteria for financing scientific research? Societal demands play an essential role. In the very same medical research such requests can be related to new challenges, for instance, such as the spread of the Zika virus or bird flu. People are ready to pay lots of money for…

  07.09.2016

• E-participation: UN Expert on E-Government and Civic Consciousness

  …and then to the State Duma if they get enough support. Still, this resource is not advertised enough and few citizens use it. The interface of such websites plays an essential role in motivating the citizens to use it, as well. If its structure is not user-friendly, it won't be used. What's more, the government has to have software tools to discern comments that a…

  07.09.2016