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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: March 23-24

  …free. Travel to the world’s most popular destinations, drive a sports car, take part in a shooting competition, fight with a lightsaber, view the best works of art from the inside, and even go to space at the Virtual Reality World exhibition at the A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications. The exhibition kicks off on March 23 and will last till April 7. The mus…

  20.03.2019

• ITMO Scientists Determine Impact of Probiotics on Human Gut Microbiome

  …acteria, namely Bifidobacterium genus, Adlercreutzia equolifaciens and Slackia isoflavoniconvertens, which contribute to better metabolization of lactose and synthesis of vitamins and amino acids. These bacteria are also known to enhance the body’s anti-inflammatory, hormonal and cardiovascular functions. The project’s experimental group included 150 healthy adult…

  20.03.2019

• What Are Vernacular Regions and Why Study Them?

  …the urban environment: district’s historical identity and borders formed by the morphology of urban development. According to Alexandra Nenko, an associate professor at the Institute of Design and Urban Studies, the term emerged in the 1960s, when such regions were also called “perceptional” or “folk”. It gave start to the notion that borders of districts have to …

  20.03.2019

• Gold Nanoparticles and Canadian Science: ITMO Student’s Internship at University of Waterloo

  … of gold nanoparticles and examining their plasmonic and catalytic properties. We devised a plasmonic core-cage structure based on a hollow nanoparticle with a small gold core inside. Combined with signal molecules, these nanostructures can cause local electric field enhancement, a property that can be used in electrocatalysis and the synthesis of new materials for c…

  19.03.2019

• Winter Universiade Participant Vadim Shvedov on Maths and Curling

  …aining camp in Japan, where they had high-quality ice and great teams. There aren’t many curling teams in Japan, but all of them have a great level of training, and playing against them was a fine experience. Shortly after that, we went to a camp in Canada, and participated in four competitions in just a month’s time. The Canadians are the trend-setters in curling, t…

  19.03.2019

• Science Communicator Daria Dvorzhitskaya on How to Measure the Effectiveness of Science Pop Events

  …acted to something new, something that has never been done before. But this leads to the situation where standard approaches to transferring scientific knowledge are pitted against newer ones, positioned as more “open” and innovative, more active in involving the general public in scientific processes. I must admit that I still don’t have everything figured out, a…

  19.03.2019

• Programmer Kirill Yashchuk on How to Survive Seven Surgeries, Not Give Up and Launch Your Own Project

  …contraption was predominantly used as a notepad as it only had the memory enough for ten programs. I recall how, trying to launch one of these programs, I found a grocery list instead of Basic. The only good thing to come of it all was that enclosed to this grocery list was a book on Basic. With its help, I started to delve deeper into the subject. I started my pr…

  18.03.2019

• Re-opening of Some of ITMO’s Buildings on Lomonosova st. 9

  …nce of all systems is being checked; the recommendations given as a result of the safety review are being implemented: constant monitoring has been arranged – lights have been installed, visual inspection is being carried out, surveying will be regularly performed. In those areas that still remain closed further research is being done i…

  16.03.2019

• Movie Fridays: Irish Cinema

  …he best sitcom writers of today, comes a semi-autobiographical tale of four school girls taking on the tumultuous world of the ‘90s Northern Ireland. Think the usual growing pains of adolescence, plus a waft of ‘90s Sinéad O’Connor, lucid tank tops, perms and Saturday dances nostalgia, plus tons of humor (and the comedy really delivers), plus an awkward “wee English …

  15.03.2019

• Personal Branding in 2019: the Do’s and the Don'ts

  …” and “for personal life”. You only risk confusing your audience. Making your personal page Fill out the “About Me” fields. Use your actual photo as your profile picture instead of a drawing, someone else’s photo, or a group picture. Use the pinned post as a sort of introduction for yourself, and don’t forget to update it every once in a while. Don’t writ…

  15.03.2019