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COMSOL DAY: Tractor Beams, Optical Traps and Nanoparticle Manipulation
…The COMSOL Day is held monthly in various parts of the world. In the end of October, one such event took place in Moscow. Its program included workshops, training sessions, and lectures from guest speakers. Specialists who actively publish the results of their work with COMSOL Multiphysics software and develop new algorithms for it are invited to present their ideas.…
03.11.2017
Campus Festival: Why Data Science Is All Around Us And Why Memes Are Folklore?
…nt conferences - and I still have to check whether the conference will be on this topic or the term is just used for drawing attention. To find out where does all this confusion come from, one has to look deeper. The term was first mentioned in the 1970s, when computer performance started to grow and it has become necessary to combine the new computational capacit…
02.11.2017
Kinda Science: Festival of Absurd and Bizarre Ideas
…t of mechanical waves on genes and Vladimir Lenin’s love of mushrooms Alexander Yefremov, head of the Biohacking laboratory at Sirius Science Park, explained how gene expressions are affected by mechanical waves and the reason why Vladimir Lenin loved mushrooms. First, it must be understood that our perception is limited by the culture we live in. Perhaps even …
02.11.2017
Chemist Artem Oganov: On Blind Spots in Chemistry and Materials of Future
…both, after which I established laboratories in Russia and China. As a result, from 2013 on, three laboratories - in the US, China and Russia - started working under my supervision. Of course, it is very difficult to live between three countries, so in the end I decided to settle in Russia, where I now spend most of my time. In 2015 I became a Professor of Skoltec…
02.11.2017
WorldSkills Russia: Why Participate?
…e qualification round in Laser Technology in collaboration with its partners, the Laser Center and Procolorit companies. Specialists in laser technologies are high-class professionals who can design, assemble and adjust laser equipment all by themselves,” explains Eldar Osmanov, the chief expert on the Laser Technologies competence of the qualification round. Si…
01.11.2017
Master’s Student: Why IT Specialists Need to Get Involved in Science
…any; or you could solve business challenges at an innovative company or a startup. There are so many opportunities. I believe that the most important thing is to come to a decision and find what interests you. When a person does something they don’t enjoy, they aren’t very likely to be effective at it. It’s not even that difficult to find a company that satisfies …
01.11.2017
BIOCAD Expert: Building Teams in Innovative Businesses
… positions at innovative companies have to not only be competent in their own field, but also possess enough basic knowledge to be able to speak the same language as the professionals they work with. “Right now, basic education is the key for managers. 20 years ago, such a key skill was the English language – those who didn’t learn it, were left out in regards t…
31.10.2017
ITMO Students Develop Smart Footwear for People with DIsabilities
RoboFinist Festival: Teaching Robotics to Kids
…eep it functional, yet stable. This is when their design skills come in handy, helping them figure out how to create such structures. These kinds of things are taught to professional designers and architects, and we suggested introducing some of them into robotics courses for children,” – says the expert. Today’s 12 year-olds are already able to program and …
30.10.2017
Technophobes And Fear of New Technology
…en situation. And in Russia, the avoidance of uncertainty is one of the highest in the world. What causes technophobia? The role of people’s mindset, of this society's vision of the future is great here. So, in 1950’s and 1960’s in the forefront of technological breakthroughs, there was a hope in the society that the development of technologies would solve soci…
30.10.2017