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• Signal Peptides as Means to Increasing Longevity

  …duced in 1970), the amount of people older than 60 will once become equal to the amount of people under 60. Such a problem is relevant for Russia, as well: St. Petersburg, for instance, is among the country’s “oldest” cities, as 25% of its population (about 1,200,000 people) are the elderly, which results in an increasing burden on its healthcare, social and pension …

  24.09.2018

• METANANO-2018 Conference on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials Comes to a Close in Sochi

  …The conference was organized by the staff of ITMO’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering. This year’s METANANO was also supported by the Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics (MIFP), Metamorphose VI AISBL, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Far Eastern Federal University, and the companies Neaspec and 

  24.09.2018

• Blend in Like a Russian

  …ybe undo your scarf. Taking your outerwear off altogether would be sort of well.. Too intimate. So hold off on buying that fur coat if you’ll be riding public transport a lot. Instead, download your favorite book or game app to enjoy on your commute. Take your shoes off in people’s homes. Most people wear something they call tapochki or slippers around their house…

  24.09.2018

• Movie Fridays: Laughs A La Française

  … your mind when talking about French movies, and it is considered mauvais ton to include it in ‘Best French movies’ lists, I can’t help but mention it here, as it was my first insight into the great world of French cinema. I first watched it about ten years ago, and after the mawkish Twilight Saga, this delicate, tender and incredibly fairytale-like story was like a …

  21.09.2018

• Young Scientists Share Experience from Sirius School in Sochi

  … I’ve just begun my research on superconductivity. There aren’t many researchers in St. Petersburg who work in that field, but I’ve managed to find a supervisor at the Ioffe Institute. I wasn’t sure if I should take part in the Conference School, because I wasn’t sure if it’s relevant to my interests, but my supervisor told me that any experience is a useful one…

  21.09.2018

• Two Cities, 200 Participants, One Ride: Bike Ride with Rector 9.0

  …nging for me. However, I like Russia; it’s a very interesting country, and St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. Sochi Teresa Pellegrino, Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa This is my first ride with the rector, but in my opinion, it’s a very good tradition. I was so excited when they told us at the METANANO Conference about this …

  20.09.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: September 22-23

  … to prove that our pain quotidien is not only a material object, but also a significant social phenomenon that binds communities, manifests abundance and wealth, and serves as inspiration to diverse artforms from cave paintings to modernistic performances. Try to stomach the artworks’ cryptic meanings, participate in workshops and guided tours, take a peek into my…

  19.09.2018

• Scientists Develop New Analysis Method of Non-Linear Optical Properties

  …is return to St. Petersburg, Petrov and his colleagues initiated a student exchange agreement between ITMO’s Department of Photonics and Optical Information Technology and the Institute of Electro-Optical Science and Technology, of which Prof. Cheng was head at the time. In July 2014 the agreement was signed by both sides. The first results of their collaboration wer…

  19.09.2018

• Nobel Prize Laureate Andre Geim: ‘Science is a Lifelong Marathon, Not a 100-Meter Sprint’

  … why we as researchers need to be like frogs constantly leaping from one area to another, even if we lack in-depth knowledge of the subject and only have a suitable background instead. You can move to a new scientific field and from your specific vantage point observe what you can do there. And this is extremely important, especially when working with students, who a…

  19.09.2018

• A Dummies Guide to Mushroom Hunting

  …the local mushrooms fall in one of three categories: edible, inedible, and poisonous. While eating an inedible mushroom is just bad for your stomach, the death cap’s name, for instance, speaks for itself. Don’t pick a mushroom if you’re not sure what it is, and consider downloading a mushroom identifying app on your smartphone; though it’s a lot better to bring along…

  18.09.2018