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• Battle of the Capitals: St. Petersburg Takes Home the Prize

  …t down from it and place the block into a marked spot. Only then were all the tasks considered complete. The players reacted to every failure or success with genuine passion. If a robot was unable to complete a part of the relay race, judges would fine its team by removing a point of their score and then allow them to continue the next task. Even though the te…

  15.05.2017

• A Successful Start: ITMO's Schools, Academies and Centers for Schoolers

  … learn about biotechnologies, participate in science projects and get a chance to do practical tasks at modern laboratories. How does ITMO help decide on one's future profession? ITMO.STEP is a program that offers school students an opportunity to meet the university's graduates, visit its laboratories and partner enterprises, as well as try educational courses…

  15.05.2017

• 5 Things You Need to Know Now

  …iesel from fossil fuels. Researchers at Lancaster University have developed a one-step process that combines extraction of the oils from the spent coffee grounds and the conversion of it into coffee biodiesel. The process has the potential to enable 720,000 tonnes of biodiesel to be produced each year from spent coffee grounds.…

  15.05.2017

• “People Need You!” Contest: Social Entrepreneurship for Children

  …ntation, which is a pressing issue for the majority of students. Deciding who you want to be in life is hard when you’re in eighth or ninth grade. To help others make that decision, the team held a series of educational meetings at theirs and other schools. At the meetings, they told others about the opportunities for vocational education in St. Petersburg, conducted…

  12.05.2017

• Carving Your Niche

  … goes from master to student for 300 years ago, disciples teach disciples, they teach academic art, painting, sculptures.” “The emphasis is on accuracy first and self-expression second, it's more about being a good craftsmen,” explains Nelly, she also shares about how the atmosphere can be challenging as teachers are not afraid to criticize, so if you aren’t used …

  12.05.2017

• ITMO University and Kazan Quantum Center Launch the First Multinode Quantum Network in CIS

  … In future, we plan to create a repeater (a signal amplifier that will save the quantum condition and transfer it through the channel, which will allow to increase the transmission range) and certify the network. Every day, we conduct technical tests, improve the routing and stabilize the equipment". Albert Yakovlev, Tattelecom’s Director of Informatization and …

  11.05.2017

• Royal Society Member Maurice Skolnick: Why Making Science Understandable to Society Matters

  …day is probably silicon. Research is being done into finding ways to make silicon chips and circuits for real-life application. One other popular subject of study is light emissions, which can also be produced with the use of so-called III-V semiconductors. Every day people encounter devices that employ light emission, but they likely d…

  11.05.2017

• Concurrency In Life - Practical Advice From Roman Elizarov

  …t exclusive. Having conquered the summit of concurrency, Roman is now studying the Kotlin programming language which is yet to earn its popularity. Knowing of Roman's professional intuition, we may well expect it to become as in-demand as Java and concurrency, and Roman will once again become ITMO's irreplaceable lecturer with a new course on Kotlin. On perso…

  10.05.2017

• Psychophysiologist Alexander Kaplan: Why Elon Musk is Weaving “Neural Lace” and Will AI Help Conserve Resources for Human Brain?

  …gh the course of the last 30 years the world has transformed before our eyes – we receive information through high-speed mediastreams, the amount of responsibility for our decisions is steadily increasing – all this leads to a total shift in our biological motivations. The method of storing data has changed, too. People of the ancient times relayed information orally…

  10.05.2017

• Vyborg: Scandinavia with the Russian Soul

  …e feature of Aalto’s architectural style was manifested - a combination of rigor of functionalism and gentle smoothness of natural lines. The library makes an incredible impression, the combination of wood and natural lighting fascinates - and fortunately, even as a tourist, you can see all this magnificence, as the library conducts regular excurSubscribe

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