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• Gutenberg's Lounge: Why Stonehenge is an Observatory, How Satellites Stay on the Orbit and Where One Starts His Way to Mars

  … and wells from where stars can be observed at daytime. The Incas could track Venice's position this way," added Sergei Stafeev. Also, ancient people learned of the precession of the Earth's axis by using most primitive means. The precession of the Earth's axis is the periodical change of the Earth's rotational axis due to moon's a…

  14.04.2017

• ITMO University Gets Into TOP-3 Russian Universities for Quality of Its English Website

  …ished by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Education and Science; this was the second time that it conducted research on English versions of websites. The ranking's goal is to collect data on university websites, point out the strong and weak sides of development of English content on web resources of Russian universities, …

  14.04.2017

• ITMO’s Researcher to Boost Immune Response Using Computer Science

  …ble for immunity support. When some foreign matter comes into contact with an organism, the cells that are in charge of its eradication start being active. To undertake its missions, for instance, killing of viruses, a cell triggers certain chemical reactions – this process includes enzymes that determine a sequence of reactions and control their speed. This linked s…

  14.04.2017

• St. Petersburg Landmarks - The Secret History of Mikhailovsky Castle

  …ge to learn what’s on, and mind that you can only enter the Castle’s third floor as a part of a tour on specific days (I strongly advise you to do that, as otherwise the impression would be incomplete). So, if you like St. Petersburg and want to get a better feel of it, Mikhailovsky Castle is a place you should absolutely check out. Immerse yourself in the grim at…

  13.04.2017

• Innovations for Everybody: How Young Inventors Patent their Projects

  …nse of the Russian Federation. Andrey Ten, in his final year of high school, decided that the utilization of obsolete weapons would have been more effective than their explosion. According to the student, proper utilization ways will help gain a lot of non-ferrous metals. The concept became a basis for a research project conducted by ITMO specialists. Even pres…

  13.04.2017

• MathCompetitions: Experienced Participants Answer FAQ

  …on, which is divided into two categories – the first one is for first- and second-year students and the second one for junior and senior students, 150 participants in each division. They have four hours to solve four tasks. The jury gives up to 10 points for each one. “A totally right solution gives you the ceiling amount of points. Some slight mistakes lead to …

  12.04.2017

• King of the Ring: ITMO Sportsmen win the Student MMA League

  …entatives of martial arts gave medals and congratulated the winners. Murad Khaibulaev became the second ITMO sportsmen who gain a medal – he placed 1st in the bantamweight division (61,2 kg). Artur Aliev also took the first prize; his weight class is 70.3 kg. Professional boxer Rostislav Plechko gave Mr. Aliev the award. Ibragim Ibra…

  11.04.2017

• Trapping Light: Anisotropic Structures Can Increase Optical Device's Efficiency

  …ght will practically diminish each other. What is this for? When light moves along a certain trajectory, it can pass it tens or even hundreds of times. Gradually, light emission escapes the structure - similar to the electron leaving the well. Yet, if interference occurs and light waves will travel in opposition, light does not escape the structure and stays on th…

  11.04.2017

• ITMO and Acronis Open New IT Lab

  …n they have to address a project’s head, Andrey Filchenkov, researcher at the Computer Technology Department, who will present this to the team leader – the expert makes a decision on whether a student has enough competencies and makes a plan of the work. Those who have joined the team, have to present progress reports every week – the scholarship will depend on the …

  10.04.2017

• Total Dictation at ITMO University

  …ts, and only the most self-rigorous stayed so as to check their work one more time. Two friends - Galina Bogdanova and Irina Povod - stayed till the end and shared their impressions. "We work in sales, and participated in the event several times. Last year, we took the dictation at the First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg. This time, the dicto…

  10.04.2017