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• 5 Things You Need to Know Now

  …HD) foster important traits associated with entrepreneurship. An international team of economists found that entrepreneurs with ADHD embrace new experiences and demonstrate passion and persistence. Their intuitive decision making in situations involving uncertainty was seen by the researchers as a reason for reassessing existing economi…

  13.03.2017

• ITMO University in QS World Subject Rankings for the First Time

  …longside research productivity of the university, the results of expert surveys play a significant role. For example, for Physics, the opinion of experts — i.e. external professionals — make up about 50% of the total ranking evaluation of the university, and in Сomputer Science, 70%! It should be taken into account also that the expert opinions are summed up over the…

  10.03.2017

• New Material Makes it Possible to Record Data with Light

  …n der Waals force. To prevent the plates from uncontrollably coming together, the interlayer space is filled with an organic liquid, which fixes the framework to be three-dimensional. In such crystals, the researchers learned to bring two types of excitons individually: intralayer and interlayer. The first arise when a photon absorbed by the crystal turns into an …

  10.03.2017

• Watching the Skies: Roscosmos Installs a New Set-up for Monitoring Space Debris

  …only 23,000 units of debris are monitored. Where does it come from? During more than fifty years of the "satellite's history", there were more than 5,5 thousand space missions that had to do with the planet's orbit. This means that it's full of used submissles and old satellites. What's more, in space, like on Earth, accidents happen as well. Satellites blow up…

  09.03.2017

• "Genome Tetris" and Analyzing Fly Behavior: BioHack — the First Hackathon on Bioinformatics

  … the selection were split into 24 teams of 3−5 people, each comprised of both biologists and programmers. "I often ask myself: what do we do for developing ties in our professional community, and how do we stimulate our field's development? I believe that such events like this hackathon are great for doing that. BioHack gathered talented, motivated and ambitious pr…

  09.03.2017

• 5 Russian Customs You Must Know

  …ll put it on the table for everyone to share. Toasts and glasses clinking. When a toast is made during a celebration, clink glasses. When glasses are raised at a solemn occasion, such as a funeral, don’t. Toasts can range from something simple like "To lovely ladies" to a five-minute speech about the virtues of your hosts. As the night progresses, expect to move o…

  08.03.2017

• Those Who Code: Female Programmers on Gender Issues in IT

  …recent years, its graduates are known as world's strongest programmers. During my seventh year, I got into a programming club, as I wanted to know more about my mother's profession. There, I came to like contests in programming. I successfully participated in individual and team competitions, and then I got interested in software development and systems programming; …

  08.03.2017

• It’s Hard to Be a Superhero: Rector Vladimir Vasilyev Shares Some Life Tips

  …with students and employees at ITMO University, the organizers invite someone who has already made the journey from student to "superhero", reaching the heights of their profession. The event is in the format of a conversation. First the invited guest talks about anything that he thinks is interesting about his career, he shares stories with the students, talks about…

  07.03.2017

• ITMO Students Presented Summer Schools in Europe

  … Bureiko. ITMO’s representatives also visited Liege and Ghent where they shared about the programs of the university for international students and participated in discussions related to the rights of students who study abroad. "In Liege we met a girl who speaks Russian. She plans to apply for participation in the Russian language & culture school, which is a…

  07.03.2017

• American Scientist’s Experts on Scientific Standup Shows and Singing Dinosaurs

  …essary to take science away from university campuses. For this purpose I started giving my science speeches in bars. I asked researchers to come there and share about their passion for science, what inspired them to do research instead of participate in a conference. I wanted their emotions to make people understand that science is very important. In parallel with…

  06.03.2017