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• "Patient Sapiens: a Guide to Herbs and Pills": Journalist Andrei Vodovozov on Medicine, Cannabis and Puppies

  …ure's offerings that were close by. Let's say some tribe lives in a forest. A shaman or some other responsible person makes observations. When some tribesman tries eating some new root and dies, they remember it. Some other fellow with intestinal upset tries a different root and gets better - they remember it as well. An empirical approach to medicine existed for a v…

  06.02.2019

• Getting to Know Russian Literature, Part 2: the 20th Century

  …the most famous dystopian novels “We”, all expressed the different aspects of this influence. The literature of this time has a lot to do with experimentation and a search for new artistic devices, and is somewhat free from the shadow of the horrors that took place in the mid-20th century, which makes it just the perfect choice to start with. Émigré literature …

  05.02.2019

• Falcon Heavy Launch, Cancer Treatment, and Neutrinos: Top Science News of 2018

  … worldwide, 2018 brought some significant changes. For example, it is widely believed that stage 4 breast cancer can’t be cured, however, 2018 showed that it actually can. The new method involves using a patient’s own immune cells (T-cells) to fight the disease. T-cells are cells of the immune system that fight infections, but also have the potential to eliminate can…

  05.02.2019

• Different Volunteering, Eco Camps and Fresh Perspective on Things: Belgian Gloria Sagaradze on Interning at ITMO

  …m and Germany, Europeans begin to understand that a zero-risk country is no more than an illusion. Why did you decide to give such an internship a go? I craved for a new adventure, a new experience, because sometimes I get tired of Europe where everyone thinks the same. Traveling helps you discover different points of view, fo…

  05.02.2019

• International Year of Periodic Table Proclaimed Open in Paris

  …observed Natalia Tarasova. Mikhail Kotyukov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, noted that Dmitri Mendeleev’s seminal works opened up new opportunities for the development of fundamental science, whilst also leaving a colossal impact on all natural science fields, and through them on economics. He stressed out that the develo…

  04.02.2019

• Russian Scientists Conduct Research on European XFEL

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• ITMO University Scientists Create Cancer Treatment Nanomachines

  …down messenger RNA of vital genes with high selectivity, which will then result in apoptotic death of malignant cells. The researchers have tested the efficiency of the new machines in a model experiment and learned that they can cleave folded RNA molecules better than the original deoxyribozymes. They showed that the design of the nanomachine makes it possibl…

  04.02.2019

• Webometrics-2018: ITMO University in Top-5 Russian Universities

  …ng back to a university’s web pages. Last July, ITMO University improved its positions in the global ranking, but stopped short of the Russian top-5, placing sixth. In this new edition of the ranking, the University succeeded in moving up 133 places in the global ranking, and two places in the national ranking, placing 650th global and 4th in Russia. Six months…

  04.02.2019

• How to Win a Grant From ITMOSTUDENTS.Initiative

  …About the grant ITMOSTUDENTS.Initiative is a new grant competition for students interested in launching their individual entrepreneurial projects. Applicants need to submit an application with an outline of their project. The competition is run once per semester. “After a trial run in 2017, we decided to hold the competition on a regular basis. Our idea is to…

  01.02.2019