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• "World of Knowledge" - The Best Science-Popular Films of the XI International Film Festival

  …ut the festivals' educational goal: it’s primarily for those who seek knowledge and solutions to the problems brought up in such films. That is why no one was surprised by the introduction of a new award — the special prize from ITMO’s youth jury. ITMO University. "World of Knowledge" Film Festival During the closing ceremony, Daniil Shirokov, member of the you…

  08.11.2016

• STI, Markets and Ethics — How to Become a Leader of the High-Technology Markets?

  …ed, changes to its opposite. It feels like destroying something to create everything anew has become a trend — just like in the 19th century. Can Russia compete with the USA in destruction? That is the key question. Alexey Borovikov, St. Petersburg Polytechnic University In the upcoming future, people who will embody this "destructio

  08.11.2016

• Everything You Need to Know About Apple Pay

  …the screen. Then there’s the term Tokenisation which is what ensures security when making payments. When you make a purchase, Apple Pay uses a device-specific number and unique transaction code. So your card number is never stored on your device or Apple servers, and when you pay, your card numbers are never shared by Apple with merchants. "When using Apple Pay, th…

  08.11.2016

• Solitons: Waves that Act Like Particles

  …Typical wave structures are not stable, as they sprawl out like ripples on water. Thanks to diffraction propagation and dispersion spreading light beams and impulses disperse in a homogenous medium. One can fix it by using light focusing with a nonlinear media. That is how "conservative" optical solitons work: they are stable light waves that are localized by a balan…

  07.11.2016

• 5 Cool Finds

  …. By bringing together nano-enabled contact lenses and glucose sensors it may be possible to devise a single device that senses glucose levels and decides when to deliver insulin injections. Bionic plant can sense explosives. Spinach plants become environmental sensors thanks to incorporated fluorescent carbon nanotubes. First multicolor images produced by elec…

  07.11.2016

• Our New Powers: Time presented Top-50 Apps

  …app in the list of "favorite apps of the year" the Pocket was invented in 2007. Reddit (iOS, Android) As of now it is more than just a website for discussing news, as it has many sections that are called "subreddits" devoted to various topics. Here one can find useless but interesting facts, advice for all occasions, motivation and self-building guidances, experts'…

  03.11.2016

• "IT-Start" in Anapa — a Program for Future IT-Entrepreneurs

  …ew methods for storing data are being developed. Many universities work on developing artificial intelligence — it's still hard to predict what it will be like, so that's another direction one can work in", comments Oleg Malsagov, Advisor to Rector's Office. The growing demand for computational capacities will contribute to the popularity of cloud technologies — wh…

  03.11.2016

• Chirality: The Property That Changes It All

  …ins Ivan Rukhlenko, head of the Laboratory. According to the scientist, dimensional configuration of molecules can be left- and right-sided. As biomolecules are chiral, their interactions with organisms greatly depend on it. This is essential, as hundreds of drugs used in modern pharmacology are enantiomers (basically, mirror images of each other). Two of such chir…

  02.11.2016

• ITMO University Won a Grant by Horizon 2020 for Smart City Development

  …ead of the International Laboratory Modern Communication Technologies and their Applications for Economics and Finance — Fin Q, ITMO’s experts have created a wonderful model of interaction with international support programs for researchers. "We have already completed this work and have signed an agreement that gave us an opportunity to participate in the blo Tope co…

  01.11.2016

• Nuclear Accident Prevention — ITMO’s Graduate Elaborates New Method

  …Nuclear power stations use controlled chain reactions, where the uranium nucleus absorbs slow-moving neutrons and thus fissures into fast-moving lighter elements and additional neutrons. The energy from the reaction heats the water, the water transforms into steam, which then goes into a turbine generator and thus electricity is produce…

  01.11.2016