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• Scientists Count Microscopic Particles Without Microscope

  …The production of optical circuits requires devices that can amplify optical signals, bring them into focus, rotate and change their type of motion. Ordinary lenses cannot cope with these tasks at nanoscale, so scientists are working with artificial optical materials – photonic crystals and metamaterials, which can control the propagation of light in most extraordina…

  09.08.2016

• Joining Big Science: How PCs Help Large-Scale Projects

  …ent of tuberculosis, HIV, and cancer (WorldCommunityGrid), protein structure determination (Rosetta@home), development of meteorological forecasts for the nearest future (ClimatePrediction) and others.   All these projects have the same rules: researchers set a task, divide it into simple parts and send volunteers. To become a participant a PC’s user downloads a s…

  09.08.2016

• Drones at Work: Delivering Pizza, Searching for the Lost... and Dismembering Snowmen

  …h ways. The application of the robot is still restricted by the battery life. Amongst the drone's other applications are searching for oil spillages, monitoring the work on construction sites (there is the TraceAir company in Russia that provides such service) and other operations that have to do with monitoring something from above. Obviously, copters will be of …

  08.08.2016

• Life-hacks for Studying Abroad: Students Share their Advices

  …as to pay for his residence permit - about 9600 rubles for Russian students. You'd also have to pay something for the plastic card itself, as well. I still remember the official’s reaction to my surprise: he smiled and said, that in Switzerland you have to pay for everything. Apart from the residence permit, you'd also have to pay a tax of about 30 francs every mon…

  08.08.2016

• Gennady Korotkevich Wins Google Code Jam for the Third Time

  …" Mr. Korotkevich will receive a $15,000 prize and automatic qualification for the 2017 Code Jam Finals to defend his position. Check out a live-stream recording for step-by-step action.  Mr. Korotkevich is the alumnus of ITMO's Information Technologies and Programming Department. ITMO University recently also launched a World Champions Programming School.  …

  06.08.2016

• I, Chatterbot: Why Virtual Conversational Partners are on Trend Again

  …o suggest some new album, or show addresses of the nearest bars on GoogleMaps based on a geotag. All of this can be done using one messenger, the one commonly used for everyday interactions with friends and colleagues. All the advantages The realization of the potential of the new generation bots gradually spread west. The first company to invest in this dire

  05.08.2016

• Big City Traffic Made Effective: from Paid Parking to Life-Hacks

  …r. Sergei Ivanov, the head of the Laboratory of Urban Computing The first attempt at decreasing the number of vehicles parked in the city center that comes to one's mind is introduction of paid parking. This is practiced worldwide. Paid parking has been used in Moscow for quite a long time; it's been a year since it was introduced in Saint Petersburg. The importan…

  05.08.2016

• Self-Driving Cars: Safe and Modern Solution or a Step towards "Rise of the Machines?"

  …The idea of cars that don’t need humans to drive them is an old dream of science-fiction writers. Such technological solutions first appeared many years ago. In 1950-s cruise control systems that control the speed automatically were developed. Currently engineers aims to make completely self-driving cars that can turn, change lines, park, stop and pick up speed as we…

  04.08.2016

• Jaime Lerner: “Don't Trust Pessimists”

  …our life. Besides, more than 50% of carbon emissions come from cars. That is why the rarely we use cars the best quality of life we have. The idea of mobility is based on connection between all transport systems. In 1983 we proposed this system for Rio de Janeiro. It was about how to connect subway and buses. Of course, almost everyone was against at first. Ho…

  04.08.2016

• Bioinformatics Summer School: Where Tech and Biology Come Together

  … use of different types of whole genome sequencing to study the typical (neurotypical) and atypical (neuronetics) paths of development. Andrey Afanasiev, CEO iBinom, laboratory of functional genome analysis MIPT) presented at the summer school with several lectures on the current status of the bioinformatics market and its development, bioinformatics in medicine. Dmi…

  03.08.2016