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• Relativity Theory in Layman’s Terms: a New Lecture at the «Gutenberg's Lounge»

  …ry, economics — and none on mathematics. Why does that happen? Mathematics is too abstract. The explanation of one of the simplest concepts of mathematical analysis, the limit of functions, looks really complex in formal language — though we've all got in school when it was explained to us in layman's terms. So the problem for anyone who wants to talk about mathemat…

  05.10.2016

• The Ceaseless Chain: Why Schools and Universities Have to Collaborate?

  …his future professional life. In this context, schools and universities collaborate not only with each other, but with enterprises as well. One can start this work with tours to production sites. At our lyceum, we conduct such events for older students. Thus, the children can understand what they want to do and whether they want to study this or that profession at a …

  05.10.2016

• A New Approach to Education: ITMO’s Academic Board Elaborates New Concepts

  …and make all relevant decisions. Also, there will be a need for a new quality assessment system that involves everyone — administration, lecturers, students. «Orders and instructions don't always bring results — so we have to use the economic inducement for increasing the quality of education. What’s more, to follow the project-based approach to education, we …

  05.10.2016

• New Optical Biosensor Can Diagnose Infections in Few Seconds

  …assengers. Currently, this is partially achieved by thermographic cameras that track body temperature. If a passenger has a fever, one might be dealing with a potential source of infection. In this case, a clarifying analysis is needed that will tell whether the person is indeed sick and what the cause might be. Investigating biomaterial with existing methods, such a…

  05.10.2016

• The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics: Topological Phases of Matter over the Experimental Discovery of Gravitational Waves

  …ribing the properties and phases of superconductors and superfluid. Superfluidity is a substance's ability in quantum fluid state to seep through narrow ducts and crevices with no friction in conditions close to absolute zero. Earlier, superfluidity was found only in liquid helium, then in solid-state helium that originates in conditions of extremely low temperatures…

  04.10.2016

• In Terms of Science: the Explanation for Paranormal Phenomena

  …used by pain. To deceive the brain, Vilayanur Ramachandran, an Indian neurologist, created a special mirror box. A patient puts the unaffected hand inside and focuses on its' reflection. Then he has to imagine that he move both hands simultaneously. This procedure helps many patients with amputated limbs. Everybody can receive such an experience by taking part …

  04.10.2016

• Web Standard days: a Quick Guide for Future Web-Developers

  …on As a rule, there are more workers than engineers in any industry. IT is the same: about 10% of people in the field know complex instrumentation like high-level mathematical abstractions, and the remaining 90% are standard developers. Therefore, there are not many tasks that call for advanced knowledge. Also, as soon as a new engineering task is solved, it automa…

  04.10.2016

• Russia’s «First Non-Classical» Welcomes: an Open Day at ITMO’s School of Internet Technologies and Programming

  …programmers are no longer those grim geniuses that spend sleepless nights writing the code, and information communication technologies are now used for much more than just service functions. «For a really long time, information technologies served other sciences and applications areas: let's say, someone sold watermelons and kept his books on paper, then decided to…

  03.10.2016

• Wiki-Conference 2016: The Problem of Rights and Freedom

  …science «open». For instance, some use the following method: a scientist can't get a grant from the government unless the research results are to be published openly. As of now, protection of large amounts of data is beneficial to only a small part of the populace, but stalls the development of the society as a whole. «If humanity gets access to maximum data, then …

  03.10.2016

• From Fashion to the Everyday Life: What is a «Smart Chameleon Jacket»?

  …ommercialization of his development: there were no high-quality flexible electronic elements. Currently large corporations present flexible phones and TV screens, but their mass production has not been launched yet. Moreover, the users' feedback is also yet to be received. One can realize that if one constantly bends flexible electronic elements they can be broken. …

  30.09.2016