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• 5 Science News Now

  …ultisensory effects near the face and enhance the sense of presence. Shark scales make better planes. During the study of shark skin, a research team demonstrated a new, bioinspired structure that could improve the aerodynamic performance of planes, wind turbines, drones and cars. They found that in addition to reducing drag, the denticle-shaped structures signifi…

  12.02.2018

• Russian Superstitions: Some Do’s and Don’ts

  …for a dinner party. There’s a few things to keep in mind before your visit. The first is, don’t ever greet someone over a threshold, that’s BAD luck, that is, if one of you is inside, the other is still outside, don’t shake hands, try not to have a conversation either, just get in and do your greetings and friendly remarks while you’re all on the same side. Also keep…

  09.02.2018

• How to Become Part of ITMO’s Academic Mobility Program

  …erm trips - all trips that last up to a month. These usually include conferences, summer and winter schools, intensive educational courses (common in Finnish universities, for instance), and internships. №2: Exchange semesters at partner universities. You’ll get to spend an entire semester at an international university of your choice without any detriment to your…

  09.02.2018

• Food Chemistry: “Natural” Doesn’t Always Mean “Good”

  …Natural food lovers and those who protest against the use of chemicals in food production often demand to hear “the truth” about food - which, they believe, mostly has to do with learning about the content of chemicals in food products. Recently, the science journal Chemistry gave an answer to their question - they’ve researched all products and made a list of tho…

  09.02.2018

• If You Want to be the Best, Learn From the Best: ITMO University Collaborates with Alibaba Cloud University

  …s” and currently has an extensive entrepreneurial network worldwide. The most successful graduate is Jack Ma, the founder of the Alibaba Group. There are more than 40 research institutes at the university and more than 2000 researchers, lecturers and employees. HDU is managed directly by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and also the local governmen…

  08.02.2018

• Cheap, Eco-Friendly, Biocompatible: Bright Prospects For Nanocellulose

  …ter we have the cellulose, the next step is to break it down to nanofibrils that are about a thousand times smaller than cellulose fibers. As result, we get hydrogen-bonded chains of cellulose molecules; some of such “clusters” of molecules are separated by non-crystalline regions. If we dissolve them, we obtain the cellulose nanocrystals we've been talking about; us…

  08.02.2018

• D Notation: New Startup Offers an Innovative Mobile Music Notebook

  …d musicians supporting us in this endeavor. Tutors from many of the country’s regions have already assessed our app per the Ministry of Culture’s request, and many educational institutions – from regular schools to music conservatories – took part. Among them are the St. Petersburg State Conservatory, the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music and others. Some schools have…

  07.02.2018

• New Semester At The Children's University

  … In order to make the sessions more interesting, we’ve been ironing out the difficulties, i.e. we’ve dropped the information that would’ve been too complex to understand. For instance, we had a group of 12 children to whom we explained the work of a microcontroller. Needless to say, we didn’t talk about programming and complex mathematical issues. We simply gave a m…

  07.02.2018

• HACKATHON 2025: Innovations for Cities of the Future

  …the skills to implement it. Hackathon 2025 was held in two formats: an ideas competition (for concepts and projects) and an IT-Hackathon. Over the course of two days, teams brainstormed their project concepts for cities of the future. For the IT-Hackathon, participants had 24 hours to develop an IT solution in any of the 10 possible categories including transportatio…

  06.02.2018

• Projects by ITMO’s Higher School of Lighting Design Win LIT Design Awards

  …aphic content is always different as it depends on the emotions the viewer experiences; what is more, it affects the other participants, as well. “Why do we call this installation “theater”? Though we don’t have a particular director or actors, we show that all of the participants act as actors, directors and stage designers. We make it a point to forego the…

  06.02.2018