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• 5 Science News Now

  …s and clouds can influence surface temperature and the potential for a planet to support life. Six-legged robots get closer to nature. Tokyo Tech researchers have uncovered new ways of driving multi-legged robots by means of a two-level controller. The proposed controller uses a network of so-called non-linear oscillators that enables the generation of diverse gai…

  11.03.2018

• Exchange Students from Brazil: 'They're Always Happy'

  …formatics, this is the perfect place to be.” Living in St. Petersburg Once they arrived at ITMO, all exchange students were paired up with local students through the new program known by them as the “buddy system”. The local students, who must have a strong English language level and a desire to help others, have an opportunity to interact with students fro…

  09.03.2018

• Women and Science: ITMO’s Finest

  …these two areas of activity, science and business are inseparable. I have been working the field of lighting design for about ten years. The science work and the search for new interdisciplinary approaches for organizing the quality of the light environment gives me the opportunity to see ahead of the trends and key areas of development in this field. The work …

  08.03.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: March 8-11

  … events and activities you just haven’t had the time for in winter - so be sure to check with our previous guides so as not to miss anything! See you next week! Yours, ITMO.NEWS.  …

  07.03.2018

• ITMO's Young Scientist on How to Win Two Grants and Go to Berlin

• Bookstores of St. Petersburg

  …y off Nevsky Prospekt – is the perfect spot to have a cup of joe with a nice book. Don’t miss the stairs to the second floor, which hosts the shop’s selection of magazines and newspapers from all over the world. Anglia Fontanka emb., 38. Website The bookshop Anglia has one of the probably largest collections of foreign literature in St. Petersburg, including…

  06.03.2018

• ITMO and Mel Science Launch Affiliate Program for Kids

  …e with an educational app that allows the children to explore the compounds used in the experiments as 3D models, as well as learn more about the related topics or check their new knowledge by passing tests. The company has two offices, in St. Petersburg and London, and has been acknowledged as one of the most interesting and educational chemical projects accordin…

  06.03.2018

• Science Slam: Dark Matter and Liquid Batteries for Electric Vehicles

  …to improve them and make them liquid. So we took all the active substances – cathode, anode and electrolyte, added some starch and made liquid electrodes. How does this new battery work? Positive and negative electrode materials cannot mix, so they have to be stored in separate tanks. But at the same time they should interact with each other. So we made our ba…

  05.03.2018

• Climate Change: Future Challenges for Urban Scientists

  … concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was very high, then it gradually diminished in the course of the following 50 million years. Nowadays, humanity has become a new geological force, as it releases the carbon accumulated in fossil fuels back into the atmosphere. Research shows that global warming manifests inside the troposphere - the part of the at…

  05.03.2018

• 5 Science News Now

  …Edible electronics cookies? Scientists report that they have developed a way to write graphene patterns onto virtually any surface including food. They say the new technique could lay the groundwork for the edible electronics capable of tracing the progression of foods from farm to table, as well as detecting harmful organisms that can cause gastric distress. Aque…

  05.03.2018