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• Visiting Scientist Silvio Hrabar: Why It’s Important to Find New Uses for Old Discoveries

  …The antenna is the only modern compact device that hasn’t been scaled down to a microscopic size. Take transistors – they keep getting smaller and smaller. Yet the antenna remains the same size as it’s been. There are certain physical laws that are stopping us from reducing the size of the antennas below the wavelength of the signal, but it could finally be done with…

  16.05.2017

• Chemists Brought Folded Proteins to Life

  …Proteins, especially including enzymes as accelerators of chemical reactions, are the basis of pharmaceutical and food industries. Meanwhile, 80% of these substances are lost during synthesis. Influenced by unfavorable factors like strong acids, alkalis or heating, proteins denature, that is they lose their original shape and simultaneo…

  16.05.2017

• ITMO's FutureTechnologies Accelerator - New Projects

  …for an acceleration program's development; this has to do with changes in the business incubator's workflow, as well as trends in the market and interuniversity processes. For instance, after the Institute of Cold and Biotechnology joined ITMO, we started to include projects in the FoodTech field.  We believe that when working with proj…

  15.05.2017

• Battle of the Capitals: St. Petersburg Takes Home the Prize

  …he team trainers about why competitions are important for the players and what they found difficult or enjoyable. Elena Afanasyeva, computer science teacher from Moscow, trains a team competing in “Swing Sets”. “What matters for me as a teacher is that competing in the tournament gives my students a chance to hone their project work skills. Before and durin…

  15.05.2017

• 5 Things You Need to Know Now

  …Amazon—in areas with little moisture known as drylands. The host 40% more forest than thought, making it a 9% bump in total global forest coverage. Anticancer nanomaterials inspired by volcano. Researchers at Aalto University, Finland, have developed anticancer nanomaterials by simulating the volcano-induced dynamic chemistry of the deep ocean. The novel method en…

  15.05.2017

• “People Need You!” Contest: Social Entrepreneurship for Children

  …aign in their neighborhood and organized meetings during which they educated others on the rules of waste treatment and the importance of recycling. Using their own funds they installed eco-boxes to collect used batteries, fluorescent lamps and paper waste and then collected it for recycling. The campaign results were published in local media and the children teamed …

  12.05.2017

• Carving Your Niche

  …each disciples, they teach academic art, painting, sculptures.” “The emphasis is on accuracy first and self-expression second, it's more about being a good craftsmen,” explains Nelly, she also shares about how the atmosphere can be challenging as teachers are not afraid to criticize, so if you aren’t used to the system it can be hard, often they criticize you and …

  12.05.2017

• ITMO and Finland's XAMK University Strengthen Relationship

  …ork, innovation ecosystem, international partnerships and the activity and future plans regarding its business incubator. Alexander Boukhanovsky presented eScience Research Institute’s key research. He spoke, in particular, of a project conducted in May of 2016 by an international research team that included scientists from ITMO University. The study included a se…

  12.05.2017

• ITMO University and Kazan Quantum Center Launch the First Multinode Quantum Network in CIS

  …e able to offer their clients information protection services. This will be achieved by scaling our solutions and forming standards in the field of quantum communication, explains Artur Gleim, head of ITMO's Quantum Informatics Lab of International Institute “Photonics and Optical Information Technology" and Kazan Quantum Center's Labor…

  11.05.2017

• Royal Society Member Maurice Skolnick: Why Making Science Understandable to Society Matters

  …opment of quantum computers, as well as communication and cryptography. These are areas that could greatly benefit us in the future, especially in case of the latter. You will instantly know if someone’s trying to intercept your data if you’re transmitting it using single photons. Quantum computers are in the long-term perspective and they’ll only start being used in…

  11.05.2017