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• USA Investor on Startups and Challenges Females Face in Business

  …cts they are similar. Still, in the USA business angels invest in a project at its early stages, and here they prefer investing in more developed and established startups. For instance, all the startups I invested in had yet to bring some stable income. In Saint Petersburg, investors seek projects that already earn. For our investors it's important to see the prog…

  03.11.2016

• Hey, Buddy, What’s Up in Google?

  …and sent my SV. There I also focused on mobile app development — while studying at university I had some problems with it. Facebook has over six apps including Whatsapp and Instagram. We dealt with a program which coordinated the whole package of built-in apps so as to automate the updating process, so that cell phone users wouldn’t have to do it by themselves. Fo…

  02.11.2016

• Math Problems Are a Hard Nut to Crack

  …h task is unique — the more creative a solution is, the more points are given to a participant. "To train participants for these contests, experts use various methods. For instance, ITMO University’s training sessions are based on suballocated approach — experts in different fields of mathematics such as analytic geometry, linear algebra, math analysis, game and …

  02.11.2016

• Chirality: The Property That Changes It All

  … of some shellfish, human feet or palms, even a common screw — all of those things are chiral. So, chirality is widespread in both living organisms and inanimate nature", explains Ivan Rukhlenko, head of the Laboratory. According to the scientist, dimensional configuration of molecules can be left- and right-sided. As biomolecules are chiral, their interactions wit…

  02.11.2016

• ITMO University Won a Grant by Horizon 2020 for Smart City Development

  …students will take part into the project. This year the Department of Mathematical Physics and Information Theory in cooperation with St. Petersburg Department of V.A. Steklov Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences launched a Master’s program "Mathematical Physics and Theory of Information." Its students will participate in cutting edge research …

  01.11.2016

• Nuclear Accident Prevention — ITMO’s Graduate Elaborates New Method

  …lly effective in working with large amounts of technical properties: all operations are split into "sub-operations", and for each of those critical conditions are defined. For instance, the pressure level — it can be high, low, normal, etc. Then, all such data is assembled into charts, which makes analyzing different situations easier. Thus, it becomes clear which of…

  01.11.2016

• Cancer Detection: How To Stay Out of Harm’s Way

  …evention, which is really effective. Still, morbidity rates aren't affected by particular physicians or cases. Only major changes on the level of society can do the trick. For instance, in the 1960s the morbidity rates for gastric cancer dropped considerably. Gastric cancer is really dangerous, with high fatality rates. So, what happened? Household refrigerators beca…

  31.10.2016

• 5 Cool and Spooky Finds

  …Killer clowns or dark alleys scare you? The science of fear explains why we get goose bumps and freeze in place and also says that in a world of modern fears, such as losing your phone or a public speech, getting an old-fashioned scare can be good for you. Worried about machine-related Apocalypses? Google’s neutral networks have just created their own encryption u…

  31.10.2016

• A Business Coach on How to Improve Oneself:"If Everything Is Clear Why Don’t You Follow These Rules?"

  …dern tendencies in different fields. Then one has to connect one’s interests with disciplines that seem attractive. Good news is that all the information about it is open. For instance, Scolkovo and Russian Venture Company research professions of the future. There are also many books devoted to tech trends that will be relevant in 50 years. What to do if someo…

  28.10.2016

• Technology Brokers: Who Are They and How to Become one?

  …re the same. One might get the necessary experience and skills during his professional career, or just be naturally good at it. Still, it's possible to share the methods, the "instruments" to connecting universities and establishments", explained Nikolai Bovtunov. So, both in Russia and abroad there are no educational programs that make one a technology broker.…

  28.10.2016