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• 5 Things You Need to Know

  …x-ray of Earth’s interior is coming into focus with a catalogue of subducted plates and related surface rock records. Graphene textiles could enable wearable electronics. A new method of producing environmentally friendly conductive cotton fabrics using graphene-based ink opens a world of possibilities for flexible and wearable devices, healthcare applications and…

  28.11.2016

• The Ultimate Guide to the Russian Banya

  …crooned, "Fill me with heat, loosen my tongue…" The Banya finds its way into films, most notably the festive Soviet favourite "Irony of Fate" about a group of friends whose New Year Trip to the banya has calamitous consequences. Also, the TV serial "Naval Cadets, Charge", in which a foreigner is flayed with veniki to the point of actual death. And the banya has en…

  25.11.2016

• Mind Games: Quests as a Way to Learn and Have Fun at the Same Time

  … as World of Warcraft. But somewhere along the way, in the late 2000s, adventure gaming made a decisive shift from the digital and into the real world, creating an entirely new entertainment genre. Known abroad as "Immersive Team Games' or "Escape Room Games,' they are referred to in Russia by the far snappier term "Kvest' or "Quest.' The basic premise is usually …

  25.11.2016

• Quantum Dots Offer New Platform for Fingertip Terahertz Devices

  …ute of Photonic Technologies and leading research associate at ITMO University. "We demonstrated that quantum dots are a good alternative for conventional semiconductors. This new technology gives us an opportunity to generate terahertz at room temperature. And potentially make terahertz devices compact and cheap." Today terahertz generation relies on sources that…

  25.11.2016

• A New City Guide App from the Science Slam Participant

  …bered that since my school years, I was really interested in my city's history and culture, won contests and the like. Also, I remembered that it's often hard to navigate in a new city. And that is a problem, because when traveling, you want to spend your time as efficiently as possible. So I decided to solve this problem with a mobile app. When I was still a Bachel…

  24.11.2016

• How Can We Affect the Evolution Theory Today?

  …Neanderthals has been disproved. According to genetic tests made in the recent decade, modern people have only 1−4% of Neanderthal genes. As of now, science constantly offers new views on the evolution process, as things that influenced this before, become negligible nowadays. Contemporary natural selection It may seem that humans stopped transforming by natural…

  24.11.2016

• Vox Populi: ITMO’s International Council Meeting From a Different Angle

  …Looking at the meeting from newcomer’s point of view allows to flag up questions never raised before. Why does the Council need to involve students in the complicated decision making process? What benefits can be reaped by students? As enthusiastic students who focus not only on studying, but also on social and university activities, Yaroslav and his peers took a ch…

  24.11.2016

• Internet of Magic Things: How to Improve IoT Systems

  …enarios cannot be applied to interaction with Internet of Things (IoT). For example, one of IoT’s characteristics is that each network node, which appears when one installs a new device, provokes plenty of scenario transitions. Besides, all devices have their own micro scenarios. One also has to take into account that different users with various needs will use the …

  23.11.2016

• The "Student of the Year" Prize Goes to ITMO

• ITMO University Launches New Chemical-Biological Center

  …The new center is comprised of a network of world-class laboratories, the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology and the Research and Educational Center (REC) of Chemistry and Biotechnology. Bachelor's students will receive advanced training at the REC, while the Department is aimed at Master's and Research Students — up to 150 students are expected to enroll …

  22.11.2016