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• Brain Fitness Games: Can Intelligence Really be Boosted?

  …ose of them who had been playing such games showed better results in the condition of their working memory. Neuroplasticity has to do with the brain’s ability to create new neural links when one learns new skills. On the cognitive level it’s about creating “archives” and storing new knowledge. It wa…

  02.08.2016

• Researchers Are on the Way to Obtain First Chemically Synthesized Metamaterial

  …According to the paper published in Dalton Transactions, the new material belongs to the class of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF) and has a crystalline structure comprising of iron clusters linked by organic ligands. The most apparent property of the resulting material is its giant porosity, which provides numerous active centers inside the crystal for the implementat…

  02.08.2016

• Game Theory: “Game Core” to Make People Play and Give Back

  … want to do valuable and useful things. Game Core works on several trial projects focusing on a wide range of purposes – from game design studying to consulting and developing new games. Game Core will be very successful, declare its’ developers. It becomes possible thanks to a new attitude to games. Currently some stereotypes are pa…

  02.08.2016

• A Student from Iraq: “Studying in Russia was my Dream”

  … because English is a language of international science. Furthermore some of my friends had lived here for some time when I came to St. Petersburg. They helped me to adjust to new conditions. My classmates also helped me – and now we are like a family. There is no difference between Russian and international students – all of us have to meet the same requirements. Ru…

  01.08.2016

• The Master’s Program Enrollment Campaign: Bringing in Best Students and Training Elite Specialists

  …es, Materials of Photonics and Optical Informatics and others. At the same time, these programs change significantly in the process of their development. There are also the new programs that are being developed and introduced due to two reasons. First of all, these are the programs developed with the future markets in mind, - markets that have just started to deve…

  01.08.2016

• Virtual Reality Classrooms: Education of the Future

  …g content is one of the main tasks of the project. "The 360 video format is the easiest way to create fresh content at this time. So this is why we are constantly finding new partners and customers. For example, recently our operator went on an expedition to the Arctic, where he filmed completely unique material. We are preparing this video in cooperation with N…

  01.08.2016

• Five Things We Loved Last Week

  …Hot air balloon record. Famous Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov set a new world record for circling the globe solo in just 11 days. At times he flew as high as 10,000 meters, with temperatures dropping to -56C, causing his oxygen mask and drinking water to freeze. The Telegraph.  Check out the video. Smallest hard disk. A team of scientists at Delft University d…

  30.07.2016

• Nature Index Names ITMO U as a "Rising Star"

• Look at Neptune and Visit a Warship: St. Petersburg Continues to Celebrate Navy Day

  …formance. 1.00 pm Look at or even take part in tug of war sports game on Makarovskaya Street. At the same time you can also visit Yakornaya Square where volunteers will help newcomers to learn more about the city. "Look at Kronstadt" is an interactive guide, which informs about wonderful places to see and upcoming events. 2.00 pm Celebrate Neptune Day at costume p…

  29.07.2016

• Webometrics: ITMO Is Making its Way to the Top