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• How Silver Will Help Detect Pesticide Residue

  …It’s common knowledge that fruit and vegetables are an essential source of vitamins and dietary fiber. The recently published dietary recommendations by American scientists state that one needs to eat two servings of vegetables and three servings of fruit on a daily basis if they want to live a long and healthy life. However, not all agricultural products are healthy…

  17.03.2021

• How To Overcome Fear and Appreciate Viruses: Staying With the Trouble Exhibition at AIR Gallery

  …ere you can find mutual help, altruism, cooperation, competition, and even cheating. We wanted to see how viruses communicate with one another and find ways to apply this knowledge to humans. Sociovirology is a cutting-edge scientific field that requires further development. We opened the program to start building a community around thi…

  15.03.2021

• Maslenitsa Fortune Telling: The Unscientific Method

  …gaged within a year. If it doesn’t, you’ll get to enjoy your singles lifestyle for the next three years.  It gets more complicated: if the blin did flip easily and its edges are smooth, then the union will be a happy one. If your flipping skills are questionable and the edges come out torn, it’s your sign to take a better look b…

  12.03.2021

• Scientists Predict Two-Photon Analog to Quantum Hall Effect

  … phenomena that seem to be completely different can be described using the same equations. This is great luck for physicists, as it gives them an opportunity to apply the knowledge they got from one phenomenon to another. Recently, a team of scientists that includes staff members of ITMO University, Ioffe Institute, and their colleagues from Australian National Un…

  12.03.2021

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: March 13-14, 2021

  …ime, Sevkabel Port will host the Seaside Bazaar aka the city fair of design, local identity, and contemporary culture. It’s a place for exchanging goods, impressions, and knowledge that will bring together over 200 local brands under one roof. Getting into full swing this weekend, the market will let you explore a wide range of products: clothing and accessories, hom…

  10.03.2021

• ITMO Is First Russian University to Organize Hult Prize Competition Semifinal

• ITMO in Top-Three of Potanin Foundation Scholarship Contest

  …ould apply! It’s a great experience that will come in handy.  Alina Rozenblit, first-year Master’s student, Physics of Radiofrequency Technology  I study topological edge stages in electric chains. This is a hot topic in various fields of physics – in my case, optics. Moreover, I do research in phase transitions in robot ensembles. Right now, our team is wo…

  10.03.2021

• 10 Free Live Quiz Tools for the Classroom

  … see the main screen, they can’t see the questions. This is particularly troubling in an online class with a slow connection.  Kahoot is more commonly used for testing knowledge with multiple choice and true/false questions, as these are provided in the free version. But a paid version also gives you the opportunity to type your answer, do surveys, and collect opi…

  09.03.2021

• ITMO Master’s Student Tatiana Statsenko on Internship Abroad During COVID-19

  …rs, not more than that.  You’ve said that their labs are well equipped. Did you have the chance to explore new technologies? Yes, I did. I managed to work with a cutting-edge spectrophotometer that we don’t have. It is used to study the structure of materials. Other than that, the equipment is the same.  How has the pandemic affected lab work? The univers…

  09.03.2021

• Smart Light: ITMO Researchers and Students Create Lighting System That Adapts to How Its Users Feel

  …imit to the light’s capacities.  Lighting can affect our mood and productivity. Properly chosen light can help us unwind or concentrate on the task at hand. Using this knowledge, lighting designers can create perfect lighting for a particular user. But how can we create such a well-suited environment in a working space with several people – each with their own moo…

  04.03.2021