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  • Like Doesn’t Cure Like: Homeopathy and Its Fake Medications

    Disputes on the effectiveness of homeopathy appeared a couple of centuries ago, when this field was invented, and remain relevant till these days. Recently, the Committee for Pseudoscience Control of the Russian Academy of Sciences released a memorandum devoted to criticism of homeopathy.

    01.03.2017

  • Fourth Session of Hermitage’s Art&Science Project: Laser Technologies and Interactive Art Installations

    The "Art&Science: Art, Science, Museum" project took place in the Hermitage on February 18th. The headliners of this session were physicist Paraskevi Pouli from Greece and American artist Ken Renaldo.

    20.02.2017

  • A Semester in China: ITMO Student Shared his Impressions

    Maksim Ivanov, Master’s student of the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations, spent the last semester at the Beijing Institute of Technology. He talked about his extraordinary experience in such an unusual country, its culture and people and said why he’d like to connect himself with China. A list of prejudices and lifehacks is attached!

    17.02.2017

  • From dry Statistics to Reality: the Experts Explain How Numbers Reflect the State of Russian Science

    The quality of modern science cannot be judged only by bare statistical information. Such numbers as the amount of scientists under 30, articles published in international journals, investments in science and many other ones don’t reflect the full extent of scientific development these days. Recently, the Ministry of Education and Higher School of Economics presented a report on the dynamics of development indicators of Russian science. ITMO.NEWS asked experts about what these numbers mean.

    14.02.2017

  • Jobs of the Future: Who Will Design Emotions and Preach IT Knowledge?

    What happens on the backstage of the world’s largest telecomm companies? What are the main trends of this sector and what specialists will be in demand in this field? Specialists of Megafon, the Russian phone and telecom operator, answered these questions during an interactive lecture, which became part of the event devoted to the Day of Technological Entrepreneurship and Innovations.

    13.02.2017

  • The Master Provocateur

    The entire captivating point of the Jan Fabre exhibition currently at the Hermitage Museum is not that it confounds critics, astounds art aficionados or even that it appeals to stalwart fans of the iconoclastic Dutch artist and theatremaker.

    03.02.2017

  • Science by High-School Students: Young Engineers Presented their Projects

    Over the last few days, the 13th Baltic Science and Engineering Competition has been taking place at ITMO. This year you can look at 289 projects by 349 participants from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. Here are some projects made by some of the young talents.

    02.02.2017