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• For Commitment to Science: Applications Open for National Academic Prize by Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education

  The Ministry of Science and Higher Education’s prize “For Commitment to Science” recognizes individuals who have made a significant contribution to the promotion of scientific knowledge. The award is open to journalists and media specialists, as well as students, science communicators, museum staff, exhibition curators, and other public figures.

  27.04.2021

• Break Down by Atoms: Obsession-Free Eco-Lifestyle and Space Explorations

  Every month, the Break Down by Atoms popular science talk show by the Informational Center for Atomic Energy brings together all kinds of people who enjoy exploring the world of science. As always, several experts from entirely different fields give short talks on a common topic – the first event in 2021 was dedicated to balance.

  26.01.2021

• To Infinity and Beyond: How Modern Discoveries Are Changing Our Understanding of the Solar System

  We are used to viewing the Solar System as something well-known – all of us learn the planets and their classification at school – but over the past 30 years many discoveries have been made that changed the way we think about the closest astronomical objects to Earth. The discovery of a new class of dwarf planets, Pluto’s denunciation, the launch of New Horizons and  Voyager, which reached the edge of heliopause to find the Kuiper belt and the scattered disc, water found on Mars and the Moon – all of these milestones demonstrate the limits of our knowledge and point at an abundance of future discoveries.   

  11.01.2021

• Seven Sins of Our Memory or Why We Forget Things

  What do scientists know about the way our memory works? Which part of the brain is responsible for the process of remembering? Is it possible to remember everything or at least not forget the important things? Polina Krivykh, a psychophysiologist, popularizer of neuroscience, and author of the book Where Are My Glasses and Other Stories About Our Memory answers all these questions. 

  07.01.2021

• Optical Computers Explained: Will They Replace the Regular Kind?

  Modern computers are becoming increasingly more power-hungry and their performance doesn’t always meet our needs. Some say that optical computers could be the solution. ITMO University professor Ivan Iorsh spoke to ITMO.NEWS to help us learn what they are.

  25.11.2020

• Top Nine Questions About Genome Decoding

  These days, we often hear about scientists having decoded the genome of this or that species. ITMO.NEWS and Aleksey Komissarov, a researcher at ITMO’s SCAMT Institute, explain what DNA is, how it helps us study animal ancestry, and in what way DNA testing differs from genome research.

  20.11.2020

• How the Stones of Ancestors Exhibition Changes Our Perception of Archaeology

  This week is your last chance to visit the exhibition of Stone Age artifacts at the A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications. The exhibition is a DIY project created by enthusiastic archaeologists, artists, historians, and science communicators.

  19.11.2020

• Ancient Art & Science, or What Killed the Medusa

  ITMO professor Sergei Stafeev recently delivered a lecture in which he spoke about how Greek philosophers succeeded in discovering many of the laws of optics, how these discoveries were reflected in art, and what’s similar about the story of Medusa and one of the Harry Potter books. ITMO.NEWS put down the main ideas.

  02.11.2020

• Allergist Olga Zhogoleva on Evidence-Based Medicine and Myths

  Allergist Olga Zhogoleva is not only known for her medical practice – she also runs a popular Instagram blog about evidence-based medicine with over 160,000 followers.

  29.10.2020

• Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg on the Universe’s Expansion and Key Challenges of Modern Physics

  How does particle physics help us explore space? What great challenges are scientists still facing? And what are they going to do next? Steven Weinberg, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and science popularizer, addressed all these issues at the NAUKA 0+ Festival.

  19.10.2020