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BioPrint Workshop Takes Place at ITMO University
Top scientists from Canada, Germany, China, and the US have discussed the future of bioprinting with students, who also were able to try 3D printing with their own hands. Learn more in this ITMO.NEWS article.
10.11.2020
ITMO Highpark Joins New AI-Focused Science and Education Center
ITMO Highpark, the university’s upcoming second campus in the satellite city Yuzhny, has joined a scientific and educational center within the framework of the NOC project. This center will be engaged in studying artificial intelligence in industry.
10.11.2020
University College Dublin's Prof. John T. Sheridan on Holography, Career, and Irish Culture
This November, one of the top experts in the world of photonics will conduct a series of open lectures for ITMO students. ITMO.NEWS spoke with Professor John T. Sheridan about the future of holography, academic networking, and why he believes it’s better to think it over ten times before becoming a professor.
09.11.2020
Picture of the Week: Rainbow Shine in Polymeric Materials
This effect can be used to control the internal stress on surfaces of transparent objects, which is required to monitor quality control of products and their technical state.
09.11.2020
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
Picture of the Week: An Atomic Force Microscope Celebrates Halloween
The picture shows the probe of an atomic force microscope seen through a secondary optical microscope.
30.10.2020
ITMO Scientists Demonstrate Record-Breaking Light Coupling into Optical Fiber at Large Incidence Angles
The invention opens up new opportunities in the field of medicine, including endoscopy and laparoscopy, quantum technologies, and fiber-optic sensors. The concept proposed by the scientists got on the front cover of the October issue of ACS Photonics.
27.10.2020
Student Science Open Day: Your Guide to ITMO Master’s Programs and Opportunities
ITMO University has recently hosted Student Science Open Day to let first-year Master’s students get acquainted with all the opportunities the university provides. ITMO.NEWS sums up all the main points of the event in this guide that will help you develop in science, entrepreneurship, and teaching.
23.10.2020
Picture of the Week: A Holographic Image in the Augmented Reality System
Thanks to a special technology, the image can be seen both up close and from afar – its levels of brightness and contrast remain equally high.
09.10.2020
In a Nutshell: Genome Editing and the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
This year, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to researchers who developed the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing method. ITMO.NEWS and Pavel Dobrynin, a researcher and engineer at ITMO’s Information Technologies and Programming Faculty, explain the essence of the winners’ research and what makes it a truly world-changing discovery.
08.10.2020