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A Necklace of Resonators: How Scientists Efficiently Control Light in Nanoscale
…ow one another, but other geometries are also possible, for instance, fan-like, circular, or semicircular, depending on the task at hand. Bringing down the size The new principle can potentially be employed to decrease general sizes of laser blocks in various devices, including telecom ones, as it will make their resonators smaller. “As of now, there…
11.12.2020
How To Look for Trustworthy Medical Information Online
… What are the most obvious red flags? What are the signs of reliable information? During the pandemic, new medical research and data appear every day. How do we know what to trust? Are there any useful sources to follow if I want to learn more about medicine? Are there any good resources in Russian? Can we trust blogs run by doct…
10.12.2020
ITMO Graduate Nikolai Golos on Brainstorming and Launching a Startup
…MO University through a portfolio competition. When did you decide to launch your first startup? In a couple of months, I learned that ITMO Accelerator was searching for new projects. I already had a lot of experience and even a list of ideas I wanted to implement. So I asked my friend to join me and started developing Funbo. Could you tell us more about…
10.12.2020
Student Spotlight: Jorge Medina, Colombia
…favorite places here – like the Hermitage, the Russian Museum, or Erarta. Since I like photography, this city is wonderful for taking pictures, every season of the year feels new. What do you think about the Russian language? Do you find it difficult to learn? As a Slavic language, Russian is very different from Spanish, and at first I understood only a few wo…
10.12.2020
Researcher Daria Martynova on the Connection Between Art and Medicine
…d an organizer of the TECHNOHISTORY event series. She also actively participates in research at the Higher School of Economics and the State Institute for Art Studies. ITMO.NEWS met with Daria Martynova to learn more about her projects, how she manages to work at a tech university and study art, as well as why a museum in Copenhagen exhibits blood samples of every…
09.12.2020
NTI FoodNet: How Food Science and New Technologies Can Save the Planet
…he idea of separate branches of economy, such as agroindustry, logistics, trade, and the food service industry. FoodNet brings them all together: from the development of brand-new products such as artificial meat to creating personalized nutrition apps; from growing agricultural products to recycling chocolate bar wrappers. “It is impossible to follow today…
09.12.2020
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 12-13
ITMO University Researchers Shed New Light on Plasmonic Nanolasers
…A paper on the subject of this research was published in the first issue of Advanced Photonics Research, a new journal of the reputable publisher Wiley, which also distributes Laser & Photonics Reviews, Advanced Optical Materials, Advanced Science, and many other high-impact publications. ‘Impossible’ device The distinctive feature of these lasers lies in their…
08.12.2020
How To Survive Russian Winter: Tips From International Students and Staff
…cold and all I can recommend is to get good warm clothes, especially a coat. Last year, as a first-year Bachelor’s student, I spent most of the wintertime studying with my new friends. All of us were concentrated on doing well on our exams. It was a pretty impressive level of teamwork that was going on during this time of year! I also enjoyed walking around th…
08.12.2020
ITMO Students and Staff Can Now Read E-Books For Free via LitRes
… In this case, ITMO Library will purchase it and then all ITMO students and staff will be able to read it, too,” comments Maria Topunova, deputy head of ITMO library. New ITMO Library |s=2,center| On December 1, the upgraded ITMO Library with an open collection opened at the Lomonosova St. 9 campus. There you can read, work on a computer in silence, an…
08.12.2020