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• Future Tech and Mushrooms: Media Art at Optomycelium Exhibition

  …ibition’s main subject is an examination of ITMO itself and the interspecies, interdisciplinary, and intertechnological interaction within one ecosystem. The event’s curator draws a parallel between the university’s internal framework (with networks of interactions between students, lecturers, scientists, research teams, partners, and external institutions) and the n…

  27.01.2022

• Crocodile Tears, Plant Afterlife, and Mystic Science: What to See at the Paranature Institute Exhibition

  … Pogrebnyak and Anton Schegolev, looks at data as a space of chaos and horror. The artists view the flow of information as a thinking being that grows following its own inner laws and infinitely expands its borders. There is a choice to drown and get lost in it, or to try and work out its logic to discover a coherent narrative. However, any attempt to make sense is d…

  18.01.2022

• Eco-Friendly Holidays: A Festive Checklist by ITMO.GREEN

  …drink, check the My Cup, Please website for a list of coffee shops that provide discounts and bonuses to those who bring their own reusable cups. Also, try to avoid plastic straws.   Say no to fireworks within city limits, especially near houses: not only is it unsafe (due to possible injuries or fire hazards), but it is also harmful to the environment. When u…

  03.01.2022

• Reservoir Computing and New Surgical Materials: This Year’s Presidential Grant-Winning Projects by ITMO’s Young Scientists

  …tics, will focus his grant-winning research on the development of interactive design methods for single-drive robotic systems with morphological computing of movement control laws. “For me, winning this contest has become yet another confirmation of the relevance of my chosen research field. After defending a PhD thesis on the synthesis of mechanisms for adaptiv…

  30.12.2021

• Library-on-a-Chip: Scientists Record Data on Nanoscale Layers of Metal-Organic Frameworks for First Time

  … “The majority of MOFs are sensitive to rapid changes in humidity and temperature, which limits the scope of their possible application. Despite the existing material flaws, we managed to develop a framework that maintains its functional properties under normal atmospheric conditions for a year. All in all, since MOFs are the products of chemical engineering, …

  29.12.2021

• How to Get Into ITMO Without Exams: Mega Contest for Bachelor’s Students and Recent Graduates

  …n to Russian citizens, as well as foreign citizens and stateless persons eligible to receive higher education through budgetary allocations in accordance with Russian federal laws and international treaties signed by the Russian Federation. To participate in the contest, prospective participants must sign up on the official website (in Russian) and choose a track or …

  28.12.2021

• Dark Matter and Quantum States: All About ITMO's New Frontier Labs

  …arch associate at the School of Physics and Engineering, head of the Laboratory of Functional Materials for Polaritonic Quantum Logic Project concept Typically, the laws of quantum physics work on the micro-scale – at the level of single atoms or nanoparticles. But there is a whole class of materials which don’t abide by the laws

  28.12.2021

• ITMO Fellowship Stories: Prof. Michael Nosonovsky on Triboinformatics, Working Across an Ocean, and Latin Dance

  …that also has a fundamental significance, because friction is a universal phenomenon. Physics doesn’t do a good job of explaining friction and grounding it in the fundamental laws of the discipline. That’s why I decided to devote my PhD thesis to the stability theory for friction in elastic solids. After that, as a postdoc I got into nanotribology – a field that stud…

  20.12.2021

• Inclusive Education at ITMO: What It Is and Why It Matters

  …ssian), the total number jumped from 16,000 in 2014 to 24,000 in 2019 and is estimated to be about 28,000 in 2021.  It is clear that the developments are positive. The new laws are proving themselves effective, statistically speaking. However, inclusion is as much a political issue as it is a social one. In a university setting, inclusivity implies a collective ef…

  14.12.2021

• New Plant-Based Drug Testing System to Help Cut Down on Animal Testing

  …y have to test a new substance on cell cultures before proceeding with animal trials. I think this is wrong – we need another stage in between these two which would identify flaws and provide room for improvement in drugs, thus saving the lives of many animals. Maybe plant-based models will serve as this middle stage,” says Aleksandra Predeina. Changing science …

  30.11.2021