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• ITMO PhD Student Joins Nobel Winner Konstantin Novoselov's Smart Membrane Research

  In the future, the results of this project may provide the foundation for artificial cells. The research was published in Nature Nanotechnology. 

  11.11.2020

• Russian Scientists Develop Perovskite Metasurfaces for Smart Glass

  Perovskite thin films will make it possible to turn normal glass into smart surfaces that can display information in AR devices and convert solar energy into electricity. The research of the group headed by ITMO scientists has been published in Laser & Photonics Reviews. 

  10.11.2020

• ITMO Researchers Discover Material With Refractive Index Higher Than in Silicon

  This will potentially allow them to create more compact and efficient elements for lasers, sensors, and optical chips. Moreover, it proves the hypothesis that ITMO physicists had about the connection between a material’s refractive index and its electronic features. The research has been published in Nanophotonics.

  03.11.2020

• Research Team from ITMO University, St. Petersburg State University, and Nova Southeastern University Is the First to Sequence the Genome of Moss Animals

  Moss animals (Bryozoa) are a source of bryostatin, a promising material to be used in medicine. However, the genome of these species hasn’t been analyzed until now. The research has been published in Scientific Data. 

  28.10.2020

• 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

• ITMO Researchers Find a Way to Control Whole-Cell Biocatalysis Using Magnetic Fields

  The suggested method allows researchers to control whole-cell biocatalysis without any effect on the cells’ viability. The method can considerably improve biosynthetic and biotechnological processes. The research has been published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 

  22.10.2020

• ITMO Researchers Suggest New Way to Improve Quantum Encryption in Optical Fiber Communication Lines

  Staff members of the Laboratory of Quantum Processes and Measurements have found the cause of errors that occur on subcarrier frequencies in quantum key distribution (QKD) systems – as well as a way to eliminate it. Their research was published in Optics Express. 

  19.10.2020

• Scientists Explain Why Paradise State Is Hard to Reach

  Authors of a paper on social relations’ modelling have adapted the popular model of human interaction in a society by adding individual preferences. According to the initial theory, human relations may reach a “paradise state” at some point. However, the new model contradicts this idea.

  14.10.2020

• ITMO Researchers Create Unique Wound-Healing Nanofibers Based on Hyaluronic Acid

  Researchers from the International Scientific and Research Institute of Bioengineering are the first to obtain nanofiber based on hyaluronic acid with introduced curcumin and usnic acid, natural biologically active substances. Such nanofibers can be used to create wound dressings for treatment of melanomas, burns, and ulcers. 

  30.09.2020

• ITMO Scientists Use Computer Vision Technologies and Neural Networks to Assess Meditation Efficiency

  The algorithm created by ITMO researchers can assess a person’s psycho-emotional state based on a smartphone video of a meditation session. It tracks evenness of breath, body positioning and limb movements. The research results were published in Future Internet.

  24.08.2020