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• Picture of the Week: Hollow Copper Nanocapsule

• ITMO’s Professor Maya Uspenskaya on Treatment of Diseases that Cause Heart Failure

  …You received a grant as part of the Russian Science Foundation’s infrastructure-based research competition. Could you share more about the grant and its conditions? The infrastructural grant of the Russian Science Foundation implies the realization of a joint project by research teams from two organizations. In our case, the second o…

  12.03.2021

• Maslenitsa Fortune Telling: The Unscientific Method

  … curious about their future love interests. Whether the same methods work for single males in pursuit of a suitable match requires further research. For the record, there’s no scientific evidence that fortune telling on blinis – as popular as it might be – works for anyone, but it is guaranteed to bring on a blissful food coma. The First Blin A famous Russian s…

  12.03.2021

• ITMO University Launches Job Contest for Participants of 10th Congress of Young Scientists

  …This year, ITMO offers new opportunities to the participants of the Congress of Young Scientists. Now, the university’s students and those who only plan to the university can get a job as part of doing their research. “This shall offer additional support to young scientists who enroll at our university,” says Oleg Eliseev, the head…

  12.03.2021

• Scientists Predict Two-Photon Analog to Quantum Hall Effect

  …g the same equations. This is great luck for physicists, as it gives them an opportunity to apply the knowledge they got from one phenomenon to another. Recently, a team of scientists that includes staff members of ITMO University, Ioffe Institute, and their colleagues from Australian National University predicted a quantum photonic effect that is analogous to the…

  12.03.2021

• ITMO in Top-Three of Potanin Foundation Scholarship Contest

  …Galina Grenning, first-year Master’s student, Science Communication  After getting my Bachelor’s degree, I spent three years organizing scientific and educational events for healthcare specialists. At that time, I actively collaborated with nonprofits that promote the prevention of major diseases (e.g. HIV, hepatitis) and support…

  10.03.2021

• ITMO Researchers Suggest New Laser Microscopy Method

  …bilities of laser microscopy. An article on the subject was published by Advanced Photonics Research. The objects of researchers’ studies are becoming increasingly smaller. Scientists desire to know how chemical bonds in proteins can unfold due to thermal effects, or how cell organelles react to light. Therefore, a number of optical non-invasive tools are being su…

  09.03.2021

• ITMO Master’s Student Tatiana Statsenko on Internship Abroad During COVID-19

  …On the internship and scientific project You’ve just got back from North Macedonia where you worked as an intern at the Saints Cyril and Methodius University. Could you tell us more about how you got into this internship? In late 2020, I completed a scientific project, wrote an article, and was already preparing to graduate, when …

  09.03.2021

• Three Mimosas for March 8th

  …be beautiful and resilient at the same time, just like a lot of women we love. Want to know more about Russian women who’ve changed the world? Here's to rulers and cosmonauts, scientists and innovators, and, of course, all the women who make a difference in our lives.…

  08.03.2021

• How Particles of Silver Darken Under the Influence of Light

  …aked eye will emerge as a result. Under the influence of bright light, these nanoparticles become darker and make the substance look reddish. This process was documented by scientists from ITMO University. The chemical reaction lasted one night. A camera was taking pictures every few minutes in order to document the entire process. Then, the pictures were put t…

  08.03.2021