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Song of the Month: February 2022
…xiety no worse than a 5-minute meditation. However, there’s a side effect, too: when playing on repeat, it can make you feel nostalgic about a romance you’ve never had. Anna Maybe because the temps have dropped 20 degrees, Elton John and Dua Lipa’s Cold Heart has been playing in my head and in my car lately. It reminds me how everything old is new again, or…
25.02.2022
New Materials, Nanotoothpaste, and Electric Bacteria: Outcomes of Eighth SCAMT Workshop Week
…reach the market and how to find investors and potential customers. Besides, I wanted to see the results of my work as soon as possible. Together with Elizabeth Miguel and Anna Skotnikova, we developed a concept of a test kit that can help people detect tooth decay without going to a dentist. Many kids hate brushing their teeth and are afraid of dentists. Using t…
15.02.2022
A Guide to Writers’ Apartment-Museums in St. Petersburg
…al novel, The Brothers Karamazov. Nowadays, the central piece of the museum is the house of the Dostoevsky family, thoroughly reconstructed based on the memoirs of his wife Anna as well as the blueprints of the house. It also hosts a literary exhibition featuring the writer’s manuscripts, photos, and other genuine documents, blended with multimedia items on displa…
11.02.2022
ITMO’s Young Scientists on Ups and Downs of Their Academic Careers
…Science as a competition Anna Nikitina, a third-year PhD student at SCAMT, researcher at the Infochemistry Scientific Center: I got into chemistry as a school student. I had a very inspiring teacher, Tatyana Proshchenkova, who instilled in me a love for this science. So, I took the exam in chemistry and applied to the St. Petersburg State Institute of Technolog…
08.02.2022
Best Graduation Papers Among ITMO Students
…earned her Master’s and PhD at ITMO, is now working at Harvard University. What’s more, our students often receive presidential scholarships from the Russian government,” says Anna Orlova, the head of the aforementioned educational programs, a leading professor at the Faculty of Photonics, and a chief researcher at the International Research and Educational Center fo…
07.02.2022
Asymmetry VS Sepsis: Russian-Italian Research Team Developing Optical Sensor for Early Diagnosis
…oncentration. Moreover, we can detect biomolecules not only in their individual solutions, but also in complex biological liquids found in the human body,” explains Dr. Vittorianna Tasco, the head of the project at CNR-Nanotec. Research plans Right now, the Italian team is busy producing sensors based on chiral nanostructures; their Russian colleagues are tas…
07.02.2022
Idea to Startup: Students & Staff on ITMO Accelerator’s Winter School for Monterrey Institute of Technology
…spiring entrepreneurs expand their horizons and boost their skills,” comments Alexey Solomatin. ITMO.NEWS talked to the students to learn more about their projects. Ivanna Polo When choosing a topic for our project, we tried to pick something that has a direct impact on our lives. We wanted to have some sense of where to start, what opportunities to t…
01.02.2022
Song of the Month: January 2022
…punk again, you might ask? Well, no, not that I ever was. But I do definitely feel strong, a tad YOLO and rebellious, and, most importantly, whole. Maybe you will, too. Anna My recent commute hero is Walker Hayes with his singalong hit Fancy Like. It might not be the most brainiac song you’ve ever heard but when you’re standing in a fast-food drive-thru or …
28.01.2022
Immersive Theater: What It Is and Where to Experience It in St. Petersburg
…rs that fused the characteristics of musicals, scavenger hunts, and even video games into one. Some other popular Russian immersive plays include Black Russian, The Revenants, Anna Karenina, and others. What to watch in St. Petersburg Once the heart of St. Petersburg's immersive theater scene, the authentic mansion on Palace Emb. 20 that hosted shows like The R…
21.01.2022
Physicist Tatiana Orlova On New Materials for Soft Robotics and Working in Europe
…e at work. I have also been a big reader since childhood. To unwind with a book, I usually opt for fantasy or sci-fi. For instance, it took me mere hours to get through Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi. And when I am in the mood for more serious topics, I opt for books on sociology and literature, or memoirs. The last book of this kind that I read contained lectures on …
20.01.2022