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• The Art of Making Molecules. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 in Five Simple Points

  …ilter out the extra variant, scientists use catalysts when producing organic material.   How do catalysts work?   Catalysts are substances that accelerate and direct reactions, but don’t actually participate in them. The combination of a catalyst’s physical, geometrical, and chemical properties makes it stereospecific: by using that particular substance…

  07.10.2021

• ITMO Researchers Increase Productivity Using Smart Lighting

  …ferently in the morning and the evening: if you spend too much time on your computer or smartphone during nighttime, you might end up with anxiety, as well as bad coordination and reaction speed. Based on the advances in this field, special smart lighting systems that help control the volume and temperature of light in the room have been invented. Such dynamic and…

  07.10.2021

• Student Spotlight: Selamwit Kassaye, Ethiopia

  …en a robot so close before that. I was amazed and excited. The laboratory at ITMO is fantastic: there are so many robots of different types that are programmed to perform specific functions. Can you explain what those different types of robots are?  Sure. Robots are classified based on their functionalities. It is not like one rob…

  07.10.2021

• Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 in Brief: Changing Climate and Ordered Chaos

  …caused by frustration – a phenomenon occurring when atoms in a substance randomly try to reach their equilibrium states which is inherently impossible given the nature of their interactions. What are the benefits for non-physicists? Parisi’s model is applied not only in physics and materials chemistry, but also in medicine, biology, optics, and even m…

  06.10.2021

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 9-10, 2021

  …3 New Holland Island or Rodina Cinema See the website for prices All movie lovers, this is your moment! The ongoing International Debut Film Festival will introduce you to fiction, documentary, and experimental cinema from every part of the globe. Review the festival’s extensive program to find something you’ll enjoy: American melancholic and unhurried tales…

  06.10.2021

• Torzhok: A Hidden Russian City

  …d by the emergence of a large number of neoclassical buildings made to match the imperial style. In the 19th century, the industrial city was famous for its rare gold embroidery production. The clothes and accessories made there were worn by tzars and boyars. There are no tzars now, but a gold embroidery factory still runs in the town where unique costumes for the Wa…

  05.10.2021

• ITMO University Receives Grant to Fund AI Research Center

  …have reached a certain degree of maturity in many fields. But regarding major complex tasks, we are still only making our first steps and it's crucial to establish a productive interaction between business and academia. This will allow us to form the environment for complex solutions driven by cutting-edge AI approaches. I'm sure that the research center will become …

  05.10.2021

• ITMO University in Top Group for Priority 2030

  …self-driving cars, etc.), improve the quality of life by introducing innovative methods of health monitoring and diagnostics,  develop ecosystems for digital avatars with social reflection and community adaptation, and create an autonomous railway monitoring system called Silk Road that utilizes drones, smart sensors, and predictive analytics. Together with Ru…

  05.10.2021

• Physics and Chemistry: Nobel Prize Predictions for 2021

  …uccess of both chemistry and interdisciplinary researchers. Its first nominee is Barry Halliwell from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in Singapore with his work at the intersection of two fields. After studying free radicals and the mechanisms of their neutralization in plants for a long time, the professor switched his focus to the role of free radicals in a…

  04.10.2021

• 5 Russian TV Theme Songs from the 2000s

  …on one of the streets. The show’s theme song was a rendition of an already popular tune, so it’s no wonder it was and is very catchy – even if not everyone immediately makes the connection to the series.  Soldiers Screened on a rather questionable TV channel, where it sat among shows about UFO sightings and other peculiar incidents, this series is about the…

  04.10.2021