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• ITMO Scientists Increase Sensitivity of Levitating Particle Sensors

  Researchers from ITMO University studied the movement of a single levitating microparticle and found the optimal state when it becomes highly sensitive to small external influences. This effect can lay the foundation for a general-purpose sensor that would precisely and quickly measure the vector of gravity, acceleration, angular moments, and directed weak force. Such data will be useful in geological exploration, as well as in detecting seismic activity or locating ships and other vehicles. The study was published in Physical Review A.

  25.09.2025

• GEROPHARM and ITMO Test New Treatment for Blood Disease

  Public health scientists from ITMO, in collaboration with the biotech company GEROPHARM and other Russian colleagues, have recently completed the third testing stage of a new medicine for patients with immune thrombocytopenia. In this condition, the body mistakenly destroys its own thrombocytes. The new treatment is described in a paper published in eJHaem.

  22.08.2025

• “Combing” Light: ITMO Researchers Find Reliable and Fast Way to Transmit Data in Space

  A team of Russian scientists has suggested a simple way to increase the capacity and reliability of free-space optical communication. This is done by controlling the structure and composition of a “comb” made from vortex laser beams, with each beam functioning as a separate data transmission channel. The corresponding study was published in Nano Letters.

  21.08.2025

• ITMO Scientists Develop New Cheap and Quick Way to Produce Green Hydrogen

  A team of researchers from ITMO have designed a new type of reactor that can quickly produce affordable green hydrogen. The technology uses magnets and nanoparticles to accelerate sixfold the process of water decomposition into hydrogen and oxygen, all while requiring 15% less energy than conventional methods. The lab-assembled reactor prototype is now ready for industrial testing. The resulting paper was published in Chemical Engineering Journal.

  13.08.2025

• Real-Life Superpower: Researchers Use Magnetic Nanoparticles to Improve Spider Web Strength

  A team of researchers from ITMO University, Tel Aviv University, and University of Aveiro have come up with a new way to improve the mechanical properties of spider webs. To achieve this, they introduced a solution of magnetic nanoparticles into the spiders’ silk glands. In the future, the modified web can be used to create flexible magnetically controlled elements in soft robots or durable microchip substrates in flexible electronics. The related article was published in ACS Applied Bio Materials.

  12.08.2025

• ITMO Researchers' New Composite Material Offers 10,000x Amplification of Raman Spectroscopy Signal

  A composite material based on polymer miscospheres covered in gold nanoparticles has been developed at ITMO University. It amplifies Raman spectroscopy signals by over 10,000 times and can be used to control the quality of engine oils and pharmaceuticals, as well as to detect hazardous contaminants during environmental monitoring. The results of the Russian Science Foundation-supported study were described in Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

  28.07.2025

• ITMO Physicists' New Anti-Forgery Tags Can Hide in Plain Sight

  Researchers from ITMO’s School of Physics and Engineering have developed optical labels made with gold and silicon. The nanostructures’ asymmetric shape determines their optical response to a specific direction of light: the tags become visible and change color from yellow to green only at a certain angle (57-75 degrees) of lateral lighting, while no effect is observed at other angles. This solution will find its applications in the authentication of optical chips, sensors, and other microelectronics. The corresponding paper was published in ACS Applied Optical Materials.

  25.07.2025

• Newest From ITMO: Software To Facilitate Regenerative Medicine Materials Development

  ITMO scientists have come up with software that helps automatically analyze cell structure in a substance’s image: it detects the borders of each cell and its nucleus in the image and then identifies the patterns in its shape, area, location, and other features. The resulting data can be used to quickly and more efficiently model materials for regenerative medicine, such as implants and healing band-aids. The results of the study have been published in Advanced Intelligent Discovery.

  26.06.2025

• ITMO Scientists' New Screening Platform Predicts Antibiotic-Nanoparticle Combinations

  Researchers from ITMO University have developed the world’s first screening platform that predicts the efficiency of nanoparticle-antibiotic combinations for use against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The algorithm decreases the time spent looking for new effective compounds from several months to mere days, and is expected to help create new medications against bacteria that are dangerous for humans and resistant to antibiotics. The results of the research were published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces; the study was supported with grant No. 2019-1075 from the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

  03.06.2025

• ITMO Physicists Describe New Superfast Quantum Processes in Radiation

  Researchers at ITMO University have suggested a model for the visualization of superfast dynamic processes in light-radiating particles – and used it to predict new quantum phenomena. In contrast to the new model, existing methods can only be used to describe static processes, which significantly limits research options and presents a simplified view of the studied phenomena. Using the newly developed model, it will be possible to learn more about the nature of atoms, increase the efficiency of particle accelerator experiments, and create more accurate devices for the space industry and biomedicine. The related study was published in Communications Physics.

  27.05.2025