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• What’s in a Name: 4 Russian Words With Unexpected Origins

• Student Spotlight: Raden Galen, Indonesia

  … well as culture and history. I felt challenged to step out of my comfort zone and experience something entirely new and Russia seemed like the perfect choice. How did you discover ITMO? I was inspired by an Indonesian senior who shared her experiences at ITMO on social media. Seeing how positive her experience was encouraged me to check out ITMO myself. |s=…

  16.01.2025

• Be a Cool Scientist, Not a Boring Nerd: Physicist Alexey Kokhanovskiy on His Career in Science and Neuromorphic Computing

  …to a specialized course at Novosibirsk State University in the ninth grade. And then, in my final year, I became absolutely certain I made the right choice. At that moment, I discovered Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! This is the autobiography of Richard Feynman, a pioneer in quantum electrodynamics, in which he talked about not only science but also his personal …

  15.01.2025

• This Week in St. Petersburg: January 16-22, 2025

  …f the Academy of Arts 300 rubles (150 rubles for students) How did the great artist Ilya Repin create his masterpieces? What did his process look like from the inside? Discover at this unique exhibition, displaying objects from the artist’s day-to-day (from Repin’s museum-estate The Penates), as well as his works on loan from museums and galleries from all ove…

  15.01.2025

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup: 2024 in Review

  …g-in that can hold individual nanoparticles in place for easy analysis. Read also: New Composite for Ultrafast Durable Sensors Developed at ITMO ITMO Researchers Discover Crystals That Imitate Brain Cell Activity No More Counterfeiting – Thanks to Photon Crystals from ITMO Medicine In the field of medicine, quite a few major developments were…

  13.01.2025

• ITMO Fellow Alena Kulakova on Merging Chemistry and Physics

  …e lab’s established scientific school and the passing of knowledge between generations. Over the years, the lab welcomed James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins, who discovered the structure of DNA, Michael Levitt, who developed computer modelling of chemical processes, and Gregory Winter, who came up with a way to create new proteins and imbue them with tar…

  13.01.2025

• Family History: Getting Started With Genealogy

• The Heat-Ray: How H.G. Wells Predicted Lasers

  …ht.” Wells’ contemporaries, as well as characters of his novels, didn’t believe that such weapons could be real. Albert Einstein himself was in doubt of the idea till he discovered the law of the photoelectric effect – the backbone of LEDs, solar panels, and modern laser systems – for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. As light photons reach t…

  10.01.2025

• Student Spotlight: Ricardo Augusto, Angola

  …ere. It’s the symbol of the city. I recommend everyone to visit my city – it’s a marvel! What was your childhood like there? My childhood was full of fun, learning, and discovery. My friends and I loved going to the desert near our house to play and explore. When I was 11, my brother introduced me to basketball. From an early age, I learned to balance sports wi…

  09.01.2025

• Paws of Help: Getting to Know ITMO’s Kindest Student Club

  …o is studying in the Master’s program Information Security, about her experience with Paws of Help. How did you find out about the club and what drew you to it? I discovered it through the my.itmo app, where it was at the top of the list. I was immediately intrigued, especially by a post on their VK page about an upcoming event at Solnechny Ostrov (“Sunny…

  07.01.2025