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Golden Age of Russian Literature, Part Two: The Masters
…Fathers and Sons (1862) – one of the masterpieces of the Golden Age, a novel focused on the ideological and intrapersonal challenges of the author’s time that nevertheless remains relevant today. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) One of the main subjects of Tolstoy’s bibliography is the search for truth – both in the ever-famous and marvelous (but also quite massive, so …
26.10.2021
ITMO Rector Vladimir Vasilyev: A Well-Set Target Guarantees Success
…fochemistry Scientific Center. ITMO is building a comfortable environment for students and staff, and that includes more than the introduction of new 24/7 coworking areas. For instance, the campus is now home to a network of waste sorting stations – an initiative suggested and organized by the students. As Vladimir Vasilyev points out, this once again proves that ITM…
25.10.2021
ITMO Researchers Generate Laser Radiation in Anapole Modes
…a circle around an axis that is coplanar with it but does not cross it. The simplest way to imagine a torus is to think of it as a donut. “A magnetic field will circulate inside a coil formed by twisting a wire around a torus. As a result, the magnetic field will be surrounded by an electric field. If we look at the electromagnetic radiation from such toroidal m…
25.10.2021
Key Approaches & Tools: Experts on Improving the Quality of Urban Life
…nalyst at Rusland SP. In addition, the survey highlighted the need to advance from the traditional method of budgeting, which pools together assets from multiple sources. Instead, the yearly tax paid by HoReCa enterprises, recreational facilities, offices, and stores should either stay within their municipalities or be directly invested by experienced operators …
25.10.2021
Ghosts From The Past: Russia’s Lost Architectural Gems
…s walls and was the venue of the crowning of two Prussian kings. Although the castle suffered significant damage during World War II, its thick walls remained intact. The ruins stood for twenty more years when in 1968, the Soviet authorities made a decision to demolish the castle, claiming to “rid the city from a reminder of Prussian aggression.” The Dormition…
25.10.2021
When Newton Dances: Head of Student Dance Club on Fusing Science and Dance
…ialogue (which seems a near-impossible task for me) and developed the mise-en-scène, and Nikolai Grazhdanov compiled all of our musical material and generally just “held the reins” as a director of a major play with a large number of students. I was responsible for the choreography not just for the dancers, but the actors, too – who had to dance and sing at the same …
22.10.2021
How Indian Students Celebrate the Holidays of Dussehra and Diwali
…imilarities can be found all across the country. The first day of Diwali is called Dhanteras in most parts of India. “In the word Dhanteras, ‘Dhan’ stands for wealth,” explains Gautam Dhalgarkar, a second-year Master’s student of the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence program from Mumbai. “On this day, we worship Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. Th…
22.10.2021
ITMO Scientists Enhance Multiphoton Processes in Perovskite Metasurfaces
…s much weaker than their corresponding linear processes. A research team from ITMO University’s School of Physics and Engineering together with their colleagues from Harbin Institute of Technology (China) and the Australian National University proved that two-photon luminescence can be compared to one-photon luminescence. “We showed that a metasurface based o…
21.10.2021
New Interdisciplinary Collaboration Combining Particle Physics and Nanophotonics
…could try and create something new that hadn’t been done before, because usually our fields develop in parallel and don’t have any overlaps,” says Dmitry Naumov. For instance, ITMO’s research in the field of metamaterials can be applied in the creation of detectors of elementary particles. Dmitry Naumov comments that JINR strives to use the most cutting-edg…
21.10.2021
Student Spotlight: Rutendo Paul Midzi, Zimbabwe
…ature or simple child-like curiosity, I enjoyed exploring it a lot. What made this exploration more interesting was that I could open something that I was not supposed to. For instance, when I opened the PC case and found out what’s inside the big black box! By the time I was 15, I was able to bypass passwords and encryptions. One day I…
21.10.2021