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• ITMO Researchers Create Nanoparticle Paste To Maximize Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency

  An international team of researchers from ITMO’s School of Physics and Engineering and Tor Vergata University of Rome found a way to increase the efficiency of perovskite-based solar cells. The project was supported by a Russian Science Foundation grant and its results were described in a paper published in Nano Energy. 

  13.09.2021

• First Article on Safety of CoviVac Vaccine Published

  In late August, the first international article on the CoviVac vaccine was published in the peer-reviewed journal Emerging Microbes & Infections. Scientists from the Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immune-and-Biological Products of the Russian Academy of Sciences have presented data on preclinical studies of immunogenicity, safety, and efficacy of the vaccine in animals. The study was conducted over the course of more than a year. ITMO.NEWS asked Oksana Stanevich, an infectionist at the Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University and a student at ITMO’s Public Health Sciences Master’s program, to discuss its results.

  10.09.2021

• Student Spotlight: Takshama Bhatt, India

  Takshama Bhatt from Gujarat, India, is a second-year international Master’s student of molecular biology and biotechnology. She loves cooking and has already tried her hand at making some Russian bliny and kasha. Her research requires her to deal with spiders and feed them live crickets! Scary, isn’t it? We got an opportunity to catch up with her and talk more about her education, her research, and her life in Russia as an international student.  

  09.09.2021

• ITMO Scientists Are First to Assemble Jaguarundi Genome

  A research team consisting of scientists from ITMO University, St. Petersburg State University, and the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SB RAS have assembled the genome of jaguarundi, a puma species that inhabits Central and South America.

  31.08.2021

• Researcher Artemy Okhotin: If Vaccine Makes Hospitalization Five Times Less Likely – Then It’s a Powerful Tool

  In late August, researchers from the European University at St. Petersburg, the Sergey Berezin Medical Institute, the Pavlov First State Medical University of St. Petersburg, and the central district hospital of Tarusa  conducted an independent study of the efficacy of the Sputnik V vaccine in preventing hospitalization among those infected with the Delta variant of COVID-19. The study demonstrated that the vaccine is 81% effective in preventing hospitalization in such cases. ITMO.NEWS got the chance to interview Arseny Okhotin, one of the authors of the study, a cardiologist and physician in Tarusa, and a student at ITMO’s new Master’s program Public Health Sciences. Read on to learn more about the research project and the way it can change public perception of vaccines.  

  30.08.2021

• International Team Develop Non-Radiating Electromagnetic Source

  The proposed structure allows to generate electromagnetic fields without dissipating any energy into the surrounding environment. This type of electromagnetic source will pave the way for technological breakthroughs, such as highly efficient wireless power transfer systems, high-precision sensors, and RFID technology.

  30.08.2021

• Ten Questions On Physical Experiments

  Every day, scientists around the world conduct thousands of experiments. The best ones get featured in prestigious international journals. How do you achieve this? How to conduct an experiment and what do you do if it fails? Prof. Sergey Makarov, head researcher at ITMO’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering and head of the Laboratory of Hybrid Nanophotonics and Optoelectronics, answered these and other questions for ITMO.NEWS.

  27.08.2021

• Why We Should Study Anti-Vaccination Communities

  Vaccination saved humanity from many dangerous diseases, such as smallpox, polio, and measles. However, there have always been people who were sceptical about it. What is going on in the anti-vaccination communities? What do their members discuss? How can we establish a constructive dialog with them? Denis Kvasnyuk, an analyst at ITMO’s Center for Development of Publishing Activities and junior researcher at the STS Center of the European University, tried to answer these and other questions. We met with Denis to discuss the importance and methods of such research.

  26.08.2021

• ITMO Researchers Introduce New Method for Magnetization Switching

  Scientists Andrew Kudlis, Ivan Shelykh, and Ivan Iorsh from ITMO’s School of Physics and Engineering have proposed an innovative method for ultrafast magnetization switching in layered magnetic structures. The developed technique makes it possible to efficiently control memory cells and break the ground for fully optical methods of recording information in 2D materials. The article detailing the results of the study is published in Physical Review B, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Physical Society.

  25.08.2021

• ITMO Researchers Find a Way to Control Localized Light

  Scientists from ITMO University, the National University of Colombia, and the University of Siena have developed a metasurface with a unique structure and properties. The proposed solution makes it possible to generate surface waves with new characteristics, transfer them from point to point while maintaining their initial polarization, and therefore improve information communication. The relevant article is published in Physical Review X.

  19.08.2021