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• Science for Life: Russian Inventions That Changed Our Lives

  Today, on February 8, we celebrate Russian Science Day. This date commemorates the founding of the Russian Academy of Sciences by Peter the Great. Every day, our team reports on the latest discoveries made at ITMO. On previous occasions, we brought you a comprehensive timeline of science at ITMO and shared the real stories of our young researchers. Today, we invite you to learn more about just a few of the times when science changed our lives – and what it will bring us in the future.

  08.02.2023

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #23

  Every second Monday, we bring you a selection of the most intriguing, insightful, and impactful news from the realm of science at ITMO and beyond. Today’s line-up includes new opportunities for students of biotech and chemistry, success stories from PhD students, a must-read explainer on personal data – and much more.

  30.01.2023

• ITMO Fellow Eugene Smirnov On Colloid Chemistry Applications: From Space Telescopes to FoodTech

  Remember the James Webb Telescope? The one that’s recently discovered its first exoplanet? It’s an impressive machine that has 18 mirrors covered with an ultrathin layer of gold. It takes 3.5 years of polishing to produce one such mirror, which then has to be linked to the others and delivered to the orbit. Wouldn’t it be great if we could just make a liquid mirror out of nanoparticles? Sounds like a dream, but colloid chemistry can get us closer to it. What other possibilities does it open? We asked ITMO Fellow Eugene Smirnov, a scientist with international experience from Switzerland, Germany, and China, who now heads a research group at ITMO.

  30.01.2023

• PhD Student Ida Kublanova: Why Photonics Is Like a Unicorn

  At school, Ida Kublanova was fascinated by optical experiments and intrigued by photonics. So, she decided to pursue a career in this field – and she has no regrets: now she’s a PhD student engaged in several major projects. In her spare time, she explains photonics to kids in a podcast and plays intellectual games. She also compares photonics to unicorns. Why? Read on to find out. 

  20.01.2023

• Researchers from ITMO Discover New Photonic Properties of Dielectric Resonators

  We live in a world powered by resonance: there are resonant antennas in our smartphones, and microwaves heat up our food using resonant absorption of electromagnetic radiation by water molecules. Even bridges and skyscrapers remain intact because they were designed to account for the resonance-based nature of various phenomena, such as earthquakes. It is no wonder then that dielectric micro- and nanoresonators are expected to bring about the age of optics, when all electronic devices will be replaced with optical ones. Recently, scientists from ITMO University have contributed to this field by demonstrating new photonic properties of resonators, which make it possible to control their parameters in sensors, detectors, and antennas for different devices. Their study was published in Materials Today. 

  19.01.2023

• ITMO’s New Lab To Develop Next-Gen Sensors and Associated Technologies

  ITMO’s Infochemistry Scientific Center has recently launched a new lab, where students and researchers will conduct experiments in organic, inorganic, physical, and electrochemistry. There, they will develop materials for next-gen sensors and optics, as well as implement food- and biotech projects.

  18.01.2023

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #22

  We welcome you to our first science digest of 2023! And if that number still makes you think you’re in the future, that’s alright – so will these stories. Today, we’ll delve once again into the wonders of quantum physics, try to wrap our minds around deepfakes, and so, so much more.

  16.01.2023

• New Method of Quantum Entanglement Generation Suggested at ITMO

  The university’s scientists have come up with a versatile way to generate quantum correlations and entanglements that makes it possible to dynamically change the system’s parameters and tweak photon characteristics such as bunching and antibunching. This study paves the way towards coding entangled states in superconducting qubits and processing quantum information on next-gen optical chips.

  11.01.2023

• Test: Most Astonishing Discoveries of 2022

  There is always something cool going on in science – every year, scientists discover new planets, find new minerals, and create unique materials. 2022 was no exception. Let us prove it to you with a test. We’ve prepared 7 amazing but real science news items and 14 fakes – try to guess which are which.

  06.01.2023

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #21

  We invite you to enjoy this year’s final digest of science news from ITMO University. Today, we’ve got: a breakthrough in the fight against autoimmune disease, curious projects from the realm of FoodTech, an interview with one of ITMO’s most decorated students, and more.

  26.12.2022