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• Taiwanese Nutrition Scientist on Foodsharing, Functional Foods, and Grashopper Protein

  …rating with ITMO University and how did you get the opportunity to give a course in St Petersburg? One of the benefits of international conferences is that you get to meet scientists from different universities. I met ITMO University professors at a conference and after a brief conversation it became clear that we have several programs that could serve as a frame…

  04.10.2019

• Registration Opens for "I Am a Professional" Competition

  …ands of students became winners and hundreds won medals. The most important thing, however, is that these young people have found themselves, have found new opportunities, new scientific fields, some of them have completed their internships and are now working in top-tier companies. It is a priority for us to support our participants even after the end of the competi…

  03.10.2019

• Quantum Potential: 400+ Attend the 4th ITMO Science Stand-Up Show

  …“Quantum Potential” is open for those who have mastered Big Data, photonics or IT  and can talk about science in simple terms while also charming the audience with their sense of humor. Scientists are usually asked to just give a lecture, to stay within the lines, and by all means to avoid bursting into dance onstage. Here, however, the…

  03.10.2019

• Engineer and Scientist in One: How ITMO Trains Developers of New MRI Systems

  … by Stanislav Glybovsky, head of the educational program and member of ITMO’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering, the MRI track’s program was developed on the basis of a solid scientific foundation created at the International Research Center for Nanophotonics and Metamaterials. We’ve created an international laboratory that conducts research in the field of MRI…

  03.10.2019

• Maker’s Day by ITMO FabLab: Hands-On Workshop for Robotics Beginners

  …dy working and creating their own businesses. ITMO University is a dynamic place, we’re all making our own little contribution, training school and first-year students into conscientious people who want and are able to create something with their own hands, keep on developing, and attract funding to breathe life into their ideas.” …

  02.10.2019

• 10 Rules of Eco-Friendly Behavior: Expert on Simple Sustainability Lifehacks

  …thing. “If I were the only one to not buy a car and commute on bike instead, would something really change? Everyone around is still continuing to do that.” There is a term in science called the tragedy of the commons, in this case, of common resources. Individuals are consumed by greedy attempts to take something that belongs to everyone at once, because of the assu…

  01.10.2019

• ITMO University Researchers Showcase Potential of Perovskite-Based Solar Cells

  …discovered in the Ural Mountains in the 19th century and named after Lev Perovski, a Russian Home Affairs Minister and an avid mineral collector. Despite the fact that many scientists around the world have been trying to apply halide perovskite in the production of industrial solar cells for years, many qualities of this metamaterial remain debatable and mostly un…

  01.10.2019

• Scientists Describe Universal Way of Compressing and Stopping Light for Ultrafast Optical Data Transmission

  …The problem of how to switch the light signal to another frequency channel or stop it for a while without converting it to electronic format has long occupied the minds of the scientists. Solving it will allow for the creation of fully optical routers enabling the increase in the data transfer speed. To produce such cutting-edge, high-speed information transmissio…

  30.09.2019

• ITMO University Graduates Organize Monthly Meetups For Science Communicators

  …AKSON Young Professionals is an educational project for science communicators who already work in the field and want to further develop their skills. As part of the project, its participants take part in monthly meetings with leading professionals from Russia and Europe, where they discuss their work, as well as challenges, failures and achievements. The main goal of…

  30.09.2019

• Life at St. Petersburg Lyceum 239’s Boarding School “Formula for Success”

  …evelopment. “After classes, the kids attend extracurricular clubs, of which there are plenty, and everyone is free to choose what they like – maths, physics, computer science, robotics, volleyball, tennis, or music. They’re also free to attend any other club in St. Petersburg,” explains Svetlana Fedorova. “Many of our students play music and form their own b…

  30.09.2019