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• ITMO's MT.Lab Develops A New Kit for Studying Robotics

  Specialists from ITMO University's MT.Lab created a new educational kit for studying robotics - the MT.Evolute. The system is compatible with most popular robotics instruments and allows school and university students to construct their devices as fast as possible without getting lost in the many different standards. The project's author, ITMO's Master's student Alexey Meshkov, presented it at the Skolkovo Robotics exhibition. In an interview with ITMO.NEWS, he and Dmitry Kupriyanov, MT.Lab's founder and PhD student at ITMO’s Department of Mechatronics , shared about their invention.

  02.05.2017

• The Ideal Getaway or a Temple of Holiday Boredom - A Sceptic’s Take on the Russian Dacha

  Ok, let me come clean, right at the beginning, so I can't be accused of hiding or concealing anything: I hate the Dacha! I know that it’s a highly controversial and unpopular sentiment among Russians, who believe that it’s the ultimate recreational ideal, a place where you can pick mushrooms, laze in the sun and enjoy the opportunity to dive into an atmosphere of cozy countryside houses and summer gardens full of fruit trees, vegetable seedbeds and flowers.

  01.05.2017

• Days of Intellectual Property: How to Patent One’s Invention in the 21st Century

  In 2017, the Days of Intellectual Property gathered together experts in the field of intellectual property, researchers, entrepreneurs and talented developers who are discussing how to protect one’s software code and how to teach young inventors how to deal with Intellectual Property basics. This year the gathering is taking place in St. Petersburg from April 18-26, supported by ITMO University. 

  24.04.2017

• From Lagos to St. Petersburg

  One of ITMO’s most beloved and well-known native English speakers is Chineye Osuoha, more affectionately known as Jayjay. He makes frequent appearances in ITMO photographs and advertisements and having already taught for four years both staff and students of the University, he is already a household name. 

  21.04.2017

• Navigating the ITMO Application Process

  How does one go about choosing their future profession? How can you find out information about all the different departments and faculties, where you will live, what will you do besides studying, what you will do with your career when you graduate? Last Sunday at ITMO University, there was a special Open Day for prospective students. This article is all about helping you, figure out how, our international students, apply to ITMO University from afar. 

  17.04.2017

• Adapting To Russia: International Students Share Their Experience

  Education, communication, traditions, living conditions, food and weather - all of those change dramatically for international students who come to study in Russia. To adapt to the new environment, they can rely on specialists from the International Students Learning and Support Center; yet, having the right attitude is important as well, believe the exchange students from Europe and Brazil who came to ITMO for the IT and Business Innovations in Russia course. In an interview with our newsportal, they shared their experience of studying at ITMO University.

  13.04.2017

• Trapping Light: Anisotropic Structures Can Increase Optical Device's Efficiency

  ITMO's scientists Yuri Kivshar and Mikhail Rybin published an article in the News&Views section of the Nature Photonics journal on the research of their colleagues from Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology. The article explains how the Spanish researchers succeeded in using the anisotropic properties of a compound for creating simpler yet more effective optical devices based on the so-called bound states in continuous spectrum. In future, this discovery can be applied in optical detection systems and other devices, shared Mikhail Rybin, Deputy Head of ITMO's Department of Dielectric and Semiconductor Photonics and senior research officer of the Spectroscopy of Solids Laboratory of the Ioffe Institute.

  11.04.2017

• Research Associates Migraine with Hypertension

  St. Petersburg's scientists learned that that though arterial hypertension and migraines manifest themselves differently, they may have a similar origin. The researchers discovered that patients who have migraines have twice more relatives with cardiovascular problems than healthy people.  Yet, patients with migraines and normal blood pressure and patients with migraines and hypertension react to autonomic regulation of circulation tests differently.  According to the scientists, by studying the links between these diseases, one will be able to better understand mechanisms of their development and causes of frequent cardiovascular complications in migraine patients. The article was published in the Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical.

  10.04.2017

• Why 404 and How to Fix Bad Gateway?

  It is a well-known disappointment when you are surfing the internet or doing some digital routine, and suddenly an ordinary click leads you to a terrific page titled with strange numbers like 404, 502 or 503. ITMO.News  decided to help you understand what it means. 

  07.04.2017

• ITMO Fellowship Stories: 'Crystal Is the Heart of Lasers'

  Pavel Loiko came to ITMO to participate in ITMO Fellowship Program. In this interview he shares the details of a project he is working on together with Russian colleagues and talks about the importance of cross disciplinary studies. 

  06.04.2017