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• ITMO Graduate ‪Andrei Gorodetsky on His Career, European Science, and Work in Different Countries

  …0s? First and foremost, ultrafast lasers appeared. Their pulse duration allowed us to obtain terahertz radiation via optical rectification. Simply put, optical impulse contains lots of field oscillations. If the impulse is placed in a medium with nonlinear refractive index, such as a crystal, plasma, or a semiconductor, it will create an envelope that will follow …

  01.12.2020

• Where Bananas Become Hammers: Coldest Places in Russia

  … in different regions of Russia where it takes five seconds for hot water to freeze outside. Who knows, maybe this acquaintance will make us less picky about the rare winter rains of the Northern Capital? Oymyakon Where: The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Minimum temperature record: -71 С, 1924 Welcome to Oymyakon, the coldest place in Russia, which,…

  30.11.2020

• ITMO Researchers Find Quick and Easy Way to Detect Tick-Borne Encephalitis

  …ou can only do an antibodies blood test – that is if you are already infected. Our device will help identify the TBE virus at home, without the need to go to a hospital,” explains Artemii Ivanov, one of the authors of the paper, a Master’s student at ITMO’s Infochemistry Research Center.  The newly developed electrochemical device can potentially be used to …

  30.11.2020

• Rukami Fest 2020: ITMO’s TECHNOHISTORY Project Highlights Digital Loneliness and Bacteria Representation in Media

  …Any scientific or technological breakthrough or discovery always has at least two global results. Firstly, it expands humanity’s abilities by, for instance, allowing us to travel faster, treat diseases better, or feed more people. Secondly, it changes our perception of the world, ourselves, and the future. The former is traditionally the purview of technical and natu…

  27.11.2020

• Beneath the Pavement, Not the Beach: First Art & Science Conference on Soil

  …as well as numerous artists – the legendary Australian artist Oron Catts, French artist Karine Bonneval, the german research collective Farming the Uncanny Valley, and Strelka Institute’s project group The Terraforming – reflected on the role of soil in the Anthropocene Epoch. Neolife One of the key speakers was Oron Catts – an Australian artist and one of …

  27.11.2020

• Scientists Propose Method of Assessing the Gene-Disease Connection

  …ter understand how the human organism works and how its inner workings are connected to genes. Every once in a while, we see articles in the media about scientists discovering insomnia genes, baldness genes or hyperactivity genes. “By comparing the genes of a human who has a specific disease or another process in their bodies that we’re interested in with genes …

  27.11.2020

• New Coworking Space Now Open at ITMO’s Lomonosova 9 Campus

  …ur own mug or bottle. Single-use cups are not provided in support of a student-led environmental initiative. The smaller conference hall is located across the room and contains ten collapsible desks as well as a group discussion table and soft seats. This conference room also houses three open meeting booths and the larger of the conference rooms. Both conferen…

  26.11.2020

• Digital Art and Opera: Winners of Digital OPERA Performance on Contests’ Benefits and Media Content Trends

  …ffects. He really enjoyed the contest and now he is part of our team.” Nadezhda, Anastasia, and Elena have known each other since 2014 because they all graduated from the Institute of Urban Planning, Architecture & Civil Engineering at Yury Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov and decided to pursue their Master’s degrees at ITMO University. Each team me…

  26.11.2020

• Beginner’s Guide to Brainstorming and Writing Articles for Scientific Journals

  …ercoaster Scientific work is a permanent emotional rollercoaster rife with fluctuations in self-esteem. To better understand the work process you can imagine a graph: it begins with a rising wave of euphoria in the first months of work on the project, and then rapidly falls down after a series of unsuccessful experiments – and at this point, you consider quitting …

  25.11.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: November 28-29, 2020