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• Inkjet Printers Can Produce Cheap Micro-Waveguides for Optical Computers

  …an transmit a signal over long distances with minimal losses, providing us, as an example, with stable and high-speed Internet. However, as devices become smaller and smaller, scientists and engineers have come up with an analog of fiber on a microscale. Such devices are called waveguides. They are integral in creating new-generation computers on an optical basis, se…

  21.11.2018

• Tel Aviv University Professor Boris Malomed on Non-Linear Physics and Solitons

  …he regular lines. How do you feel about a technology that you worked on, which could have improved communications, not seeing a practical application? To theoretical scientists such as me, the work was all about solving interesting physics problems. It wasn’t like we were contractors who had to account for our expenses. We wrote articles, submitted them to …

  21.11.2018

• St. Petersburg’s Architectural Gems: Classicism

  …of the arts, Catherine the Great presided over the age of the Russian Enlightenment, a period in which the government began to actively encourage the proliferation of arts and sciences, which had a profound impact on Russian culture. Architecture was no exception. Classicism, the new architectural style, was meant to embody the ideal of a harmonious society built on …

  20.11.2018

• Top Russian and European Firms Present Concept Designs for ITMO Highpark

  …During this Saturday’s session, the international expert council, which includes renowned architects, urban scientists, and education experts, reviewed four design concepts for ITMO University’s innovative new campus in the south of St. Petersburg. The solutions were developed by the following firms: MVRDV (The Netherlands) MVRDV has previously worked on a numb…

  20.11.2018

• Scientists Developed Enzymes with Remote Control

  …emically, researchers from ITMO University showed that this can be done remotely using physical methods such as radio frequency field. To make radio-controlled enzymes, the scientists synthesized a special complex in which an enzyme is enclosed in a rigid porous framework of magnetite nanoparticles. Whenever the radio field is applied, the nanoparticles adsorb rad…

  20.11.2018

• WUD@ITMO: Ending the Dispute Between Developers and Designers

  …s a relatively new phenomena, humans have been doing design since time immemorial, decorating caves, building cathedrals, and giving rise to entire cities. Architecture, urban science, and sound design are all branches of the selfsame tree. The lecturer proposed that designers explore other scientific fields and look back at the avai…

  20.11.2018

• Alfa-Bank Scholarship Winners on How to Innovate the Most Innovative University Out There

  …mofey Timofeev, Information Technologies and Programming Faculty I applied for an Alfa-Chance scholarship having scored 100 points in the Unified State Exam in Computer Science. Creating my contest portfolio wasn’t at all complicated; I just listed everything I could remember, from participating in national academic competitions and graduating from art school …

  19.11.2018

• BIOCAD VP Roman Ivanov: “Biotechnologies are the Cornerstone of Medicine of Tomorrow”

  … regards to the introduction of modern genetic technologies in medicine and other healthcare fields. Because of this, modern-day medicine is undergoing a major change; medical science and applied medicine are very different from what we’re used to. Medicine of the future, the foundation of which is made today by genetic and information technologies, can result in …

  15.11.2018

• NTR 20.35 BarCamp Explored Prospects for Neural Interfaces

  …Neural technologies is a promising scientific trend with a wide range of possible applications ranging from medicine to sports. But as noted by Vitaly Zubchenko, moderator of the discussion and Head of ITMO University’s NeuroNet project office, the majority of people in Russia still remain unaware of such breakthrough solutions, although these are widely used in othe…

  15.11.2018

• ITMO Students Take First Place in Physics Competition

  …eering’s staff who came to our school to tell us about the new Bachelor’s program and the university in general. I learned about the opportunities ITMO offers its students and scientists and decided to apply. Anton: I took part in an online competition in physics, and when I finished, ITMO University staff Julia Tolstykh came to me and told me about the faculty. W…

  15.11.2018