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• Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Quantum Tunnelling: ITMO NEWS Explains

  …cal tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit,” states a press release from the Nobel Committee.  At the quantum level, particles are so small that specific quantum effects start to manifest. One of them is quantum tunnelling: this is when a particle can surpass an energy barrier even if its own energy is less than that of the barrier. For in…

  07.10.2025

• Iconic Food Scenes in Russian Movies

  …om the USSR. His table is fit to burst with delicacies – a full-sized pike and pig, a bowlful of red and black caviar, and a handful of eggplant caviar, brought to the tsar specifically from a far-off land. The scene plays on the contrast of the two epochs; during the Soviet times (and today’s, too), black caviar is seen as quite a luxury, while eggplant caviar is bu…

  07.10.2025

• Butterfly Effect: ITMO Researchers Create Colorful Perovskite Films for Optoelectronics

  …ed periodic surface structures (LIPSSs) method, it’s possible to form the nanopattern not on the film itself, but on a titanium dioxide film subjected to a pulse laser in a specific mode. The laser’s light is absorbed by the film, which causes a surface plasmon resonance – this is when the frequency of incident light matches the frequency of synchronous oscillations …

  29.09.2025

• Student Spotlight: Omar Haj Muhammad, Syria

  …eneral medicine at Damascus University. I spent one semester there, but soon realized medicine didn’t fit the life I wanted. It felt too limiting, bureaucratic, and country-specific. Technology, on the other hand, gave me freedom. With just a laptop, internet, energy, and maybe a glass of juice, I could work for a company anywhere in the world. That mix of flexibilit…

  25.09.2025

• AI Pharmacist: ITMO-Developed Algorithm Helps Produce New Efficient Antibiotics

  …se.  New antibiotics require new chemical compounds. As a rule, researchers opt for high-throughput screening to check various molecules in databases for compliance with specific criteria: lack of toxicity, binding to target proteins, their synthesizability in laboratory conditions, etc. The process generally takes up to several weeks and is ill-suited for creatin…

  24.09.2025

• ITMO Scientists Design Model to Analyze Surfaces of All Sizes

  …ent levels of zooming). One solution are mathematical tools, which can be used to identify these features based on data. However, these methods only work with surfaces of a specific scale: either nano-or micro-sized (e.g., nanoparticles) or macro-level (e.g., satellite images of the Earth) objects. ITMO physicists created a new algorithm that can analyze the p…

  23.09.2025

• ITMO Lecturer Wins Business Initiative Contest in Peru

  …etwork, and attract investments. Such centers in Peru operate within universities and venture funds. The team chose Emprende UP for this role – an acceleration center at the Pacific National University (in the top 100 universities in Latin America and the Caribbean); the center will help the founders make their entry into the regional market.  As of now, Anton and…

  15.09.2025

• The Experiment: Testing Folk Tips for Falling Asleep

  … oils I found mentions of various oils with promised medicinal properties, but I had rosemary oil handy, so that’s what I settled on. Unfortunately, none of the articles specified how exactly you should use the oil, so I decided to feed two birds with one scone and applied rosemary oil on scalp for the night (don’t try this without testing for an allergy first) – …

  12.09.2025

• ITMO Scientists Develop Code-Free Platform for Genetic Studies

  …rs and predict their risks, plan a family and perform prenatal screenings, as well as select the right individual therapy for each patient. They also help researchers study specific strains of viruses and bacteria, produce brand-new medications, and save endangered animal and plant species. However, these studies require scientists to deal with massive volumes of dat…

  04.09.2025

• Back to School Guide: Ring in the Academic Year

  …d to your self-esteem and learn to boost your confidence. When you believe in yourself, any test or exam just won’t stand a chance.  Studying abroad brings its own, very specific, challenges, best described as feeling like a fish out of water. Luckily, there are ways to deal with it and make sure that you get the most comfort you can get in your surroundings – her…

  02.09.2025