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• Reject All Labels: ITMO Master’s Student Finds Way to Make PET Plastic Production Eco-Friendly

  …d the quality of labels. What was the result? Were your findings used in production? The technology was partially integrated, but with a dye based on different materials instead of metal nanoparticles. Laser-etched packaging can already be found on store shelves. My project, unfortunately, did not continue. But the results we’ve produced are included in my t…

  13.08.2020

• Scientists Develop a Better Yogurt with Chia Seeds

  …od Biotechnologies and Engineering, Vera Ivanova, assistant at the faculty, Artyom Lepeshkin and Anna Safronova, PhD students, as well as Weihong Lu, professor from the Harbin Institute of Technology. No additives = healthy food? The research team used all the properties of chia seeds that can benefit dairy products. It allowed them to avoid other stabilize…

  13.08.2020

• Alyona Kudlayeva: Dance Helped Me Learn More About Myself

  …coming spring – Nauryz. I really enjoy this celebration. My favorite place is the city of Shymkent. In summer it is full of flowers. People start hiking in the Tien Shan mountains and also enjoy having picnics.  How do people react to you being from Kazakhstan? When people learn where I'm from, they often try to guess my hometown but it never works. Usually, th…

  13.08.2020

• Hacks, Viruses, and DDoS: Who Attacks Our Computers and How to Stop Them

  …n the news 20 years ago and today: think back to the motherboard killer CIH/Chernobyl (1998) or the cryptoworm WannaCry (2017). Today, most viruses don’t make loud statements. Instead, they’ll steal your logins and passwords, take screenshots, report on your bank account balance, and give their owners access to your PC when the time is …

  12.08.2020

• This Mostly Stay-at-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: Art and Cinema

  …s were invited to rethink and integrate them into modern days. As a result, they presented alternative views of the Summer Garden and its porphyry vase, Alexander Pushkin, and installation of the most beautiful horses in the world. So take your chance to enjoy sculptures, installations, media art and form your own opinion on new life br…

  12.08.2020

• ITMO Joins Hult Prize Hosts List Alongside Oxford, Harvard, Others

  …nd learned that there is such a movement that brings together students in order to launch projects and thus help facilitate the solution of socially significant problems. This inspired me greatly. The organizers explained to me that any student can do that at their universities. I relayed this information to the team of our ITMO Case Club, as well as several of my ac…

  12.08.2020

• St. Petersburg Scientists Propose Prototype of New Infrared Visualizer

  …ible to the human eye. But it often happens that people still need to see the beam of a laser working in the infrared range. It’s necessary, for example, when checking a laser installation, as well as its adjustment.  “As of now, in the field of infrared optics there is the task of visualizing infrared radiation used for various purposes,” says Sergey Makarov, t…

  12.08.2020

• St. Petersburg Scientists Propose Using Terahertz Holography for Diabetes Tests

  …s can serve as a signal that you should see a doctor, but they are not enough to make an accurate diagnosis. “Venous blood is analyzed in order to make a diagnosis,” explains Yulia Kononova, a researcher at the Almazov National Medical Research Centre. “There are methods for its analysis that are quite accurate. However, they are not without their specifics. Som…

  11.08.2020

• ITMO Master’s Student Becomes a United Nations SDG Youth Ambassador

  …mong the general population, the UN arranges the Russian Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Youth Ambassadors contest. This year, Maria Zalieva, a Master’s student at ITMO’s Institute of Design & Urban Studies, became a youth ambassador for the Sustainable Cities and Communities goal. Could you tell us about the contest? How did it go? The contest is supp…

  11.08.2020

• 5 Things You Didn’t Know About St. Petersburg

  … secular (and sometimes bizarre) venues. Two prime examples in St. Petersburg are the Lutheran Church of Saint Peter & Saint Paul, right off Nevsky Prospect, and the Byzantine-inspired Church of Our Lady the Merciful on Vasilyevsky Island. The latter was actually converted into a training facility for divers and submariners. They practiced diving in a 40-meter deep t…

  11.08.2020