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Freedom, Science, and Creativity: Why Pursue PhD at ITMO University
…rs to specialized employees, and provide priority service to the elderly. The technology has already been adopted by a large Angolan bank, Banco Sol, in Luanda, as well as civil protection and fire services in Angola. Alexander Semyonov After completing my Master’s in robotization of chemical technologies at ITMO, the next natural step for me was to pursue …
21.01.2025
ITMO Researchers Discover New Acoustic Force for More Accurate Shape-Based Sorting of Cells
…ng and rises steadily in the acoustic field. “Lateral recoil force is like sailing; the wind hits the boat from the side, causing it to move at a certain angle to the wind’s direction as it inflates the sails. In the effect we discovered, the particle is pushed upward by an acoustic wave from a speaker rather than the wind. At the same time, the force makes it n…
21.01.2025
2025 Trends and Activities: Predictions by ITMO.NEWS
What’s in a Name: 4 Russian Words With Unexpected Origins
…erminal) St. Petersburg, as you may know from our previous writing, has a total of five вокзал-s, or rail terminals, which serve as key hubs for trains arriving from every direction. But where does this word, which even sounds a little like the rattle of a railcar, come from? To find out, one must go back to 1838, when Russia’s first-ever railway connected St.…
20.01.2025
ITMO Students Shine at VkusVill’s R&D Incubator
… track focused on finding a healthy alternative for coffee and energy drinks, while the fish track team was looking for an easier way to cook pollack. Those teams that passed the selection round then entered a three-month stage with tasks from VkusVill and workshops from the company and its partners – all aiming to help the teams bring their projects to MVP under the…
20.01.2025
City of Superlatives: Rainbow of St. Petersburg
…lors: red, orange, green, blue, and purple. Learn more on how to sound like a local when picking your metro destination from this article – and let’s dive into our actual rainbow selection. Red Starting to assemble our list from the city center, we turn to one of St. Pete’s most iconic red buildings, the Twelve Collegia. In Peter the Great’s time, it housed …
17.01.2025
Be a Cool Scientist, Not a Boring Nerd: Physicist Alexey Kokhanovskiy on His Career in Science and Neuromorphic Computing
…etasurfaces as layers of a neural network. With the help of resonance effects, we can localize optical fields, achieving significant nonlinear effects at lower energies. Nonlinear functions are crucial in the majority of computational algorithms. To design a neuromorphic computer, we will first need to study the effects of thermodynamics, optics, and phase changes…
15.01.2025
This Week in St. Petersburg: January 16-22, 2025
… 8 pm St. Petersburg Philharmonia 600-1,500 rubles In celebration of Mozart’s birthday (January 27), the chamber orchestra of St. Petersburg Philharmonia will perform a selection of his most renowned pieces under the baton of Leo Kraemer, a long-time friend of the philharmonia from Germany. The flute solo in the Flute Concerto No. 1 for Flute in G major wil…
15.01.2025
From Unicorns to Orange Trees: St. Petersburg's Most Unusual Local Flags
…ch flank the harbor’s entrance and are the only remaining structures from the district's original 18th-century ensemble. All these elements symbolize the district’s location and connection with the sea. Shuvalovo-Ozerki The Shuvalovo-Ozerki district’s flag features another mythical creature, namely a unicorn. In heraldic tradition, the unicorn is rather a s…
14.01.2025
ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup: 2024 in Review
…It’s been a big year for science at ITMO, so much so that it can be tough to pick the very best! To review all of the past year’s developments, visit the Science section of our website – or better yet, check out all the previous installments of our Science Roundup series. *** Physics and more A new method of twisting particles with the help of a laser beam m…
13.01.2025