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• Top Nine Questions About Genome Decoding

  These days, we often hear about scientists having decoded the genome of this or that species. ITMO.NEWS and Aleksey Komissarov, a researcher at ITMO’s SCAMT Institute, explain what DNA is, how it helps us study animal ancestry, and in what way DNA testing differs from genome research.

  20.11.2020

• How the Stones of Ancestors Exhibition Changes Our Perception of Archaeology

  This week is your last chance to visit the exhibition of Stone Age artifacts at the A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications. The exhibition is a DIY project created by enthusiastic archaeologists, artists, historians, and science communicators.

  19.11.2020

• Ancient Art & Science, or What Killed the Medusa

  ITMO professor Sergei Stafeev recently delivered a lecture in which he spoke about how Greek philosophers succeeded in discovering many of the laws of optics, how these discoveries were reflected in art, and what’s similar about the story of Medusa and one of the Harry Potter books. ITMO.NEWS put down the main ideas.

  02.11.2020

• Allergist Olga Zhogoleva on Evidence-Based Medicine and Myths

  Allergist Olga Zhogoleva is not only known for her medical practice – she also runs a popular Instagram blog about evidence-based medicine with over 160,000 followers.

  29.10.2020

• Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg on the Universe’s Expansion and Key Challenges of Modern Physics

  How does particle physics help us explore space? What great challenges are scientists still facing? And what are they going to do next? Steven Weinberg, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and science popularizer, addressed all these issues at the NAUKA 0+ Festival.

  19.10.2020

• Smart Cane and Quantum Physics In Water Drops: Projects by ITMO Students at Youth Awards in Science and Innovations Finals

  The event for school and university students is conducted annually by National University of Science and Technology MISiS with support from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. This year, the contest took place in an online format: the participants had to record short video presentations of their projects.

  01.10.2020

• Bioinformatics Explained

  DNA structure was discovered almost 70 years ago. Nowadays, scientists are not only able to decode the genome, but also to identify the functions of each gene and its sequences, as well as edit genes and create new ones. It all became possible thanks to the development of computer technologies and a new field of studies called bioinformatics.

  24.09.2020

• ITMO University Launches an Online Course on Climate and Journalism

  ITMO University’s Science Communication Center is launching a six-week course for everyone who’s interested in climate change, wants to learn more about it, and make a difference. Learn more about the course in this ITMO.NEWS article.

  22.09.2020

• Cutting-Edge Science With Roots in Ancient Rome: All About Nanophotonics

  Nanotechnologies have been a hot topic for over 15 years now, while nanophotonics still remains known to the rare few. It is a brand new interdisciplinary field at the intersection of optics, laser physics, materials science, physical chemistry, physics, and chemistry of solids, nanostructures, and nanotechnologies. What does this discipline study and where can this research be applied? In this article, Ivan Toftul and George Zograf, PhD students at ITMO’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering, help us answer these questions. 

  09.09.2020

• Nuclear Physics in Popular Movies: How Real Is That?

  Does Tony Stark have a heart? How did Doc manage to send DeLorean into the future? Why was Homer Simpson allowed to work at a nuclear plant? Sergey Pravosud, a graduate of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, discussed the most popular myths from the world of cinema at an open lecture arranged by the Atomic Energy Information Center in Tomsk. We summarized it for you.

  03.09.2020