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• John Ioannidis’s ITMO Lecture: What’s Wrong With Medical Research and How We Can Make It Right

  One of the most renowned scientists of our generation, John Ioannidis, came to St. Petersburg to deliver an open lecture at ITMO University. The hour-long talk focused on the shortcomings of contemporary medical research and how clinical testing can be made trustworthy again by putting the “evidence” back into “evidence-based medicine”. ITMO.NEWS provides the highlights of the lecture. 

  28.10.2019

• Learning From Nature: Scientists Suggest Sea Sponges for Water Purification and Vehicle Emission Reduction

  An international scientific team that includes an ITMO-affiliated researcher has analyzed the skeletons of sea sponges and proposed their use as basis for new hybrid materials. These porous structures would have a potential application as catalysts for next-gen filters. The study has been published in Science Advances.

  22.10.2019

• Lithium-Ion Batteries, Space and How Oxygen Affects Cells: 118th Nobel Week Results

  The 118th Nobel Week, which recently drew to a close in Stockholm, was marked by awards to outstanding scientists, inventors and those who work in the fields of art and politics. As per the tradition, the candidates were chosen by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Read on to learn about the laureates in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine. 

  18.10.2019

• ITMO’s PhD Student Awarded a Grant for Researching Natural Protein-Based Preservatives

  Georgiy Ryabinin, member of ITMO University’s International Research Center “Biotechnologies of the Third Millennium” and PhD student at the Faculty of Food Biotechnologies and Engineering, has won a competition on the best project in the field of basic scientific research organized by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR). ITMO.NEWS spoke with Georgiy and his scientific advisor, associate professor and head of the Center Denis Baranenko to find out what makes the search for new antimicrobial agents so topical, how chemical preservatives harm the environment, and what tasks their research currently faces.

  17.10.2019

• Scientists Develop World’s First Photonic Quadrupolar Topological Insulator

  An international team of scientists from Russia and the USA that includes researchers from ITMO University presented the world’s first photonic quadrupolar topological insulator. As opposed to the existing two-dimensional topological insulators, these new structures have only recently started to be researched. In the future, this research can open the way to the creation of new reliable traditional and quantum-optical devices with a higher-order topological defense, as well as topologically protected sources of classical and quantum light. The research was conducted with support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and published in Nature Photonics. 

  09.10.2019

• Light Can Cool: ITMO Scientists Propose Concept of Optical Nano-Refrigerator

  A group of scientists from ITMO University, including one Master’s and one PhD student, has proposed a new method for quick cooling-down of surfaces using perovskite and light nanoparticles. In the future, this principle can be used to cool nano-lasers in optical chips, increase the life of solar panels, and create smart glass. The article was published in the journal Nanoscale.

  07.10.2019

• Scientists Describe Universal Way of Compressing and Stopping Light for Ultrafast Optical Data Transmission

  An international group of scientists which includes an ITMO researcher has published in one of the world’s leading science journals a paper dedicated to the controlled change of the speed and spectrum of a light signal. In their work, the researchers summed up the data from past experiments and theoretical studies to pave the way for the creation of new devices for high-speed data transfer. The article was featured in Nature Photonics.

  30.09.2019

• THz Success: ITMO Master’s Student Presents His Research in Paris

  ITMO University student Egor Litvinov believes that 2019 may well be his lucky year: he’s won a presidential scholarship to pursue studies abroad, became a laureate of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society scholarship and attended international conferences in Paris and Yokohama, where he also got the opportunity to present his research. ITMO.NEWS met with Egor to find all about his work and successes. 

  26.09.2019

• ITMO University PhD Student Awarded Ostrogradski Scholarship

  Tatyana Latynina, a PhD student at ITMO University’s Faculty of Photonics and Optical Information, made it to the list of awardees of the Ostrogradski Program’s Scholarship. Held annually, the program aims at helping young scientists from Russia visit research laboratories in France to conduct joint research projects together with their French colleagues. This fall, Tatyana will spend a month and a half at the University of Rouen, where she will study advanced electrical aluminum alloys. Such materials are now being studied intensively by various research groups all over the world. Research in this field opens up new opportunities for controlling the materials’ properties, such as their strength, heat resistance, and electrical conductivity.

  26.09.2019

• Max Planck Institute Scientist Nikolai Avdievitch on New MRT Devices and Opportunities They Offer

  Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive imaging technology that produces detailed images of organs and tissues based on the magnetic nuclear resonance (MNR) technology. Developed several decades ago, the technology is now extremely widespread and available in many modern clinics. However, researchers continue working on improving its accuracy and developing new, more efficient systems. Nikolai Avdievitch, a senior research associate at the Max Planck Institute in Tübingen (Germany) and leading specialist engaged in the development of new sensors for experimental MRI systems, recently taught a course for the students of ITMO University’s Master’s program “Radiofrequency Systems and Devices”, and shared with ITMO.NEWS about his work and the latest research in the field of MRI.

  25.09.2019