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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: January 21-22, 2023

  It might be a little immodest to say, but we are truly proud of this week’s selection of weekend activities. Below are our ideas on how to enjoy art in its various forms – and have some fun – this uncharacteristically warm January weekend in St. Petersburg.

  18.01.2023

• ITMO’s New Lab To Develop Next-Gen Sensors and Associated Technologies

  ITMO’s Infochemistry Scientific Center has recently launched a new lab, where students and researchers will conduct experiments in organic, inorganic, physical, and electrochemistry. There, they will develop materials for next-gen sensors and optics, as well as implement food- and biotech projects.

  18.01.2023

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #22

  We welcome you to our first science digest of 2023! And if that number still makes you think you’re in the future, that’s alright – so will these stories. Today, we’ll delve once again into the wonders of quantum physics, try to wrap our minds around deepfakes, and so, so much more.

  16.01.2023

• How To Relax Properly and Not Burn Out: Advice From a Psychologist

  The first work week of the new year is officially over, and if you felt like it would never end, then you are not alone. How do you prevent burnout or falling prey to routine? How not to be suffocated by the routine? What is proper rest culture? And why is maintaining proper work-life balance not working out for you? We teamed up with Olga Gofman, a PhD in psychology, a lecturer at the Institute of International Development and Partnership, and a research associate at the Research Center “Strong AI in Industry” to answer these questions.

  13.01.2023

• A World Inside a Molecule: How Chemistry Paves the Way for Secure Data Storage

  With each year, the volume of data grows ever higher; according to Statista, in 2022 the total of all information accumulated by humans has amounted to approximately 97 zettabytes. By 2025, this number is expected to reach a whopping 180 zettabytes. Today, most data is stored on hard drives, flash drives, and cloud services. But are these media all that reliable? What else can scientists offer us – and how does chemistry come into play? George M. Whitesides, one of the most highly cited chemists of our time, shared his insights in a recent lecture – and ITMO.NEWS is here with the cliffnotes.

  12.01.2023

• New Method of Quantum Entanglement Generation Suggested at ITMO

  The university’s scientists have come up with a versatile way to generate quantum correlations and entanglements that makes it possible to dynamically change the system’s parameters and tweak photon characteristics such as bunching and antibunching. This study paves the way towards coding entangled states in superconducting qubits and processing quantum information on next-gen optical chips.

  11.01.2023

• Fake Statham, Real Scams: What Are Deepfakes and How To Fight Them

  Jason Statham buys a country house in Russia to celebrate his 60th birthday with Margot Robbie and Keanu Reeves. However far removed from reality this seems, it is the premise of the 2022 Russian deepfake-based web series PMJason. But deepfakes are not just about transplanting Hollywood stars into Russian villages, as they can also be used to scam whole companies for millions of dollars. We teamed up with Ilya Popov, the head of the Laboratory of Validation and Verification of Complex Technical Systems of ITMO’s Faculty of Secure Information Technologies, to find out how deepfakes are made and how not to be fooled by them. 

  10.01.2023

• How NOT To Plan Your Year

  How do you kick off the most productive and prosperous year? With careful planning, of course! Or not! Let our devious advice (вредные советы – vrednyie sovety in Russian)  be your guiding star in what to absolutely not to do. Make sure not to follow it and you will be fine.

  09.01.2023

• How To Return to Work After Holiday Season When Motivation Is Lacking

  Whether we like it or not, all holidays eventually end, and we have to get back to our routine of studying and working. But it might prove especially challenging after having a whole week off after New Year’s. We teamed up with Evgenia Shestakova, a psychologist and a lecturer at ITMO’s Institute of International Development and Partnership, to figure out how to make returning to work after a long rest easier.

  09.01.2023

• Test: Most Astonishing Discoveries of 2022

  There is always something cool going on in science – every year, scientists discover new planets, find new minerals, and create unique materials. 2022 was no exception. Let us prove it to you with a test. We’ve prepared 7 amazing but real science news items and 14 fakes – try to guess which are which.

  06.01.2023