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• Anvar Zakhidov On His Collaboration With ITMO and METANANO Conference

  In 2016, ITMO's Department of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials received a grant to launch the "Photonics and Optoelectronics of Nanostructured Perovskite Materials" research center. Anvar Zakhidov, a professor from the Texas University in Dallas, collaborates with Sergei Makarov from ITMO's Department of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials as head of its new Laboratory of Hybrid Nanophotonics and Optoelectronics. In an interview with our news portal, the professor spoke about how he got interested in metamaterials, the new technologies for producing perovskite patterns and the laboratory's recent results

  05.10.2017

• Controlling Propagation of Surface Waves Using Ultra-Small Nano-Antenna

  Physicists from ITMO University, for the first time, theoretically predicted and experimentally demonstrated a method for effectively controlling the propagation of surface waves using an ultra-compact dielectric nanoantenna. In the experiment, the researchers were able to achieve directional launching of surface plasmons. Moreover, the surface plasmons, having wavelengths which differing by only 10 nanometers, spread out in opposite directions. This system allows for the creation of an effective, inexpensive and much more compact demultiplexer, which could be used in the future in devices for optical information processing on a chip. This study was published in the journal Laser & Photonics Reviews.

  03.10.2017

• ITMO Fellowship Stories: Look for a Team

  Gerhard Wohlgennant came to ITMO University from Austria to participate in the ITMO Fellowship Program. His main field of research is knowledge extraction from natural language. In this exclusive interview he gives us some insight into his past and current research and how he found this opportunity to work in Russia. 

  08.09.2017

• Scientists Achieve Breakthrough in Polariton Laser Technology

  An international scientific team has modeled and conducted an experiment in the course of which they have managed to produce an electrically pumped spin-polarized polariton laser. This allows for a reduction in the laser’s energy consumption levels and control over the output polarization. This is achieved thanks to the use of magnetic materials in the device’s contacts: the electrons that come into contact with the laser have a preferred spin direction, which allows for effective spin pumping. Polariton lasers are very promising for the very reason that they do not require high amounts of energy. In addition, they work at room temperatures. Due to this, they can be used in portable electronics, optical computers and communication devices. Results of the experiment have been published in Physical Review Letters.

  06.09.2017

• Rainy Day Gadgets: How Science Deals With Bad Weather

   Do you live in St. Petersburg? Then you’re likely aware of what it’s like to live in a rainy climate. You always need an umbrella, your choice of clothing is limited, driving is a hassle, you need to carry around all the extra stuff, can’t spend as much time in parks as you’d like to and, of course, the rain outside puts you in a mood. Do not fret – the age of technology has a solution to any problem. ITMO.NEWS has put together a list of inventions, both clever and odd, that help people live, laugh and love despite the rain.

  04.08.2017

• ITMO and NTU to Collaborate on Academic Mobility Programs

  ITMO University was recently visited by a delegation from Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The main topic of the conversation between the two universities was the development of academic mobility programs. As of today, ITMO and NTU are already working together on research in predictive modeling and translational technology. In near future, the partners intend to strengthen their partnership in the area of student mobility.

  02.08.2017

• International Research Team Makes Progress in HRS Virus Study

  An international research team that includes scientists from ITMO University has come closer to understanding the structure of the human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) which affects thousands every year. The reserachers have partially mapped out the three-dimensional structure of the NS1 protein contained in HRSV and identified the structural parts responsible for the suppression of the human immune system. The results of the study have been published in the Nature Microbiology journal.

  31.07.2017

• ITMO Scientists Receive Russian Science Foundation Grants

  According to the results of the first three rounds of the Presidential research funding program, 504 pilot projects, 239 youth research teams and 31 laboratories have been awarded grants. Many of ITMO University’s scientists are among them. The winners’ projects are based on various fields of study: from smart city development scenarios to the creation of dielectric metamaterials with unique properties.

  19.07.2017

• Forming Bonds: Visiting Scientists on Chemistry Research and Working Abroad

  Two young extraordinary scientists with extensive international experience – a chemist and a materials science engineer – came to ITMO to conduct research for a few months. They currently work in the Hey-Hawkins Group at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at Leipzig University. Sara Durini is a postdoc from Italy and Rafaella Precker is a Ph.D. student from Brazil. They both took part in research at the Solutions Chemistry of Advanced Materials and Technologies (SCAMT) Laboratory at ITMO. The international news portal had an exclusive interview with them to learn more about their research.

  12.07.2017

• Do Leadership Skills Depend on Education: Research By ITMO And Courseburg.ru

  ​Educational online platform Courseburg.ru and ITMO's Institute of Design & Urban Studies conducted a joint research and found out what education do St. Petersburg's top-managers have and how that affects their careers. Most senior managers get higher education so as to solve some particular problem or while they work. Also, short-term courses and personal development trainings are becoming more and more popular. ITMO.NEWS decided to study it deeper and learn which skills apart from common professional competencies help one move up the corporate ladder.

  04.07.2017