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• Nanolasers, MRI, and Cultural Heritage: ITMO University Wins Three Megagrants

  … "Applied Radioengineering". The project is a continuation of previous research on the improvement of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with the use of devices based on cutting-edge materials. ITMO University has been engaged in this field for several years. The creators want to make this category of diagnostics as effective and as safe as possible. “We realized …

  03.12.2020

• Scientists Demonstrate New Opportunities for Controlling Light in Optical Graphene

• Best Projects by Participants of Online School by ITMO Avatar Developers

  … the Algorithms of Complex Systems research group at ITMO’s National Center for Cognitive Technologies. “We wanted to give the participants of the school both theoretical knowledge on the development of such platforms and practical experience of introducing their services into existing platforms. We offered them the center’s projects as test sites: the digital avatar…

  02.12.2020

• ITMO University Debuts in Five RAEX Subject Rankings

  …e and healthcare, economics and management, agriculture, humanities. The agency’s specialists note that three factors were taken into account: the applicants’ level of knowledge, scientific publications, as well as results of reputational surveys. According to the Ilya Kuftiryov, RAEX rankings are quite well-balanced from the methodological standpoint: they fea…

  01.12.2020

• ITMO Graduate ‪Andrei Gorodetsky on His Career, European Science, and Work in Different Countries

  …receivers of this radiation. Plus, natural materials aren’t able to produce it exclusively. Thus, the field still has room for improvement and new findings. Moreover, our knowledge about microwave and optical waves is not always enough, so we have to come up with unconventional solutions. What changed in the 1990s? First and foremost, ultrafast lasers appea…

  01.12.2020

• Rukami Fest 2020: ITMO’s TECHNOHISTORY Project Highlights Digital Loneliness and Bacteria Representation in Media

  …ernational festival of ideas and technologies. Students and staff from various departments at ITMO University took part in seven tracks focusing on different fields of knowledge: from VR visualization of cultural heritage objects to the history of atomic physics. Each track was based on interdisciplinary research or a small-scale project at the intersection of soc…

  27.11.2020

• Beneath the Pavement, Not the Beach: First Art & Science Conference on Soil

  …t, known for the use of test-tube living tissues in his artwork. His artistic laboratory SymbioticA specializes in the creation of “half-living” sculptures that balance on the edge of living and inanimate, organic and synthesized. The artist himself named this approach neolifism or, in other words, the highest manifestation of the human desire to subdue nature. Ne…

  27.11.2020

• Optical Computers Explained: Will They Replace the Regular Kind?

  …emove that stage and simply process optical signals with optical methods. There are already systems partially capable of doing that, but we’re still far from creating a full-fledged optical computer. It’s said that optical computers use up less energy, but just how much? Regular electronic devices use electrical current, which produces heat. That heat…

  25.11.2020

• Beginner’s Guide to Brainstorming and Writing Articles for Scientific Journals

  …three days but in reality, it is most often physically impossible. So the process can drag on for months and only your supervisor, who has the necessary experience and knowledge, can stop you in this endless race and help you understand which results you need for your article – whether it is a communication paper, a full paper, or a report. Writing an artic…

  25.11.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: November 28-29, 2020

  …onsulate General of the Republic of Korea) Free Are you a true fan of Korean culture? Is your playlist flooded with K-pop idols? It’s your last chance to test your knowledge of the traditions, try your hand at a drawing contest, become an American Idol at a K-pop singing competition, go on tours to authentic places in St. Petersburg, and win prizes at the Kore…

  25.11.2020