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• ITMO Scientists' New Screening Platform Predicts Antibiotic-Nanoparticle Combinations

  Researchers from ITMO University have developed the world’s first screening platform that predicts the efficiency of nanoparticle-antibiotic combinations for use against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The algorithm decreases the time spent looking for new effective compounds from several months to mere days, and is expected to help create new medications against bacteria that are dangerous for humans and resistant to antibiotics. The results of the research were published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces; the study was supported with grant No. 2019-1075 from the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

  03.06.2025

• ITMO Physicists Describe New Superfast Quantum Processes in Radiation

  Researchers at ITMO University have suggested a model for the visualization of superfast dynamic processes in light-radiating particles – and used it to predict new quantum phenomena. In contrast to the new model, existing methods can only be used to describe static processes, which significantly limits research options and presents a simplified view of the studied phenomena. Using the newly developed model, it will be possible to learn more about the nature of atoms, increase the efficiency of particle accelerator experiments, and create more accurate devices for the space industry and biomedicine. The related study was published in Communications Physics.

  27.05.2025

• ITMO Researchers Succeed in Accelerating Development of Autoimmune Disease Treatments

  Researchers at ITMO have created an algorithm that will facilitate the development of medicines for autoimmune diseases. The developers used machine learning to search for inhibitors of spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) – a protein that plays a key role in the development of immune thrombocytopenia. Using the new method, the team has identified over a hundred candidate molecules that could be used in treatments. The resulting paper was published in Journal of Cheminformatics.

  21.05.2025

• Russian Scientists’ Solution Promises to Improve Logistics in Big Cities

  Researchers from Sberbank’s Artificial Intelligence Lab and ITMO University have found a way to improve logistics in major cities. Their discovery may help improve the efficiency of cargo traffic, delivery and taxi services, and public transport. The resulting paper, Assessing the complexity of a path search optimization method based on clustering for a transport graph, was published in the Q1 journal EPJ Data Science.

  15.05.2025

• ITMO Researchers Suggest Quick and Effective Protein Immobilization Method for Cancer Treatment Testing

  A quick and effective way to immobilize proteins associated with tumor growth has been suggested at ITMO. The team behind it has found a way to reproduce the conditions found within living cells, but on the surface of microbalance sensors, allowing researchers to observe interactions between proteins and other biological molecules in real time. This way, it will be possible to uncover more about the nature of these proteins and reduce the time and resources needed to develop cancer treatments. The resulting paper was published in Langmuir.

  11.04.2025

• Ultrathin 2D Crystals for Data Recording and Storage Synthesized at ITMO

  А new class of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that turn from 3D to 2D structures on their own has been discovered at ITMO. These can be used in memristors and ReRAM – technologies used for the recording and storage of data. Such crystals are created with solution chemistry methods without the need for expensive lithography, which significantly reduces their price. At the same time they are thin (starting from 4 nanometers), while their improved electronic properties make them an efficient component in memory devices and AI platforms. The results of this Russian Science Foundation- and Priority 2030-supported project were published in Advanced Science.

  26.03.2025

• ITMO Researchers Discover New Type of Singularity – Exceptional Bound States in the Continuum

  A team of scientists from Russia, China, Austria, and the UK have found a new, previously considered impossible type of singularity, namely exceptional bound states in the continuum. The finding opens the door to producing energy-efficient optical transistors, modulators, and switches, as well as next-gen ultrasensitive sensors that can detect viruses and proteins more effectively. The results of the study were published in Physical Review Letters.

  20.03.2025

• New Study from ITMO: Waveguides Made Invisible to Each Other in 2D Lattice

  Physicists from ITMO and University of Chile have demonstrated mutual invisibility in a waveguide lattice for the first time. With this alignment, adjacent waveguides don’t exchange light: upon entering the lattice, light doesn’t scatter and instead remains a limited area. Conducted with support from the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 24-72-10069, the study was described in a paper published in Nano Letters.

  19.03.2025

• Cardiac MRI Now Processed in Minutes With ITMO AI Algorithm

  Researchers from ITMO and Almazov National Medical Research Centre used deep learning to develop a way to quickly detect cardiac fibrosis – with an algorithm that divides a cardiac image into 17 segments and then evaluates the location and amount of fibrosis tissue in each of them. With the new algorithm, clinicians won’t have to do the complicated MRI analysis, which would significantly facilitate the selection of treatment for heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases. The results of the study, supported by the Russian Science Foundation, were published in Biomedical Signal Processing and Control.

  17.03.2025

• ITMO Researchers Unveil New Methods to Control Light for Making Hypersensitive Devices

  Physicists from ITMO and Harbin Engineering University have experimentally proven unique light scattering features in open optical systems with Mie resonators. Thanks to the discovered effects, it’s possible to control light absorption and gain coefficients, enabling high sensitivity of optical systems to external factors. These results pave the way to hypersensitive sensors and optical devices for information processing and transfer. The study was described in a paper published in Science Advances.

  11.03.2025