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St Petersburg University (SPbU, Saint Petersburg State University; Russian: СПбГУ, Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a Russian federal state-owned higher education institution based in Saint Petersburg. It is the oldest and one of the largest universities in Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the Great, the University from the very beginning has had a strong focus on fundamental research in science, engineering and humanities. It is made up of 24 specialized faculties and institutes, the Academic Gymnasium, the Medical College, the College of Physical culture and Sports, Economics and Technology. The university has two primary campuses: one on Vasilievsky Island and the other in Peterhof.

St Petersburg University mathematicians prove the existence of hidden attractors in an electrical circuit

“Scientists from St Petersburg University and the Kotelnikov Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IRE RAS), together with Professor Leon Chua from the University of California, Berkeley, have demonstrated experimentally the existence of hidden attractors …

Chemists of St Petersburg University invent a thermal camera to carry out reactions

“The scientists of St Petersburg University together with the researchers from N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences have developed a tube-in-tube reactor that provides for efficient reactions without the use of external heaters …

Chemists at St Petersburg University develop a new technology to prevent lithium-ion batteries from catching fire

“Scientists at St Petersburg University have developed a new technology to prevent lithium-ion batteries from catching fire. What scientists propose is to use a ‘chemical fuse’ to cover the main conductor cable of the battery. It is a special protective …

St Petersburg University scientists discover a new mineral that looks promising for producing batteries

“The research team headed by Stanislav Filatov, Professor at the Department of Crystallography at St Petersburg University, has discovered a new mineral species in Kamchatka – petrovite. The scientists named the find in honour of Tomas Petrov, an outstanding crystallographer and …

Scientists developed a technology for printing customised neuroprostheses on a 3D bioprinter

“Researchers from St Petersburg University have developed the NeuroPrint soft neuroprosthesis 3D printing technology. In the long term, this can help paralyzed people after spinal cord injury. The new development has already shown its effectiveness in studies on mammals and …

Theoretical physicists have predicted the existence of previously unknown topological phases of crystalline solids

“An international group of scientists, including Alexey Soluyanov, Senior Research Associate at St Petersburg University, have proved the existence of new topological phases of metals which lie outside any previously developed classifications. The results of the research have been published …