Tag - Institute of Physics

Scientists give opinions on the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics

Scientists John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton are recognized “for fundamental discoveries and inventions” that enable machine learning using artificial neural networks. The methods they developed formed the basis for the creation of machine learning algorithms. “The awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics this year is a vivid demonstration of the role of fundamental physics in the...

Institute represented at 3rd Young Scientists Congress

The national event was held in Sirius on 28 – 30 November. A roundtable on international recruitment in Russian science featured Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev, who said, “In my presentation at the round table, I gave general data on attracting foreign students, postgraduates and young scientists to KFU. I spoke in more detail about the...

Mikhail Varfolomeev among most cited researchers in 2022 Elsevier rankings

The new database for 2022 features nine names associated with our University. The ranking draws statistics from Scopus, a citation index with over 20 thousand scientific journals and other printed materials. The list for KFU is as follows: Airat Dimiev, Lead Research Associate, Laboratory of Materials for Green Energy; Rawil Fakhrullin, Chief Research Associate, Center for Analytical Biophotonics and...

Research makes inquiries into electron paramagnetic resonance as means for enhanced oil recovery

A joint paper by Kazan Federal University and Tyumen Industrial University saw light in Fuel. Despite the fact that electromagnetic heating processes have been known since the middle of the last century, the nature of the interaction of the electromagnetic field with heavy oil components has not yet been studied. In one of the latest studies,...

2nd GeoFest held at UNICS Center

The festival, organized by KFU and Russian Geographical Society, took place in the evening of 2 June and comprised 10 lectures and 17 interactive booths and stands. The event was visited by President of KFU Riyaz Minzaripov, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev, Minister of Forestry of Tatarstan Ravil Kuzyurov, Chairman of the Tatarstan Branch of the Russian Geographical...