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• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #62

  Artificial brains, artificial water, and genuine success – there’s never a dull day at ITMO as long as ITMO.NEWS is there to report on the latest in science and education. Here are some highlights from the past two weeks’ headlines.

  26.08.2024

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #60

  Every two weeks, we bring you the latest from the realms of science, research, and education at ITMO and beyond. Today’s digest is no different: from new cancer treatments and advanced brain research to Master’s and PhD programs for budding AI engineers, we’ve got it all covered.

  29.07.2024

• Brains in Sync: What’s New in Brain Research

  As a PhD student in neuroscience, my completely unbiased opinion is that the human brain is one of science’s greatest mysteries. Today, to mark World Brain Day – celebrated on July 22 and aimed at promoting brain health and research – we'll see if science is getting any closer to solving it. What can neuroscientists do with the newest tech advances? What do the classic experiments in the field look like? And what is hyperscanning? Find answers to these questions and more in today’s ITMO.NEWS article.

  23.07.2024

• Mind-Blowing Research of the Month: How and Why We Study Music’s Effects on the Brain

  People spend an average of 18 hours a week listening to music, according to a 2019 survey. It is undeniably a huge part of our lives and, naturally, inspires great curiosity in scientists. What makes you tap to the beat? Is it true that music can make you read faster? And what can possibly connect music and language? Today, we will attempt to answer these questions, dipping our toes into the ocean of research on music perception and cognition. 

  18.05.2021

• How to Study Effectively: Five Memorization Techniques for Acing Any Exam or Test

  Do you know why Richard of York gave battle in vain and not in rain? And why will you always remember that roses are red and violets are blue? What about a long-lost memory from your childhood brought back to you by a delicious smell from your parent’s or grandparent’s kitchen? Our brain knows a trick or two, and you can harness its power through mnemotechnics for remembering even the hardest material for your tests and exams.

  19.01.2021

• Seven Sins of Our Memory or Why We Forget Things

  What do scientists know about the way our memory works? Which part of the brain is responsible for the process of remembering? Is it possible to remember everything or at least not forget the important things? Polina Krivykh, a psychophysiologist, popularizer of neuroscience, and author of the book Where Are My Glasses and Other Stories About Our Memory answers all these questions. 

  07.01.2021

• Building Resilience and Coping With Stress

  With the ongoing pandemic and increasing distance learning fatigue, this year has demonstrated (and still does) that stress and setbacks are unavoidable. While a bit of stress isn’t necessarily a bad thing, being constantly on high alert can affect both your physical and mental well-being. That’s why we must understand stress and know the ways to manage it in order to lead a happy and healthy life.

  03.11.2020

• Evolutionary Biologist: The Brain Attracts a Lot of Attention, but We Still Don’t Know Much About It

  Philipp Khaitovich, an evolutionary biologist and professor at the Skoltech Center for Neurobiology and Brain Restoration, has held an online lecture about the most complex and mysterious human organ – the brain. ITMO.NEWS wrote down the main talking points.

  25.06.2020

• What Is Stress and How to Cope With It During Self-Isolation

  What happens inside our brain in stressful situations? What is the connection between the brain and human needs? How to remain sane during self-isolation? How can procrastination actually be useful? Vyacheslav Dubynin, DSc, professor at the Faculty of Biology of Lomonosov Moscow State University, and a specialist in physiology of the brain, answered these and other questions during an open lecture as part of KSTATI (КСТАТИ) scientific festival by the Network of Nuclear Technology Information Centers. Here are the key points of his presentation.

  07.05.2020

• ITMO Scientists Propose an Improved Technology for Detecting Ultra-Low Magnetic Fields

  It is for several years now that ITMO University scientists have been working on the creation of supersensitive sensors for measuring ultra-low magnetic fields that occur, for example, in the brain. These sensors can be made from compact ceramic resonators and defect ensemble (NV centers) in a diamond. Recently, the physicists have published an article in the Review of Scientific Instruments journal, where they described a new, more efficient version of an antenna for such measuring devices. ITMO.NEWS spoke with the authors to find out why we should measure the magnetic field of the human brain, and how this is proposed to be done. 

  01.04.2020