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🏆 The NeurOmix has been nominated for the “Seekers” category, recognizing significant achievements in science and technology.

The NeurOmix, developed by scientists from Skoltech in collaboration with physicians from the Psychiatric Clinical Hospital No. 1 named after N. A. Alekseev, is designed to evaluate a person's psycho-emotional state by analyzing plasma lipids. Utilizing specific blood parameters, it can now determine, with up to 93% accuracy, the risk of a patient developing schizophrenia, depression, or bipolar disorder.

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The “Made in Russia” award is given by Snob magazine to the best projects invented and implemented by Russians within Russia.

👀 One of the winning teams at the Innovation Workshop developed a prototype device that detects facial muscle tone.

Using EMG sensors, this device monitors facial muscle activity. The software reduces noise from the collected data to help cosmetologists diagnose and identify areas with increased or decreased muscle tone. Such developments have the potential to benefit cosmetology by offering personalized recommendations for facial muscle gymnastics and massage for patients, as well as other cosmetology procedures.

The short video demonstrates the device in action, highlighting the details of its development.

🇷🇺🇨🇳 Skoltech received a warm welcome from leading Chinese universities.

The delegation from Skoltech participated in educational exhibitions in China and successfully negotiated with representatives from eight universities. One of the key topics discussed was student exchange programs.

Additionally, Professors Artem Oganov and Chengdong Yuan delivered lectures to local students covering the materials of the future, the application of nanomaterials and catalysts in oil field development, as well as novel methods for predicting new materials.

🔋 Another video with the winners of this year’s Innovation Workshop

Together with the scientists from the Energy Center Alla Pustovalova and Ilya Savin, the students created a prototype of a chemical reactor for producing amorphous silicon. The use of this material in the negative electrodes of lithium-ion batteries will increase the specific capacity of the electrodes by 3-5 times.

Turn on the video to see how the guys managed to create it!

🤝 Skoltech welcomed a delegation from the University of Sharjah — one of the Institute’s key partners (1st among UAE universities in the Times Higher Education University Rankings 2023).

President Alexander Kuleshov together with Vice Presidents Grigory Kabatyansky and Lawrence Stein greeted the visitors, among whom were Professor Hamid M.K. Al-Naimiy, the UoS chancellor; Professor Maamar Bettayeb, the vice chancellor for research and graduate studies; and Professor Rifat Hamoudi, who co-directs the joint Skoltech-UoS Biomedically Informed Artificial Intelligence Laboratory with Assistant Professor Maxim Sharaev from the Applied AI Center. Maxim presented the lab’s ongoing projects and spoke about the plans for the future, citing proposed research, joint patents, sharing ideas for commercialization and startups, as well as international collaboration. The delegates toured the Materials, Agro, Energy, and Neuro centers. Associate Professor Ekaterina Khrameeva from the Bio Center focused on the life sciences research at Skoltech. Associate Professor Tatiana Podladchikova, the head of the Engineering Center, introduced the guests to space weather studies conducted at the Institute. The heads of both universities expressed their satisfaction with the visit, citing the importance of in-person encounters and opportunities for the leadership to see with their own eyes what is going on on the other side of the partnership and determine the prospects for productive further cooperation.