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Wow! There are 28 senses!Really?!

This is what we found out on Tuesday 15 October, which saw the launch of the Elite  Scientist Project for 2024-25.  The project will be run by Krisztina Losonci and Valeria Perboni, who have both worked with Brunel University, as well as other academic…

Is that Professor Saiful Islam?! No way!!

Professor Islam was one of the speakers that the 6 Elite Scientists saw relaying research about different sorts of batteries, and the future regarding them. 

The Elite Scientists had to set up their stand and relay their research to other…

"Analyse This!"

This was the main activity that the Elite Scientists did  

on Tuesday 16 January.  After weeks of data collection using the Myndband brainsets, the Elite Scientists could finally start analysing their data using Myndplayer Pro Software.   Dr Iryna  Benilova, came to be…

"Shhhhhh! We are doing a quiz"

This was one of the activities that the Elite Scientists had to do whilst wearing their Mydband EEG headset.  

On Tuesday 19 December, Dr Iryna  Benilova, came to be with the Elite Scientists, to help them  continue to collecti data for their project: "…

Is it paired yet?

This was the common question asked 

on Tuesday 27th of November, when Dr Iryna  Benilova, came to be with the Elite Scientists, to help them  pair  their Myndband headsets, with their computers, so that they could start their project: " The Effect of various activities…

Wow, that's a big table!!

On Tuesday 7 November, Dr Iryna Benilova, came from University College, London, to do a session with the students on the planning of the experiment that they are going to do, which is "The Effect of Various activities on the Brainwave patterns of students ". The…

Elite Scientists project kicks off!

Tuesday 31 October 2023, saw Dr Iryna Benilova from University College London in collaboration with Saint Georges, University of London, came and give an introduction into the brainwaves project. The Elite Scientists were very eager to find out more about…

Weather report said it would be only partly cloudy!

On Friday 20 October 2023, we had the Orionid meteor shower watch on the AstroTurf, at William Perkin. The Orionids are dust grains derived from no other than Haileys comet! As the dust grains burn into the upper layers of our atmosphere, in…

What's a Prion? 

This was one of the interesting things that was addressed at the Lauch of the Elite Scientists, Tuesday 10 October.  We learn about Kreutzfeldt, Jakob disease, and how it impacted the world community, and we learned about Dr Benilova's research into Prion disease. You can read…

First it was clear, then it was cloudy!

On Friday 11th of November, we had the Taurid meteor shower watch on the AstroTurf, at William Perkin. It was set to be a clear night, so that we could see lots of meteors, however it ended up being cloudy with a few gaps in the cloud. We saw Mars and…

Quantum Computers

Contents:

• Introduction
• Computer components
• Quantum physics
• Quantum computers
• Applications

Introduction:

For most of our history, human technology consisted of our brains, fire, and sharp sticks. While fire and sharp sticks became power plants and nuclear…

On Tuesday 27th of June, 2023, the Elite Scientists, went to the Fiends Meeting House, in Euston, to give their research findings to more than 500 delegates, from other schools, at the IRIS Conference 2023 (Institute for Research in Schools).  As well as students and teachers from other schools,…