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Summer is not over yet, but Jinhai Wang, Research Assistant at the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development and PhD student, has already attended five summer schools at leading Chinese universities — and shares his reflections.

From 9 to 11 July 2026, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology in Moscow hosted the XIV All-Russian Congress of Councils of Young Scientists and Student Scientific Societies, bringing together more than a thousand participants from 75 Russian regions and 12 foreign countries. Evgeny Knyazev, Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Physiology at the HSE University Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, took part in the Congress, also serving as Deputy Chair of the Council of Young Scientists of the State Research Center Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS.

HSE Daily has published an article about the Second Conference with International Participation, "Experimental and Informational Approaches to the Study of Pathological Conditions," organized by the International Laboratory of Microphysiological Systems at the HSE Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology

Researchers from the Laboratory of Molecular Mechanisms of Longevity presented a new test system for detecting bacteriophages in dairy production. The method makes it possible to identify starter culture contamination at an early stage without complex equipment.

How can children and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) become not only recipients of support, but also full participants in shaping it? This pressing question is the focus of a large-scale study conducted by researchers at the HSE International Laboratory for Social Integration Research (ILSIR), in collaboration with the Reach for Change Foundation.

Researchers at HSE University have examined how communication difficulties in children with autism are related to brain function. The findings show that not only language networks but also attention networks play an important role. The weaker the connections involved in maintaining focus and switching attention, the more pronounced communication difficulties were. The study has been published in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Beyond technological solutions, the development of anthropomorphic robotics also demands ethical ones. In July 2026, the HSE Institute for Robotics Systems hosted a foresight session dedicated to developing an Ethical Standard for Anthropomorphic Robotic Complexes. Representatives from businesses, government bodies, scientific organisations, and universities gathered to discuss key ethical and legal issues surrounding the development of anthropomorphic robotic complexes. The main outcome of the meeting was a draft of the Ethical Standard.

Why do some people voluntarily follow new rules while others ignore them? Researchers at HSE University have found that the answer lies not so much in people's willingness to cooperate, as previously believed, but in their ability to empathise with others. Empathy proved to be the strongest predictor of whether people chose to wear face masks voluntarily during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings have been published in Frontiers.

From July 13 to 17, 2026, the HSE Faculty of Mathematics hosted the international conference ‘Moduli, Dynamics, and Integrability,’ bringing together leading mathematicians from Russia, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and other countries.

Researchers at HSE University, in collaboration with colleagues from the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FIAN), have developed a method for rapidly determining how firmly a film is bonded to a substrate. This is important for the creation of ultrahigh-frequency acoustic filters, which are key components of next-generation 5G and 6G communications. For the first time, researchers have succeeded in measuring the lateral rigidity of the bond between a two-dimensional material film and a substrate in this way. The study results have been published in Applied Physics Letters.