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A musician's note reading speed and capability to effectively scan the notation are the keys to successful playing, found researchers as they were examining the music reading of players of different skill levels in an extensive experimental research project. Measurable differences in eye movements between beginner and professional musicians can be mere tenths of a second, but during that time a well-versed player has time to add flourish and play around with the music, interpreting it in their own manner.

The beginner’s course in Korean is a new initiative, and it is organised in co-operation between the Centre for Language and Communication Studies of the University of Turku and King Sejong Institute established by the South Korean government, and specialising in the teaching of the Korean language as well as cultural export.

An emergency exercise was organised on the lower campus of the University of Turku on 13 September. It was part of a more extensive Syystammi18 drill by the Finnish Defence Forces.

The emergency exercise that took place at Educarium has ended. The area can now be accessed normally.

The first Salomaa Prize was awarded to Dr Jean-Eric Pin from Paris. The award ceremonies took place in the annual Developments in Language Theory Symposium (DLT conference for short) in Tokyo on 13 September.

​The Prize-winning mathematician Jean-Eric Pin (centre) at the award ceremony alongside award committee members Mikhail Volkov and Juhani Karhumäki.

The properties of quantum mechanics can be utilised, for example, in technology and encrypting messages, but the disadvantage is the occasional disappearing of information. For the first time, a research group consisting of Finnish and Chinese scientists has found a way to fully control the information escaping the qubit.

The Natural Chemistry Research Group of the University of Turku will organise the XXX International Conference on Polyphenols (ICP) 2020 in Turku on 13–17 July 2020. 400–500 participants are expected to join this biennial event that is estimated to generate more than €800,000 of travel income in Turku.

​Photo: Visit Turku / Vesa Aaltonen.

A research team at the University of Turku discovered a link between the interplay of certain simultaneously occurring genetic changes in the HOXB13 and CIP2A genes, aggressiveness of prostate cancer, high risk of developing the disease, and poorer survival rates of patients. Prostate cancer is a major challenge in health care with over one million new cases and 300,000 deaths from it each year worldwide.

The European Remembrance Programme of the European Commission has granted funding for the interdisciplinary project “#NeverAgain: Teaching Transmission of Trauma and Remembrance through Experiential Learning”. Over the next two years, the project aims to address the concealed hatreds, prejudices and normalised oppressions that are learnt through the unhealed and transmitted traumas perpetuated in our everyday lives through seemingly harmless everyday practices.

Fourth grade schoolchildren in two schools, Pääskyvuori school in Turku and Dhaka Joy & Hope in Bangladesh, started getting to know each other and the virtual learning environment by throwing a ball and playing hide and seek. In a globally unique experiment, fourth graders will get to develop and experiment with a new kind of learning environment together with the researchers. Working with pupils and teachers, the researchers are gathering ideas for building new ways of learning.