How to retain more information for academic purposes

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I regularly lose arguments about all types of topics not because I do not know anything about them, but because I forget very crucial details or the sources of the information. Also I often help fellow students at uni understanding topics they struggle with just to end up with worse grades in the same subjects as them because I simply forget details during the exams.
Are there ways to combat this? I'd like not taking drugs and I don't think it is due to my lifestyle, because it is even happening when I live healthily and not locked up due to corona for prolonged amounts of time, although that makes it worse.