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Even if a black hole can be described with a mathematical model, it doesn’t mean it exists in reality. Some theoretical models are unstable: though they can be used to run mathematical calculations, from the point of view of physics they…

A deflected nasal septum can be corrected with a simple surgery that is often performed under local anesthesia. This procedure is recommended for patients with apnoea or chronic maxillitis. However, the side effects of the surgery include…

Besides satellites and the International Space Station, thousands of out-of-service spacecrafts, boosters, and other space debris objects move along different orbits around the Earth. Sometimes they collide and break down: for example,…

Universities from 47 countries that are classified by the FTSE Group of the London Stock Exchange as “emerging economies”, “secondary developing” or “frontier markets” were able to get on the list.THE Emerging Economies is based on the…

Bacteria that are protected by a biofilm are more resistant to antibiotics and other adverse environmental factors, and this resistance usually builds up faster than the modern industry is able to produce new drugs. Such bacteria include…

The rankings assess 13 indicators in 5 areas of indicators: “Teaching”, “Research”, “Citation”, “International outlook”, “Income from industry”. The success of RUDN University was facilitated by a significant growth in the “Academic…

Einstein’s general theory of relativity predicted the existence of black holes—supermassive objects in the Universe that attract everything, including light. Black holes are described by many mathematical models, one of which is the…

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia is represented in two subject rankings of THE World University Rankings by Subject 2022: Engineering and Technology in the 501-600 group and Computer Science in the 601-800 group.The rating…

The Nobel Committee in Stockholm has named the laureates in Medicine — David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian. They discovered how temperature or touch, for example, is transformed into human sensations.“Tactile and temperature receptors are…

The Nobel Committee awarded Benjamin List and David McMillan the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of asymmetric organic catalysis. In 2000, the two chemists independently created a new type of catalysts from organic molecules,…