The International Conference «The Modern Paradigm of Scientific Knowledge: Relevance and Prospects»
April 4, 2018, young researchers and graduate students from China, Russia, Syria, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Haiti, Denmark, Ghana, Egypt, Yemen, India, Jordan, Iran, Cameroon, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Lebanon, Madagascar and other countries of the world met at RUDN at the VI annual International Scientific and Practical Conference «The Modern Paradigm of Scientific Knowledge: Relevance and Prospects», an event conducted by the Department of Foreign Languages of RUDN Agrarian and Technological Institute, where graduate students, young researchers from all over the world, senior students of various specialties and directions of RUDN Agrarian and Technological and Medical Institutes presented reports on the scientific topic of their dissertations, demonstrating an interdisciplinary approach to research in line with the modern paradigm of scientific knowledge. The working languages of the conference were English, Spanish, Chinese, German and French.
Based on the results of the event, a collection of articles is prepared for publication in the publishing house «Languages of the Peoples of the World» with the assignment of ISBN index. The conference collection is also indexed in the database of the RSCI.
A RUDN agrotechnologist has identified wheat genotypes that are resistant to a dangerous fungal pathogen that infects plants even before the snow melts and reduces yields.
RUDN University engineers have calculated the parameters of a system that can prevent lunar power plants from overheating. These developments will be needed when planning for long-term lunar missions and colonizing the satellite.
Landfills are the third largest source of anthropogenic methane in the world. They account for ~11% of estimated global emissions. Methane is 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide and is the second largest driver of man-made climate change. Scientists from around the world met at Zhejiang University's Hangzhou campus to determine the best available technologies for recovering energy and materials from non-recyclable residual waste.