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RUDN University engineers found out that vegetable oil destroys concrete. In 90 days of contact with oil, concrete collapses. This must be taken into account in the construction and operation of industrial buildings where vegetable oils are used in technical processes.
How to make money on wastewater and turn biological mass into clean energy? What is valorization of waste and sludge? How does this process relate to sustainable development? Dr. Kumar Vinod, professor at the Department of Life Sciences at Graphic Era University (India), spoke about water without treading water.
RUDN University engineers calculated how to collect precipitation for water supply over a large area in an arid region. The results will help solve the problem of water shortages through the construction of several dams and ponds.
RUDN University environmentalists have proposed a new catalyst for converting methane into hydrogen — an alternative energy carrier. The catalyst itself is a simple sponge iron, environmentally friendly and also a cheap material.
RUDN neurosurgeons studied the immune response in polytrauma — multiple serious traumatic lesions. The results will help specialists understand the features of the recovery period and adjust the treatment.
A RUDN nanotechnologist has studied a new method for preparing a powder for modifying road surfaces. It consists of worn car tires and styrene butadiene rubber.
Scientists from RUDN University, Canada, Italy, and Turkey used an artificial neural network to predict the stability of steel parts and find the optimal protective coating.
RUDN biologists in collaboration with scientists from Iran have obtained gold nanoparticles using harmless fungi living on a peach tree. The resulting particles proved to be useful in the fight against a pathogenic fungus that infects rice and potatoes. Potentially, nanoparticles can be used in medicine.
A RUDN veterinarian with colleagues from Iran, Italy and Thailand proved that it is possible to protect the immunity of rainbow trout and enhance its growth with the help of shallot extract.
RUDN University agronomists with colleagues from Algeria have found a way to deal with potato aphids. This parasite infects potatoes with viruses and results in yield loss. Instead of using insecticides, agronomists have proposed destroying pests with harmless fungi that live on plants.
Physicists and mathematicians, biologists and chemists, economists and lawyers, philologists and political scientists, specialists in technical and teaching sciences — the 1st World Science Championship among scientists and teachers took place in Dubai.
The development of microrobots for the fight against atherosclerosis by Andrei Kostylev, a student at RUDN Institute of Medicine, has reached international level. His team Labmein won the BRICS Business Incubator competition, which was held on August 20–24.