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A soil scientist from RUDN University studied soil samples collected at the Tibetan Plateau and discovered that high soil moisture content (caused by the melting of permafrost and glaciers) leads to further temperature increase. Therefore, the rate of soil bogging should be held back in order to slow down global warming.
Why is design a verb? Why is little design good? Why make five variants of a CV? At the master class “What is design? Basic principles of design” from Sistema JSFC and RUDN University, Alexey Chupin, Head of the MTS design center, showed how design solves business problems.
“The priority of Sistema Public Joint Stock Financial Corporation is human capital. The Group employs over 200 thousand people and it is vital to assess the potential of all our assets. They are diverse: from agriculture to space, and from telecom to Ozon,” says Svetlana Matveyeva, Vice President for Human Resources, Sistema PJSFC.
Alexandra is a sociologist and Sinologist. She tells us the secrets of learning Chinese, breaks down stereotypes about the Chinese keyboard and shares what she learned after living in China for several years.
Once a year, RUDN Airlines give you the opportunity to visit dozens of countries in a few hours. No visa and luggage — take only the most necessary things: a student card and good mood. RUDN University students from 50 countries introduced the guests of the “Planet South-West” festival to their cultures and traditions.
Anna was born and raised in Tbilisi in the area of sulfur baths, once visited by Alexander Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov. Read in the interview about international relations, why they are important and how not to give up with closed borders — in an.
A researcher from RUDN University suggested that Xanthomonas bacteria that are harmful to plants might have developed from a nonpathogenic related species by receiving virulence genes from other species of bacteria.
What sets chemistry apart from other natural sciences is the ability to get creative and find amazing solutions to long known problems.
Many substances with different chemical and physical properties, from diamonds to graphite, are made up of carbon atoms. Amorphous forms of solid carbon do not have a fixed crystal structure and consist of structural units—nanosized graphene particles. A team of physicists from RUDN University studied the structure of amorphous carbon and suggested classifying it as a separate type of amorphous solid bodies: a molecular amorphic with enforced fragmentation.
The film industry has surrounded us since the 19th century and is becoming more and more popular every year. Have you ever thought how to translate the names of foreign films? Tang Jiazheng (Faculty of Philology, China) talks about filmonyms (names of films) and strategies for translating from Chinese into Russian.
Nina Krasnoshapka is a professional actress. At the age of 30, she entered RUDN University to study arts and humanities. Nina actively fights against ageism and does projects for the interaction of people of different generations. Read her interview to learn why professional skills are more important than personal ones and how to teach people not to label people for age.
A team of linguists from RUDN University established that a person’s ability to accurately differentiate between vowel sounds of a foreign language correlates with the size of their vocabulary in said language.