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The University of Buenos Aires is among the 10 best in the world for the year 2023

By: Lcda. Arianna F Naveda, Inspenet. June 21, 2022.
In recent years, the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) has risen sharply on the various scales that have ranked it as one of the best institutions of higher education in Latin America and the world. The QS world university classification has placed it in first place in its ranking of the 10 best universities in South America.

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Russia becomes China’s largest oil exporter

By: Lcda. Arianna F Naveda, Inspenet. June 21, 2022.
The place previously occupied by Saudi Arabia now belongs to Russia, a country that has become the largest supplier of oil to China. The Asian giant increased imports from Russia by 54.84%, according to figures for the month of May.

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They discover that cacti can serve as broadband Wi-Fi antennas

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, June 20, 2022
Although plants are supposed to restrict the performance of radio frequency transceiver systems (which is why the Wi-Fi signal becomes weaker in forests), they can also act as efficient biogenic elements, according to a study by an international team of scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MFTI, for its acronym in Russian) and Tel Aviv University.

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Scientists assess the potential use of volcanic ash to manufacture cement and concrete

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, June 20, 2022.
Scientists from the Concrete Science and Technology Institute (ICITECH), dependent on the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) in Spain, are studying various samples of volcanic ash from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma, in the archipelago of The Canary Islands in Spain, in order to assess its potential use in the manufacture of cement and concrete.

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