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Kosmas Prassides
Kosmas Prassides is a Greek-born solid-state chemist, educated at Oxford, known for work on molecular superconductivity in fullerides, including record 38 K superconductivity in Cs3C60.
Kosmische Musik
Kosmische Musik (cosmic music), also called kosmische, is 1970s West German electronic music named in Tangerine Dream's 1971 Alpha Centauri sleeve notes, promoted by Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser's Ohr and Kosmische Kuriere labels, and distinct from British-coined krautrock.
Kosmoceras
Kosmoceras (Waagen, 1869), also Cosmoceras, an extinct Upper Callovian Middle Jurassic ammonite genus of family Kosmoceratidae from Europe, known for Brinkmann's 1929 study of phyletic evolution and strong sexual dimorphism.
Kosmos
Kosmos is a family of multimodal large language models released by Microsoft Research in 2023, with Kosmos-2 adding pixel-level grounding of text to image regions.
Kosmos 1408 (Космос 1408)
Kosmos 1408 (Космос 1408) was a Soviet electronic intelligence satellite launched in 1982 and destroyed in a Russian anti-satellite missile test in November 2021, creating one of the largest debris clouds in low Earth orbit.
Kosmos 954 (Космос 954)
Kosmos 954 (Космос 954) was a Soviet nuclear-powered ocean-surveillance satellite that failed to boost its reactor core to a disposal orbit and re-entered over northern Canada on 24 January 1978, scattering radioactive debris.
Kosmos Energy
Kosmos Energy is a Dallas-headquartered deepwater oil and gas exploration and production company, founded in 2003 and listed on the NYSE under the ticker KOS.
Kosmos Festival 2026
Kosmos Festival is an underground electronic music and arts festival held each July in Ristiina, Finland; the 2026 edition, its eleventh, ran 9 to 12 July.
Kosmos-11K63
Kosmos-11K63, also known as the Kosmos-2I or Kosmos-2, was a Soviet light-lift rocket, derived from the R-12 missile, that launched small satellites from 1965 until 1977.
Kosmos-11K65M
Kosmos-11K65M, commonly known as Kosmos-3M, was a Soviet and later Russian two-stage liquid-fueled orbital launch vehicle in service from 1967 to 2010, with 445 launches and a 95.1 percent success rate.
Kosmos-63S1
Kosmos-63S1 was a Soviet two-stage light launch vehicle, the first of the Kosmos family, built on the R-12 missile and flying from Kapustin Yar between 1961 and 1966.
Kosmotrope
A kosmotrope is a strongly hydrated ion or cosolute in water that stabilizes folded proteins and causes salting-out, classified within the Hofmeister series introduced by Franz Hofmeister in 1888.
Kosofe
Kosofe is a Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria, headquarters Ogudu, created 1980, abolished 1984, recreated 1996; 2006 census population 682,772, area about 81 km2, known for Mile 12 market.
Kosoko
Kosoko (died 1872) was Oba of Lagos, in present-day Nigeria, reigning from 1845 until a British naval bombardment deposed him in 1851 for refusing an abolition treaty.
Kosovare Asllani
Kosovare Asllani, born 1989 in Kristianstad, Swedish attacking midfielder and captain of London City Lionesses and Sweden; over 200 caps, two World Cup bronzes, two Olympic silvers, ACL injury March 2026.
Kosovo
Kosovo (Republika e Kosovës), a partially recognized Western Balkans country, declared independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008 after the 1999 NATO intervention; recognized by 117 states but not the UN, with an EU-facilitated dialogue with Serbia ongoing since 2011.
Kosovo Albanians
Kosovo Albanians (Shqiptarët e Kosovës) are the ethnic Albanian majority of Kosovo, about 90.79% of the 2024 census population, shaped by Ottoman rule, Yugoslav autonomy, the 1998-1999 war, and the 2008 declaration of independence.
Kosovo Campaign Medal
The Kosovo Campaign Medal (KCM) is a U.S. military campaign medal established by Executive Order 13154 on May 3, 2000, for service in Kosovo operations after March 24, 1999, covering the Kosovo Air and Defense Campaigns until December 31, 2013.
Kosovo Cycle
The Kosovo cycle (Косовски циклус) is a cycle of Serbian oral epic folk poems about the Battle of Kosovo of 1389, forming the central section of Serbian epic poetry.
Kosovo Force
Kosovo Force (KFOR) is NATO's peace-support operation in Kosovo, deployed since 12 June 1999 under UNSCR 1244 and the Military-Technical Agreement. About 4,700 troops from 31 countries; third security responder after Kosovo Police and EULEX.
Kosovo Liberation Army
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA, UÇK, Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës): ethnic Albanian guerrilla force that fought Serbian rule in Kosovo 1998-1999, ended by NATO intervention and demilitarization; leaders later convicted of war crimes.
Kosovo national football team
Kosovo national football team (FFK), UEFA member since 3 May 2016 and FIFA since 13 May 2016; first official match 2014 vs Haiti; record-high 78th FIFA ranking; coached by Franco Foda; lost 2026 World Cup play-off final to Turkey.
Kosovo Security Force
Kosovo Security Force (Forca e Sigurisë së Kosovës, FSK): Kosovo's lightly armed, multi-ethnic volunteer force created in January 2009 from the Kosovo Protection Corps, capped at 2,500 active and 800 reserve personnel, now transitioning to a Kosovo Army by 2028.
Kosovo Specialist Chambers
The Kosovo Specialist Chambers is a hybrid court, funded by the European Union and seated in The Hague, prosecuting crimes committed in Kosovo between 1998 and 2000.
Kosovo War
The Kosovo War (1998-1999) was fought between Serbian forces and the Kosovo Liberation Army; NATO's 78-day Operation Allied Force forced Serbian withdrawal, leading to KFOR peacekeepers, UN administration, and Kosovo's 2008 independence.
KOSPI 200 (코스피 200)
KOSPI 200 (코스피 200) is a free-float market-capitalization index of 200 major stocks on the Korea Exchange, launched in 1994 as the underlying for Korea's index futures, options, and ETFs.
Koss Corporation
Koss Corporation is an American headphone manufacturer headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, best known for the SP/3 of 1958, the first commercial stereo headphone, and the Porta Pro.
Kosse Coal Mine
The Kosse Coal Mine is a surface lignite mine in Limestone and Robertson Counties, Texas, owned by Luminant Mining Company and the state's largest lignite producer.
Kossel Medtech
Kossel Medtech (科塞尔医疗科技) is a Chinese medical device company founded in 2013 in Suzhou that makes interventional vascular devices, including China's first registered long-term vena cava filter.
Kossuth emigration
The Kossuth emigration (Kossuth-emigráció) was the exile of Lajos Kossuth and around 6,000 Hungarian Forty-Eighter refugees after the failed 1848–49 revolution, lasting until the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.