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Peking University Third Hospital
Peking University Third Hospital (北京大学第三医院, PUTH), founded 1958 in Beijing's Haidian District, is a National Health Commission-managed tertiary Grade-A hospital and Peking University clinical school, known for spine surgery, reproductive medicine (mainland China's first IVF baby), and sports medicine.
Pekingese
Pekingese (Peke): ancient Chinese toy dog breed from Peking (Beijing), a sacred imperial companion. Up to 14 lb, 6-9 inches, pear-shaped with lion's mane; AKC-recognized 1906; brachycephalic with respiratory, eye, and spinal health risks.
Pekka Koskela
Pekka Koskela (born 1982, Mänttä) is a Finnish sprint speed skater, 1000 m world record holder (1:07.00, 2007–2009), four-time Olympian, four-time World Championship medalist, and Finland's national team head coach from 2026.
Pekka Lappalainen
Pekka Lappalainen, born in 1966 in Espoo, Finland, is a Finnish cell biologist and professor at the University of Helsinki known for his work on actin cytoskeleton regulation.
Pekka Paivarinta
Pekka Päivärinta (Lätsä-Pekka), Finnish runner born 1949, first official World Cross Country champion 1973, two-time Olympian, 25,000 m world record holder 1975; distinct from the sidecar racer of the same name.
Pekka Puska
Pekka Puska is a Finnish public health physician and epidemiologist who directed the North Karelia Project from 1972 and later led noncommunicable disease prevention at the World Health Organization.
Pekka Pyykkö
Pekka Pyykkö, born 1941 in Finland, is a theoretical chemist and professor emeritus at the University of Helsinki, known for relativistic quantum chemistry of gold and widely used covalent radii.
Pekka Rinne
Pekka Rinne, Finnish NHL goaltender (born 1982, Kempele), played 15 seasons for the Nashville Predators; 683 games, 369 wins, 60 shutouts, 2018 Vezina Trophy, No. 35 retired, Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
Pekka Toveri
Pekka Toveri is a Finnish politician of the National Coalition Party and a Member of the European Parliament since 2024, where he chairs the EU-Ukraine delegation.
Pekka Vasala
Pekka Vasala (born 1948, Riihimäki), Finnish runner, won 1972 Munich Olympic 1500 m gold in 3:36.33, beating Kip Keino; time still the Finnish record; 800 m best 1:44.5.
Pekrur
Pekrur, also written Pakruru, was an ancient Egyptian chieftain with the Libyan title Great Chief of the Ma, known from a block inscription found at Per-Sopdu, modern Saft el-Hinna in the eastern Nile Delta.
Peksater
Peksater (also Pekasater) was a royal wife of the Kushite king Piye, recorded as his sister and a daughter of Kashta, buried at Abydos in Egypt.
Pelabuhan Ratu power station
Pelabuhan Ratu power station (PLTU Pelabuhan Ratu, Jawa Barat 2) is a 1,050 MW coal-fired power plant at Sukabumi, West Java, owned by PLN and commissioned in 2013.
Pelacarsen
Pelacarsen (TQJ230, AKCEA-APO(a)-LRx) is a GalNAc-conjugated antisense oligonucleotide by Ionis and Novartis that lowers lipoprotein(a); its phase 3 Lp(a)HORIZON trial missed its MACE endpoint in September 2026.
Pelage Pharmaceuticals (company)
Pelage Pharmaceuticals is a Los Angeles-based clinical-stage biotech whose lead drug, PP405, is a topical small molecule that reactivates dormant hair follicle stem cells to treat hair loss.
Pelageya Danilova
Pelageya Danilova (Пелагея Александровна Данилова), Soviet artistic gymnast (1918–2001) from Burevestnik Leningrad; 1952 Helsinki Olympic team gold and portable apparatus silver, 1954 Rome world team champion.
Pelagia noctiluca
Pelagia noctiluca, the mauve stinger or purplestriped jelly, is a holoplanktonic scyphozoan jellyfish of the Mediterranean and northeast Atlantic, known for its painful sting, nematocyst-covered body, and irregular blooms recurring roughly every 12 years.
Pelagia Rupes
Pelagia Rupes is a 220-km-long lobate scarp, a thrust-fault cliff, in Mercury's Eminescu quadrangle (H-09), centered at 15.33°N, 218.59°W; IAU-approved January 27, 2023 and named after the Dutch research vessel RV Pelagia.
Pelagianism
Pelagianism, also called the Pelagian heresy, is a fifth-century Christian movement associated with the monk Pelagius, condemned as heresy at Carthage in 418 and Ephesus in 431.
Pelagic fish
Pelagic fish live in the water column, away from bottom and shore, in coastal seas, open oceans, and lakes. Coastal pelagics (anchovies, sardines) and oceanic pelagics (tuna, swordfish) differ by depth; many school and serve as forage fish.
Pelagic tunicates in marine food webs and carbon cycling
Pelagic tunicates are gelatinous filter-feeding animals, chiefly salps, pyrosomes, doliolids, and larvaceans, whose fast-sinking pellets, mucus houses, and carcasses move carbon from the surface ocean to depth.
Pelagic zone
The pelagic zone, also called the open ocean, is the entire water column of the sea, away from the bottom and shore, and Earth's largest habitat.
Pelagius
Pelagius was a British or Irish lay ascetic and biblical exegete, active c. 390–418, whose teaching on grace and free will was condemned at Carthage in 418.
Pelagius I
Pelagius I was pope from 556 to 561, a Roman aristocrat and former envoy to Constantinople whose election by Emperor Justinian I followed his reversal on the Three Chapters.
Pelagius II
Pelagius II was the 63rd pope, in office from 579 to 590, a Roman-born son of a Gothic father who led Rome through the Lombard siege.
Pelagius of Asturias
Pelagius (Pelayo), died 737, was the Asturian leader counted as first king of Asturias after defeating an Umayyad force at Covadonga (dated 718 or 722). His story rests on late ninth-century chronicles; the Chronicle of 754 never mentions him.
Pelagon Linea
Pelagon Linea is a linea, an elongate surface feature about 617 km long, on Europa, Jupiter's icy moon, named for the mythical king who sold Cadmus a marked cow.
Pelagothuria
Pelagothuria, with the single species Pelagothuria natatrix, is a genus of deep-sea sea cucumbers and the only echinoderm known to live in the water column, swimming with fused tube feet.
Pelamis wave energy converter
The Pelamis wave energy converter was a floating, articulated wave energy device that in 2004 became the first offshore wave converter to supply a national grid.
Pelangi di Mars
Pelangi di Mars (Rainbow on Mars) is a 2026 Indonesian family sci-fi film, Upie Guava's feature debut, about the first human born on Mars seeking Zeolite Omega; XR virtual production, released 18 March 2026, SU-rated, Netflix streaming.