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Ruhong Zhou

Ruhong Zhou (周如鸿) is a Chinese computational biologist and biophysicist, Qiushi Chair Professor and Dean at Zhejiang University, who shared the 2009 National Medal of Technology for the Blue Gene supercomputer.

Ruhr

The Ruhr (Ruhrgebiet) is a polycentric region of about 5.1 million people in western Germany, formerly the country's coal and steel heartland, now transformed toward services, universities, and industrial heritage after the 1958 coal crisis.

Sep 24, 2026

Rui Barbosa

Rui Barbosa (1849–1923) was a Brazilian lawyer, jurist, orator, and politician who served as the Republic's first Minister of Finance and drafted the Constitution of 1891.

Rui Benedito

Rui Benedito, born in Lisbon in 1979, is a Portuguese vascular biologist known for work on Notch and VEGF signaling in angiogenesis and genetic mosaic tools.

Rui Costa

Rui Costa (Rui Manuel César Costa), Portuguese attacking midfielder born 1972 in Amadora; Benfica, Fiorentina and AC Milan playmaker, 94 Portugal caps, 1991 U-20 world champion, now 34th president of SL Benfica.

Oct 22, 2026

Rui de Noronha

Rui de Noronha, full name António Rui de Noronha, was a Mozambican poet and journalist considered the precursor of modern Mozambican poetry; his sonnets appeared posthumously in Sonetos (1946).

Rui Faria

Rui Faria, Portuguese football coach born 1975 in Barcelos, José Mourinho's assistant for 17 years and 23 trophies, later Al Duhail manager and 2019 Emir Cup winner.

Rui Hachimura (八村塁)

Rui Hachimura (八村塁), born 1998 in Toyama, Japan, is a Japanese NBA power forward, 9th overall pick in 2019 by the Wizards, later the Lakers, signed by the Clippers in 2026 to a two-year, $28 million deal.

Rui Han (韩锐)

Rui Han (韩锐) is a partner at Gaorong Ventures in Beijing who leads the firm's new-consumer investing, with deals including Dingdong Maicai, Perfect Diary, and Genki Forest.

Sep 23, 2026

Rui Liangfu

Rui Liangfu (芮良夫) was a grand master of the Western Zhou dynasty who admonished King Li of Zhou; his admonitions survive in transmitted texts and a Tsinghua bamboo manuscript.

Rui Oliveira

Rui Oliveira (Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira, born 1996) is a Portuguese cyclist with UAE Team Emirates who won Olympic Madison gold with Iúri Leitão at Paris 2024, Portugal's first cycling title; distinct from Brazilian swimmer Ruy Oliveira (born 1953).

Rui Patrício

Rui Patrício (Rui Pedro dos Santos Patrício), Portuguese goalkeeper born 1988; Sporting CP, Wolves, Roma; Euro 2016 winner and UEFA Goalkeeper of the Tournament; 108 Portugal caps.

Rui Wang (engineer)

Rui Wang (王睿) is a Chinese materials scientist and tenured associate professor at Westlake University known for defect passivation and crystallization control in perovskite solar cells, including a 2023 Nature paper reaching 25% efficiency.

Rui Zhang

Rui Zhang (Zhang Rui) is a Singapore-based wireless communications researcher and Provost's Chair Professor at the National University of Singapore, known for wireless power transfer.

Rui-Ming Xu

Rui-Ming Xu (许瑞明) is a Chinese structural biologist who uses X-ray crystallography to study chromatin-modifying enzymes, and a professor at the Institute of Biophysics in Beijing.

Ruibing Wang

Ruibing Wang (王瑞兵) is a Chinese chemist and professor of supramolecular pharmaceutics and biomaterials at the University of Macau, known for supramolecular drug delivery and cytopharmaceuticals for cancer and inflammatory disease.

Ruidoso, New Mexico

Ruidoso is a village in Lincoln County, southern New Mexico, in the Sacramento Mountains at 6,920 feet elevation. A mountain resort town near Ski Apache and Lincoln National Forest, it suffered the 2024 South Fork Fire and deadly 2025 flooding.

Ruijiang Li

Ruijiang Li is a Stanford Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology who develops AI foundation models for precision oncology, including MUSK, published in Nature in 2025.

Ruijin Hospital

Ruijin Hospital (瑞金医院, formerly Guangci Hospital 广慈医院), founded 1907 in Shanghai, is a Grade 3A teaching hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, a National Medical Center known for the Shanghai method for leukemia and burn-shock fluid formula.

Oct 15, 2026

Ruijin power station

Ruijin power station (华能瑞金发电厂) is a 2,700 MW coal-fired power station in Gan County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China, built in 2008 and expanded with two 1,000 MW ultra-supercritical units in 2021.

Oct 22, 2026

Ruijū Kokushi

Ruijū Kokushi (類聚国史, "Classified National History") is a Japanese reference work completed in 892 by Sugawara no Michizane, reorganizing the Six National Histories by subject for quick consultation.

Ruike Biopharma (瑞科生物)

Ruike Biopharma (瑞科生物), formally Jiangsu Ruike Biotechnology Co., Ltd. and known internationally as RecBio, is a Chinese vaccine developer founded in 2012 and listed in Hong Kong since 2022.

Ruin the Friendship

Ruin the Friendship is a 2025 Taylor Swift song, track 6 on The Life of a Showgirl, written with Max Martin and Shellback, about her late high school friend Jeff Lang and the regret of never kissing him; it peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Ruined church

Ruined church: roofless remains of a former church, notably the scheduled monument (list entry 1005839) of St Mary's parish church at Treyford, West Sussex, scheduled 18 June 1951, Grade II listed, with 13th-century nave and chancel walls abandoned in the 19th century.

Ruins

Ruins: remains of buildings destroyed or decayed to a considerable degree, central to heritage conservation. Covers the Venice Charter's anti-reconstruction doctrine, exceptions like Warsaw and Timbuktu, and threats from climate, war, and tourism.

Ruins (comics)

Ruins is a 1995 two-issue Marvel Alterniverse limited series by Warren Ellis with painted art by Cliff and Terese Nielsen, a dark inversion of Marvels (Earth-9591) in which every superhero origin ends in death, disease, or catastrophe, reprinted as one issue in 2009.

Ruins of A Large Chandella Temple

Ruins of a Large Chandella Temple, Ramnagar, Chitrakut, Uttar Pradesh: ASI centrally protected monument (S.No. 2959, Jhansi Circle), notified 1920-21; sanctum gone, 40-foot mandapa on eight carved pillars remains.

Ruins of A Saiva Temple

Ruins of a Saiva Temple, Ahugi, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh: a centrally protected ASI monument (N-UP-S105) of ruined Shiva temple remains on a low mound, protected 1920 under Sarnath Circle.

Ruins of Buddhist Temples and Images

Ruins of Buddhist temples and images at Odisha's Diamond Triangle: Lalitgiri, Ratnagiri, and Udayagiri, excavated monasteries, stupas, relic caskets, and Mahayana-Vajrayana sculpture from the 2nd century BCE to the 13th century CE.