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Semyon Volfkovich
Semyon Volfkovich (Семён Вольфкович, 1896–1980) was a Soviet inorganic chemist who built the USSR's mineral fertilizer industry, headed the fertilizer institute NIUIF, and chaired Moscow State University's chemical technology department.
Semyon Yelistratov
Semyon Yelistratov (Semen Elistratov, Семён Елистратов), Russian short track speed skater born 1990 in Ufa: 2014 Olympic relay gold, 1500 m bronze in 2018 and 2022, 2015 world 1500 m champion, twelve European titles.
Semyonovsky Life Guards Regiment
The Semyonovsky Life Guards Regiment (Семёновский лейб-гвардии полк) was one of the two oldest regiments of the Russian imperial guard, founded by Peter the Great.
Semzuvolimab
Semzuvolimab (UB-421, mAb dB4C7) is a humanized aglycosylated IgG1 anti-CD4 domain 1 monoclonal antibody from United BioPharma, a CD4 attachment inhibitor in Phase 3 for multidrug-resistant HIV-1, with phase 2 monotherapy data showing ART-free viral suppression without resistance.
Sen Çal Kapımı
Sen Çal Kapımı (You Knock on My Door) is a Turkish romantic comedy series starring Hande Erçel and Kerem Bürsin, broadcast on FOX from 2020 to 2021.
Sen Dog
Sen Dog (Senen Reyes, born 1965, Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a Cuban-American rapper, founding vocalist of Cypress Hill, and frontman of SX-10, Powerflo, and the Reyes Brothers.
Sen no Rikyū (千利休)
Sen no Rikyū (千利休), also Sen Rikyu, was a 16th-century Japanese tea master from Sakai who perfected wabi-cha and served Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Sen-Lin Lai
Sen-Lin Lai is a Drosophila developmental neuroscientist affiliated with HHMI and the University of Oregon, known for work on neuroblast temporal identity, quiescence, and lineage-to-circuit mapping.
Sen‐itiroh Hakomori
Sen-itiroh Hakomori (1929–2020) was a Japanese-born American biochemist at the University of Washington, a leading researcher on glycosphingolipids called "Dr. Glycolipid" who devised the permethylation method.
Sena dynasty
The Sena dynasty (সেন রাজবংশ) was a Hindu ruling house that governed Bengal from about 1097 to 1225, after supplanting the Pala dynasty in the late 11th century.
Sena Irie
Sena Irie (入江聖奈, born 2000, Yonago, Tottori) is a retired Japanese amateur boxer, first Japanese woman to win Olympic boxing gold, taking the Tokyo 2020 featherweight (54-57kg) title by beating Nesthy Petecio 5-0; later a graduate researcher on urban toads.
Sena Kalıp
Sena Kalıp (Sena Mia), Turkish actress born 2000 in Istanbul, Özyeğin University industrial engineering graduate. Known as Parla Wallace in Bahar (2024), Elif in Ruhun Duymaz (2023), and Melek Toprak in Altı Üstü İstanbul (2026).
Sena Oura Biosphere Reserve
Sena Oura Biosphere Reserve (Réserve de biosphère de Sena Oura), Chad's first UNESCO biosphere reserve (2022), centers on Sena Oura National Park (73,520 ha) in Mayo-Kebbi Ouest, bordering Cameroon's Bouba Ndjida park, protecting Sudanian savannah with elephants, giant eland and giraffes.
Senador Canedo
Senador Canedo, a municipality in Goiás, Brazil, in the Goiânia metropolitan region; also called Esplanada originally. Railway town of the 1930s, seat of the Central-West's largest petrochemical hub, 155,635 residents (2022), installed 1 June 1989.
Senakhtenre Ahmose
Senakhtenre Ahmose was a king of Egypt's Theban 17th Dynasty in the Second Intermediate Period, the oldest known member of the Ahmoside family, preceding Seqenenre Tao and Kamose.
Senaparib capsules
Senaparib capsules (Paishuning, 塞纳帕利胶囊), also IMP4297, are an oral PARP1/2 inhibitor by IMPACT Therapeutics approved in China January 2025 for first-line maintenance of advanced ovarian cancer, based on the FLAMES phase 3 trial.
Senary
Senary, also called heximal or seximal, is the base-6 positional numeral system using digits 0 through 5, attested in yam-counting languages of southern New Guinea.
SENASIC
SENASIC (Jinjie Electronics Technology) is a Chinese fabless chip company founded in 2015 that designs automotive and industrial wireless sensing chips and listed in Hong Kong in 2026.
Senate
A senate is the upper chamber of a bicameral legislature, from the Roman senatus (council of elders). Covers the Roman Senate's advisory role, the US Senate's design, and comparative upper chambers.
Senate (France)
Sénat (French Senate), upper house of France's Parliament: 348 senators, indirect election, 6-year terms, renewed by half; created by the 1875 constitutional laws, represents territorial collectivities under the Fifth Republic.
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund (SLF PAC), FEC ID C00571703: Republican super PAC founded January 2015 by Mitch McConnell allies, now tied to John Thune; unlimited disclosed donations, no candidate coordination; spent $294M in 2020 and received $158M from Musk in 2026.
Senate of Canada
The Senate of Canada is the 105-seat appointed upper house of Parliament, created in 1867, whose members are named by the Governor General on the Prime Minister's advice and serve to age 75, providing sober second thought on legislation.
Senate of Chile
Senate of Chile (Senado de Chile): upper chamber of the National Congress, 50 senators serving 8-year terms with half renewed every 4 years; hears constitutional accusations but is barred from overseeing government acts.
Senate of Colombia
Senate of Colombia (Senado de la República), upper chamber of Congress; 103 senators for 2026-2030 elected 8 March 2026 by national constituency with D'Hondt allocation; led by Honorio Henríquez.
Senate of Nigeria
As the upper chamber of the bicameral National Assembly, the Senate of Nigeria (Red Chamber) is composed of 109 senators who share lawmaking power and confirm government appointments.
Senate of Pakistan
Senate of Pakistan: upper house of the bicameral Majlis-e-Shoora under the 1973 Constitution. 96 members, equal provincial representation, STV indirect elections, six-year staggered terms, permanent House never dissolved.
Senate of Poland
The Senate of Poland (Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is the upper chamber of Poland's bicameral parliament, its 100 senators elected for four-year terms; the Sejm holds the decisive legislative role.
Senate of the Philippines
Senate of the Philippines (Senado ng Pilipinas), 24-member upper chamber of Congress created by the Jones Law on August 29, 1916, elected nationally, holding the sole power to try impeachments.
Senate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Senate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was the upper chamber of the bicameral Sejm from 1493, made up of bishops, voivodes, castellans, and ministers appointed for life by the king.
Senate of the Republic (Italy)
Senato della Repubblica, upper house of the Italian Parliament: 200 elected senators (196 domestic, 4 overseas) plus life senators, elected regionally at age 25+, candidates 40+, under perfect bicameralism with the Chamber of Deputies.