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655,739 | The Exploratorium also houses a number of other educational resources. These include the Learning Commons, a library and media resource center that houses a collection of print and digital science teaching resources for use by regional educators; a webcast studio, located in the Central Gallery, which produces 75 educa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22990622 | 655,395 |
843,014 | The oldest existent work on geometry in China comes from the philosophical Mohist canon of c. 330 BC, compiled by the followers of Mozi (470–390 BC). The "Mo Jing" described various aspects of many fields associated with physical science, and provided a small wealth of information on mathematics as well. It provided an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1524543 | 842,564 |
358,196 | On 11 November 1572, Tycho observed (from Herrevad Abbey) a very bright star, now numbered SN 1572, which had unexpectedly appeared in the constellation Cassiopeia. Because it had been maintained since antiquity that the world beyond the Moon's orbit was eternally unchangeable (celestial immutability was a fundamental ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30027 | 358,010 |
1,284,844 | The binary operator for vectors is defined element-wise such that formula_33. The algorithm further assumes that in the beginning formula_34 for all formula_29 and formula_3 is a power of two and uses the processing units formula_37. In every iteration, half of the processing units become inactive and do not contribute... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=51669182 | 1,284,145 |
312,113 | The projectiles fired by the 16-inch HARP gun on Barbados belonged to a family of cylindrical, finned missiles called Martlets, named after the martin bird that appeared on the McGill University crest. Inside the gun barrel, the Martlet was surrounded by a sabot. This machined wooden casing protected the projectile as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=292089 | 311,945 |
1,082,144 | The Department of Terrestrial Magnetism was founded in 1904. Part of their mission included the use of two ships. The "Galilee" was chartered in 1905, but when it proved unsuitable for performing magnetic observations, a nonmagnetic ship was commissioned. The "Carnegie" was built in 1909 and completed seven cruises to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14383299 | 1,081,588 |
420,553 | A variety of applications exists for polygenic scores. In humans, polygenic scores were originally computed in an effort to predict the prevalence and etiology of complex, heritable diseases, which are typically affected by many genetic variants that individually confer a small effect to overall risk. Additionally, a p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=52142704 | 420,348 |
144,218 | Solid rockets can provide high thrust for relatively low cost. For this reason, solids have been used as initial stages in rockets (for example the Space Shuttle), while reserving high specific impulse engines, especially less massive hydrogen-fueled engines, for higher stages. In addition, solid rockets have a long hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37830 | 144,160 |
1,789,372 | The importance of cosmovision as a long lasting and unifying theme in Mesoamerican culture is also evident throughout the archaeological record. According to Gordon Willey's theory concerning settlement patterns, excavated sites (considered primary sources) provide evidence for religious organization (Willey, 205). If ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=44427987 | 1,788,366 |
1,859,601 | Including Adele Clarke and Theresa Montini's arena analysis of abortifacient technology RU486, early feminist STS researchers used the case study method to show that men and women interact with technology in different ways. These studies were significant for establishing how people come to associate technology with mas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=70562678 | 1,858,533 |
597,410 | Emission trading schemes in various countries also play a role in promoting GHG accounting, as do international carbon offset programs. The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a "cap and trade" system where a limit is placed on the right to emit specified pollutants over an area, and companies can trade... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5362623 | 597,105 |
260,341 | Twenty-five years after the incident, restriction orders had remained in place in the production, transportation and consumption of food contaminated by Chernobyl fallout. In the UK, only in 2012 the mandatory radioactivity testing of sheep in contaminated parts of the UK that graze on lands was lifted. They covered 36... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4155456 | 260,207 |
1,472,859 | Decreased fat tissue mass and imbalances between bodyweight, fat tissue mass, and lean body mass has been linked to reduced BMD in FHA patients; however, absolute bone strength has not always been found to be affected. The majority of people reach their peak bone mass (PBM) around 30 years of age, however, 40-50% of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=15738568 | 1,472,029 |
324,289 | Tumours originating from the small population of B cells present in the thymus lead to primary mediastinal (thymic) large B cell lymphomas. These are a rare subtype of Non-Hodgkins lymphoma, although by the activity of genes and occasionally microscopic shape, unusually they also have the characteristics of Hodgkins ly... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=56265 | 324,117 |
119,560 | During the era of Roman Greece and Europe, scientific interest in meteorology waned. In the 1st century BC, most natural philosophers claimed that the clouds and winds extended up to 111 miles, but Posidonius thought that they reached up to five miles, after which the air is clear, liquid and luminous. He closely follo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19904 | 119,511 |
801,339 | It may be possible, then, that our intuitions about the role of our conscious "intentions" have led us astray; it may be the case that we have confused correlation with causation by believing that conscious awareness necessarily causes the body's movement. This possibility is bolstered by findings in neurostimulation, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26565579 | 800,911 |
912,660 | In May 2020, Rathjen commenced an indefinite leave of absence after University of Adelaide Chancellor Kevin Scarce resigned without public explanation the previous day. Later in the week, the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC) confirmed he was investigating allegations of improper conduct by the Vice-Ch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=206748 | 912,181 |
1,834,986 | The Museum of Economic Geology was founded by the Dublin Castle administration in 1845, with chemist Robert Kane as curator, and a focus on mining in Ireland similar to the Museum of Practical Geology in London. In 1847, Kane was promoted to director, expanding its remit, and renaming it the Museum of Irish Industry (M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2253593 | 1,833,937 |
1,596,997 | Uhlmann has received several honors for his research including a Sloan Fellowship in 1984 and a Guggenheim fellowship in 2001. In 2001 he was elected a Corresponding Member of the Chilean Academy of Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics since 2004. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Scien... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=28243179 | 1,596,098 |
167,652 | Further, from 1995 designs were required to be drawn from a reference plane (template), and strict limitations were enforced as to the minimum and maximum tolerances for aspects of the vehicle such as the size of the cockpit opening (an idea well known in Champ Car for a decade) and of aerodynamic devices, commonly cal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=640098 | 167,565 |
14,334 | Kinesthetic synesthesia is one of the rarest documented forms of synesthesia in the world. This form of synesthesia is a combination of various different types of synesthesia. Features appear similar to auditory–tactile synesthesia but sensations are not isolated to individual numbers or letters but complex systems of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21438200 | 14,329 |
1,053,073 | A newer class of drugs known as the NK antagonists are a recently developed class of very efficacious drugs for controlling CINV. These drugs are often used alongside 5HT inhibitors and corticosteroids to form a very potent cocktail of antiemetics that verge on achieving a nearly complete patient response (that is, com... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32955237 | 1,052,527 |
1,724,693 | When faster computers were developed, however, the speed of card reading, magnetic tape, and early disk drives, along with newer high speed transistorized circuits, means that processing can be done at a much higher speed, and a faster print mechanism is needed to match the resulting productivity. IBM's early computers... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=852950 | 1,723,723 |
160,821 | Use of SEM is commonly justified because it helps identify latent variables that are believed to exist, but cannot be directly observed (like an attitude, intelligence or mental illness). Although there are not always clear boundaries of what is and what is not SEM, it generally involves "path models" (see also path an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2007748 | 160,736 |
580,792 | Transposable elements are estimated to constitute 45% of the human genome. Since uncontrolled propagation of TEs could wreak havoc on the genome, many regulatory mechanisms have evolved to silence their spread, including DNA methylation, histone modifications, non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) including small interfering RNA (s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=577715 | 580,495 |
2,178,289 | PAFC has proven detection limits at much lower than current methods. One study demonstrated a sensitivity of one parasite in 0.16 mL of circulating blood and thus can be detected on day 1–2 post inoculation. Furthermore, studies have demonstrated the feasibility of in vivo detection removing the possibility of missed d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69432773 | 2,177,044 |
1,446,222 | After reconfiguring the line-up, STEMM signed to Chimaira guitarist Rob Arnold's management label, Triple M Management. With Arnold's help, the band recorded a 5-song EP entitled "5" in early 2004. On the song "13 Years", Chimaira vocalist Mark Hunter did a guest appearance. The EP went on to sell over 1,000 copies in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1487903 | 1,445,406 |
1,445,463 | Embryo collection is more demanding and requires more training than semen collection because the female reproductive organs are located inside of the body cavity. Superovulation is a technique used in order to have a female release more oocytes than normal. This can be achieved by using hormones to manipulate the femal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50642488 | 1,444,647 |
398,538 | Other healthcare environments such as nursing and age care homes have been rarely a subject of study, even though the elderly and vulnerable populations may spend considerable time in these indoor settings where they might be exposed to VOCs, derived from the common use of cleaning agents, sprays and fresheners. In a s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1014518 | 398,342 |
207,311 | Patented in 1832 by John Heathcoat (also Heathcote) M.P. for Tiverton, the Heathcote steam plough was demonstrated in 1837 and press coverage fortunately provided a wood cut of this unusual tracked vehicle. The continuous tracks were made of sections of wood bolted to continuous iron bands which were driven by the 'dru... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=125371 | 207,204 |
1,569,832 | Biofuels are also increasing greenhouse gas emissions through a phenomenon known as indirect land use change, as biofuels displace food production and farmers are forced to reclaim land from carbon-rich ecosystems such as forests and peatlands. Old growth trees act as carbon sinks, when farmers clear those forests this... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20596324 | 1,568,944 |
105,074 | Universities and research institutes generally have a special committee that is responsible for approving any experiments that involve genetic engineering. Many experiments also need permission from a national regulatory group or legislation. All staff must be trained in the use of GMOs and all laboratories must gain a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=12339 | 105,029 |
1,645,283 | Loop modeling is a problem in protein structure prediction requiring the prediction of the conformations of loop regions in proteins with or without the use of a structural template. Computer programs that solve these problems have been used to research a broad range of scientific topics from ADP to breast cancer. Beca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8865843 | 1,644,355 |
844,236 | The discovery of the group 3 elements is inextricably tied to that of the rare earths, with which they are universally associated in nature. In 1787, Swedish part-time chemist Carl Axel Arrhenius found a heavy black rock near the Swedish village of Ytterby, Sweden (part of the Stockholm Archipelago). Thinking that it w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=306609 | 843,786 |
615,267 | In the 18th century male medical practitioners started to work on the areas of pregnancy, birth and babies, areas traditionally dominated by women. Also in the 18th century the emerging natural sciences argued that women should stay at home to nurse and raise their children, like animals also do. Governments in Europe ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10923799 | 614,953 |
479,187 | The Boko Haram is believed to be responsible for roughly 10,000 deaths since 2011 and roughly 2.6 million displaced Nigerians. Nigeria's economy suffered when attacks held by the Boko Haram began on local businesses, government buildings, and local facilities such as schools and churches. Local businesses began to migr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4305089 | 478,947 |
696,798 | The Performance Evaluation & Review Technique (PERT) originally devised for the Polaris system in 1958 was introduced into the Mauler effort in 1962–63. Cagle described the contractor's reaction to PERT as "somewhat less than enthusiastic". In spring 1964 another management revision was introduced and the Mauler Progra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19633685 | 696,434 |
938,733 | Although perchlorate as an environmental contaminant is usually associated with the storage, manufacture, and testing of solid rocket motors, contamination of perchlorate has been focused in the use of fertilizer and its perchlorate release into ground water. Fertilizer leaves perchlorate anions to leak into the ground... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=611177 | 938,232 |
858,031 | People affected by the severest, often life-threatening, complications of cryoglobulinemic disease require urgent plasmapharesis and/or plasma exchange in order to rapidly reduce the circulating levels of their cryoglobulins. Complications commonly requiring this intervention include: hyperviscosity disease with severe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1565362 | 857,576 |
1,092,461 | A number of institutions lay claim to being the first university in China. Peking University is the first formally established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial Peking University () in 1898 in Beijing as a replacement of the ancient Guozijian (), the national central institute of learning ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10789112 | 1,091,901 |
1,255,955 | One of the most significant archaeological sites in the UAE is that at Ed-Dur, an Ancient Near Eastern City located in Umm Al Qawain. One of the largest sites in the country, comprising an area of some five kilometres, the coastal settlement overlooks the Al Beidha Lake. It has been dubbed 'one of the most significant ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=59092881 | 1,255,271 |
604,734 | Special adapters with voltage dropping Schottky or germanium diodes allow silver oxide batteries to be used in equipment designed for mercury batteries. Since the voltage drop is a non-linear function of the current flow, diodes do not produce a very accurate solution for applications where the current flow varies sign... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3298170 | 604,424 |
2,112,877 | Still, all of these methods have a weakness – they are tuned for one particular set of conditions and speed. In 2007, Jameson introduced both an additional step and a new method of calculations. To account for additional conditions, such as take-off, landing, climbing, and cruising, the modeler calculates all of these ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10636639 | 2,111,662 |
1,591,295 | The Hoyas topped off the five-game streak with back-to-back wins over ranked opponents. Ranked No. 11 and tied with Louisville for first place in the conference, Georgetown visited No. 21 Marquette on March 1. Marquette led 32-28 at halftime and went on a 13-2 run to take an 11-point lead with 12 minutes left in the ga... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14518554 | 1,590,400 |
69,956 | The SA80A3 was first unveiled in prototype form in September 2016 with working models on display in September 2017 at the Defence and Security Equipment International event and official adoption taking place in 2018. The changes from the SA80A2 design include a modification to the upper receiver and a full-length rail ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=84350 | 69,929 |
236,904 | GameSpot praised the game for its "intriguing storyline and protagonist" and "massive arsenal of moves and abilities", but criticized it for its "occasionally fiddly controls" and "dull scenery". "The Escapist" said the Xbox 360 version was a perfect "summer fling," praising the combat and movement systems as well as t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=12374528 | 236,785 |
1,347,578 | The Lightweight Small Arms Technologies program is the culmination of much research and information obtained by the US Army. It succeeds several other programs to develop new small arms technologies, each program of which produced results that were infeasible or insignificant. The first three (the Special Purpose Indiv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14162502 | 1,346,837 |
1,253,741 | Autoinducers are signaling molecules that are produced in response to changes in cell-population density. As the density of quorum sensing bacterial cells increases so does the concentration of the autoinducer. Detection of signal molecules by bacteria acts as stimulation which leads to altered gene expression once the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14489318 | 1,253,061 |
807,277 | With the increasing impact emerging technologies have on society, the importance of assessing ethical and social issues constantly becomes more important. While such technologies provide opportunities for novel applications and the potential to transform the society on a global scale, their rise is accompanied by new e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=699052 | 806,847 |
1,804,126 | World-wide, small supernumerary marker chromosomes occur in ~4.2 per 10,000 individuals. Among sSMC-carrying individuals, ~70% acquired the sSMC as a result of a mutation(s) occurring during formation of their parent's sperm, egg, or zygoete while 30% inherited it directly from a parent carrying the intact sSMC (20% fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2018913 | 1,803,112 |
567,453 | Pseudouridine exerts a subtle but significant influence on the nearby sugar-phosphate backbone and also enhances base stacking. These effects may underlie the biological role of most, but perhaps not all of the pseudouridine residues in RNA. Certain genetic mutants lacking specific pseudouridine residues in tRNA or rRN... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3073679 | 567,163 |
790,436 | There are numerous issues and limitations associated with the use of growing degree-days. First, the Winkler index and its classification of climate regions by growing degree-days only describe one aspect of an area's climate—mean daily temperature. Many other important factors which contribute to a region's suitabilit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6569214 | 790,011 |
1,114,957 | Launched by STS-84 and returned by STS-86, Foale spent four months on Mir in 1997 during the Mir 23 and Mir 24 missions. During Mir 23, the station's Spektr module was struck by a Progress resupply vessel. Using knowledge from his physics degree Foale made calculations of how the stars were moving past his fixed-point ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=466138 | 1,114,389 |
1,596,980 | Jacob Eli Gunn Glanville is an American computational immunoengineer and businessperson. He is co-founder and chief executive officer of the start-up company Distributed Bio and its spin-out, Centivax. Glanville was featured in the documentary series "". Glanville was born in The Dalles, Oregon and raised in Guatemala ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=63553771 | 1,596,081 |
1,583,326 | One deep brain stimulation treatment for depression, developed by Mayberg and colleagues, placed electrodes in the Broadmann area 25 of the brain in severely depressed patients. Initial results were encouraging, though clinical trials were deemed futile and ultimately halted; however, there were positive changes in the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4853550 | 1,582,436 |
254,407 | The Waseda University (Japan) and NTT Docomo's manufacturers have succeeded in creating a shape-shifting robot "WD-2". It is capable of changing its face. At first, the creators decided the positions of the necessary points to express the outline, eyes, nose, and so on of a certain person. The robot expresses its face ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=713 | 254,274 |
920,564 | With the exception of the 120 mm smoothbore gun, which is made under license from Rheinmetall of Germany, the Type 90 and its subsystems are all designed and built in Japan, leading to higher per unit costs than comparable models from NATO countries such as the M1 Abrams and the Challenger 2. Development of upgrades to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=676090 | 920,078 |
207,756 | The initial production model was the "F-94A", which entered operational service in May 1950. Its armament was four 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M3 Browning machine guns mounted in the fuselage with the muzzles exiting just behind the radome. Two drop tanks, as carried by the F-80 and T-33, could be carried beneath the wingtips. A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=401013 | 207,649 |
79,956 | Clinical practice varies depending on the country. A comparison of the average number of patients treated per hour found significant differences between China (10) and the United States (1.2). Chinese herbs are often used. There is a diverse range of acupuncture approaches, involving different philosophies. Although va... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1537 | 79,923 |
771,059 | Graduates returning from European and Pacific fields of battle after World War II found a university very different from the one they had left. From the late 1940s to the 1960s, Norwich was greatly expanded and added a number of new opportunities. In 1947, the Army Department created a new program uniquely suited to Ve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2063664 | 770,645 |
336,307 | To date, very few interventions have been developed specifically for individuals with dyscalculia. Concrete manipulation activities have been used for decades to train basic number concepts for remediation purposes. This method facilitates the intrinsic relationship between a goal, the learner's action, and the informa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=533237 | 336,129 |
1,147,703 | Nevil Shute Norway (who was the novelist Nevil Shute) worked on the design of the R.100 airship for Vickers Ltd. from 1924. When he researched previous airship calculations and read the reports of the 1921 R.38 crash he was "unable to believe the words he was reading" that "the civil servants concerned had made no atte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=588348 | 1,147,098 |
761,393 | During the Vietnam war the US side, especially over the north, had restrictive rules of engagement often requiring visual identification nullifying the advantage they would have had using beyond visual range missiles though possibly avoiding friendly fire due to IFF systems not being ubiquitous on US strike aircraft. I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=537478 | 760,986 |
1,270,875 | Ibn al-Haytham (known in Western Europe as "Alhacen" or "Alhazen") (965-1040), often regarded as the "father of optics" and a pioneer of the scientific method, formulated "the first comprehensive and systematic alternative to Greek optical theories." He postulated in his "Book of Optics" that light was reflected upon d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17944118 | 1,270,184 |
632,635 | Akash is a medium-range surface-to-air missile with an intercept range of 30 km. It has a launch weight of 720 kg, a diameter of 35 cm and a length of 5.8 metres. Akash flies at supersonic speed, reaching around Mach 2.5. It can reach an altitude of 18 km. A digital proximity fuse is coupled with a 55 kg pre-fragmented... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1108234 | 632,297 |
1,392,234 | In order for the techno-economic paradigm to take effect, changes have to happen within the society. The new technology that comes with the technological revolution has to be accepted by society. The new products, the new services have to have consumers and users, without them the innovative technology would not take o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1175575 | 1,391,463 |
445,523 | The growth of browser usage, running on the HyperText Markup Language (HTML), changed the way in which information-display and retrieval was organized. The widespread network connections led to the growth and prevention of international computer viruses on MS Windows computers, and the vast proliferation of spam e-mail... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=758895 | 445,307 |
676,569 | The debate took a new, violent turn with the actions of an abolitionist from Connecticut. John Brown was a militant abolitionist who advocated guerrilla warfare to combat pro-slavery advocates. Receiving arms and financial aid from a group of prominent Massachusetts business and social leaders known collectively as the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=752072 | 676,216 |
1,375,849 | Sites at Watts Bar Dam, Muscle Shoals and Detroit were considered, but it was decided to build it at the Clinton Engineer Works, where water could be obtained from the Clinch River and steam from the K-25 powerhouse. The thermal diffusion project was codenamed S-50. An S-50 Division was created at the Manhattan Distric... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3673785 | 1,375,088 |
1,410,687 | The two front feet of a tokay gecko can withstand 20.1 N of force parallel to the surface with 227 mm of pad area, a force as much as 40 times the gecko's weight. Scientists have been investigating the secret of this extraordinary adhesion ever since the 19th century, and at least seven possible mechanisms for gecko ad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2547900 | 1,409,895 |
1,404,196 | In 1953, Avro Canada once again turned to Orenda to produce an engine for the CF-105 Arrow project. Avro had originally intended to use one of three different engines from the UK (one produced under license in the US), but all of these projects ran into delays. Orenda quickly responded with the PS.13 Iroquois design. O... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2893803 | 1,403,406 |
766,535 | In 2012, the Biola University Center for Christian Thought (CCT) was launched, funded by a $3.03 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation, the largest academic grant ever awarded to Biola University. The CCT is a forum where leading Christian thinkers from around the world gather to research and discuss issues ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1136358 | 766,125 |
1,426,086 | The chief issue with polycrystalline NiAl-based alloys is its room-temperature and high-temperature brittleness. This brittleness is generally attributed to the inability for dislocations to move in the highly ordered lattices. Researchers worked hard to address this brittleness as it greatly reduced the potential stru... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8520359 | 1,425,284 |
1,013,872 | There is some controversy over selectivity in Millikan's use of results from his second experiment measuring the electron charge. This issue has been discussed by Allan Franklin, a former high-energy experimentalist and current philosopher of science at the University of Colorado. Franklin contends that Millikan's excl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49008 | 1,013,351 |
346,616 | Early ballistics tests demonstrated a pronounced tumbling effect with high speed cameras. Some Western authorities believed this bullet was designed to tumble in flesh to increase wounding potential. At the time, it was believed that yawing and cavitation of projectiles were primarily responsible for tissue damage. The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2538928 | 346,435 |
904,607 | The evolution of cetaceans is thought to have begun in the Indian subcontinent from even-toed ungulates 50 million years ago (mya) and to have proceeded over a period of at least 15 million years. Cetaceans are fully aquatic marine mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla and branched off from other artiodactyls aro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=875148 | 904,131 |
886,006 | An average of 40% of passenger aircraft delays in the U.S. originated in the New York metropolitan area, some in the area and others due to cascading effects. One-third of aircraft in the national airspace system move through the New York area at some point during a typical day. The three major airports rank among the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38528353 | 885,542 |
50,607 | The F-16's maneuverability was further enhanced by its slight aerodynamic instability. This technique, called "relaxed static stability" (RSS), was made possible by introduction of the "fly-by-wire" (FBW) flight-control system (FLCS), which in turn was enabled by advances in computers and in system-integration techniqu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10929 | 50,587 |
892,525 | A saildrone is a type of unmanned surface vehicle used primarily in oceans for data collection. Saildrones are wind and solar powered and carry a suite of science sensors and navigational instruments. They can follow a set of remotely prescribed waypoints. The saildrone was invented by Richard Jenkins, a British engine... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7808557 | 892,056 |
1,159,204 | There are additional levels of indeterminacy in the sequential analysis of viral populations, in particular those replicating in vivo. Components of the mutant spectrum represented at a given time in the sample taken for sequencing may differ from those in the next time point, due either to sampling uncertainties or bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6962692 | 1,158,589 |
515,699 | Cade patented the formula and offered all the rights to the drink to the University of Florida in exchange for the university's backing of the production and marketing of the drink, but the university turned down his proposal. He initially obtained bank financing and began to produce "Gatorade" through his own business... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=246157 | 515,430 |
490,312 | In studies on neuromuscular synapses carried out by Y. Dan and Mu-ming Poo in 1992, and on the hippocampus by D. Debanne, B. Gähwiler, and S. Thompson in 1994, showed that asynchronous pairing of postsynaptic and synaptic activity induced long-term synaptic depression. However, STDP was more definitively demonstrated b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=613539 | 490,058 |
2,121,141 | The final saw the return of several lead combatants from the 3000 metres two days earlier. Their strategies changed here. At the gun, world record holder Genzebe Dibaba started more aggressively, showing her intent to mark the leader, who turned out to be Beatrice Chepkoech. Returning champion, Sifan Hassan went to her... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=56737035 | 2,119,922 |
230,423 | At heat loads which are very low compared to the valve's power rating, the orifice can become oversized for the heat load, and the valve can begin to repeatedly open and close, in an attempt to control the superheat to the set value, making the superheat oscillate. Cross charges, that is, sensing bulb charges composed ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6980928 | 230,305 |
782,424 | Internally, a (reduced in size) Extended 80-Column Card was factory-installed, making the Platinum IIe come standard with 128 KB RAM and Double-Hi-Res graphics enabled. The motherboard has a reduced chip count by merging the two system ROM chips into one and using higher-density memory chips so its 64 KB RAM can be mad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=73262 | 782,005 |
155,690 | The staff named the mecha after the Greek word ευ-αγγέλιον ("euangelion"), "gospel", "good news", shortened to Eva, to allude to Eve. According to "Animerica", the name would be related to their task as protectors of humanity. Similar to the biblical Eve, born from the rib of the first man Adam, the Evangelions were co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=577372 | 155,619 |
1,348,225 | While microphotography precedes microprint, microprint was significantly influenced by Albert Boni in 1934 when he was inspired by his friend, writer and editor Manuel Komroff, who was showing his experimentations related to the enlarging of photographs. It occurred to Boni that if he could reduce rather than enlarge p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1275862 | 1,347,484 |
1,439,753 | Central to this undertaking are the notions of defaults and deformations. At any point in a sonata movement, such as at the beginning of the secondary theme or the end of the development, a composer had various choices for how to proceed. The most typical option, or the first level default, might be bypassed in favor o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20877890 | 1,438,943 |
1,785,797 | After a difficult end to the 2012/13 season the Capitals began talks with Jackson to renegotiate her contract and play for the club in 2013/14 in lieu of 2015/16. Despite some interest from Jackson, the negotiations fell through and her contract to play for the Capitals through the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons remained ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4121869 | 1,784,793 |
878,539 | The fact that berkelium readily assumes oxidation state +4 in solids, and is relatively stable in this state in liquids greatly assists separation of berkelium away from many other actinides. These are inevitably produced in relatively large amounts during the nuclear synthesis and often favor the +3 state. This fact w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3758 | 878,076 |
1,378,563 | The finite generation of the algebra is but the first step towards the complete description of , and progress in resolving this more delicate question was rather modest. The invariants had classically been described only in a restricted range of situations, and the complexity of this description beyond the first few ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1639003 | 1,377,801 |
1,642,475 | Response-priming effects have been demonstrated for a large number of stimuli and discrimination tasks, including geometric stimuli, color stimuli, various types of arrows, natural images (animals vs. objects), vowels and consonants, letters, and digits. In one study, chess configurations were presented as primes and t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30601657 | 1,641,548 |
1,425,454 | Capablanca held Maróczy in high esteem. In a lecture given in the early 1940s, Capablanca called Maróczy "very gentlemanly and correct" and "a kindly figure", praised the Maróczy Bind as an important contribution to opening theory, credited him as a "good teacher" who greatly helped Vera Menchik reach the top of women'... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=501986 | 1,424,652 |
1,249,154 | It was not until 1964 that John H. Ostrom voiced doubts about the webbed-finger hypothesis. Ostrom was able to show that hadrosaurids did not feed on soft aquatic plants as previously assumed, but that their elaborate chewing apparatus was designed to crush resistant plant material such as conifers. The skeletal anatom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9726532 | 1,248,478 |
435,360 | The Colorado Springs apparatus consisted of a 51-foot-diameter (15.5 m) Tesla transformer composed of a secondary winding ("L2") of 50 turns of heavy wire wound on a 6-foot-high (2 m) circular wooden "fence" around the periphery of the lab, and a single-turn primary ("L1") either mounted on the fence or buried in the g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=56714254 | 435,146 |
2,087,150 | The Astronomical and Geophysical observatory of Comenius University is located near the town of Modra and in the mountain range of Little Carpathians. The 3.5-hectare area contains several buildings and scientific instruments surrounded by beech forest. It lies on the middle trias quartzitic bedrock. It is accessible v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2914911 | 2,085,948 |
1,782,012 | The location and topography of the channels that make up the ITF are shown inset. Lombok Strait is 300m deep and roughly 35 km wide and the currents vary between 0.286 m/s (0.6 mi/hr) eastward to 0.67 m/s westward and average 0.25 m/s westward. Currents in Ombai vary between 0.12 m/s eastward to 0.16 m/s westward, aver... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=548523 | 1,781,008 |
2,049,600 | Lee Byung-heon () is a Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology in the School of Medicine at Kyungpook National University (KNU), South Korea. He received his M.D. license from Korean Medical Association in 1989. He received his B.S. from the School of Medicine, KNU in 1989, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry fro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=40527443 | 2,048,419 |
37,249 | In the late 1990s, a new keg policy was put into effect that requires all student groups to purchase kegs through Duke Dining Services. According to administrators, the rule change was intended as a way to ensure compliance with alcohol consumption laws as well as to increase on-campus safety. Some students saw the adm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=53273 | 37,236 |
419,812 | A total of 11 teams (each representing a different constructor) each fielded two race drivers with one change of driver for the first free practice session. GP2 Series participant and Caterham reserve driver Alexander Rossi drove the CT05 in lieu of Kamui Kobayashi for the first time in 2014. In technical developments,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38847346 | 419,607 |
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