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17,939 | The version of the Monty Hall problem published in "Parade" in 1990 did not specifically state that the host would always open another door, or always offer a choice to switch, or even never open the door revealing the car. However, vos Savant made it clear in her second follow-up column that the intended host's behavi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6026198 | 17,933 |
1,000,702 | There have been cases of tumors that were actually asymptomatic until very large and at a critical stage. Tumor growth rates are highly variable: some small VSs (perhaps 50%) do not grow at all; some few grow for a time and then shrink; some appear dormant but suddenly grow rapidly. In general, although studies differ,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1002770 | 1,000,184 |
1,362,968 | By 1989, the outlook for HOTOL had become bleak; from the onset of the project, support between the British government and industrial partners had been uneven, while the United States had emerged as the only foreign nation that showed willingness to contribute to the programme, in part because of the secrecy surroundin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14301 | 1,362,215 |
1,311,497 | After a decade since its initial discovery, Grubbs and Fu published two influential reports in 1992 detailing the synthesis of O- and N- heterocycles via RCM utilizing Schrock’s molybdenum alkylidene catalysts, which had proven more robust and functional group tolerant than the tungsten chloride catalysts. The syntheti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3104065 | 1,310,778 |
954,164 | Electrochemical biosensors are normally based on enzymatic catalysis of a reaction that produces or consumes electrons (such enzymes are rightly called redox enzymes). The sensor substrate usually contains three electrodes; a reference electrode, a working electrode and a counter electrode. The target analyte is involv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=480700 | 953,659 |
6,556 | External security involves a request from outside the computer, such as a login at a connected console or some kind of network connection. External requests are often passed through device drivers to the operating system's kernel, where they can be passed onto applications, or carried out directly. Security of operatin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22194 | 6,553 |
510,882 | In the final, Team Edin won its fourth straight world title, defeating Canada's Brad Gushue rink 8–6. It was the sixth career World title for Edin, whose team became the first ever to win an Olympic gold and World championship in the same year. In the game, Canada got off to a strong start, leading 3–0 after two. Howev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69954510 | 510,617 |
234,374 | Descriptions of stereophonic sound tend to stress the ability to localize the position of each instrument in space, but this would only be true in a carefully engineered and installed system, where speaker placement and room acoustics are taken into account. In reality, many playback systems, such as all-in-one boombox... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1369770 | 234,255 |
838,224 | Functional analysis has even been applied to problems that therapists commonly encounter like client resistance, partially engaged clients and involuntary clients. Applications to these problems have left clinicians with considerable tools for enhancing therapeutic effectiveness. One way to enhance therapeutic effectiv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1892408 | 837,775 |
358,471 | Because of widespread international cooperation and advances in the field of genomics (especially in sequence analysis), as well as parallel advances in computing technology, a 'rough draft' of the genome was finished in 2000 (announced jointly by U.S. President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Jun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5219699 | 358,285 |
285,345 | The Chinese examination system has had a profound influence in the development of modern civil service administrative functions in other countries. These include analogous structures that exist in Japan, Korea, Ryūkyū, and Vietnam. In addition to Asia, reports by European missionaries and diplomats introduced the Chine... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=244479 | 285,191 |
281,258 | In Germany, radar research was not given nearly the same level of support as in the UK, and competed with IR development throughout the 1930s. IR research was led primarily by Edgar Kutzscher at the University of Berlin working in concert with AEG. By 1940 they had successfully developed one solution; the "Spanner Anla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1396771 | 281,105 |
167,607 | In , in an attempt to curb speeds, Formula One was downgraded to 1.5-litre, non-supercharged engines (essentially the then-current Formula Two rules), a formula which would remain for the next five years. Forced induction was still an option, but limited to 750 cc, and no one seriously considered the option, as superch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=640098 | 167,520 |
903,747 | Toyota's HSD system replaces a normal geared transmission with an electromechanical system. An internal combustion engine (ICE) delivers power most efficiently over a small speed range, but the wheels need to be driven over the vehicle's full speed range. In a conventional automobile the geared transmission delivers di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1277811 | 903,271 |
645,793 | NASA's recruitment for its fifth group of astronauts took place in 1965, at the same time the Air Force was seeking to recruit for its program, the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, with qualified pilots in the Air Force free to apply for either or both. Believing, as proved correct, that the Air Force program would never ge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=677187 | 645,453 |
876,676 | During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russians claimed that they had come across "US military-run biolabs in Ukraine" supposedly developing biological weapons. The Ukraine biolabs conspiracy theory was rejected as without evidence by the US, Ukraine, the United Nations, Russian scientists, and Reuters. who s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10548751 | 876,214 |
115,691 | For some materials, the thickness of a cooking pot can be less than the skin depth, increasing efficiency. For example, typical titanium camping cookware has a thickness (typically around 0.5 mm) around 4 times less than its skin depth at 24 kHz, increasing its efficiency by that factor compared to thick titanium. Less... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1255407 | 115,646 |
497,121 | FES has been found to be useful for treating the symptoms of cerebral palsy. A recent randomised controlled trial (n=32) found significant orthotic and training effects for children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy. Improvements were found in gastrocnemius spasticity, community mobility and balance skills. A rece... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=842532 | 496,864 |
1,922,723 | IDF typically presents as a solitary painless, smooth, flesh-colored to red, dome-shaped nodule located on the dorsal or lateral aspect of a finger or toe but sparing the thumb or great toe; they occur principally in the first two years of life with about 1/3 of cases having a lesion since birth. However: 1) lesions wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20795514 | 1,921,620 |
270,932 | Around 1875 the Harvard physiology instructor (as he then was), William James, opened a small experimental psychology demonstration laboratory for use with his courses. The laboratory was never used, at that time, for original research, and so controversy remains as to whether it is to be regarded as the "first" experi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1573230 | 270,784 |
80,903 | While no aircraft is totally invisible to radar, stealth aircraft make it more difficult for conventional radar to detect or track the aircraft effectively, increasing the odds of an aircraft successfully avoiding detection by enemy radar and/or avoiding being successfully targeted by radar guided weapons. Stealth is t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=403883 | 80,870 |
527,774 | "Ravenea rivularis" grows in somewhat isolated humid habitats that are found in the otherwise dry, hot semi-arid climate of southwest Madagascar. Often, they grow huddled along the edges of riverbanks and natural lagoons, but also grow in shallow swamps where they receive ample water and humidity year-round. Due to its... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=12355468 | 527,501 |
662,698 | Multi-Ontology Enrichment Tool (MOET): MOET is a web-based ontology analysis tool that provides functionality for multiple ontologies, including Disease, GO, Pathway, Phenotype, and Chemical entities (ChEBI) for multiple species, including rat, mouse, human, bonobo, squirrel, dog, pig, chinchilla, naked mole-rat and ve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=43780204 | 662,353 |
1,591,216 | In the lead-up to the Tests, Australia took on the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's. Bradman's men batted first, and Miller came to the crease at 3/200. Sharing partnerships of 80 runs for the fourth wicket with Lindsay Hassett, 63 for the fifth with Brown and 155 with Ian Johnson for the sixth, Miller scored 16... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18325173 | 1,590,322 |
619,038 | Anti-Soviet activities in Afghanistan left it in a civil war. The failure of the French and other nations to question the 1955 State of Vietnam referendum left a Southern government without widely perceived legitimacy, and a Northern government with authoritarian rule but a certain degree of public support. "The bloody... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14355446 | 618,724 |
828,410 | During the 1990s and the first several years of this millennium, microsatellites were the workhorse genetic markers for genome-wide scans to locate any gene responsible for a given phenotype or disease, using segregation observations across generations of a sampled pedigree. Although the rise of higher throughput and c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=44259 | 827,964 |
1,165,999 | From an early point in the development of attachment theory, there was criticism of the theory's lack of congruence with the various branches of psychoanalysis. Like other members of the British object-relations group, Bowlby rejected Melanie Klein's views that considered the infant to have certain mental capacities at... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18756845 | 1,165,382 |
1,518,772 | In both collinear and transverse PDS, the surface is heated using a periodically modulated light source, such as an optical beam passing through a mechanical chopper or regulated with a function generator. A lock-in amplifier is then used to measure deflections found at the modulation frequency. Another scheme uses a p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14024869 | 1,517,914 |
551,552 | The advent of nuclear-powered submarines in the late 1950s let to the RCN assessing this new threat. While noisier than older submarines and thus detectable at longer ranges, nuclear submarines could also reach while submerged, faster than the RCN's new destroyer escort's top speed of . There were doubts that destroyer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=940181 | 551,264 |
112,058 | The Ordovician spanned from 485–444 million years ago. The Ordovician was a time in Earth's history in which many of the biological classes still prevalent today evolved, such as primitive fish, cephalopods, and coral. The most common forms of life, however, were trilobites, snails and shellfish. The first arthropods w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23234 | 112,013 |
625,289 | In the Baroque and Classical eras quintuple meter is, if anything, even less frequently encountered than in the Renaissance. One possible example is the ritornello that precedes and follows Orfeo's aria "Vi ricorda" in act 2 of Claudio Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo". The notation is problematic, however, and while several edit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29834609 | 624,956 |
550,468 | Why they went to land in the first place is still debated. One reason could be that the small juveniles who had completed their metamorphosis had what it took to make use of what land had to offer. Already adapted to breathe air and move around in shallow waters near land as a protection (just as modern fish and amphib... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38046595 | 550,180 |
885,089 | In 2016, research suggested a link between the palladium hydride containing small impurities of sulfur nanoparticles as a plausible explanation for the anomalous transient resistance drops seen during some experiments, and hydrogen absorption by cuprates was suggested in light of the 2015 results in as a plausible expl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=375140 | 884,625 |
387,958 | Assembling a "citadel of science" designed by German scientist Horace Grayson (father of the future Marvel Boy) and built by Moloid slaves supplied by Phaeder, the pair continued their experiment until Drew's daughter fell ill from uranium poisoning and was placed into suspended animation to save her life. Subsequently... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=703266 | 387,763 |
328,850 | A number of former Apple employees followed him to NeXT, including Joanna Hoffman, Bud Tribble, George Crow, Rich Page, Susan Barnes, Susan Kare, and Dan'l Lewin. After consulting with major educational buyers from around the country, including a follow-up meeting with Paul Berg, a tentative specification for the works... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21694 | 328,676 |
943,235 | Volder teamed up with Malcolm McMillan to build "Athena", a fixed-point desktop calculator utilizing his binary CORDIC algorithm. The design was introduced to Hewlett-Packard in June 1965, but not accepted. Still, McMillan introduced David S. Cochran (HP) to Volder's algorithm and when Cochran later met Volder he refer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=859590 | 942,733 |
1,999,409 | It has played host to many national and international competitions, including cycling events of the 1987 Pan American Games; USA Cycling's Collegiate Track National Championships in 2003, 2010, 2011, 2014, and 2017; and USA Cycling's Masters Track National Championships in 2005, 2013, and 2016. In May 2011, Marian Univ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=27209009 | 1,998,265 |
927,828 | Rotary letterpress machines are still used on a wide scale for printing self-adhesive and non-self-adhesive labels, tube laminate, cup stock, etc. The printing quality achieved by a modern letterpress machine with UV curing is on par with flexo presses. It is more convenient and user friendly than a flexo press. It use... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=662134 | 927,340 |
1,205,197 | Classical genetics is the aspect of genetics concerned solely with the transmission of genetic traits via reproductive acts. Genetics is, generally, the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity. The process by which characteristics are passed down from parents to their offspring is called heredity. In the sense ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38203371 | 1,204,552 |
292,359 | In 1887, Peirce spent part of his inheritance from his parents to buy of rural land near Milford, Pennsylvania, which never yielded an economic return. There he had an 1854 farmhouse remodeled to his design. The Peirces named the property "Arisbe". There they lived with few interruptions for the rest of their lives, Ch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6117 | 292,201 |
293,752 | 16 IRIMS are currently operational and are supporting IRNSS operations few more are planned in Brunei, Indonesia, Australia, Russia, France and Japan. CDMA ranging is being carried out by the four IRCDR stations on regular basis for all the IRNSS satellites. The IRNWT has been established and is providing IRNSS system ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9936493 | 293,594 |
305,867 | Plesiosaurs showed two main morphological types. Some species, with the "plesiosauromorph" build, had (sometimes extremely) long necks and small heads; these were relatively slow and caught small sea animals. Other species, some of them reaching a length of up to seventeen metres, had the "pliosauromorph" build with a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1398078 | 305,704 |
277,484 | Bungarotoxin is a compound with known interaction with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), which constitute a family of ion channels whose activity is triggered by neurotransmitter binding. Bungarotoxin is produced in a number of different forms, though one of the commonly used forms is the long chain alpha for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=326357 | 277,334 |
1,369,537 | The ASEAN University Network emerged from a highly ambitious idea of the ASEAN leaders and the ASEAN Subcommittee on Education (ASCOE) to establish an ASEAN University. A year after this idea was launched, it became clear that this would present too many problems concerning funding, location and leadership. Therefore, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10182536 | 1,368,781 |
43,595 | Limestone formations tend to show abrupt changes in thickness. Large moundlike features in a limestone formation are interpreted as ancient reefs, which when they appear in the geologic record are called "bioherms". Many are rich in fossils, but most lack any connected organic framework like that seen in modern reefs. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17748 | 43,578 |
1,285,812 | Khatib's first seminal contribution was the artificial potential field method, which avoids the complex robot motion planning problem by projecting controlling robots with potential fields in task space. First introduced in 1978, the method was motivated by the pressing need to enable reactive robot operation in unstru... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41499519 | 1,285,111 |
1,204,884 | Two approaches are frequently used in laboratory investigations in soil chemistry. The first is known as batch equilibration. The chemist adds a given volume of water or salt solution of known concentration of dissolved ions to a mass of soil (e.g., 25 mL of solution to 5 g of soil in a centrifuge tube or flask). The s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4715070 | 1,204,239 |
363,029 | Plasma concentrations of niacin and niacin metabolites are not useful markers of niacin status. Urinary excretion of the methylated metabolite N1-methyl-nicotinamide is considered reliable and sensitive. The measurement requires a 24-hour urine collection. For adults, a value of less than 5.8 μmol/day represent deficie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37996 | 362,839 |
711,669 | Plasma concentrations of niacin and niacin metabolites are not useful markers of niacin status. Urinary excretion of the methylated metabolite N1-methyl-nicotinamide is considered reliable and sensitive. The measurement requires a 24-hour urine collection. For adults, a value of less than 5.8 μmol/day represent deficie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=53735803 | 711,297 |
174,941 | Concerns over food safety led to numerous regulations throughout the world. German food regulations released in 1882 stipulated the exclusion of dangerous "minerals" such as arsenic, copper, chromium, lead, mercury, and zinc, which were frequently used as ingredients in colorants. In contrast to today's regulatory guid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=164956 | 174,850 |
658,507 | The Diamond DA20 Katana is a low-wing cantilever monoplane, commonly operated as a low-cost two-seat trainer aircraft. According to Flight International, it has been considered to be relatively unorthodox amongst trainers, utilising a design that makes heavy use of the manufacturer's prior glider products. The Katana b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2707055 | 658,162 |
130,471 | During the post-classical era, Middle Eastern science and medicine was the most advanced in the world, integrating concepts from Ancient Greece, Rome, Mesopotamia and Persia as well as the ancient Indian tradition of Ayurveda, while making numerous advances and innovations. In the 13th century, Albertus Magnus produced... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34413 | 130,419 |
366,408 | In the 1950s, Meteors were developed into effective photo-reconnaissance, training and night fighter versions. The fighter reconnaissance (FR) versions were the first to be built, replacing the ageing Spitfires and Mosquitos then in use. Two "FR.5"s were built on the F.4 body; one was used for nose section camera tests... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42702 | 366,216 |
1,819,428 | The unusual upper pitchers of "N. inermis" are larger than its lower pitchers, growing to in height and in width. They gradually or abruptly arise from the ends of the tendrils, forming a wide curve. They are tubular to infundibular in the lower two-thirds with laterally appressed pitcher walls. As in "N. dubia", there... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4856172 | 1,818,393 |
880,384 | By definition, SEUs do not destroy the circuits involved, but they can cause errors. In space-based microprocessors, one of the most vulnerable portions is often the 1st and 2nd-level cache memories, because these must be very small and have very high-speed, which means that they do not hold much charge. Often these ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2158886 | 879,920 |
2,104,037 | The company was formed in November 1994, by Hooshang Heshmat with James F. Walton II, Melissa D. Heshmat and Michael J. Tomaszewski, to develop oil-free, high-speed rotating machinery. Oil-free air or process gases are used in pharmaceutical, food and beverage processing, in medical equipment or devices, and other indu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3712231 | 2,102,825 |
536,221 | The development of mathematical notation can be divided in stages. The ""rhetorical"" stage is where calculations are performed by words and no symbols are used. The ""syncopated"" stage is where frequently used operations and quantities are represented by symbolic syntactical abbreviations. From ancient times through ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6134187 | 535,942 |
283,269 | The key to designing a passive solar building is to best take advantage of the local climate. Elements to be considered include window placement and glazing type, thermal insulation, thermal mass, and shading. Optimizing daylighting can decrease energy waste from incandescent bulbs, windows, and balconies, allow natura... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=478933 | 283,116 |
363,669 | Both high and low wall shear stress of flowing blood can cause aneurysm and rupture. However, the mechanism of action is still unknown. It is speculated that low shear stress causes growth and rupture of large aneurysms through inflammatory response while high shear stress causes growth and rupture of small aneurysm th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=219906 | 363,479 |
371,654 | Patients with brain swelling, causing elevation of intracranial pressure, either secondary to trauma or following surgery, may benefit from this drug. Sodium thiopental, and the barbiturate class of drugs, decrease neuronal activity thereby decreasing cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption (CMRO), decrease the c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29218 | 371,459 |
2,163,867 | Epidemiological research has produced widely divergent estimates, depending on the nature of the diagnostic method (e.g. structured clinical interview, unstructured clinical interview, self-report or parent-report questionnaire), but more recent studies using DSM-IV-based structured interviews produce more reliable est... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23545825 | 2,162,631 |
355,134 | Teller became part of the Theoretical (T) Division. He was given a secret identity of Ed Tilden. He was irked at being passed over as its head; the job was instead given to Hans Bethe. Oppenheimer had him investigate unusual approaches to building fission weapons, such as autocatalysis, in which the efficiency of the b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37782 | 354,951 |
1,686,409 | The microcomputer was supplied with two 8-inch floppy disk drives (from Heathkit, which sold their own LSI-11 machine, the H11) and an AT&T color video terminal. It was connected to a customized analog-to-digital converter that sampled the inputs at 7 bit resolution 250 times a second. The input devices consisted of tw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26727390 | 1,685,463 |
2,023,046 | Schmidt left the University of Texas at Austin in 2013 to become the Chair of the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida (UF). In her first year with the department, Schmidt and her research team began working to restore nerve function by grafting cadaver tissue onto ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=66225638 | 2,021,882 |
50,331 | During the Second World War from 1941 to 1946, he served in the Royal Air Force as a radar specialist and was involved in the early-warning radar defence system, which contributed to the RAF's success during the Battle of Britain. Clarke spent most of his wartime service working on ground-controlled approach (GCA) rada... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18598148 | 50,311 |
1,517,473 | The purpose of using the vacuum is to eliminate background signal and avoid intermolecular collision events, therefore, providing a long mean free path for the ions. The vacuum system, including the vacuum pumps and the vacuum manifold with its various interfaces, is often the heaviest part and consumes the most power ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=45249739 | 1,516,621 |
604,740 | "Ulysses" was spin-stabilised about its z-axis which roughly coincides with the axis of the dish antenna. The RTG, whip antennas, and instrument boom were placed to stabilize this axis, with the spin rate nominally at 5 rpm. Inside the body was a hydrazine fuel tank. Hydrazine monopropellant was used for course correct... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=57539 | 604,430 |
1,508,545 | "Grimpoteuthis bathynectes" in general form is distinguished from other "Grimpoteuthis" species by a suite of characteristics. Each of the dorsal arms have 47–58 suckers, with the suckers slightly larger and more globular in males (more tubular shaped in females). The pairs of cirri (small fingerlike projections betwee... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=48520436 | 1,507,697 |
1,436,914 | The Acadian orogeny took place during the middle to late Devonian. Following the subduction of the Iapetus Ocean floor, the microcontinent Avalonia slammed into eastern North America, which caused another period of metamorphism, faulting, and mountain building. Evidence for these events can be found within the Littleto... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29575698 | 1,436,105 |
1,931,960 | Patel received his B.A. in biology from the University of Virginia in 1987. He attended graduate school at Harvard University where he earned an MA and subsequently a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology in 1996. In a "New York Times" interview, Patel explained that from childhood his passions had always been sci... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=66571507 | 1,930,852 |
93,838 | Even the most optimistic predictions of the effects of a major nuclear exchange foresee the death of many millions of victims within a very short period of time. Such predictions usually include the breakdown of institutions, government, professional and commercial, vital to the continuation of civilization. The result... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36880 | 93,797 |
879,203 | In practical terms, disulfide-containing CANs can be used to impart recyclability to polymeric materials while still exhibiting physical properties similar to that of thermosets. Typically, recyclability is restricted to thermoplastic materials, as said materials consist of polymer chains which are not bonded to each o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=65948 | 878,740 |
1,182,363 | in In 2009, the Red and White made their first appearance in the Frozen Four. The team finished the regular season with a 23-13-5 (.622) record, entering the post-season as a 4-seed in the 4-team regional in Minneapolis. Miami beat top-seed Denver 4-2 in the opening round and then Minnesota-Duluth 2-1 to advance to the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22191294 | 1,181,738 |
840,824 | The units were originally numbered 313001–313064. Each unit is formed of two outer driving motors and an intermediate trailer with a pantograph. This is a reversal of the practice started in the 1960s, where the motors and pantograph were on an intermediate vehicle, with the outer vehicles being driving trailers. Part ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1490470 | 840,374 |
380,050 | For a more-massive protostar, the core temperature will eventually reach 10 million kelvin, initiating the proton–proton chain reaction and allowing hydrogen to fuse, first to deuterium and then to helium. In stars of slightly over , the carbon–nitrogen–oxygen fusion reaction (CNO cycle) contributes a large portion of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=27980 | 379,855 |
188,292 | While driving, the 2S25 can reach a top speed of on an even road; the average speed being 45−50 km/h (28-31 mph) when driving off-road. The vehicle exerts a ground pressure of 0.36 to 0.53 kg/cm depending on the type of tracks. It can overcome vertical obstacles as tall as and cross trenches. Like many other Russian ar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22007513 | 188,195 |
676,759 | Two reviews of the evidence from the mid-2000s found technical flaws in the studies claiming independent invention, raising three major issues. The first was whether the material dated by radiocarbon was in secure archaeological association with iron-working residues. Many of the dates from Niger, for example, were on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20255436 | 676,406 |
377,056 | Most of the campus's heat is generated from a wood boiler which burns wood chips, a renewable resource. Almost all of Colgate's electricity comes from a hydroelectric dam at Niagara Falls; the rest comes from nuclear sources. The campus also has a Green Bikes program with over two dozen bikes that are loaned out in an ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=287967 | 376,861 |
1,590,366 | The medical program at the Hanford Engineer Works was headed by William Dagett Norwood. He secured the services of Herbert M. Parker, a physicist from the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago, who became the health physicist. Norwood oversaw the construction of the Kadlec Hospital, which was staffed by civilians, and de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=72002318 | 1,589,472 |
167,707 | The ability of a soapy solution to act as a detergent has been recognized for centuries. However, it was only at the beginning of the twentieth century that the constitution of such solutions was scientifically studied. Pioneering work in this area was carried out by James William McBain at the University of Bristol. A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=317227 | 167,618 |
1,288,837 | A pair of scientific microsatellites, Longjiang-1 and Longjiang-2, has been launched with the Queqiao as a secondary payload. The microsatellites weigh 45 kg each and measure 50x50x40 centimeters. Developed at the Harbin Institute of Technology, the microsatellites were to fly in formation in a 300x3000 km orbit to per... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=68838529 | 1,288,128 |
559 | After Davidson's loss against Kansas in the NCAA Regional Finals, Curry announced that he would return for his junior year. He stated that he wanted to develop as a point guard, his likely position in the NBA. On November 18, 2008, Curry scored a career-high 44 points in Davidson's 82–78 loss to Oklahoma. He extended a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5608488 | 559 |
206,550 | SMAW welding, like other welding methods, can be a dangerous and unhealthy practice if proper precautions are not taken. The process uses an open electric arc, which presents a risk of burns which are prevented by personal protective equipment in the form of heavy leather gloves and long sleeve jackets. Additionally, t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=239076 | 206,443 |
2,228,855 | The Elevation Science Institute (ESI), formerly known as the Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to paleontology and earth science research, education, and outreach. The organization conducts paleontological field work in the Bighorn Basin of Montana and Wyoming, la... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=59986114 | 2,227,591 |
1,827,801 | Platypezidae are minute to medium sized (1.5–6 mm) slender or robust flies. The male and female usually differ in colour. Males in particular are often all black, one or both sexes may be in part or all grey or yellow. Markings may be orange, grey or silver. The abdomen may have two colours. Males have holoptic eyes. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7823226 | 1,826,762 |
1,179,758 | Another area in which bioactive glass has been investigated to use is tooth enamel reconstruction, which has proven to be a difficult task in the field of dentistry. Enamel is made up of a very organized hierarchical microstructure of carbonated hydroxyapatite nanocrystals. It has been reported that Bioglass 45S5-phosp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2161298 | 1,179,134 |
647,608 | The Strouhal number has significant importance in analyzing the flight of animals since it is based on the streamlines and the animal's velocity as it travels through the fluid. Its significance is demonstrated through the motion of alcids as it passes through different mediums (air to water). The assessment of alcids ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=52675 | 647,268 |
371,298 | The metronome is usually positively viewed by performers, musicologists (who spend considerable time analysing metronome markings), teachers, and conservatories. It is considered an excellent practice tool because of its steady beat, being "mathematically perfect and categorically correct". This removes guesswork and a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=88771 | 371,104 |
390,593 | With the rapid development of the computer and digitalization industries, more countries and companies have engaged in space activities since the turn of the 20th century. The tragedy of the commons is an economic theory referring to a situation where maximizing self-interest through using a shared resource can finally... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=266344 | 390,398 |
870,777 | On the other hand, if the ends of the fiber are not moulded, the laser exiting the fiber will be diverging and thus a stable optical trap can only be realised by balancing the gradient and the scattering force from two opposing ends of the fiber. The gradient force will trap the particles in the transverse direction, w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=299901 | 870,317 |
664,067 | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. Nf3 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. Qf3 bxc6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O c5 14. Qh3 Be7 15. Bf3 O-O 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Be3 Bc6 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. Qg3 Bd6 22. Qh4 Be7 23. f3 Kf8 24. Qf2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qc7 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. hxg3 h5 2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18402301 | 663,720 |
1,250,947 | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd4 Nxe5 12. f4 Nc4 13. f5 Bc8 14. Qe1 Bb7 15. cxb4 c5 16. f6 Bxf6 17. Nf5 O-O 18. bxc5 Re8 19. Qb4 Qc8 20. Bxc4 a5 21. Qa3 dxc4 22. Nc3 Nxc5 23. Be3 Qc6 24. Rf3 Nd3 25. Raf1 Rxe3 26. Nxe3 Bd4 27. Qe7 Ne5 28. Kh1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18398938 | 1,250,269 |
664,070 | 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 Bg4 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. a4 Be7 18. Rfb1 Nf6 19. a5 a6 20. Na4 Bf8 21. Nc5 Re7 22. Kf1 Ne8 23. Ke2 Nd6 24. Kd3 Rce8 25. Re1 g6 26. Re2 f6 27. Rae1 Bh6 28. N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18402301 | 663,723 |
496,461 | In the run up to the commissioning of the LHC, Walter L. Wagner (an original opponent of the RHIC), Luis Sancho (a Spanish science writer) and Otto Rössler (a German biochemist) expressed concerns over the safety of the LHC, and attempted to halt the beginning of the experiments through petitions to the US and European... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18079182 | 496,205 |
981,118 | A third fuel vessel, , is filled with spent nuclear fuel elements, many of them damaged and thus difficult to handle. The vessel was used for dumping of nuclear waste in the Barents and Kara Seas from 1963 to 1984. During a dumping operation in 1984, "Lepse" encountered very rough seas, and high-level reactor waste mix... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=483169 | 980,606 |
536 | With the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, there has been a rise in malicious cyber activity against the United States, Ukraine, and Russia. A prominent and rare documented use of artificial intelligence in conflict is on behalf of Ukraine, using facial recognition software to uncover Russian assailants and identify Ukrainians... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1164 | 536 |
1,182,845 | The traditional 1/1000 s and 1/2000 s top speeds of horizontal and vertical FP shutters are on the knife's edge of mechanical controllability – often stop too slow, even in ultra-high-quality models. Spring powered geartrains become inadequate to durably control and reliably time any higher accelerations and shocks. Fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=303501 | 1,182,220 |
1,325,621 | While designing instruments for the Mars Viking spacecraft, Chappelle became interested in bioluminescence, which is warm light produced by living organisms. He developed a method using two chemicals, luciferase and luciferin, from fireflies which give off light when mixed with ATP (adenosine triphosphate), an energy s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4332669 | 1,324,894 |
2,172,069 | Biologically active peptides have been integrated into a growing number of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API’s) as well as standalone products such as vasopressin, gonadorelin, leuprolide, and goserelin. Completion of the human genome project resulted in the identification of approximately 30,000 proteins encoded ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=43851055 | 2,170,830 |
1,159,626 | Javan carried out the first demonstration of optical heterodyne beats with lasers in 1961. Another major experiment was his observation of the detuning dip called the Lamb dip while scanning the frequency of a single-mode laser across the Doppler-broadened gain profile. Ali Javan and his colleagues pioneered in stabili... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=773085 | 1,159,011 |
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