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1,117,157 | It generally uses Ruthenium complexes, especially [Ru(bpy)] (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) which releases a photon at ~620 nm regenerating with TPrA (Tripropylamine) in liquid phase or liquid–solid interface. It can be used as monolayer immobilized on an electrode surface (made e.g. of nafion, or special thin films made by La... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14798494 | 1,116,584 |
81,620 | Collins was appointed to the position on December 15, 1969, and began his work on January 6, 1970. He took over at a very difficult time. The Vietnam War was going badly, and the invasion of Cambodia and the Kent State shootings had triggered a wave of protests and unrest across the country. He had no illusions about h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=97666 | 81,587 |
633,046 | The cleverness of many MIT hacks has even resulted in urban legends about supposed hacks that may not have occurred. One rumored hack involved a certain student's adherence to classical conditioning behavior response, as studied by Harvard Professor B. F. Skinner. Throughout the off-season, this supposed student visite... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4668387 | 632,708 |
1,570,248 | Resistance-nodulation-division (RND) family transporters are a category of bacterial efflux pumps, especially identified in Gram-negative bacteria and located in the cytoplasmic membrane, that actively transport substrates. The RND superfamily includes seven families: the heavy metal efflux (HME), the hydrophobe/amphip... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50234511 | 1,569,360 |
754,936 | After capturing the original invasion plans, the Allies were initially jubilant, thinking that they might have won a key victory before the campaign was even fought. But General Gamelin and Lord Gort, the commander of the BEF, were shaken, realizing that what the Germans did instead would not be what they had planned f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=376965 | 754,533 |
2,216,398 | The first species of the genus was an adult female found in a cave in Tanzania. Instead of being completely adapted to cave life like many species of "Telema", "A. oculata" still retains characteristics of life outside caves, including retaining its eyes, at least partial skin pigmentation, and relatively short legs. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49164989 | 2,215,137 |
810,810 | Measuring the magnetic resonance of crystals first involved growing the crystals, a simple procedure often done by elementary school students. The crystals then had to be prepared by skillfully cutting them into sections with facets that had an orientation different from the internal structure of the crystal, and the r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=196999 | 810,378 |
1,824,744 | Throughout his career, Montemagno received many awards for his scientific innovations, including the Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (for creating single molecule biological motors with nano-scale silicon devices), the Earth Award Grand Prize (for cell-free artificial photosynthesis with over 95% efficiency) and the CN... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=59503736 | 1,823,706 |
1,213,855 | The sexual cycle of "N. crassa" is heterothallic. Sexual fruiting bodies (perithecia) can only be formed when two mycelia of different mating type come together. Like other ascomycetes, "N. crassa" has two mating types that, in this case, are symbolized by ‘A’ and ‘a’. There is no evident morphological difference betwe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1474988 | 1,213,203 |
2,123,553 | With the industrial project, the student-engineers have learnt how to use their many skills to carry out a project. The teaching in the 5th year is conceived in keeping with the same logic using electronics, computer science and other industrial techniques, with importance attached to synthesis, effective pooling of kn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4456817 | 2,122,333 |
1,734,230 | "A. semibaccata" is native to Australia, however it is not located in tropical and humid regions such as Northern Queensland. It is a drought tolerant species of subtropical arid and semi-arid regions. A region with a mean annual rainfall of 250-900mm is optimal for "A. semibaccata". It is a low spreading and deep-root... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8118349 | 1,733,253 |
220,821 | There are four fundamental steps in the fusion process. First, the involved membranes must aggregate, approaching each other to within several nanometers. Second, the two bilayers must come into very close contact (within a few angstroms). To achieve this close contact, the two surfaces must become at least partially d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=158011 | 220,712 |
940,857 | The Italian inventor Galileo Ferraris invented a polyphase AC induction motor in 1885. The idea was that two out-of-phase, but synchronized, currents might be used to produce two magnetic fields that could be combined to produce a rotating field without any need for switching or for moving parts. Other inventors were t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=551731 | 940,356 |
1,172,464 | Further experimental work led to major advances. First, ammonium bifluoride processing replaced the initial preparation method based on heat treatment of anhydrous fluorides in a metallic sealed tube. This process was already used by K. H. Sun, a pioneer of beryllium fluoride glasses. It offers significant advantages: ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2358446 | 1,171,845 |
995,743 | Concern about science education and science standards has often been driven by worries that American students, and even teachers, lag behind their peers in international rankings. One notable example was the wave of education reforms implemented after the Soviet Union launched its Sputnik satellite in 1957. The first a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181889 | 995,226 |
1,152,625 | When the special case of the electromagnetic self-energy or self-force of charged particles is discussed, also in modern texts some sort of "effective" electromagnetic mass is sometimes introduced – not as an explanation of mass "per se", but in addition to the ordinary mass of bodies. Many different reformulations of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4769216 | 1,152,015 |
1,411,762 | The MST method was originally a collection of procedures practiced by Dr. Scott Henggeler in the 1970s. He soon brought in Charles Borduin and Molly Brunk, two of his doctoral students, to help with the theory’s documentation. To bring their project to fruition, Henggeler, Borduin, and Brunk combined evidence-based pra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29253287 | 1,410,968 |
2,101,330 | Occhialini himself in the period between '52 and '55 supervises Riccardo Giacconi, who will then be awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 2002 for his pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which led to the discovery of the first cosmic sources in X-rays, and Giovanni Bignami, then president of ASI, INAF, COSPAR an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67431894 | 2,100,119 |
2,165,767 | In 2001 Smith joined the U.S. Army Reserve where he rose to the rank of Colonel in 2018. From 2005-2014, he was deployed to Iraq, Egypt, Kuwait, Croatia, Panama and El Salvador. He worked at military hospitals, led training exercises and taught courses on altitude illness, disaster medicine, lightning and search and mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=58948709 | 2,164,530 |
1,500,434 | Medical screening can confirm occurrences of VLCAD most often in neonatal and infancy stages. Approximately half of all patients show signs of VLCAD deficiency during the neonatal period, one-fourth present later in the first year of infancy, and the final quarter is split between manifestations in childhood and adulth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2573653 | 1,499,589 |
1,207,984 | During the 1980s, Carruthers helped create a program called the Science & Engineers Apprentice Program, which allows high school students to spend a summer working with scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). Carruthers also worked with NRL's community outreach organization, and as such helped support severa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2385684 | 1,207,338 |
2,243,489 | The campus, local police and the fire department are the main sources of security for this curation, and security measures are theft and fire alarm systems. The Intrusion Detection System consists of a motion detector, high frequency break detector, an infrared and door switches, the fire alarm system consists of detec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=60757808 | 2,242,218 |
1,828,622 | Aminoff received a bachelor of science degree from University College London (1962) and his medical degree (M.B., B.S.) from University College Hospital (UCH) Medical School (London) in 1965. After internship at UCH, he trained in internal medicine at various London teaching hospitals, gained membership of the Royal Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=57911914 | 1,827,582 |
820,846 | Medawar was the youngest child of a Lebanese father and a British mother, and was both a Brazilian and British citizen by birth. He studied at Marlborough College and Magdalen College, Oxford, and was professor of zoology at the University of Birmingham and University College London. Until he was partially disabled by ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=172002 | 820,405 |
1,756,922 | Researchers assessing chironomid distribution primarily examine the temperature, while considering supporting factors, such as pH, salinity, nutrient flow, and productivity, especially of the late Pleistocene/Holocene time period. For many years, research has been carried out into the relationship between temperature a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4635545 | 1,755,931 |
270,875 | The production F-102A had the Hughes MC-3 fire control system, later upgraded in service to the MG-10. It had a three-segment internal weapons bay under the fuselage for air-to-air missiles. Initial armament was three pairs of GAR-1/2/3/4 ("Later re-designated as AIM-4") Falcon missiles, which included both infrared ho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=239536 | 270,728 |
334,328 | Tar Heels have made their mark on the basketball court with Southern Methodist University head coach Larry Brown, title winning coach Roy Williams, Charlotte Hornets general manager Mitch Kupchak, college player of the year award winners George Glamack, Lennie Rosenbluth, Antawn Jamison, and Tyler Hansbrough, Naismith ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=89510 | 334,150 |
982,243 | When an affected individual has fully developed the three clinical elements of uric acid overproduction, neurologic dysfunction, and cognitive and behavioral disturbances, diagnosis of LNS is easily made. Diagnosis is less easy in the early stages, when the three features are not yet obvious. Signs of self-injurious be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1115749 | 981,731 |
235,392 | From the mid-1970s to the late 1980s, the university enjoyed sustained growth. In 1970, the Collège Saint-Jean began offering French-language instruction in arts, science and education. In 1984, the School of Native Studies was established. Buildings that had been started in the 1960s, such as Biological Sciences, its ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=242057 | 235,273 |
167,627 | For 1976, Fittipaldi made the surprising decision to drive for the Brazilian Fittipaldi Automotive team of his brother Wilson, sponsored by Copersucar. James Hunt, who knew that Hesketh's future was doomed by its lack of sponsorship (Lord Hesketh had tried to obtain major backing once he realised Hunt was a likely titl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=640098 | 167,540 |
2,205,686 | Antibody conjugation is another promising method for cytokine delivery. Antibody conjugation to cytokines can be used to improve site-specific delivery and prolong the cytokine half-life. Immunocytokines are delivered systemically but can specifically target the tumor through overexpressed or unique tumor antigens, cry... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=70621516 | 2,204,429 |
1,671,603 | Despite his great dedication to experimentation work, Abel's historical significance is certainly not restricted to his research work. He was also the founder of a number of influential scientific journals. As more and more research was conducted in the field of biochemistry, Abel realized the importance of having a pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1149742 | 1,670,663 |
163,551 | The electrode is a metallic alloy wire, called a MIG wire, whose selection, alloy and size, is based primarily on the composition of the metal being welded, the process variation being used, joint design, and the material surface conditions. Electrode selection greatly influences the mechanical properties of the weld a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33731132 | 163,466 |
19,678 | Despite the legal restrictions on psilocybin use, the 1970s witnessed the emergence of psilocybin as the "entheogen of choice". This was due in large part to a wide dissemination of information on the topic, which included works such as those by author Carlos Castaneda, and several books that taught the technique of gr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38468 | 19,670 |
308,076 | Babies with this condition usually present any time in the first weeks to 6 months of life with progressively worsening vomiting. It is more likely to affect the first-born with males more commonly than females at a ratio of 4 to 1. The vomiting is often described as non-bile stained ("non bilious") and "projectile vom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=714268 | 307,911 |
190,910 | The last glacial period of the current ice age ended about 10,000 years ago. Ice melt caused world sea levels to rise about in the early part of the Holocene. In addition, many areas above about 40 degrees north latitude had been depressed by the weight of the Pleistocene glaciers and rose as much as over the late Plei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11603215 | 190,811 |
673,066 | In 1939, Jacqueline Cochran wrote to the first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, about using women pilots in the military. Later, Nancy Harkness Love also made a similar request to the US Army, however both women's ideas were put on hold until 1942. Love was then put in command of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron [WAFS],... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=47210395 | 672,714 |
327,777 | Darwin discusses morphology, including the importance of homologous structures. He says, "What can be more curious than that the hand of a man, formed for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of the horse, the paddle of the porpoise, and the wing of the bat, should all be constructed on the same pattern, and s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29932 | 327,603 |
1,405,565 | Orbital welding has almost always exclusively been carried out by the Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG / GTAW) technique using non-consumable electrodes, with additional cold-wire feed where necessary. The easy control of heat input makes TIG-welding the ideal welding method for fully orbital welding of tubes with specialist or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17805006 | 1,404,775 |
751,846 | "Archelon" was an obligate carnivore. The thick plastron indicates the animal probably spent a lot of time on the soft, muddy seafloor, likely a slow-moving bottom feeder. According to American paleontologist Samuel Wendell Williston, the jaws were adapted for crushing, implying the turtle ate large mollusks and crusta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=933173 | 751,444 |
994,911 | Donald Byrne (1930–1976) was one of the leading American chess masters at the time of this game. He won the 1953 U.S. Open Championship, and represented the United States in the 1962, 1964, and 1968 Chess Olympiads. He became an International Master in 1962, and probably would have risen further if not for ill health. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=234405 | 994,394 |
706,288 | He then points out why "the object-glass of any telescope cannot collect all the rays which come from one point of an object, to make them convene at its focus in less room than in a circular space, whose diameter is the 50th part of the diameter of its aperture: which is an irregularity some hundreds of times greater,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=315685 | 705,919 |
1,403,057 | Computer scientists or engineers by themselves cannot solve engineering informatics problems or the processes required to manage information in the context of engineered systems—it has to be a collaborative effort. The lack of skills among computer scientists in engineering and engineers in computing has led to problem... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20389237 | 1,402,270 |
1,508,313 | Established in 2003, the Biopesticides Demonstration Project (BDP) is a joint venture between the EPA and USDA. The overarching goal of the program is to reduce exposure to pesticides and risks of pesticide use through the increased adoption of biopesticides within the agriculture community. The BDP was developed to gi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31728658 | 1,507,465 |
1,998,248 | Despite an injury to pace spearhead Ray Lindwall, Bradman's fast bowlers reduced England in their first innings to 8/74 before finishing them off for 165. Bradman dropped two catches in this innings. English gloveman Godfrey Evans came to the crease with the score at 6/60, and hit Johnston hard to cover, where the ball... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21051201 | 1,997,105 |
1,346,118 | While vaginal births after caesarean (VBAC) are not uncommon today, the rate of VBAC has declined to include less than 10% of births after previous caesarean in the USA. Although caesarean deliveries made up only 5% of births overall in the USA until the mid-1970s, it was commonly believed that for women with previous ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5592849 | 1,345,377 |
1,515,095 | The General Council of Vienne in 1312 established in the Decretal "Fidei catholicæ fundamento" (Bull. Franc., V, 86) the Catholic doctrine against three points of Olivi's teaching, howbeit without mentioning the author. These points referred to the moment when Christ's body on the cross was transfixed by the lance, the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=251359 | 1,514,244 |
388,588 | The "saturation system", "saturation complex" or "saturation spread" typically comprises either an underwater habitat or a surface complex made up of a living chamber, transfer chamber and submersible decompression chamber, which is commonly referred to in commercial diving and military diving as the diving bell, "PTC"... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=489941 | 388,393 |
513,720 | Several critics point out that a "revolution" within the military ranks might carry detrimental consequences, produce severe economic strain, and ultimately prove counterproductive. Such authors tend to profess a much more gradual "evolution" in military affairs, as opposed to a rapid revolution. In 2021 the Chief of N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=598620 | 513,454 |
329,911 | Neuropathology is the study of disease of nervous system tissue, usually in the form of either surgical biopsies or sometimes whole brains in the case of autopsy. Neuropathology is a subspecialty of anatomic pathology, neurology, and neurosurgery. In many English-speaking countries, neuropathology is considered a subfi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=48791 | 329,736 |
1,840,954 | The faculty has a full range of academic departments consisting of about 140 academic staff members, including 23 professors. They are complemented by over 60 visiting staff, including consultants who are based in the affiliated teaching hospitals and other universities. In keeping with the need to expand and improve a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=40600740 | 1,839,902 |
2,156,456 | In an effort to put a stop to the pandemic, many countries were rushing to develop working vaccines. As many companies started to produce their own vaccines, many clinical trials were held to test out each vaccine’s efficacy. Once each vaccine’s collected data meets certain safety standards, organizations such as the U... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=63936969 | 2,155,225 |
933,714 | Several findings in the 20th century continued to advance the field, such as the discovery of ocular dominance columns, recording of single nerve cells in animals, and coordination of eye and head movements. Experimental psychology was also significant in the foundation of cognitive neuroscience. Some particularly impo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50326 | 933,222 |
1,206,669 | "Sangamon" returned to the United States for an overhaul at Bremerton, Washington that took from 30 November 1944 – 24 January 1945. During the overhall rocket stowage racks, a second catapult, improved radar gear, new 40 mm mounts, a bomb elevator, and additional fire-fighting equipment were installed. In mid-February... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=464474 | 1,206,024 |
2,129,783 | Ohio State failed to earn an invitation to the NCAA tournament in the prior two years, but in 1993, they added Katie Smith, the Gatorade National player of the year, to the roster, who helped lead the team to a 24–3 regular season record and an NCAA invitation as a 1 seed. The Buckeyes won their first two games easily,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11115240 | 2,128,559 |
80,409 | Rowing is a longstanding tradition at the University of Washington dating back to 1901. The Washington men's crew gained international prominence by winning the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, defeating the German and Italian crews much to the dismay of Adolf Hitler who was in attendance. In 1958, the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31776 | 80,376 |
436,848 | Heating caused by the very high reentry speeds (greater than Mach 20) is sufficient to destroy the vehicle unless special techniques are used. The early space capsules such as used on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo were given blunt shapes to produce a stand-off bow shock, allowing most of the heat to dissipate into the su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1711063 | 436,634 |
43,017 | Computational fluid dynamics, usually abbreviated as CFD, is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems that involve fluid flows. Computers are used to perform the calculations required to simulate the interaction of liquids and gases with surfaces defined by bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19528 | 43,001 |
96,933 | Similarities between Gestalt phenomena and quantum mechanics have been pointed out by, among others, chemist Anton Amann, who commented that "similarities between Gestalt perception and quantum mechanics are on a level of a parable" yet may give useful insight nonetheless. Physicist Elio Conte and co-workers have propo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=70402 | 96,892 |
768,193 | Coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM), in contrast to DWDM, uses increased channel spacing to allow less-sophisticated and thus cheaper transceiver designs. To provide 16 channels on a single fiber, CWDM uses the entire frequency band spanning the second and third transmission windows (1310/1550 nm respectivel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=80464 | 767,781 |
800,516 | Ecological economics is an economic science that extends its methods of valuation onto nature in an effort to address the inequity between market growth and biodiversity loss. Natural capital is the stock of materials or information stored in biodiversity that generates services that can enhance the welfare of communit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=155899 | 800,090 |
2,098,114 | His national committee presented a bill on the transition to the meter system, which was passed on 22 May 1875. Already in 1873 he had the Norwegian government accept an international measurement institute "in principle", and in the spring of 1875 he made sure that the necessary decisions were made in a "unprecedented ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=61875027 | 2,096,906 |
347,416 | In 2017, St Andrews was named as the university with the joint second highest graduate employment rate of any UK university (along with Warwick), with 97.7 per cent of its graduates in work or further study three and a half years after graduation. St Andrews is placed seventh in the UK (1st in Scotland) for the employa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181348 | 347,235 |
523,625 | Throughout its 70-year history as a military base, the mission of Naval Training Center (NTC) San Diego was to provide primary, advanced, and specialized training for members of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Naval Reserve. In support of that mission, NTC expanded to include 300 buildings with nearly three million square feet ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25285370 | 523,353 |
971,326 | The vapor pressure over the hot liquid working fluid at the hot end of the pipe is higher than the equilibrium vapor pressure over the condensing working fluid at the cooler end of the pipe, and this pressure difference drives a rapid mass transfer to the condensing end where the excess vapor condenses, releases its la... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=517241 | 970,816 |
1,840,626 | To his credit, Fernow established the first tree nursery in New York State at Axton, the site of an old lumber settlement originally called Axe-town. But most of the non-native conifer species he planted, such as norway spruce, did not do well for many years, with a denuded area as a result. Smoke from the burning of b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=24243268 | 1,839,574 |
2,084,418 | The cap is conical to convex to bell-shaped, occasionally with a low and broad umbo, and reaches in diameter. When moist, it is partly translucent, and grooves corresponding to the position of the gills under the cap can be seen. The surface is somewhat hygrophanous—it changes color as it loses or absorbs moisture. The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29103393 | 2,083,217 |
1,867,511 | After he moved to NYU in 1994, he founded and headed one of the earliest computer science laboratories in academia on the topic of Embedded Computing called Real-time Compilation Technologies and Instruction Level Parallelism (ReaCT-ILP) within the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. His views expressed in 1996... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=15944955 | 1,866,435 |
1,184,188 | Before computed tomography, tomographic images could be made by radiography using focal plane tomography, representing a single slice of the body on radiographic film. This method was proposed by the Italian radiologist Alessandro Vallebona in the early 1900s. The idea is based on simple principles of projective geomet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=55999605 | 1,183,561 |
908,527 | The intermediate stages each emit the same amount of radioactivity as the original radioisotope (i.e. there is a one-to-one relationship between the numbers of decays in successive stages) but each stage releases a different quantity of energy. If and when equilibrium is achieved, each successive daughter isotope is pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=197774 | 908,049 |
1,776,522 | Much of the technology that was used to create "F29 Retaliator" had been used to create "Epic". The action is viewed in 3D, with graphics being a mix of uniformly-coloured polygons and bitmaps (featuring 16 colours for Atari ST and 32 colours in the Amiga version, largely shades of grey). Cut-scenes that move the story... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2534545 | 1,775,523 |
785,816 | One of the first programmable digital computers was SEAC (the Standards Eastern Automatic Computer), which entered service in 1950 at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in Maryland, USA. In 1957, computer pioneer Russell Kirsch and his team unveiled a drum scanner for SEAC, to "trace variations of intensity over th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30797574 | 785,393 |
1,924,737 | using a variety of techniques (in particular, patch clamp recordings, intracellular and extra-cellular single and multi-unit electrophysiology in the awake animal and functional brain imaging techniques, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)), the theoretical analysis of nervous structures (computational... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33086911 | 1,923,633 |
636,568 | Flying organisms such as birds are also considered as moving through a fluid. In scaling birds of similar shape, it has also been seen that larger individuals have less metabolic costs per kg, as expected. Birds also have a variance in wing beat frequency. Beyond the compensation of larger wings per unit body mass, lar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1663537 | 636,229 |
87,451 | The least common observable evidence of planetary systems are detected major or minor planets. Only a handful giant planets and a handful of minor planets are known around white dwarfs. It is a growing list with discoveries of around 6 exoplanets expected with Gaia and 4 exoplanets with JWST.Infrared spectroscopic obse... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33501 | 87,416 |
1,778,082 | Mathematical enrichment activities in the United States have been around since sometime before 1977, in the form of residential summer programs, math contests, and local school-based programs. The concept of a math circle, on the other hand, with its emphasis on convening professional mathematicians and secondary schoo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5163815 | 1,777,080 |
1,922,281 | The men's triple jump event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 28 competitors, with two qualifying groups (28 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on August 4, 1984. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The top twelve ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14906602 | 1,921,178 |
679,725 | Completed in 2006, the building is situated on the main corridor into the 244 acre campus and contains 108,000 gross square feet of inter disciplinary research and teaching laboratories for Chemistry, Fresh Water Ecology and Biology and creates a link between the academic and residential areas of the campus. Designed b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=563285 | 679,371 |
949,043 | Mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, have continued to increase in computing power and portability. Many modern mobile devices come equipped with toolkits for developing augmented reality applications. These applications allow developers to overlay computer graphics over videos of the physical world. The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=877295 | 948,539 |
1,164,007 | While no-fly zones have been declared in Victoria Harbour, country parks, the airport, military sites, prisons and in government-run leisure facilities, it was reported that rules were rarely enforced or observed. The Hong Kong government is proposing to introduce regulations that will broadly follow American standards... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=45667599 | 1,163,390 |
336,586 | Currently, about 50–60% of people with a high index of clinical suspicion for HCM will have a mutation identified in at least one of nine sarcomeric genes. Approximately 40% of these mutations occur in the β-myosin heavy chain gene on chromosome 14 q11.2-3, and approximately 40% involve the cardiac myosin-binding prote... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=606009 | 336,407 |
303,437 | With no new designs of nuclear weapons, the warheads in the U.S. stockpile must continue to function far past their original expected lifetimes. As components and materials age, problems can arise. Stockpile Life Extension Programs can extend system lifetimes, but they also can introduce performance uncertainties and r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39039 | 303,275 |
1,148,366 | Plants emit audio acoustic emissions between 10–240 Hz as well as ultrasonic acoustic emissions (UAE) within 20–300 kHz. Evidence for plant mechanosensory abilities are shown when roots are subjected to unidirectional 220 Hz sound and subsequently grow in the direction of the vibration source. Using electrograph vibrat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50798411 | 1,147,760 |
1,041,806 | Research has identified health-behavioral and biological factors that are related to increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). These risk factors include smoking, obesity, low density lipoprotein (the "bad" cholesterol), lack of exercise, and blood pressure. Psychosocial working conditions are also risk factors ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18079605 | 1,041,263 |
65,850 | In vertebrates, the part of the brain that plays the greatest role is the hypothalamus, a small region at the base of the forebrain whose size does not reflect its complexity or the importance of its function. The hypothalamus is a collection of small nuclei, most of which are involved in basic biological functions. So... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3717 | 65,825 |
1,116,825 | In 2017, Fowler pointed out that the date of the Kaiparowits Formation which had been used by Sampson and colleagues to demonstrate that "Kosmoceratops" and "Utahceratops" were coeval with chasmosaurines from other formations in the north, had been calibrated differently from those of the other formations. When recalib... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=28916285 | 1,116,252 |
1,336,603 | One weakness of the air sampling method is that air currents can move the gases or radionuclides in unpredictable ways, depending on where the explosion was and the weather conditions at the time. The detection process involves taking air samples with a filter paper which collects the radioactive material which can the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=53815147 | 1,335,873 |
1,895,615 | The Tessys method is suitable for most prolapsed discs, regardless of the anatomical position. Another spinal indication for the Tessys procedure would be cauda equina syndrome, in a case where conservative methods of treatment failed to ameliorate the pain, or if only surrounded nerves are affected. Every intervertebr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30793481 | 1,894,531 |
1,531,037 | The water is further characterised by the presence of flavonoid compounds, coming from the skin of the cherries. Flavonoid compounds result in dark colouration of the water at a pH=7 or higher, but they do not add to BOD or COD levels of the wastewater, nor have major environmental impacts. Lower levels of transparency... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8084965 | 1,530,171 |
409,277 | On 14 April 2015, the SpaceX CRS-6 delivered 20 C57BL/6NTAC mice to live on the ISS for evaluating microgravity as the extreme opposite of a healthy active lifestyle. In the absence of gravity, astronauts are subject to a decrease in muscle, bone, and tendon mass. "Although, we're not out to treat couch potatoes," stat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=600624 | 409,075 |
240,052 | The discovery of copper and bronze manufacture had a significant impact on the history of the Old World. Metals were hard enough to make weapons that were heavier, stronger, and more resistant to impact damage than wood, bone, or stone equivalents. For several millennia, bronze was the material of choice for weapons su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=28716 | 239,932 |
281,120 | In 2017, Oregon State University's Portland headquarters were relocated to the newly renovated Meier & Frank building. The offices, classrooms and meeting spaces fill the entire second floor of the historic downtown Portland building, just across the street from Pioneer Square. OSU's Portland operations include offices... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=233155 | 280,968 |
1,475,296 | Unit record machines came to be as ubiquitous in industry and government in the first two-thirds of the twentieth century as computers became in the last third. They allowed large volume, sophisticated data-processing tasks to be accomplished before electronic computers were invented and while they were still in their ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=851269 | 1,474,464 |
97,949 | Wing membranes preserved in pterosaur embryos are well developed, suggesting that pterosaurs were ready to fly soon after birth. However, tomography scans of fossilised "Hamipterus" eggs suggests that the young pterosaurs had well-developed thigh bones for walking, but weak chests for flight. It is unknown if this hold... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=24824 | 97,908 |
2,184,563 | For the construction of the Steel Structures Manufacturing Unit (UFEM), the shipyard and the naval base, more than 600 national companies were involved, with the guarantee of 95% nationalization of the components and systems. The number of suppliers interested in participating in the Submarine Development Program is ex... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=72168935 | 2,183,315 |
1,060,420 | By 2008, B612 had provided estimates on a 30 kilometers-wide corridor, called a "path of risk", that would extend across the Earth's surface if an impact were to occur, as part of its effort to develop viable deflection strategies. The calculated risk-path extended from Kazakhstan across southern Russia through Siberia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=333633 | 1,059,869 |
1,773,234 | Butterick launched The Butterick Company in 1863 to create heavy cardboard templates for children's clothing. Butterick's innovation was offering every pattern in a series of standard, graded sizes. Members of his family cut and folded the first patterns that were sold from their home. In 1866 Butterick began manufactu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=44801784 | 1,772,237 |
2,124,840 | The two leading teams after six rounds, Russia and Ukraine, faced Poland and China on the top two tables. The Polish team managed to halt the Russians to a 2–2 tie. Valentina Gunina scored once again for Russia by beating Jolanta Zawadzka with the Black pieces in a game in which her opponent was standing well but made ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=51472598 | 2,123,619 |
1,228,511 | At approximately 14:30 TEPCO announces its belief that the fuel rod storage pool of unit 4 – which is located outside the containment area — may have begun boiling. By midday NHK TV is reporting white smoke rising from the Fukushima I plant, which officials suggest is likely coming from reactor 3. Shortly afterwards al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31167895 | 1,227,849 |
1,571,261 | The use of ultrasonography in medicine soon followed in different locations around the world. In the mid-1950s more research was undertaken by Professor Ian Donald et al., in Glasgow, which advanced the practical technology and applications of ultrasound. In 1963, in France, Léandre Pourcelot started on his thesis, whi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38498516 | 1,570,373 |
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