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20,303,498 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning%20%28polymers%29 | Spinning is a manufacturing process for creating polymer fibers. It is a specialized form of extrusion that uses a spinneret to form multiple continuous filaments.
Melt spinning
If the polymer is a thermoplastic then it can undergo melt spinning. The molten polymer is extruded through a spinneret composed of capillari... | Spinning (polymers) | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering | 929 |
36,589,562 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lud%C4%9Bk%20Pe%C5%A1ek | Luděk Pešek (26 April 1919 – 4 December 1999) was a Czech artist and novelist. He was noted for his representations of astronomical subjects. The asteroid 6584 Ludekpesek is named after him. He was influenced by Lucien Rudaux.
Biography
Luděk Pešek was born in 1919 in Kladno, Czechoslovakia, and grew up in the city o... | Luděk Pešek | Astronomy | 692 |
46,273,230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafnium%28IV%29%20iodide | Hafnium(IV) iodide is the inorganic compound with the formula HfI4. It is a red-orange, moisture sensitive, sublimable solid that is produced by heating a mixture of hafnium with excess iodine. It is an intermediate in the crystal bar process for producing hafnium metal.
In this compound, the hafnium centers adopt o... | Hafnium(IV) iodide | Chemistry | 172 |
10,369,986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20JavaScript%20libraries | This is a list of notable JavaScript libraries.
Constraint programming
Cassowary (software)
CHR.js
DOM (manipulation) oriented
Google Polymer
Dojo Toolkit
jQuery
MooTools
Prototype JavaScript Framework
Tay
Graphical/visualization (canvas, SVG, or WebGL related)
AnyChart
Babylon.js
Chart.js
Cytoscape... | List of JavaScript libraries | Technology | 423 |
2,424,936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermatophylax | A spermatophylax is a gelatinous bolus which some male insects eject during copulation with females through their aedeagi together with spermatophores, and which functions as a nutritive supplement for the female.
See also
Nuptial gift
References
Insect anatomy
Sexual anatomy | Spermatophylax | Biology | 62 |
5,895,822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitivity%20index | The sensitivity index or discriminability index or detectability index is a dimensionless statistic used in signal detection theory. A higher index indicates that the signal can be more readily detected.
Definition
The discriminability index is the separation between the means of two distributions (typically the signa... | Sensitivity index | Technology,Engineering | 1,308 |
233,654 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Geodetic%20System | The World Geodetic System (WGS) is a standard used in cartography, geodesy, and satellite navigation including GPS. The current version, WGS 84, defines an Earth-centered, Earth-fixed coordinate system and a geodetic datum, and also describes the associated Earth Gravitational Model (EGM) and World Magnetic Model (WMM)... | World Geodetic System | Mathematics,Technology,Engineering | 3,311 |
55,347,654 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20stress | In mechanics and thermodynamics, thermal stress is mechanical stress created by any change in temperature of a material. These stresses can lead to fracturing or plastic deformation depending on the other variables of heating, which include material types and constraints. Temperature gradients, thermal expansion or con... | Thermal stress | Physics | 595 |
37,216,583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambaragudda | Ambaragudda is a hill, covering located in Western Ghats village named "Marati" near Kodachadri in Sagara taluk, in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is covered with rainforests. Mining operations have drawn protests. The Karnataka government declared it as a natural heritage site of Western Ghat region in 2009.
Amb... | Ambaragudda | Biology | 269 |
10,833,335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20monoid | In mathematics and computer science, a history monoid is a way of representing the histories of concurrently running computer processes as a collection of strings, each string representing the individual history of a process. The history monoid provides a set of synchronization primitives (such as locks, mutexes or thr... | History monoid | Mathematics | 1,119 |
61,289,418 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodium%20trifluoride | Rhodium(III) fluoride or rhodium trifluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula RhF3. It is a red-brown, diamagnetic solid.
Synthesis and structure
The compound is prepared by fluorination of rhodium trichloride:
It can also be obtained by direct combination of the elements:
Anhydrous is insoluble in water... | Rhodium trifluoride | Chemistry | 173 |
55,533,305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%201934 | NGC 1934 (also known as ESO 56-SC109) is an emission nebula located in the Dorado constellation and part of the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was discovered by John Herschel on November 23, 1834. Its apparent magnitude is 10.50.
References
Emission nebulae
ESO objects
1934
Dorado
Large Magellanic Cloud
Astronomical obje... | NGC 1934 | Astronomy | 77 |
12,686,484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug%20policy | A drug policy is the policy regarding the control and regulation of psychoactive substances (commonly referred to as drugs), particularly those that are addictive or cause physical and mental dependence. While drug policies are generally implemented by governments, entities at all levels (from international organisatio... | Drug policy | Chemistry | 5,379 |
4,537,039 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial%20axis | The medial axis of an object is the set of all points having more than one closest point on the object's boundary. Originally referred to as the topological skeleton, it was introduced in 1967 by Harry Blum as a tool for biological shape recognition. In mathematics the closure of the medial axis is known as the cut lo... | Medial axis | Mathematics | 492 |
19,517,173 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CQ%20Camelopardalis | CQ Camelopardalis, abbreviated as CQ Cam, is a solitary variable star in the northern circumpolar constellation Camelopardalis. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.19, making it visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions. The object is relatively far at a distance of about 2,000 light years but is drifting closer wi... | CQ Camelopardalis | Astronomy | 303 |
30,916,131 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill%20gas%20emission%20reduction%20in%20Brazil | Brazil has established a strong public policy using Clean Development Mechanism Projects to reduce methane emissions from landfills. An important component of these projects is the sale of avoided emissions by the private market to generate revenue.
Introduction
Faced with serious pollution challenges, Brazil establis... | Landfill gas emission reduction in Brazil | Chemistry | 2,281 |
39,664,301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrate | Ferrate loosely refers to a material that can be viewed as containing anionic iron complexes. Examples include tetrachloroferrate ([FeCl4]2−), oxyanions (), tetracarbonylferrate ([Fe(CO)4]2−), the organoferrates. The term ferrate derives . Some ferrates are called super-iron by some and have uses in battery application... | Ferrate | Physics,Chemistry | 160 |
5,197,604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamberger%20triazine%20synthesis | The Bamberger triazine synthesis in organic chemistry is a classic organic synthesis of a triazine first reported by Eugen Bamberger in 1892.
The reactants are an aryl diazonium salt obtained from reaction of the corresponding aniline with sodium nitrite and hydrochloric acid and the hydrazone of pyruvic acid. The azo... | Bamberger triazine synthesis | Chemistry | 129 |
36,956,765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37%20Comae%20Berenices | 37 Comae Berenices is a variable star system located around 690 light years away from the Sun in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices. It has the variable star designation LU Comae Berenices. 37 Comae Berenices was a later Flamsteed designation of 13 Canum Venaticorum. This object is visible to the naked eye as... | 37 Comae Berenices | Astronomy | 302 |
77,018,809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition%20metal%20complexes%20of%20phosphine%20oxides | Transition metal complexes of phosphine oxides are coordination complex containing one or more phosphine oxide ligands. Many phosphine oxides exist and most behave as hard Lewis bases. Almost invariably, phosphine oxides bind metals by formation of M-O bonds.
Structure
The structure of the phosphine oxide is not str... | Transition metal complexes of phosphine oxides | Chemistry | 717 |
13,279,719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20widget%20toolkits | This article provides a list of widget toolkits (also known as GUI frameworks), used to construct the graphical user interface (GUI) of programs, organized by their relationships with various operating systems.
Low-level widget toolkits
Integrated in the operating system
Mac OS X uses Cocoa. Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X us... | List of widget toolkits | Technology | 3,137 |
14,596,158 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%20118203 | HD 118203 is a star with an orbiting exoplanet located in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It has the proper name Liesma, which means flame, and it is the name of a character from the Latvian poem Staburags un Liesma (Staburags and Liesma). The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Lat... | HD 118203 | Astronomy | 653 |
3,005,753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20units | Scottish or Scots units of measurement are the weights and measures peculiar to Scotland which were nominally replaced by English units in 1685 but continued to be used in unofficial contexts until at least the late 18th century. The system was based on the ell (length), stone (mass), and boll and firlot (volume). This... | Scottish units | Mathematics | 1,414 |
498,206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental%20material | Dental products are specially fabricated materials, designed for use in dentistry. There are many different types of dental products, and their characteristics vary according to their intended purpose.
Temporary dressings
A temporary dressing is a dental filling which is not intended to last in the long term. They are... | Dental material | Physics | 5,432 |
4,202,769 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefield%20Anechoic%20Facility | Benefield Anechoic Facility (BAF) is an anechoic chamber located at the southwest side of the Edwards Air Force Base main base. It is currently the world's largest anechoic chamber. The BAF supports installed systems testing for avionics test programs requiring a large, shielded chamber with radio frequency (RF) absorp... | Benefield Anechoic Facility | Technology | 522 |
65,568,387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Airlines%20Flight%20976 | United Airlines Flight 976 was a regularly scheduled flight from Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Buenos Aires to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on October 19-20, 1995. Upon landing, one passenger, Gerard Finneran, was arrested by the FBI and charged with interfering with a flight cre... | United Airlines Flight 976 | Biology | 1,906 |
51,153,846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%20in%20Tech | Women In Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories is a 2016 professional career guide written by Tarah Wheeler and published by Sasquatch Books. The book began as a Kickstarter project, with 772 backers and $32,226 in funding.
The book includes advice for women in developing... | Women in Tech | Technology | 198 |
66,558,678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRPV3-74a | TRPV3-74a is a drug which acts as a selective antagonist for the TRPV3 calcium channel. It has analgesic effects in animal studies against both neuropathic pain and normal pain responses.
References
Trifluoromethyl compounds
2-Pyridyl compounds
Tertiary alcohols
Cyclobutanes | TRPV3-74a | Chemistry | 70 |
4,820,663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normative%20mineralogy | Normative mineralogy is a calculation of the composition of a rock sample that estimates the idealised mineralogy of a rock based on a quantitative chemical analysis according to the principles of geochemistry.
Normative mineral calculations can be achieved via either the CIPW Norm or the Barth-Niggli Norm (also known... | Normative mineralogy | Chemistry | 1,802 |
44,788,496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias%20Aschenbrenner | Matthias Aschenbrenner (born 1972 in Bad Kötzting) is a German-American mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics and director of the logic group at the University of Vienna. His research interests include differential algebra and model theory.
Career
Aschenbrenner earned his "Vordiplom" at the University of Pa... | Matthias Aschenbrenner | Mathematics | 333 |
75,297,354 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%205273 | NGC 5273 is a lenticular galaxy located away in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. This galaxy was discovered by William Herschel on May 1, 1785. It is positioned ° to the southeast of the star 25 Canum Venaticorum.
The morphological classification of this galaxy is SA0(s), indicating it is lenticular in f... | NGC 5273 | Astronomy | 231 |
5,499,409 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmoglein | The desmogleins are a family of desmosomal cadherins consisting of proteins DSG1, DSG2, DSG3, and DSG4. They play a role in the formation of desmosomes that join cells to one another.
Pathology
Desmogleins are targeted in the autoimmune disease pemphigus.
Desmoglein proteins are a type of cadherin, which is a transme... | Desmoglein | Biology | 176 |
22,764,213 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narec | Narec, since 2014 known as the National Renewable Energy Centre, is a part of the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, a British technology innovation and research centre for offshore wind power, wave energy, tidal energy and low carbon technologies. ORE Catapult's head office is in Glasgow, Scotland. The centre o... | Narec | Engineering | 1,726 |
78,347,925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindera%20kaleea | Cylindera kaleea is a species of tiger beetle found across East Asia.
Known subspecies
Cylindera kaleea angulimaculata
Cylindera kaleea kaleea
Cylindera kaleea yedoensis
References
kaleea
Beetles described in 1866
Biota of Asia | Cylindera kaleea | Biology | 57 |
37,073,976 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharum%20edule | Saccharum edule is a species of sugarcane, that is a grass in the genus Saccharum with a fibrous stalk that is rich in sugar. It is cultivated in tropical climates in southeastern Asia. It has many common names which include duruka, tebu telor, PNG/Fiji asparagus, dule (Fiji), pitpit (Melanesia/New Guinea) and naviso.
... | Saccharum edule | Biology | 453 |
5,747,330 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated%20Terrorism%20Assessment%20Centre | The Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre (ITAC; ) is an independent federal organization tasked with assessing threats of terrorism to Canada and Canadian interests abroad. It is the only federal organization with the specific responsibility of analyzing terrorism threats related to Canada.
ITAC is responsible for a... | Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre | Technology | 726 |
4,971,620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma1%20Caeli | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Gamma1 Caeli}}
Gamma1 Caeli, Latinized from γ1 Caeli, is a double star in the constellation Caelum. It consists of a K-type giant, and a G-type subgiant.
Properties
Component A
Gamma1 Caeli A has an apparent magnitude of 4.57, which makes it barely visible to the naked eye. According to parallax, th... | Gamma1 Caeli | Astronomy | 256 |
3,587,470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective%20stress | The effective stress can be defined as the stress, depending on the applied tension and pore pressure , which controls the strain or strength behaviour of soil and rock (or a generic porous body) for whatever pore pressure value or, in other terms, the stress which applied over a dry porous body (i.e. at ) provides th... | Effective stress | Physics | 1,149 |
7,160,712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclus%20of%20Laodicea | Proclus () or Proculeius, son of the physician Themison, was a hierophant at Laodiceia in Syria. He wrote, according to the Suda, the following works:
On the gods (θεολογία)
On the myth of Pandora in Hesiod (εἰς τὴν παρ' Ἡσιόδῳ τῆς Πανδώρας μῦθον)
On golden words (εἰς τὰ χρυσᾶ ἔπη)
On Nicomachus' introduction to numbe... | Proclus of Laodicea | Mathematics | 285 |
12,155,118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%27s%20rule | In operations research, Johnson's rule is a method of scheduling jobs in two work centers. Its primary objective is to find an optimal sequence of jobs to reduce makespan (the total amount of time it takes to complete all jobs). It also reduces the amount of idle time between the two work centers.
The method minimizes ... | Johnson's rule | Mathematics | 447 |
61,751,594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curvularia%20inaequalis | Curvularia inaequalis is a plant saprobe that resides in temperate and subtropical environments. It is commonly found in the soils of forage grasses and grains. The species has been observed in a broad distribution of countries including Turkey, France, Canada, The United States, Japan and India. This species is demat... | Curvularia inaequalis | Biology | 1,145 |
24,973,826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20genetic%20resistance%20to%20malaria | Human genetic resistance to malaria refers to inherited changes in the DNA of humans which increase resistance to malaria and result in increased survival of individuals with those genetic changes. The existence of these genotypes is likely due to evolutionary pressure exerted by parasites of the genus Plasmodium which... | Human genetic resistance to malaria | Biology | 9,150 |
8,426,398 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20software%20for%20the%20TRS-80 | The TRS-80 series of computers were sold via Radio Shack & Tandy dealers in North America and Europe in the early 1980s. Much software was developed for these computers, particularly the relatively successful Color Computer I, II & III models, which were designed for both home office and entertainment (gaming) uses.
... | List of software for the TRS-80 | Technology | 198 |
74,740,823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevomo | Nevomo (known as Hyper Poland until 2020) is a Polish transportation start-up founded in 2017. The company proposes a Maglev-based transportation system which can be retrofitted to existing railway tracks, and future work on a Hyperloop system.
History
Nevomo was founded in April 2017 under its original name Hyper Po... | Nevomo | Technology,Engineering | 628 |
13,563,938 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20parabolic%20constant | The universal parabolic constant is a mathematical constant.
It is defined as the ratio, for any parabola, of the arc length of the parabolic segment formed by the latus rectum to the focal parameter. The focal parameter is twice the focal length. The ratio is denoted P.
In the diagram, the latus rectum is pictured in... | Universal parabolic constant | Mathematics | 396 |
38,146,835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contagium%20vivum%20fluidum | Contagium vivum fluidum (Latin: "contagious living fluid") was a phrase first used to describe a virus, and underlined its ability to slip through the finest ceramic filters then available, giving it almost liquid properties. Martinus Beijerinck (1851–1931), a Dutch microbiologist and botanist, first used the term when... | Contagium vivum fluidum | Biology | 677 |
1,773,934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra%20Wickramasinghe | Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe (born 20 January 1939) is a Sri Lankan-born British mathematician, astronomer and astrobiologist of Sinhalese ethnicity. His research interests include the interstellar medium, infrared astronomy, light scattering theory, applications of solid-state physics to astronomy, the early Solar Sy... | Chandra Wickramasinghe | Biology | 3,888 |
75,889,688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBI%20Incorporated | NBI Incorporated was an American computer company based in Boulder, Colorado that offered word processing services. NBI was known for their office automation systems; dedicated hardware platforms for word processing, document production and records management.
Products included:
NBI System 3000
NBI OASys 4000S
NBI ... | NBI Incorporated | Technology | 176 |
25,584,664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discharge%20coefficient | In a nozzle or other constriction, the discharge coefficient (also known as coefficient of discharge or efflux coefficient) is the ratio of the actual discharge to the ideal discharge, i.e., the ratio of the mass flow rate at the discharge end of the nozzle to that of an ideal nozzle which expands an identical working ... | Discharge coefficient | Chemistry,Engineering | 489 |
10,111,663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit%20Mountain%20%28Nevada%29 | Spirit Mountain, also known as Avi Kwa Ame ( ; Mojave: ʔaviː kʷaʔame, "highest mountain", from ʔaviː, "mountain, rock", and ʔamay, "up, above") is a mountain within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Laughlin, Nevada. It is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places as a sacred place to N... | Spirit Mountain (Nevada) | Astronomy | 308 |
34,951,690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latarcin | Latarcins are short antimicrobial peptides from the venom of the spider Lachesana tarabaevi. Latarcins adopt an amphipathic alpha-helical structure in the plasma membrane. Possible pharmacological applications for latarcins include antimicrobial and anticancer treatments.
References
Protein families
Antimicrobial pep... | Latarcin | Biology | 82 |
194,467 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parity%20bit | A parity bit, or check bit, is a bit added to a string of binary code. Parity bits are a simple form of error detecting code. Parity bits are generally applied to the smallest units of a communication protocol, typically 8-bit octets (bytes), although they can also be applied separately to an entire message string of b... | Parity bit | Mathematics,Engineering | 2,103 |
56,113,766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldimicrobium | Caldimicrobium is a genus of bacteria from the family of Thermodesulfobacteriaceae.
Caldimicrobium is an anaerobic thermophile which is roughly 1.0–1.2 micrometers long and 0.5 micrometers wide.
See also
List of bacterial orders
List of bacteria genera
References
Further reading
Thermodesulfobacteriota
... | Caldimicrobium | Biology | 88 |
14,880,431 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCNIP1 | Kv channel-interacting protein 1 also known as KChIP1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNIP1 gene.
Function
This gene encodes a member of the family of voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channel-interacting proteins (KCNIPs, also frequently called "KChIP"), which belong to the recoverin branch of the EF-hand... | KCNIP1 | Chemistry | 191 |
1,623,847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stickland%20fermentation | Stickland fermentation or The Stickland Reaction is the name for a chemical reaction that involves the coupled oxidation and reduction of amino acids to organic acids. The electron donor amino acid is oxidised to a volatile carboxylic acid one carbon atom shorter than the original amino acid. For example, alanine wit... | Stickland fermentation | Chemistry,Biology | 301 |
5,560,456 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/234%20%28number%29 | 234 (two hundred [and] thirty-four) is the integer following 233 and preceding 235.
Additionally:
234 is a practical number.
There are 234 ways of grouping six children into rings of at least two children with one child at the center of each ring.
References
Integers | 234 (number) | Mathematics | 57 |
60,671,814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C16orf78 | Uncharacterized protein C16orf78(NP_653203.1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the chromosome 16 open reading frame 78 gene.
Gene
The C16orf78 gene(123970) is located at 16q12.1 on the plus strand, spanning 25,609 bp from 49,407,734 to 49,433,342.
mRNA
There is one mRNA transcript (NM_144602.3) and no othe... | C16orf78 | Chemistry | 690 |
152,262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will-o%27-the-wisp | In folklore, a will-o'-the-wisp, will-o'-wisp, or ; ), is an atmospheric ghost light seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes.
The phenomenon is known in the United Kingdom by a variety of names, including jack-o'-lantern, friar's lantern, and hinkypunk, and is said to mislead and/or guide ... | Will-o'-the-wisp | Chemistry,Environmental_science | 5,932 |
41,355,731 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Game%20of%20Logic | The Game of Logic is a book, published in 1886, written by the English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832–1898), better known under his literary pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
In addition to his well-known children's literature, Dodgson/Carroll was an academic mathematician who worked in mathematical logic. The boo... | The Game of Logic | Mathematics | 555 |
23,820,487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnopilus%20chrysimyces | Gymnopilus chrysimyces is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae.
Medicinal
In a 1982 study, this species was shown to contain hemagglutinins. Proteins from G. chrysimyces showed activity towards rat erythrocytes, while proteins from Lentinus squarrosulus showed activity towards guinea pig and mouse eryt... | Gymnopilus chrysimyces | Biology | 132 |
19,207,092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yfr1 | Yfr1 is a Cyanobacterial functional RNA that was identified by a comparative genome based screen for RNAs in cyanobacteria. Further analysis has shown that the RNA is well conserved and highly expressed in cyanobacteria. and is required for growth under several stress condition Bioinformatics research combined with fol... | Yfr1 | Chemistry | 141 |
31,766,888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punching%20machine | A punching machine is a machine tool for punching and embossing flat sheet-materials to produce form-features needed as mechanical element and/or to extend static stability of a sheet section. According to the file, Richard Walsh, the county of Grayson, and the State of Texas had invented and applied for US patent in 1... | Punching machine | Engineering | 805 |
51,693,129 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrol%20Technology%20Centre | The Castrol Technology Centre is a research institute owned by BP in South Oxfordshire, north of Whitchurch-on-Thames.
History
Castrol
Castrol was founded by C.C.Wakefield in 1899, making lubricants (Wakefield lubricator) for railways.
The research site is based at Bozedown House, a former private residence original... | Castrol Technology Centre | Chemistry | 310 |
72,411,605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvilization | Silvilization is a conceptual framework or a vision of the world whereby the forest, a metaphor for primordial living, is the best place for human development and fulfilment. It is a portmanteau of the Latin word silva, meaning forest, and civilization.
History
The term was first coined by Pierre-Doris Maltais, leade... | Silvilization | Biology | 198 |
63,406,512 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20space | In urban planning and design, blue space (or blue infrastructure) comprises areas dominated by surface waterbodies or watercourses. In conjunction with greenspace (parks, gardens, etc. specifically: urban open space), it may help in reducing the risks of heat-related illness from high urban temperatures (urban heat isl... | Blue space | Environmental_science | 1,302 |
555,119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement%20current | In electromagnetism, displacement current density is the quantity appearing in Maxwell's equations that is defined in terms of the rate of change of , the electric displacement field. Displacement current density has the same units as electric current density, and it is a source of the magnetic field just as actual cu... | Displacement current | Physics,Mathematics | 2,761 |
14,814,984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60S%20ribosomal%20protein%20L31 | 60S ribosomal protein L31 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RPL31 gene.
Function
Ribosomes, the organelles that catalyze protein synthesis, consist of a small 40S subunit and a large 60S subunit. Together these subunits are composed of 4 RNA species and approximately 80 structurally distinct proteins. Th... | 60S ribosomal protein L31 | Chemistry | 183 |
875,035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrugated%20galvanised%20iron | Corrugated galvanised iron (CGI) or steel, colloquially corrugated iron (near universal), wriggly tin (taken from UK military slang), pailing (in Caribbean English), corrugated sheet metal (in North America), zinc (in Cyprus and Nigeria) or custom orb / corro sheet (Australia), is a building material composed of sheets... | Corrugated galvanised iron | Physics,Engineering | 1,106 |
61,181,985 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolated%20organ%20perfusion%20technique | Isolated organ perfusion technique is employed to precipitate an organ's perfusion and circulation that are independent/isolated from the body's systemic circulation for various purposes such as organ-localized chemotherapy, organ-targeted delivery of drug, gene or anything else, organ transplantation, and organ injury... | Isolated organ perfusion technique | Biology | 140 |
173,449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinitron | Trinitron was Sony's brand name for its line of aperture-grille-based CRTs used in television sets and computer monitors. It was one of the first television systems to enter the market since the 1950s. Constant improvement in the basic technology and attention to overall quality allowed Sony to charge a premium for Tri... | Trinitron | Technology | 5,542 |
4,475,055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennin | The hennin ( ; possibly from Flemish meaning cock or rooster) was a headdress in the shape of a cone, steeple, or truncated cone worn in the Late Middle Ages by European women of the nobility. They were most common in Burgundy and France, but also elsewhere, especially at the English courts, and in Northern Europe, Hu... | Hennin | Engineering | 1,268 |
19,766,909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design%20and%20Industries%20Association | The Design and Industries Association is a United Kingdom charity whose object is to engage with all those who share a common interest in the contribution that design can make to the delivery of goods and services that are sustainable and enhance the quality of life for communities and the individual."
20th century
Sh... | Design and Industries Association | Engineering | 793 |
1,895,454 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humite | Humite is a mineral found in the volcanically ejected masses of Vesuvius. It was first described in 1813 and named for Abraham Hume (1749–1838).
See also
Alleghanyite
Chondrodite
Clinohumite
Jerrygibbsite
References
External links
Magnesium minerals
Iron(II) minerals
Gemstones
Humite group
Orthorhombic mineral... | Humite | Physics | 80 |
52,404,285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost%20Library%20of%20Ivan%20the%20Terrible | The Lost Library of the Moscow Tsars, also known as the "Golden Library", is a library speculated to have been assembled by Grand Duke Ivan III (the Great) of Russia () in the 16th century. It is also known as the Library of Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible), who is credited with the disappearance of the library. The lost l... | Lost Library of Ivan the Terrible | Physics | 1,433 |
31,765,630 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPIKE%20%28database%29 | SPIKE (Signaling Pathways Integrated Knowledge Engine) is a database of highly curated interactions for particular human pathways.
Development
SPIKE was developed by Ron Shamir's computational biology group in cooperation with the group of Yosef Shiloh, an Israel Prize recipient for his research in systems biology, an... | SPIKE (database) | Chemistry,Biology | 102 |
2,376,387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V1500%20Cygni |
V1500 Cygni or Nova Cygni 1975 was a bright nova occurring in 1975 in the constellation Cygnus. It had the second highest intrinsic brightness of any nova of the 20th century, exceeded only by CP Puppis in 1942.
V1500 Cygni was discovered shining at an apparent brightness of magnitude 3.0 by Minoru Honda of Kurashi... | V1500 Cygni | Astronomy | 359 |
1,233,728 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Karrer | Paul Karrer (21 April 1889 – 18 June 1971) was a Swiss organic chemist best known for his research on vitamins. He and British chemist Norman Haworth won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1937.
Biography
Early years
Karrer was born in Moscow, Russia to Paul Karrer and Julie Lerch, both Swiss nationals. In 1892 Karrer'... | Paul Karrer | Chemistry | 671 |
38,691,231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentazon | Bentazon (Bentazone, Basagran, Herbatox, Leader, Laddock) is a chemical manufactured by BASF Chemicals for use in herbicides. It is categorized under the thiadiazine group of chemicals. Sodium bentazon is available commercially and appears slightly brown in colour.
Usage
Bentazon is a selective herbicide as it only d... | Bentazon | Biology | 1,263 |
12,777,346 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20F.%20A.%20L.%20Jones | Albert Francis Arthur Lofley Jones (9 August 1920 – 11 September 2013) was a New Zealand amateur astronomer, and a prolific variable star and comet observer, a member of the Variable Star Section and the Comet Section of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand.
Life
Albert Jones was born in Christchurch, New Ze... | Albert F. A. L. Jones | Astronomy | 545 |
1,203,602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Airlines%20Flight%20585 | United Airlines Flight 585 was a scheduled passenger flight on March 3, 1991, from Denver to Colorado Springs, Colorado, carrying 20 passengers and 5 crew members on board. The plane experienced a rudder hardover while on final approach to runway 35 at Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, causing the plane to roll over... | United Airlines Flight 585 | Materials_science | 2,225 |
66,391,593 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch%20childcare%20benefits%20scandal | The Dutch childcare benefits scandal ( or , ) refers to a political scandal in the Netherlands involving false allegations of welfare fraud by the Tax and Customs Administration () against thousands of families claiming childcare benefits.
Between 2005 and 2019, approximately 26,000 parents were wrongly accused of mak... | Dutch childcare benefits scandal | Engineering | 5,178 |
27,452,940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibodies%20from%20lymphocyte%20secretions | The antibodies from lymphocyte secretions (ALS) assay is an immunological assay to detect active diseases like tuberculosis, cholera, typhoid etc. Recently, ALS assay nods the scientific community as it is rapidly used for diagnosis of Tuberculosis. The principle is based on the secretion of antibody from in vivo acti... | Antibodies from lymphocyte secretions | Chemistry,Biology | 404 |
5,012,700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20White%20Balloon | The White Balloon (, ) is a 1995 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi, with a screenplay by Abbas Kiarostami. It was Panahi's feature-film debut as director. The film received many strong critical reviews and won numerous awards in the international film fairs around the world including the Prix de la Camera d'Or at t... | The White Balloon | Chemistry | 1,088 |
1,999,046 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinclozolin | Vinclozolin (trade names Ronilan, Curalan, Vorlan, Touche) is a common dicarboximide fungicide used to control diseases, such as blights, rots and molds in vineyards, and on fruits and vegetables such as raspberries, lettuce, kiwi, snap beans, and onions. It is also used on turf on golf courses. Two common fungi that v... | Vinclozolin | Chemistry,Biology | 2,705 |
1,275,473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contamination%20delay | In digital circuits, the contamination delay (denoted as tcd) is the minimum amount of time from when an input changes until any output starts to change its value. This change in value does not imply that the value has reached a stable condition. The contamination delay only specifies that the output rises (or falls) t... | Contamination delay | Technology | 374 |
55,907,709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cris%20Thomas | Cris Thomas (also known as Space Rogue) is an American cybersecurity researcher, white hat hacker, and award winning
best selling author. A founding member and researcher at the high-profile hacker security think tank L0pht Heavy Industries, Thomas was one of seven L0pht members who testified before the U.S. Senate Co... | Cris Thomas | Technology | 1,781 |
23,981,506 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C30H48O3 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C30H48O3}}
The molecular formula C30H48O3 (molar mass: 456.70 g/mol) can represent the following compounds:
Oleanolic acid, a pentacyclic triterpenoid commonly found in Olea europaea (olives) and their oils.
Ursolic acid, a pentacyclic triterpenoid
Lucidadiol, a sterol
Trametenolic acid, a triterpe... | C30H48O3 | Chemistry | 109 |
4,544,077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heatwork | Heatwork is the combined effect of temperature and time. It is important to several industries:
Ceramics
Glass and metal annealing
Metal heat treating
While the concept of heatwork is taught in material science courses it is not a defined measurement or scientific concept.
Pyrometric devices can be used to gauge hea... | Heatwork | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 213 |
24,201,506 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C9H12O3 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C9H12O3}}
The molecular formula C9H12O3 (molar mass: 168.19 g/mol, exact mass: 168.078 u) may refer to:
Homovanillyl alcohol
4-Ipomeanol (4-IPO)
Veratrole alcohol
Molecular formulas | C9H12O3 | Physics,Chemistry | 74 |
191,923 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denatured%20alcohol | Denatured alcohol, also known as methylated spirits, metho, or meths in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, and as denatured rectified spirit, is ethanol that has additives to make it poisonous, bad-tasting, foul-smelling, or nauseating to discourage its recreational consumption. It ... | Denatured alcohol | Chemistry | 1,300 |
3,094,946 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate%20twist | In number theory and algebraic geometry, the Tate twist, named after John Tate, is an operation on Galois modules.
For example, if K is a field, GK is its absolute Galois group, and ρ : GK → AutQp(V) is a representation of GK on a finite-dimensional vector space V over the field Qp of p-adic numbers, then the Tate tw... | Tate twist | Mathematics | 233 |
6,444,283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20integrated%20development%20environments | The following tables list notable software packages that are nominal IDEs; standalone tools such as source-code editors and GUI builders are not included. These IDEs are listed in alphabetic order of the supported language.
ActionScript
Ada
Assembly
BASIC
C/C++
C#
COBOL
Common Lisp
Component Pascal
D
Eiffel
... | Comparison of integrated development environments | Technology | 270 |
68,194,734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corepresentations%20of%20unitary%20and%20antiunitary%20groups | In quantum mechanics, symmetry operations are of importance in giving information about solutions to a system. Typically these operations form a mathematical group, such as the rotation group SO(3) for spherically symmetric potentials. The representation theory of these groups leads to irreducible representations, whic... | Corepresentations of unitary and antiunitary groups | Physics | 979 |
3,302,413 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20CryptoAPI | The Microsoft Windows platform specific Cryptographic Application Programming Interface (also known variously as CryptoAPI, Microsoft Cryptography API, MS-CAPI or simply CAPI) is an application programming interface included with Microsoft Windows operating systems that provides services to enable developers to secure ... | Microsoft CryptoAPI | Mathematics | 737 |
7,371,134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthroposphere | The anthroposphere refers to that part of the Earth system that is made or modified by humans for use in human activities and human habitats. The term has been suggested for inclusion as one of the Earth's spheres, while others use the related term technosphere. The term "anthroposphere" was first coined by Austrian ge... | Anthroposphere | Physics | 637 |
75,285,773 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DGSAT%20I | DGSAT I is a quenched, ultra diffuse galaxy (UDG) located on the outskirts of the Pisces-Perseus Supercluster, identified in 2016 during a visual inspection of a full color image of the Andromeda II dwarf galaxy. DGSAT I resides in a low-density environment compared to the densities where UDGs are typically found. Its ... | DGSAT I | Astronomy | 582 |
42,257,371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahlquist%20fluid | In general relativity, the Wahlquist fluid is an exact rotating perfect fluid solution to Einstein's equation with equation of state corresponding to constant gravitational mass density.
Introduction
The Wahlquist fluid was first discovered by Hugo D. Wahlquist in 1968. It is one of few known exact rotating perfect fl... | Wahlquist fluid | Physics | 184 |
2,477,946 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seccomp | seccomp (short for secure computing) is a computer security facility in the Linux kernel. seccomp allows a process to make a one-way transition into a "secure" state where it cannot make any system calls except exit(), sigreturn(), read() and write() to already-open file descriptors. Should it attempt any other system ... | Seccomp | Technology,Engineering | 1,120 |
56,315,066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectangular%20polyconic%20projection | The rectangular polyconic projection is a map projection was first mentioned in 1853 by the United States Coast Survey, where it was developed and used for portions of the U.S. exceeding about one square degree. It belongs to the polyconic projection class, which consists of map projections whose parallels are non-conc... | Rectangular polyconic projection | Mathematics | 332 |
4,403,720 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemicals%20Convention | Chemicals Convention, 1990 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
Content
The convention was held on the 77th session of the International Labour Convention in Geneva on 6 June 1990. The convention states the importance of protection of the environment, general public and all workers from chemicals. It ... | Chemicals Convention | Chemistry | 2,069 |
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