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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese%28II%29%20iodide
Manganese(II) iodide is the chemical compound composed of manganese and iodide with the formula MnI2(H2O)n. The tetrahydrate is a pink solid while the anhydrous derivative is beige. Both forms feature octahedral Mn centers. Unlike MnCl2(H2O)4 and MnBr2(H2O)4 which are cis, MnI2(H2O)4 is trans. Preparation Anhydrous ...
Manganese(II) iodide
Chemistry
282
10,592,978
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralite
Ethyl centralite is an organic compound. Its chemical name is 1,3-diethyl-1,3-diphenylurea. The molecular formula of ethyl centralite is . This compound has important uses in industry and forensics. The structure of ethyl centralite includes two phenyl groups (aromatic rings) attached to a central urea group. There are...
Centralite
Chemistry,Materials_science
1,603
76,702,542
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%205279
NGC 5279 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1789. NGC 5279 is in gravitational interaction with the galaxy NGC 5278. This pair of galaxies appears in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies under the designation Arp 239. The luminosity ...
NGC 5279
Astronomy
295
22,131,467
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA%20Hall%20of%20Honor
The Hall of Honor is a memorial at the National Security Agency headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. It honors individuals who rendered distinguished service to American cryptology. The Hall of Honor The Hall of Honor is located on the grounds of the National Cryptologic Museum adjacent to NSA's headquarters in Ft. M...
NSA Hall of Honor
Technology
743
78,406,458
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difenoxuron
Difenoxuron (commercially known as Lironion) is a phenylurea herbicide used to control annual broad-leaved weeds and grasses in allium crops (predominantly onions), carrots, jojoba, and celery. Production Difenoxuron may be synthesized from 4-chloroaniline, 4-methoxyphenol, dimethylamine, and phosgene. It is stereoche...
Difenoxuron
Chemistry,Biology
397
9,914,431
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20and%20Linux
Linux-based operating systems can be used for playing video games. Because few games natively support the Linux kernel, various software has been made to run Windows games, software, and programs, such as Wine, Cedega, DXVK, and Proton, and managers such as Lutris and PlayOnLinux. The Linux gaming community has a prese...
Video games and Linux
Technology
7,838
858,914
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Battani
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān al-Raqqī al-Ḥarrānī aṣ-Ṣābiʾ al-Battānī (), usually called al-Battānī, a name that was in the past Latinized as Albategnius, (before 858929) was an astronomer, astrologer, geographer and mathematician, who lived and worked for most of his life at Raqqa, now in Syria. He is co...
Al-Battani
Astronomy
3,931
23,275,266
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAR-226%2C086
CAR-226,086 is a potent anticholinergic deliriant drug with a fairly long duration of action, related to the chemical warfare agent 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB). It was developed under contract to Edgewood Arsenal during the 1960s as part of the US military chemical weapons program, during research to improve upon t...
CAR-226,086
Chemistry
208
5,197,381
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rovibronic%20coupling
Rovibronic coupling, also known as rotation/vibration-electron coupling, denotes the simultaneous interactions between rotational, vibrational, and electronic degrees of freedom in a molecule. When a rovibronic transition occurs, the rotational, vibrational, and electronic states change simultaneously, unlike in rovibr...
Rovibronic coupling
Physics,Chemistry,Astronomy
131
964,312
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12AX7
12AX7 (also known as ECC83) is a miniature dual-triode vacuum tube with high voltage gain. Developed around 1946 by RCA engineers in Camden, New Jersey, under developmental number A-4522, it was released for public sale under the 12AX7 identifier on September 15, 1947. The 12AX7 was originally intended as replacement ...
12AX7
Physics
1,462
71,194,216
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU%20Tauri
EU Tauri is a variable star in the equatorial constellation of Taurus. With a brightness that cycles around an apparent visual magnitude of 8.07, it is too faint to be visible to the naked eye. The distance to this star is approximately 3,900 light years based on parallax measurements, but it is drifting closer with a ...
EU Tauri
Astronomy
414
70,401,123
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaumetopoein
Thaumetopoein is a urticating protein found in the hairs and integument of the caterpillars of the pine processionary (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) and oak processionary (Thaumetopoea processionea).'' It was first identified in 1986 by a group of French scientists at the University of Bordeaux. Attempting to understand th...
Thaumetopoein
Chemistry
218
71,804,759
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium%20thiocyanate
Lithium thiocyanate is a chemical compound with the formula LiSCN. It is an extremely hygroscopic white solid that forms the monohydrate and the dihydrate. It is the least stable of the alkali metal thiocyanates due to the large electrostatic deforming field of the lithium cation. Properties and preparation Lithium th...
Lithium thiocyanate
Chemistry
390
1,343,951
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seifert%20surface
In mathematics, a Seifert surface (named after German mathematician Herbert Seifert) is an orientable surface whose boundary is a given knot or link. Such surfaces can be used to study the properties of the associated knot or link. For example, many knot invariants are most easily calculated using a Seifert surface. S...
Seifert surface
Mathematics
1,214
61,476,013
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean%20Energy%20Institute
The Clean Energy Institute (CEI) is a research institute at the University of Washington. Founded in 2013, the institute maintains several facilities across the university's Seattle campus and supports renewable energy technology research, education, entrepreneurship, and outreach. The institute is under the direction ...
Clean Energy Institute
Engineering
544
295,511
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound%20quality
Sound quality is typically an assessment of the accuracy, fidelity, or intelligibility of audio output from an electronic device. Quality can be measured objectively, such as when tools are used to gauge the accuracy with which the device reproduces an original sound; or it can be measured subjectively, such as when hu...
Sound quality
Engineering
936
49,873,908
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradentiscutata%20maritima
Paradentiscutata maritima is a species of fungus. It is characterised by introverted ornamentations on the spore wall; the spore wall structure and germ shield morphology. It was first isolated in northeast Brazil, and can be distinguished by the projections on the outer spore surface. References Further reading Sou...
Paradentiscutata maritima
Biology
222
8,150,510
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal%20rotary%20inspection%20system
Internal rotary inspection system (IRIS) is an ultrasonic method for the nondestructive testing of pipes and tubes. The IRIS probe is inserted into a tube that is flooded with water, and the probe is pulled out slowly as the data is displayed and recorded. The ultrasonic beam allows detection of metal loss from the ins...
Internal rotary inspection system
Materials_science
582
40,566,490
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon%20Dumas
Marlon Gerardo Dumas Menjivar (born 22 August 1975) is a Honduran computer scientist, and Professor of Software Engineering at the University of Tartu in Estonia, known for his contributions in the field of Business Process Management. Born in Honduras, Dumas received his PhD in Computer Science at the University of G...
Marlon Dumas
Technology
427
55,487,307
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book%20clasp
A book clasp is a leather or metal element attached to the medieval and early modern book covers, used to protect the book from the penetration of dust and light. External links Fasteners Clasp Locksmithing
Book clasp
Engineering
43
41,825,123
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20paleontology
Molecular paleontology refers to the recovery and analysis of DNA, proteins, carbohydrates, or lipids, and their diagenetic products from ancient human, animal, and plant remains. The field of molecular paleontology has yielded important insights into evolutionary events, species' diasporas, the discovery and characte...
Molecular paleontology
Biology
4,164
30,739,972
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcell-mediated%20chromosome%20transfer
Microcell Mediated Chromosome Transfer (or MMCT) is a technique used in cell biology and genetics to transfer a chromosome from a defined donor cell line into a recipient cell line. MMCT has been in use since the 1970s and has contributed to a multitude of discoveries including tumor, metastasis and telomerase suppress...
Microcell-mediated chromosome transfer
Biology
445
63,707,904
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genome%20informatics
Genome Informatics (also genoinformatics or genetic information processing) is a scientific study of information processing in genomes. Introduction Information processing and information flow occur in the course of an organism's development and throughout its lifespan. The essence of computation is information proce...
Genome informatics
Technology,Engineering,Biology
390
994,834
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean%20numerals
The Korean language has two regularly used sets of numerals: a native Korean system and Sino-Korean system. The native Korean number system is used for general counting, like counting up to 99. It is also used to count people, hours, objects, ages, and more. Sino-Korean numbers on the other hand are used for purposes s...
Korean numerals
Mathematics
1,997
20,293,213
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Kindness%20Offensive
The Kindness Offensive (TKO) is a group based in London known for orchestrating large-scale random acts of kindness, involving the distribution of industrial quantities of goods to unsuspecting members of the public and charities. The group's stated purpose is to "Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty",...
The Kindness Offensive
Biology
620
42,497,844
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbra
Xbra is a homologue of Brachyury (T) gene for Xenopus. It is a transcription activator involved in vertebrate gastrulation which controls posterior mesoderm patterning and notochord differentiation by activating transcription of genes expressed throughout mesoderm. The effects of Xbra is concentration dependent where c...
Xbra
Chemistry,Biology
467
39,413,828
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriola%20%28typeface%29
Gabriola is a display typeface designed by John Hudson for Microsoft Corporation. It is named after Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada. Versions of Gabriola were supplied with Microsoft Windows since Version 7, and with some Microsoft Office applications since Version 2010. Design Gabriola was inspired by the ...
Gabriola (typeface)
Technology
222
45,404,358
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbanak
Carbanak is an APT-style campaign targeting (but not limited to) financial institutions, that was discovered in 2014 by the Russian cyber security company Kaspersky Lab. It utilizes malware that is introduced into systems running Microsoft Windows using phishing emails, which is then used to steal money from banks via ...
Carbanak
Technology
814
23,877,073
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure%20A
Azure A is an organic compound with the chemical formula C14H14ClN3S. It is a light blue to dark blue dye. It is used as a screening test for mucopolysaccharides. It can also be used to stain lysosomes in blood smears, and is often used in Giemsa stain. Thiazine dyes Chlorides Phenothiazines
Azure A
Chemistry
86
7,914,639
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analyte-specific%20reagent
Analyte-specific reagents (ASRs) are a class of biological molecules which can be used to identify and measure the amount of an individual chemical substance in biological specimens. Regulatory definition The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) defines analyte specific reagents (ASRs) in 21 CFR 864.4020 as “anti...
Analyte-specific reagent
Chemistry,Biology
217
76,773,719
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%203758
NGC 3758 known as the Owl Galaxy, is a type Sb spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo. It is located 447 million light-years from the Solar System and an approximate diameter of 70,000 light-years. NGC 3758 was discovered by Ralph Copeland on March 18, 1874, but also independently discovered by Edouard Stephan ten y...
NGC 3758
Physics,Astronomy
443
61,717,864
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce%20Waters
Joyce Mary Waters, Lady Waters (née Partridge; born 2 June 1931) is a New Zealand inorganic chemist and X-ray crystallographer, who is currently professor emeritus at Massey University. She was the second woman to receive a PhD in chemistry at the University of Auckland, and the first woman to serve as president of th...
Joyce Waters
Chemistry,Materials_science
556
16,364,229
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arakelov%20theory
In mathematics, Arakelov theory (or Arakelov geometry) is an approach to Diophantine geometry, named for Suren Arakelov. It is used to study Diophantine equations in higher dimensions. Background The main motivation behind Arakelov geometry is that there is a correspondence between prime ideals and finite places , bu...
Arakelov theory
Mathematics
1,160
11,063,337
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botryosphaeria%20dothidea
Botryosphaeria dothidea is a plant pathogen that causes the formation of cankers on a wide variety of tree and shrub species. It has been reported on several hundred plant hosts and on all continents except Antarctica. B. dothidea was redefined in 2004, and some reports of its host range from prior to that time likely...
Botryosphaeria dothidea
Biology
1,344
24,029,359
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C21H29NO2
{{DISPLAYTITLE:C21H29NO2}} The molecular formula C21H29NO2 (molar mass: 327.46 g/mol, exact mass: 327.219829 u) may refer to: Butorphanol, an opioid analgesic Norelgestromin, a progestin medication Molecular formulas
C21H29NO2
Physics,Chemistry
78
40,201,915
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlast
Outlast is a 2013 first-person psychological survival horror video game developed and published by Red Barrels. It revolves around freelance investigative journalist Miles Upshur, who decides to investigate Mount Massive Asylum, a remote psychiatric hospital, located deep in the mountains of Lake County, Colorado. The...
Outlast
Materials_science
2,952
43,490,332
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic%20resources
Genetic resources are genetic material of actual or potential value, where genetic material means any material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin containing functional units of heredity. Genetic resources is one of the three levels of biodiversity defined by the Convention on Biological Diversity in Rio, 1992....
Genetic resources
Biology
206
3,224,769
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20network%20programming
Computer network programming involves writing computer programs that enable processes to communicate with each other across a computer network. Connection-oriented and connectionless communications Very generally, most of communications can be divided into connection-oriented, and connectionless. Whether a communica...
Computer network programming
Technology,Engineering
308
10,090,547
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peano%20existence%20theorem
In mathematics, specifically in the study of ordinary differential equations, the Peano existence theorem, Peano theorem or Cauchy–Peano theorem, named after Giuseppe Peano and Augustin-Louis Cauchy, is a fundamental theorem which guarantees the existence of solutions to certain initial value problems. History Peano f...
Peano existence theorem
Mathematics
671
3,584,951
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthotropic%20deck
An orthotropic bridge or orthotropic deck is typically one whose fabricated deck consists of a structural steel deck plate stiffened either longitudinally with ribs or transversely, or in both directions. This allows the fabricated deck both to directly bear vehicular loads and to contribute to the bridge structure's o...
Orthotropic deck
Engineering
1,583
11,284,769
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad%20data%20rate
Quad data rate (QDR, or quad pumping) is a communication signaling technique wherein data are transmitted at four points in the clock cycle: on the rising and falling edges, and at two intermediate points between them. The intermediate points are defined by a second clock that is 90° out of phase from the first. The ...
Quad data rate
Engineering
554
55,948,299
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%20965
NGC 965 is a spiral galaxy approximately 294 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by American astronomer Ormond Stone in 1886 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory. Soviet/Russian astrophysicist Vorontsov-Velyaminov B. and Arhipova V. P. have noted in t...
NGC 965
Astronomy
144
4,658,306
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic%20resonance%20microscopy
Magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM, μMRI) is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at a microscopic level down to the scale of microns. The first definition of MRM was MRI having voxel resolutions of better than 100 μm. Nomenclature Magnetic resonance microscopy refers to very high resolution MRI imaging (down to nanomete...
Magnetic resonance microscopy
Chemistry
558
28,639,331
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangular%20array
In mathematics and computing, a triangular array of numbers, polynomials, or the like, is a doubly indexed sequence in which each row is only as long as the row's own index. That is, the ith row contains only i elements. Examples Notable particular examples include these: The Bell triangle, whose numbers count the par...
Triangular array
Mathematics
528
62,346,448
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefty%27s
Lefty's is a retail store on Pier 39 in San Francisco, specializing in products for left-handed people. It was opened in 2008 by Margaret Majua. However, the history of a left-handed store on Pier 39 dates back to 1975, with the opening of Left-Hand World, which closed ten years later. The product line, all designed by...
Lefty's
Physics,Chemistry,Biology
201
355,791
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical%20designator
Police units in the United States tend to use a tactical designator (or tactical callsign) consisting of a letter of the police radio alphabet followed by one or two numbers. For example, "Mary One" might identify the head of a city's homicide division. Police and fire department radio systems are assigned official cal...
Tactical designator
Engineering
211
5,558,590
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapiro%20inequality
In mathematics, the Shapiro inequality is an inequality proposed by Harold S. Shapiro in 1954. Statement of the inequality Suppose is a natural number and are positive numbers and: is even and less than or equal to , or is odd and less than or equal to . Then the Shapiro inequality states that where and . ...
Shapiro inequality
Mathematics
299
1,540,855
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation%20management%20system
A translation management system (TMS), formerly globalization management system (GMS), is a type of software for automating many parts of the human language translation process and maximizing translator efficiency. The idea of a translation management system is to automate all repeatable and non-essential work that ca...
Translation management system
Technology
1,163
35,198,686
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo%20Cirio
Paolo Cirio is a conceptual artist, hacktivist and cultural critic. Cirio's work embodies hacker ethics, such as open access, privacy policies, and the critique of economic, legal, and political models. He received a number of legal threats for his Internet art performances, including practices such as hacking, pirac...
Paolo Cirio
Technology
3,855
74,640,975
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unilever%20Research%20Laboratorium
The Unilever Research Laboratorium was a nutrition and human biology research centre in South Holland, owned by Unilever, and since November 2019, has been a private science park. History Construction At the time of construction in 1956, Vlaardingen was the third-busiest port in the Netherlands, situated on the Nieuw...
Unilever Research Laboratorium
Chemistry
453
10,566,571
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heronry
A heronry, sometimes called a heron rookery, is a breeding ground for herons. Notable heronries Although their breeding territories are often on more protected small islands in lakes or retention ponds, herons breed in heronries (or also called rookeries, especially since other birds join them like spoonbills, storks,...
Heronry
Biology
294
4,069,279
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC%2061511
IEC standard 61511 is a technical standard which sets out practices in the engineering of systems that ensure the safety of an industrial process through the use of instrumentation. Such systems are referred to as Safety Instrumented Systems. The title of the standard is "Functional safety - Safety instrumented syste...
IEC 61511
Physics
1,058
4,642,940
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compartment%20%28development%29
Compartments can be simply defined as separate, different, adjacent cell populations, which upon juxtaposition, create a lineage boundary. This boundary prevents cell movement from cells from different lineages across this barrier, restricting them to their compartment. Subdivisions are established by morphogen gradien...
Compartment (development)
Biology
2,065
8,591,705
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20stars%20in%20Lacerta
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Lacerta, sorted by decreasing brightness. See also List of stars by constellation References List Lacerta
List of stars in Lacerta
Astronomy
31
9,664,551
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphism
An amorphism, in chemistry, crystallography and, by extension, to other areas of the natural sciences is a substance or feature that lacks an ordered form. In the specific case of crystallography, an amorphic material is one that lacks long range (significant) crystalline order at the molecular level. In the history of...
Amorphism
Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering
234
28,775,600
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microviscosity
Microviscosity, also known as microscopic viscosity, is the friction experienced by a single particle undergoing diffusion because of its interaction with its environment at the micrometer length scale. The concept of microviscosity is intimately related to the concept of single particle diffusion and can be measured ...
Microviscosity
Physics,Materials_science
332
17,404,454
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering%20fit
Engineering fits are generally used as part of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing when a part or assembly is designed. In engineering terms, the "fit" is the clearance between two mating parts, and the size of this clearance determines whether the parts can, at one end of the spectrum, move or rotate independently ...
Engineering fit
Physics,Engineering
1,622
72,399,164
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrothallus%20nephromatis
Abrothallus nephromatis is a widely distributed species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Abrothallaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 2015 by Ave Suija and Sergio Pérez-Ortega. The type specimen was collected near Dawson Falls in Wells Gray Provincial Park (British Columbia, Canada) at an elevatio...
Abrothallus nephromatis
Biology
294
29,151,436
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabias
A megabias, or a taphonomic megabias, is a large-scale pattern in the quality of the fossil record that affects paleobiologic analysis at provincial to global levels and at timescales usually exceeding ten million years. It can result from major shifts in intrinsic and extrinsic properties of organisms, including morph...
Megabias
Biology
1,137
42,027,615
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPG14
Spastic paraplegia 14 (autosomal recessive) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SPG14 gene. References Further reading Proteins
SPG14
Chemistry
34
57,766,017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTaP-IPV%20vaccine
DTaP-IPV vaccine is a combination vaccine whose full generic name is diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed and inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV). It is also known as DTaP/IPV, dTaP/IPV, DTPa-IPV, or DPT-IPV. It protects against the infectious diseases diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and po...
DTaP-IPV vaccine
Biology
249
41,701,469
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2go
2go Interactive (Pty) Ltd is a South African company which operates a mobile social networking app. The company is based in Cape Town, South Africa. History 2go was created in 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa, by a group of University of Witwatersrand computer science students. The service was originally developed...
2go
Technology
153
2,241,862
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resinous%20glaze
Resinous glaze is an alcohol-based solution of various types of food-grade shellac. The shellac is derived from the raw material sticklac, which is a resin scraped from the branches of trees left from when the small insect, Kerria lacca (also known as Laccifer lacca), creates a hard, waterproof cocoon. When used in fo...
Resinous glaze
Chemistry
538
56,104,174
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leflutrozole
Leflutrozole (developmental code names BGS-649, CGP-47645) is an aromatase inhibitor which is under development by Mereo BioPharma and Novartis for the treatment of hypogonadism in men. It was also under investigation for the treatment of endometriosis, but development for this indication was discontinued. As of Decemb...
Leflutrozole
Chemistry
163
582,691
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retraction%20in%20academic%20publishing
In academic publishing, a retraction is a mechanism by which a published paper in an academic journal is flagged for being seriously flawed to the extent that their results and conclusions can no longer be relied upon. Retracted articles are not removed from the published literature but marked as retracted. In some cas...
Retraction in academic publishing
Technology
2,713
48,259,292
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questel%20Fort
Questel Fort () is a redoubt in Brest. It is a fortified structure of the Vauban type. It forms a closed square, with the main entry point placed on the least exposed side. This large quadrangle, 100 meters wide, is located between Fort Keranroux (1.5 km south) and Fort Penfeld (1 km to the North-east), and is also par...
Questel Fort
Engineering
375
5,155,088
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromasauria
"Dromasaurs" are an artificial grouping of small anomodont therapsids from the Middle and Late Permian of South Africa. They represent either a paraphyletic grade or a polyphyletic grouping of small non-dicynodont basal anomodonts rather than a clade, and as such are considered an invalid group today. "Dromasaurs" were...
Dromasauria
Biology
444
4,169,860
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail%20integration%20system
A rail integration system (RIS; also called a rail accessory system (RAS), rail interface system, rail system, mount, base, gun rail, or simply a rail) is a generic term for any standardized attachment system for mounting firearm accessories via bar-like straight brackets (i.e. "rails") often with regularly spaced slot...
Rail integration system
Technology,Engineering
2,050
30,980,081
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancilla%20bit
In reversible computing, ancilla bits are extra bits being used to implement irreversible logical operations. In classical computation, any memory bit can be turned on or off at will, requiring no prior knowledge or extra complexity. However, this is not the case in quantum computing or classical reversible computing....
Ancilla bit
Physics
383
27,395,553
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjerrum%20plot
A Bjerrum plot (named after Niels Bjerrum), sometimes also known as a Sillén diagram (after Lars Gunnar Sillén), or a Hägg diagram (after Gunnar Hägg) is a graph of the concentrations of the different species of a polyprotic acid in a solution, as a function of pH, when the solution is at equilibrium. Due to the many o...
Bjerrum plot
Physics,Chemistry,Mathematics,Biology,Environmental_science
1,028
56,223,208
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozarkcollenia
Ozarkcollenia is an extinct genus of stromatolite-making cyanobacteria from Missouri, United States. It was related to Collenia. Ozarkcollenia may have formed in a lake of volcanic origin. The fossils of Ozarkcollenia laminata have been dated to the Proterozoic eon, about 1.5 billion years ago. It occurs in parts of Mi...
Ozarkcollenia
Biology
105
3,015,678
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent%20%28cigarette%29
Kent is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in the United States and British American Tobacco elsewhere. The brand is named after Herbert Kent, a former executive at Lorillard Tobacco Company. History Widely recognized by many as the first popular filtere...
Kent (cigarette)
Environmental_science
842
45,031,048
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache%20Mesos
Apache Mesos is an open-source project to manage computer clusters. It was developed at the University of California, Berkeley. History Mesos began as a research project in the UC Berkeley RAD Lab by then PhD students Benjamin Hindman, Andy Konwinski, and Matei Zaharia, as well as professor Ion Stoica. The students s...
Apache Mesos
Technology
835
54,594,340
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%207075
NGC 7075 is an elliptical galaxy located about 290 million light-years away in the constellation of Grus. NGC 7075 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on September 4, 1834. It is classfied a radio galaxy. NGC 7075 contains a Fanaroff-Riley class I radio source called PKS 2128-388. It has an unresolved core com...
NGC 7075
Astronomy
291
9,936,271
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint%20Precision%20Airdrop%20System
The Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) is an American military airdrop system which uses the Global Positioning System (GPS), steerable parachutes, and an onboard computer to steer loads to a designated point of impact (PI) on a drop zone (DZ). The JPADS family of systems consists of several precision airdrop syste...
Joint Precision Airdrop System
Technology,Engineering
1,128
17,770,902
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaiola%20%28construction%29
A gaiola pombalina (Pombaline cage; ) is a masonry building reinforced with an internal wooden cage, developed as an anti-seismic construction system in Portugal after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and implemented during the reconstruction of Lisbon Baixa (Lisbon downtown). Background The catastrophic event of 1755 show...
Gaiola (construction)
Engineering
390
6,197,083
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballie
Ballie is an upcoming AI robot created by Samsung. It is an autonomous robot which has the ability to control smart home devices. History It was first unveiled at Samsung's CES event in CES 2020, and later updated the design in CES 2024. Design References Social robots Robotics Robots
Ballie
Physics,Technology,Engineering
62
10,403,211
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case%20%28goods%29
A case of some merchandise is a collection of items packaged together. A case is not a strict unit of measure. For consumer foodstuff such as canned goods, soda, cereal, and such, a case is typically 24 items, however cases may consist of any quantity depending on manufacturer packaging - cases are typically found in ...
Case (goods)
Physics
253
41,015,136
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-anointing%20in%20animals
Self-anointing in animals, sometimes called anointing or anting, is a behaviour whereby a non-human animal smears odoriferous substances over themselves. These substances are often the secretions, parts, or entire bodies of other animals or plants. The animal may chew these substances and then spread the resulting sa...
Self-anointing in animals
Biology
3,225
207,560
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photometry%20%28astronomy%29
In astronomy, photometry, from Greek photo- ("light") and -metry ("measure"), is a technique used in astronomy that is concerned with measuring the flux or intensity of light radiated by astronomical objects. This light is measured through a telescope using a photometer, often made using electronic devices such as a CC...
Photometry (astronomy)
Physics,Astronomy,Engineering
2,825
71,387,813
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%20106315
HD 106315, or K2-109, is a single star with a pair of close-orbiting exoplanets, located in the constellation of Virgo. Based on parallax measurements, this system lies at a distance of 356 light years from the Sun. At that range, the star is too faint to be seen with the naked eye, as it has an apparent visual magnitu...
HD 106315
Astronomy
449
4,191,649
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pall%20Corporation
Pall Corporation, headquartered in Port Washington, New York and a wholly owned subsidiary of Danaher Corporation since 2015, is a global supplier of filtration, separations and purification products. Total revenues for fiscal year 2014 were $2.8 billion, with $103 million spent on R&D. Pall Corporation's business is ...
Pall Corporation
Engineering
1,070
15,962,283
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave%20orb
A grave orb is a petrosphere that was put on a person's tomb. Grave orbs were made throughout Scandinavia from the Pre-Roman Iron Age until the Vendel era. The grave orb could have been selected for its round shape or shaped by hand. They were then put in the centre of a burial site. Tumuli, stone circles and stone sh...
Grave orb
Physics
209
46,343,105
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima%20Synchrotron%20Radiation%20Center
The Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, also known as Hiroshima Synchrotron Orbital Radiation (HiSOR), at Hiroshima University is a national user research facility in Japan. It was founded in 1996 by the University Science Council at Hiroshima University initially as a combined educational and research facility bef...
Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center
Materials_science
757
54,819,249
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naphthol%20AS
Naphthol AS is an organic compound with the formula C10H6(OH)C(O)NHC6H5. It is the anilide of 3-hydroxy-2-carboxynaphthalene. Many analogous compounds are known, designated with a differing suffix. For example, in Naphthol AS-OL, the aryl substituent on nitrogen is C6H4-2-OCH3. These compounds are used as coupling ...
Naphthol AS
Chemistry
163
11,384,520
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossall%20hockey
Rossall hockey or RossHockey is a unique form of hockey played only at Rossall School, in Fleetwood, on the Fylde coast, Lancashire, England. The game is unique to Rossall School and is played on the beach next to the school during the Lent term only, with the pitch being marked by dragging the hockey sticks in the san...
Rossall hockey
Astronomy
730
29,440,830
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CESG%20Listed%20Adviser%20Scheme
The CESG Listed Adviser Scheme was a programme run by CESG, to provide a pool of information assurance consultants to government departments and other public-sector bodies in the UK. CLAS consultants advised on systems that handle protectively marked information, up to and including SECRET; for instance, they may have...
CESG Listed Adviser Scheme
Technology
338
29,333,787
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross%20ton%20mile
Gross ton mile (GTM), or its related units gross tonne–kilometre and thousand gross tonne mile (kgtm) are units of measurement commonly used in rail transportation. Gross ton kilometre is the product of total weight (including the weight of lading cars and locomotives) and the distance moved by a train. References R...
Gross ton mile
Mathematics
74
5,706,047
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Urban%20Forum%203
World Urban Forum III was an international UN-Habitat event on urban sustainability, also known as WUF3 (World Urban Forum) and FUM3 (Forum Urbain Mondial). WUF3 was organized by the UN-Habitat and facilitated and funded by the Government of Canada. It was held on 19–23 June 2006 in Vancouver to help solve urgent probl...
World Urban Forum 3
Engineering
533
45,584,344
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagmar%20H%C3%BClsenberg
Dagmar Hülsenberg ( Hinz; born 2 December 1940, in Sonneberg) is a German materials scientist and university professor. In 1975, at age 34, she became the youngest full professor in the German Democratic Republic. By that time she had already distinguished herself by obtaining doctorates in two barely related discipli...
Dagmar Hülsenberg
Materials_science,Technology
808
52,489,138
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita%20lividopallescens
Amanita lividopallescens, also known as the pale amanita, is a species of Amanita in Europe that grows near oaks. References External links lividopallescens Fungus species
Amanita lividopallescens
Biology
44
1,200,773
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midparent
In human genetics the midparent value of a trait is defined as the average of the trait value of the father and a scaled version of that of the mother. This value can be used in a study to analyze the data set without heeding sex effects. Studying quantitative traits in heritability studies may be complicated by sex di...
Midparent
Biology
172
25,341,445
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doodlebug%20tractor
Doodlebug tractor is the colloquial American English name for a tractor home-made in the United States during World War II, when production tractors were in short supply. The doodlebug of the 1940s was usually based on a 1920s or 1930s era Ford automobile which was then modified either by the complete removal or alter...
Doodlebug tractor
Engineering
687
31,254,802
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposon%20tagging
In genetic engineering, transposon tagging is a process where transposons (transposable elements) are amplified inside a biological cell by a tagging technique. Transposon tagging has been used with several species to isolate genes. Even without knowing the nature of the specific genes, the process can still be used. ...
Transposon tagging
Chemistry,Engineering,Biology
209
31,332,185
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulde%E2%80%93Ferrell%E2%80%93Larkin%E2%80%93Ovchinnikov%20phase
The Fulde–Ferrell–Larkin–Ovchinnikov (FFLO) phase (also occasionally called the Larkin–Ovchinnikov–Fulde–Ferrell phase, or LOFF) can arise in a superconductor under large magnetic fields. Among its characteristics are Cooper pairs with nonzero total momentum and a spatially non-uniform order parameter, leading to norma...
Fulde–Ferrell–Larkin–Ovchinnikov phase
Physics,Materials_science,Engineering
978
54,880,180
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Canopy%20of%20the%20Temple%20of%20the%20Tooth
The Golden Canopy of the Temple of the Tooth () is a canopy used to cover the Relic of the tooth of the Buddha, housed in the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) in Kandy Sri Lanka. In 1986 the Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa made an official visit to the temple to pay homage to the sacred tooth relic. Durin...
Golden Canopy of the Temple of the Tooth
Technology,Engineering
463
1,010,167
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceruloplasmin
Ceruloplasmin (or caeruloplasmin) is a ferroxidase enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CP gene. Ceruloplasmin is the major copper-carrying protein in the blood, and in addition plays a role in iron metabolism. It was first described in 1948. Another protein, hephaestin, is noted for its homology to ceruloplasmin, ...
Ceruloplasmin
Chemistry,Biology
1,351
2,903,774
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40%20Bo%C3%B6tis
40 Boötis is a single star located 166.5 light years away from the Sun in the northern constellation of Boötes. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, yellow-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.64. The star is moving away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +12 km/s. The Hipparco...
40 Boötis
Astronomy
257
242,763
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacrusis
In poetic and musical meter, and by analogy in publishing, an anacrusis (from , , literally: 'pushing up', plural anacruses) is a brief introduction. In music, it is also known as a pickup beat, or fractional pick-up, i.e. a note or sequence of notes, a motif, which precedes the first downbeat in a bar in a musical phr...
Anacrusis
Physics
1,169
2,030,218
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches%27%20stones
Witches' stones (in Jèrriais: pièrres dé chorchièrs) are flat stones jutting from chimneys in the islands of Jersey and Guernsey. According to folklore in the Channel Islands, these small ledges were used by witches to rest on as they fly to their sabbats. Householders would provide these platforms to appease witches ...
Witches' stones
Technology,Engineering
336