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30,724,348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardar%E2%80%93Parisi%E2%80%93Zhang%20equation | In mathematics, the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang (KPZ) equation is a non-linear stochastic partial differential equation, introduced by Mehran Kardar, Giorgio Parisi, and Yi-Cheng Zhang in 1986. It describes the temporal change of a height field with spatial coordinate and time coordinate :
Here, is white Gaussian noise ... | Kardar–Parisi–Zhang equation | Physics | 1,197 |
13,552,928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20stop | A water stop or water station on a railroad is a place where steam trains stop to replenish water. The stopping of the train itself is also referred to as a "water stop". The term originates from the times of steam engines when large amounts of water were essential. Also known as wood and water stops or coal and water ... | Water stop | Chemistry,Engineering,Environmental_science | 448 |
46,780,448 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillium%20meridianum | Penicillium meridianum is an anamorph species of the genus Penicillium.
References
meridianum
Fungi described in 1968
Fungus species | Penicillium meridianum | Biology | 32 |
35,411,073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20C.%20Archibald | Raymond Clare Archibald (7 October 1875 – 26 July 1955) was a prominent Canadian-American mathematician. He is known for his work as a historian of mathematics, his editorships of mathematical journals and his contributions to the teaching of mathematics.
Biography
Raymond Clare Archibald was born in South Branch, St... | Raymond C. Archibald | Mathematics | 1,827 |
58,597,571 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%202936 | NGC 2936, also known as the Penguin Galaxy or the Porpoise Galaxy, is an interacting spiral galaxy located at a distance of 326 million light years, in the constellation Hydra. NGC 2936 is interacting with elliptical galaxy NGC 2937, located just beneath it. They were both discovered by Albert Marth on Mar 3, 1864. T... | NGC 2936 | Astronomy | 424 |
74,752,544 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Jeffers | Jonathan Jeffers is a mechanical engineer and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London. He was awarded a Research Professorship by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the first engineer to receive this award. His research focuses on improving surgical treatment of osteoarth... | Jonathan Jeffers | Engineering | 284 |
22,874,754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold%20River%20Virgin%20Forest | Cold River Virgin Forest a virgin hemlock-northern hardwood forest in northwestern Massachusetts, United States. Believed to be the only stand of its type in New England, it was designated a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service in April 1980.
It is located within Mohawk Trail State Forest nine miles... | Cold River Virgin Forest | Biology | 139 |
69,791,721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candolleomyces%20candolleanus | Candolleomyces candolleanus (formerly known as Psathyrella candolleana) is a mushroom in the family Psathyrellaceae. It is commonly found growing in small groups around stumps and tree roots on lawns and pastures in Europe and North America. In 2014, it was reported from Iraq. The coloring varies between white and gold... | Candolleomyces candolleanus | Biology | 309 |
28,551,310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea%20ice%20growth%20processes | Sea ice is a complex composite composed primarily of pure ice in various states of crystallization, but including air bubbles and pockets of brine. Understanding its growth processes is important for climate modellers and remote sensing specialists, since the composition and microstructural properties of the ice affect... | Sea ice growth processes | Physics | 1,767 |
48,625,183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunoglobulin%20therapy | Immunoglobulin therapy is the use of a mixture of antibodies (normal human immunoglobulin) to treat several health conditions. These conditions include primary immunodeficiency, immune thrombocytopenic purpura, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Kawasaki disease, certain cases of HIV/AIDS and measles, G... | Immunoglobulin therapy | Chemistry | 4,789 |
40,354,723 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural%20complexity%20%28applied%20mathematics%29 | Structural complexity is a science of applied mathematics that aims to relate fundamental physical or biological aspects of a complex system with the mathematical description of the morphological complexity that the system exhibits, by establishing rigorous relations between mathematical and physical properties of such... | Structural complexity (applied mathematics) | Mathematics | 219 |
19,609 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory%20leak | In computer science, a memory leak is a type of resource leak that occurs when a computer program incorrectly manages memory allocations in a way that memory which is no longer needed is not released. A memory leak may also happen when an object is stored in memory but cannot be accessed by the running code (i.e. unrea... | Memory leak | Technology | 3,272 |
32,738,118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membrane%20technology | Membrane technology encompasses the scientific processes used in the construction and application of membranes. Membranes are used to facilitate the transport or rejection of substances between mediums, and the mechanical separation of gas and liquid streams. In the simplest case, filtration is achieved when the pores ... | Membrane technology | Chemistry | 4,162 |
431,369 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunyaev%E2%80%93Zeldovich%20effect | The Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect (named after Rashid Sunyaev and Yakov B. Zeldovich and often abbreviated as the SZ effect) is the spectral distortion of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) through inverse Compton scattering by high-energy electrons in galaxy clusters, in which the low-energy CMB photons receive an aver... | Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect | Physics,Astronomy | 1,481 |
34,347,641 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NanoAndMore | NanoAndMore is a distributor for AFM cantilevers from NanoWorld, Nanosensors, BudgetSensors, MikroMasch, Opus and nanotools, calibration standards and other products for nanotechnology.
History
NanoAndMore was founded in Germany in 2002 and started operating in the US in 2005. In 2005, NanoWorld Holding AG from Schaf... | NanoAndMore | Materials_science | 372 |
12,439,068 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical%20test | A medical test is a medical procedure performed to detect, diagnose, or monitor diseases, disease processes, susceptibility, or to determine a course of treatment. Medical tests such as, physical and visual exams, diagnostic imaging, genetic testing, chemical and cellular analysis, relating to clinical chemistry and m... | Medical test | Biology | 2,439 |
473,238 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runtime%20library | In computer programming, a runtime library is a set of low-level routines used by a compiler to invoke some of the behaviors of a runtime environment, by inserting calls to the runtime library into compiled executable binary. The runtime environment implements the execution model, built-in functions, and other fundam... | Runtime library | Technology | 511 |
2,686,262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezophile | A piezophile (from Greek "piezo-" for pressure and "-phile" for loving) is an organism with optimal growth under high hydrostatic pressure, i.e., an organism that has its maximum rate of growth at a hydrostatic pressure equal to or above , when tested over all permissible temperatures. Originally, the term barophile wa... | Piezophile | Biology | 1,453 |
4,745,238 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-Netz | B-Netz was an analog, commercial mobile radio telephone network that was operated by the Deutsche Bundespost in Germany (at first only West Germany) from 1972 until 1994. The system was also implemented in neighboring countries Austria, The Netherlands and Luxembourg. The B refers to the fact that it was the country's ... | B-Netz | Technology | 429 |
34,467,061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interruptible%20foldback | Interruptible foldback (IFB), also known as interrupted foldback, interruptible feedback, or interrupt for broadcast, is a monitoring and cueing system used in television, filmmaking, video production, and radio broadcast for one-way communication from the director or assistant director to on-air talent or a remote lo... | Interruptible foldback | Engineering | 479 |
44,044,088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox%20of%20radiation%20of%20charged%20particles%20in%20a%20gravitational%20field | The paradox of a charge in a gravitational field is an apparent physical paradox in the context of general relativity. A charged particle at rest in a gravitational field, such as on the surface of the Earth, must be supported by a force to prevent it from falling. According to the equivalence principle, it should be i... | Paradox of radiation of charged particles in a gravitational field | Physics,Chemistry | 2,129 |
42,754,865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teri%20W.%20Odom | Teri W. Odom is an American chemist and materials scientist. She is the chair of the chemistry department, the Joan Husting Madden and William H. Madden, Jr. Professor of Chemistry, and a professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern University. She is affiliated with the university's International Ins... | Teri W. Odom | Chemistry,Materials_science,Technology | 1,027 |
47,250,276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dothiorella%20longicollis | Dothiorella longicollis is an endophytic fungus that might be a canker pathogen, specifically for Adansonia gibbosa (baobab). It was isolated from said trees, as well as surrounding ones, in the Kimberley (Western Australia).
References
Further reading
Sakalidis, Monique L., Giles E. StJ Hardy, and Treena I. Burgess.... | Dothiorella longicollis | Biology | 215 |
65,457,925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static%20Context%20Header%20Compression | Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) is a standard compression and fragmentation mechanism defined in the IPv6 over LPWAN working group at the IETF. It offers compression and fragmentation of IPv6/UDP/CoAP packets to allow their transmission over the Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWAN).
Compression scheme tailore... | Static Context Header Compression | Technology | 1,199 |
9,710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary%20algebra | Elementary algebra, also known as high school algebra or college algebra, encompasses the basic concepts of algebra. It is often contrasted with arithmetic: arithmetic deals with specified numbers, whilst algebra introduces variables (quantities without fixed values).
This use of variables entails use of algebraic not... | Elementary algebra | Mathematics | 3,758 |
23,105,334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodge%20Cottrell | Lodge Cottrell Ltd. is a supplier of environmental air pollution control equipment for the power generation industry and other industrial process applications, with over 4,500 installations worldwide. It has facilities in Birmingham, England and Houston, Texas, United States, and operates through a network of associate... | Lodge Cottrell | Chemistry,Engineering | 213 |
18,008,681 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Society%20for%20Bone%20and%20Mineral%20Research | The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) is a professional, scientific and medical society established in 1977 to promote excellence in bone and mineral research and to facilitate the translation of that research into clinical practice. The ASBMR has a membership of nearly 4,000 physicians, basic rese... | American Society for Bone and Mineral Research | Chemistry | 1,498 |
16,770,101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long%20non-coding%20RNA | Long non-coding RNAs (long ncRNAs, lncRNA) are a type of RNA, generally defined as transcripts more than 200 nucleotides that are not translated into protein. This arbitrary limit distinguishes long ncRNAs from small non-coding RNAs, such as microRNAs (miRNAs), small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), Piwi-interacting RNAs (p... | Long non-coding RNA | Biology | 7,769 |
50,492,220 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C10orf35 | Chromosome 10 open reading frame 35 (c10orf35) is a gene that in humans, encodes for a protein-binding, transmembrane protein. The protein contains the domain of unknown function 4605 (DUF4605) which belongs to the protein family pfam15378. This gene is located at locus 10q22.1.
General characteristics
The physical p... | C10orf35 | Biology | 503 |
48,429,148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricholoma%20primulibrunneum | Tricholoma primulibrunneum is an agaric fungus of the genus Tricholoma. Found in Sabah, Malaysia, where it grows on humus in Agathis forest, it was described as new to science in 1994 by English mycologist E.J.H. Corner.
See also
List of Tricholoma species
References
primulibrunneum
Fungi described in 1994
Fungi of ... | Tricholoma primulibrunneum | Biology | 101 |
73,216,226 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallaborane | In chemistry, a metalloborane is a compound that contains one or more metal atoms and one or more boron hydride. These compounds are related conceptually and often synthetically to the boron-hydride clusters by replacement of BHn units with metal-containing fragments. Often these metal fragments are derived from meta... | Metallaborane | Chemistry | 408 |
30,365,744 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%2025171 | HD 25171 is a star with an orbiting exoplanet in the southern constellation of Reticulum, the reticle. With an apparent visual magnitude of 7.79, this star is too faint to be viewed with the naked eye. However, it is readily visible through a small telescope from the southern hemisphere. Parallax measurements place it ... | HD 25171 | Astronomy | 375 |
78,326,909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa%20Prize%20For%20Engineering%20Innovation | The Africa Prize For Engineering Innovation is an award for excellence in engineering in Sub-Saharan Africa. Eight months are set aside to help the contestants. The winner is awarded £25,000, with the second, third and fourth runners-up gaining £10,000 each.
History
The award was introduced in January 2014 by the Roya... | Africa Prize For Engineering Innovation | Technology | 316 |
14,511,835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap-lining | In ethology and behavioral ecology, trap-lining or traplining is a feeding strategy in which an individual visits food sources on a regular, repeatable sequence, much as trappers check their lines of traps. Traplining is usually seen in species foraging for floral resources. This involves a specified route in which the... | Trap-lining | Biology | 1,897 |
24,377,109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C18H26O3 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C18H26O3}}
The molecular formula C18H26O3 (molar mass: 290.40 g/mol) may refer to:
Inocoterone acetate, nonsteroidal antiandrogen
Octyl methoxycinnamate, a sunscreen ingredient
Oxabolone, an anabolic steroid | C18H26O3 | Chemistry | 79 |
40,682,389 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20airborne%20wind%20energy%20organizations | This is a list of airborne wind energy or kite-energy organizations that are advancing airborne wind energy systems (AWES).
In 2011 there were over 40 organizations involved worldwide, but this number has increased to over 60 in 2017.
Categories of kite-energy or airborne-wind-energy organizations that are forming the... | List of airborne wind energy organizations | Engineering | 218 |
62,038,875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oidiodendron%20cereale | Oidiodendron cereale is a species of ascomycetes fungi in the order Helotiales. This fungus is found globally in temperate climates where average summer temperatures are below 25 °C, but there have been scattered reports from tropical and subtropical environments. It is predominantly found in soil, but little is known ... | Oidiodendron cereale | Biology | 1,167 |
27,874,168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita%20virosiformis | Amanita virosiformis, commonly known as the narrow-spored destroying angel, is a poisonous basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Originally described from Florida, it is found from coastal North Carolina through to eastern Texas in the southeastern United States.
See also
List of Amanita species
Lis... | Amanita virosiformis | Biology,Environmental_science | 102 |
382,708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cofiniteness | In mathematics, a cofinite subset of a set is a subset whose complement in is a finite set. In other words, contains all but finitely many elements of If the complement is not finite, but is countable, then one says the set is cocountable.
These arise naturally when generalizing structures on finite sets to infin... | Cofiniteness | Mathematics | 910 |
7,610,388 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%20of%20Quantitative%20Finance | A master's degree in quantitative finance is a postgraduate degree focused on the application of mathematical methods to the solution of problems in financial economics. There are several like-titled degrees which may further focus on financial engineering, computational finance, mathematical finance, and/or financial ... | Master of Quantitative Finance | Mathematics | 1,441 |
35,231,573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work%20motivation | Work motivation is a person's internal disposition toward work. To further this, an incentive is the anticipated reward or aversive event available in the environment. While motivation can often be used as a tool to help predict behavior, it varies greatly among individuals and must often be combined with ability and e... | Work motivation | Biology | 7,798 |
5,031,680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating%20violence | Dating abuse or dating violence is the perpetration or threat of an act of violence by at least one member of an unmarried couple on the other member in the context of dating or courtship. It also arises when one partner tries to maintain power and control over the other through abuse or violence, for example when a re... | Dating violence | Biology | 1,142 |
15,214,431 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STH%20%28gene%29 | Saitohin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the STH gene. This intronless gene encodes for 128 amino acids in an open reading frame. It is located in the human tau gene, in the intron between exons 9 and 10. Also, a single polymorphism of a nucleotide is seen through a change of glutamine residue 7(Q7R) to argin... | STH (gene) | Chemistry | 117 |
17,192,773 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kink%20instability | A kink instability (also known as a kink oscillation or kink mode) is a current-driven plasma instability characterized by transverse displacements of a plasma column's cross-section from its center of mass without any change in the characteristics of the plasma. It typically develops in a thin plasma column carrying a... | Kink instability | Physics | 256 |
21,930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20blot | The northern blot, or RNA blot, is a technique used in molecular biology research to study gene expression by detection of RNA (or isolated mRNA) in a sample.
With northern blotting it is possible to observe cellular control over structure and function by determining the particular gene expression rates during differe... | Northern blot | Chemistry,Biology | 1,918 |
15,903,307 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGLE-TR-123 | OGLE-TR-123 is a binary stellar system containing one of the smallest main-sequence stars whose radius has been measured. It was discovered when the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) survey observed the smaller star eclipsing the larger primary. The orbital period is approximately 1.80 days.
OGLE-TR-12... | OGLE-TR-123 | Astronomy | 219 |
664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut | An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally reserved for professional space travelers, the term is sometimes applied to anyon... | Astronaut | Biology | 5,887 |
59,108,153 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%20688 | NGC 688 is a barred spiral galaxy with starburst activity located 190 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum. It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on September 16, 1865 and is a member of the galaxy cluster Abell 262.
See also
List of NGC objects (1–1000)
References
External links
68... | NGC 688 | Astronomy | 97 |
38,478,835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge%20index | An edge index is a form of index that consists of marks on the edges of the pages of a printed work. These marks are step-like printed and usually contain order words, letters, or numbers, (e.g., A to Z in a dictionary or telephone book). Usually, they are colored and help to find desired points, especially in referenc... | Edge index | Engineering | 422 |
4,070,102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source%20code%20escrow | Source code escrow is the deposit of the source code of software with a third-party escrow agent. Escrow is typically requested by a party licensing software (the licensee), to ensure maintenance of the software instead of abandonment or orphaning. The software's source code is released to the licensee if the licensor ... | Source code escrow | Technology | 1,168 |
51,684,664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep%20Earth%20Carbon%20Degassing%20Project | The Deep Earth Carbon Degassing (DECADE) project is an initiative to unite scientists around the world to make tangible advances towards quantifying the amount of carbon outgassed from the Earth's deep interior (core, mantle, crust) into the surface environment (e.g. biosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere) thro... | Deep Earth Carbon Degassing Project | Physics | 1,049 |
40,971,412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C23H28N2O4 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C23H28N2O4}}
The molecular formula C23H28N2O4 may refer to:
Pacrinolol, a beta adrenergic receptor antagonist
Pleiocarpine, an anticholinergic alkaloid
Molecular formulas | C23H28N2O4 | Physics,Chemistry | 62 |
344,136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical%20termination | In electronics, electrical termination is the practice of ending a transmission line with a device that matches the characteristic impedance of the line. Termination prevents signals from reflecting off the end of the transmission line. Reflections at the ends of unterminated transmission lines cause distortion, which ... | Electrical termination | Engineering | 1,078 |
34,846,832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation%20and%20evolution%20in%20public%20education%20in%20the%20United%20States | In American schools, the Genesis creation narrative was generally taught as the origin of the universe and of life until Darwin's scientific theories became widely accepted. While there was some immediate backlash, organized opposition did not get underway until the Fundamentalist–Modernist controversy broke out follow... | Creation and evolution in public education in the United States | Biology | 6,403 |
14,095,325 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersant | A dispersant or a dispersing agent is a substance, typically a surfactant, that is added to a suspension of solid or liquid particles in a liquid (such as a colloid or emulsion) to improve the separation of the particles and to prevent their settling or clumping.
Dispersants are widely used to stabilize various indus... | Dispersant | Chemistry,Materials_science | 1,012 |
22,003,959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross%20expedition | The Albatross expedition (Albatrossexpeditionen) was a Swedish oceanographic expedition that between July 4, 1947, and October 3, 1948, sailed around the world during 15 months covering 45 000 nautical miles. The expedition is considered the second largest Swedish research expedition after the Vega expedition. The exp... | Albatross expedition | Physics,Environmental_science | 453 |
853,175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characterizations%20of%20the%20exponential%20function | In mathematics, the exponential function can be characterized in many ways.
This article presents some common characterizations, discusses why each makes sense, and proves that they are all equivalent.
The exponential function occurs naturally in many branches of mathematics. Walter Rudin called it "the most importan... | Characterizations of the exponential function | Mathematics | 1,902 |
17,101,980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Lightning%20Process | The Lightning Process (LP) is a three-day personal training programme developed and trademarked by British osteopath Phil Parker. It makes unsubstantiated claims to be beneficial for various conditions, including ME/CFS, depression and chronic pain.
Developed in the late 1990s, it aims to teach techniques for managing... | The Lightning Process | Biology | 1,326 |
19,127,190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muffin-tin%20approximation | The muffin-tin approximation is a shape approximation of the potential well in a crystal lattice. It is most commonly employed in quantum mechanical simulations of the electronic band structure in solids. The approximation was proposed by John C. Slater. Augmented plane wave method (APW) is a method which uses muffin-t... | Muffin-tin approximation | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 516 |
39,127,332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude%20adaptation%20in%20humans | High-altitude adaptation in humans is an instance of evolutionary modification in certain human populations, including those of Tibet in Asia, the Andes of the Americas, and Ethiopia in Africa, who have acquired the ability to survive at altitudes above 2,500 meters (8,200 ft). This adaptation means irreversible, long-... | High-altitude adaptation in humans | Biology | 3,797 |
74,422,505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20Limnaeus | Georg Limnaeus (born Georg Wirn, also known as Georgius Lymneus, Limnæus or Limnäus; 24 October 1554 – 14 September 1611) was a German mathematician, astronomer and librarian, who provided noteworthy encouragement to Johannes Kepler shortly after his first heliocentric astronomical work was published.
Early life
Geo... | Georg Limnaeus | Astronomy | 961 |
1,216,068 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20room | Data rooms are spaces used for housing data, usually of a secure or privileged nature. They can be physical data rooms, virtual data rooms, or data centers. They are used for a variety of purposes, including data storage, document exchange, file sharing, financial transactions, legal transactions, and more.
In mergers... | Data room | Technology,Engineering | 445 |
30,311,701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.V.%20Dalling | Horace Victor Dalling (1854-1931) was a Canadian watchmaker, jeweller, optician and inventor. He was the watch inspector for the Canadian Pacific Railway, and is also known for manufacturing the first two telephones in Woodstock, New Brunswick, which he placed in his store and in his home.
Biography
Dalling was born i... | H.V. Dalling | Astronomy | 468 |
42,714,267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally%20Benson%20%28professor%29 | Sally M. Benson is a professor of energy engineering at Stanford University. In 2014, she was appointed as director of the Precourt Institute for Energy, the university's hub of energy research and education. Benson will continue on as director of Stanford's Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP), a position she has... | Sally Benson (professor) | Engineering,Environmental_science | 395 |
56,855,846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20human%20transcription%20factors | This list of manually curated human transcription factors is taken from Lambert, Jolma, Campitelli et al.
It was assembled by manual curation.
More detailed information is found in the manuscript and the web site accompanying the paper (Human Transcription Factors)
List of human transcription factors (1639)
Reference... | List of human transcription factors | Chemistry,Biology | 68 |
48,970,783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gq-mER | The Gq-coupled membrane estrogen receptor (Gq-mER) is a G protein-coupled receptor present in the hypothalamus that has not yet been cloned. It is a membrane-associated receptor that is Gq-coupled to a phospholipase C–protein kinase C–protein kinase A (PLC–PKC–PKA) pathway. The receptor has been implicated in the contr... | Gq-mER | Chemistry | 252 |
639,115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic%20Revolution | The Neolithic Revolution, also known as the First Agricultural Revolution, was the wide-scale transition of many human cultures during the Neolithic period in Afro-Eurasia from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement, making an increasingly large population possible. These settled comm... | Neolithic Revolution | Technology | 8,112 |
47,482,405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20L.%20Buchwald | Stephen L. Buchwald (born 1955) is an American chemist and the Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry at MIT. He is known for his involvement in the development of the Buchwald-Hartwig amination and the discovery of the dialkylbiaryl phosphine ligand family for promoting this reaction and related transformations. He wa... | Stephen L. Buchwald | Chemistry | 559 |
16,270,868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta1%20Doradus | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Eta1 Doradus}}
Eta1 Doradus, Latinized from η1 Doradus, is a star in the southern constellation of Dorado. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.72. This object is located approximately 335 light years distant from the Sun, based on parallax, and... | Eta1 Doradus | Astronomy | 261 |
13,133,803 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellman%27s%20reagent | Ellman's reagent (5,5′-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) or DTNB) is a colorogenic chemical used to quantify the number or concentration of thiol groups in a sample. It was developed by George L. Ellman.
Preparation
In Ellman's original paper, he prepared this reagent by oxidizing 2-nitro-5-chlorobenzaldehyde to the ca... | Ellman's reagent | Chemistry,Biology | 490 |
845,642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable-length%20intake%20manifold | In internal combustion engines, a variable-length intake manifold (VLIM),variable intake manifold (VIM), or variable intake system (VIS) is an automobile internal combustion engine manifold technology. As the name implies, VLIM/VIM/VIS can vary the length of the intake tract in order to optimise power and torque acros... | Variable-length intake manifold | Technology | 1,780 |
47,512,765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteridiospora%20spinosispora | Pteridiospora spinosispora is a species of fungus in the class Dothideomycetes.
Taxonomy
The fungus was discovered in 1963, isolated from the mycorrhizae of sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua). The type locality was near the Mississippi River in northern Mississippi; it was later reported growing with the roots of gree... | Pteridiospora spinosispora | Biology | 303 |
61,823,811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identifier%20%28computer%20languages%29 | In computer programming languages, an identifier is a lexical token (also called a symbol, but not to be confused with the symbol primitive data type) that names the language's entities. Some of the kinds of entities an identifier might denote include variables, data types, labels, subroutines, and modules.
Lexical f... | Identifier (computer languages) | Technology | 1,034 |
1,448,997 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloom | Gloom is a low level of light which is so dim that there are physiological and psychological effects. Human vision at this level becomes monochrome and has lessened clarity.
Optical and psychological effects
Light conditions may be considered gloomy when the level of light in an environment is too low for the proper ... | Gloom | Physics,Mathematics | 640 |
34,222,176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%203938 | NGC 3938 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation. It was discovered on 6 February 1788 by William Herschel. It is one of the brightest spiral galaxies in the Ursa Major South galaxy group and is roughly 67,000 light years in diameter. It is approximately 43 million light years away from Earth. NGC... | NGC 3938 | Astronomy | 349 |
432,749 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENEA%20AB | Enea AB is an information technology company with its headquarters in Kista, Sweden that provides real-time operating systems and consulting services. Enea, which is an abbreviation of Engmans Elektronik Aktiebolag, also produces the OSE operating system.
History
Enea was founded 1968 by Rune Engman as Engmans Elektro... | ENEA AB | Technology | 747 |
2,107,748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9ter%20Frankl | Péter Frankl (born 26 March 1953 in Kaposvár, Somogy County, Hungary) is a mathematician, street performer, columnist and educator, active in Japan. Frankl studied mathematics at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest and submitted his PhD thesis while still an undergraduate. He holds a PhD degree from the University Par... | Péter Frankl | Mathematics | 573 |
45,676,473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOCAL%20%28spacecraft%29 | FOCAL (an acronym for Fast Outgoing Cyclopean Astronomical Lens) is a proposed space telescope that would use the Sun as a gravity lens. The gravitational lens effect was first derived by Albert Einstein, and the concept of a mission to the solar gravitational lens was first suggested by professor Von Eshleman, and ana... | FOCAL (spacecraft) | Astronomy | 489 |
44,896,201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana%20Caraiani | Ana Caraiani (born 1985) is a Romanian-American mathematician, who is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and Hausdorff Chair at the University of Bonn. Her research interests include algebraic number theory and the Langlands program.
Education
She was born in Bucharest and studied at Mihai Viteazul High School... | Ana Caraiani | Mathematics | 709 |
17,469,697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20welding%20codes | This page lists published welding codes, procedures, and specifications.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Codes
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) covers all aspects of design and manufacture of boilers and pressure vessels. All sections contain w... | List of welding codes | Engineering | 808 |
58,057,192 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMA%20%28VPN%29 | HMA (formerly HideMyAss!) is a VPN service founded in 2005 in the United Kingdom. It has been a subsidiary of the Czech cybersecurity company Avast since 2016.
History
HMA was created in 2005 in Norfolk, England by Jack Cator. At the time, Cator was sixteen years-old. He created HMA in order to circumvent restrictions... | HMA (VPN) | Engineering | 1,222 |
6,057,496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless%20supplicant | A Wireless Supplicant is a program that runs on a computer and is responsible for making login requests to a wireless network. It handles passing the login and encryption credentials to the authentication server. It also handles roaming from one wireless access point to another, in order to maintain connectivity.
See ... | Wireless supplicant | Technology,Engineering | 82 |
52,745,718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Gasteiger | Johann Gasteiger (27 October 1941 in Dachau) is a German Chemist and a Chemoinformatician on which he wrote and edited various books.
Life
Johann Gasteiger studied Chemistry at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich. He obtained his PhD in Organic Chemistry at Ludwig Maximilian U... | Johann Gasteiger | Chemistry | 518 |
1,362,163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mepacrine | Mepacrine, also called quinacrine or by the trade names Atabrine or Atebrin, is a medication with several uses. It is related to chloroquine and mefloquine. Although available from compounding pharmacies, as of August 2020 approved formulations are not available in the United States.
Medical uses
The main uses of mep... | Mepacrine | Biology | 1,190 |
9,544,219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20Public%20Radio%20Interface | The Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) standard defines an interface between Radio Equipment Control (REC) and Radio Equipment (RE). Oftentimes, CPRI links are used to carry data between cell sites/remote radio heads and base stations/baseband units.
The purpose of CPRI is to allow replacement of a copper or coax ca... | Common Public Radio Interface | Technology,Engineering | 249 |
1,514,469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column%20chromatography | Column chromatography in chemistry is a chromatography method used to isolate a single chemical compound from a mixture. Chromatography is able to separate substances based on differential absorption of compounds to the adsorbent; compounds move through the column at different rates, allowing them to be separated into ... | Column chromatography | Chemistry | 2,916 |
75,271,665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-H%20mode%20transition | Low to High Confinement Mode Transition, more commonly referred to as L-H transition, is a phenomenon in the fields of plasma physics and magnetic confinement fusion, signifying the transition from less efficient plasma confinement to highly efficient modes. The L-H transition, a milestone in the development of nuclear... | L-H mode transition | Physics | 2,163 |
611,954 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue%20of%20Jews%20during%20the%20Holocaust | During World War II, some individuals and groups helped Jews and others escape the Holocaust conducted by Nazi Germany.
The support, or at least absence of active opposition, of the local population was essential to Jews attempting to hide but often lacking in Eastern Europe. Those in hiding depended on the assistance... | Rescue of Jews during the Holocaust | Biology | 14,328 |
2,903,320 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta%20Bo%C3%B6tis | Theta Boötis, Latinized from θ Boötis, is a star in the northern constellation of Boötes the herdsman, forming a corner of the upraised left hand of this asterism. It has the traditional name Asellus Primus (; Latin for "first donkey colt") and the Flamsteed designation 23 Boötis. Faintly visible to the naked eye, this... | Theta Boötis | Astronomy | 550 |
65,455,145 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachs%20subgraph | In graph theory, a Sachs subgraph of a given graph is a subgraph in which all connected components are either single edges or cycles. These subgraphs are named after Horst Sachs, who used them in an expansion of the characteristic polynomial of the adjacency matrix of graphs. A similar expansion using Sachs subgraphs i... | Sachs subgraph | Mathematics | 210 |
16,589,498 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector%20spherical%20harmonics | In mathematics, vector spherical harmonics (VSH) are an extension of the scalar spherical harmonics for use with vector fields. The components of the VSH are complex-valued functions expressed in the spherical coordinate basis vectors.
Definition
Several conventions have been used to define the VSH.
We follow that of... | Vector spherical harmonics | Physics,Mathematics | 1,199 |
2,526,862 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes%20of%20actinium | Actinium (89Ac) has no stable isotopes and no characteristic terrestrial isotopic composition, thus a standard atomic weight cannot be given. There are 34 known isotopes, from 203Ac to 236Ac, and 7 isomers. Three isotopes are found in nature, 225Ac, 227Ac and 228Ac, as intermediate decay products of, respectively, 237N... | Isotopes of actinium | Chemistry | 4,758 |
4,833,502 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic%20Nerve%20%28CD-ROM%29 | Optic Nerve is an interactive CD-ROM showcasing the life and work of multimedia artist David Wojnarowicz. The disc includes film, interviews, music, performance, painting and writing from the artist. The release is the first entry in the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series with a non-musical focus. Production was handled by t... | Optic Nerve (CD-ROM) | Technology | 286 |
385,661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse%20scattering%20problem | In mathematics and physics, the inverse scattering problem is the problem of determining characteristics of an object, based on data of how it scatters incoming radiation or particles. It is the inverse problem to the direct scattering problem, which is to determine how radiation or particles are scattered based on the... | Inverse scattering problem | Chemistry,Mathematics | 207 |
58,456,427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus%20lucknowensis | Aspergillus lucknowensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Usti section. The species was first described in 1968.
References
lucknowensis
Fungi described in 1968
Fungus species | Aspergillus lucknowensis | Biology | 46 |
324,828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimonster%20group | In mathematics, the bimonster is a group that is the wreath product of the monster group M with Z2:
The Bimonster is also a quotient of the Coxeter group corresponding to the Dynkin diagram Y555, a Y-shaped graph with 16 nodes:
Actually, the 3 outermost nodes are redundant. This is because the subgroup Y124 is the... | Bimonster group | Mathematics | 395 |
64,051,431 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isovoacangine | Isovoacangine is a naturally occurring substance that has action on heart muscles in pigs.
Chemistry
Derivatives
3-Hydroxyisovoacangine and 3-(2'-oxopropyl)isovoacangine are derivates of isovoacangine.
Natural occurrence
It occurs naturally in many Tabernaemontana (milkwood) species such as Tabernaemontana pachysip... | Isovoacangine | Chemistry | 136 |
78,790,313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WY%20Velorum | WY Velorum, also known as HD 81137, is a binary system between a variable red supergiant (RSG) and a blue giant companion in the constellation of Vela. It is located approximately distant. Its apparent magnitude slowly varies over the course of years between 8.84 and 10.22. As such, it has been described as an irregul... | WY Velorum | Astronomy | 768 |
44,830,594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C11H10N2O2 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C11H10N2O2}}
The molecular formula C11H10N2O2 (molar mass: 202.21 g/mol, exact mass: 202.0742 u) may refer to:
Tolimidone
Vasicinone
Molecular formulas | C11H10N2O2 | Physics,Chemistry | 65 |
28,833,887 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haworth%20Art%20Gallery | The Haworth Art Gallery is a public art gallery located in Accrington, Lancashire, northwest England, and is the home of the largest collection in Europe of Tiffany glass from the studio of Louis Comfort Tiffany. The museum, a Tudor-style house, was originally built in 1909 to be the home of William Haworth, a manufac... | Haworth Art Gallery | Materials_science,Engineering | 458 |
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