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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetric%20multiprocessing
Symmetric multiprocessing or shared-memory multiprocessing (SMP) involves a multiprocessor computer hardware and software architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single, shared main memory, have full access to all input and output devices, and are controlled by a single operating system i...
Symmetric multiprocessing
Technology
2,733
58,032
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control%20Data%20Corporation
Control Data Corporation (CDC) was a mainframe and supercomputer company that in the 1960s was one of the nine major U.S. computer companies, which group included IBM, the Burroughs Corporation, and the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), the NCR Corporation (NCR), General Electric, and Honeywell, RCA and UNIVAC. For ...
Control Data Corporation
Technology
7,581
30,873,297
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentylenetetrazol
Pentylenetetrazol (PTZ), also known as pentylenetetrazole, leptazol, metrazol, pentetrazol (INN), pentamethylenetetrazol, Corazol, Cardiazol, or Deumacard, is a drug formerly used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant. High doses cause convulsions, as discovered by Hungarian-American neurologist and psychiatrist L...
Pentylenetetrazol
Chemistry
731
65,804,770
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone%20game%20%28game%20theory%29
The Telephone game is an example of a coordination game potentially having more than one Nash equilibrium proposed by David Lewis. The game was based on a convention in Lewis's home town of Oberlin, Ohio that when a telephone call was cut off then the caller would redial the callee. Equilibrium analysis This game invo...
Telephone game (game theory)
Mathematics
363
7,454,236
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrathiafulvalene
Tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) is an organosulfur compound with the formula (. Studies on this heterocyclic compound contributed to the development of molecular electronics. TTF is related to the hydrocarbon fulvalene, , by replacement of four CH groups with sulfur atoms. Over 10,000 scientific publications discuss TTF and i...
Tetrathiafulvalene
Chemistry,Materials_science
690
54,112,223
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcriptomics%20technologies
Transcriptomics technologies are the techniques used to study an organism's transcriptome, the sum of all of its RNA transcripts. The information content of an organism is recorded in the DNA of its genome and expressed through transcription. Here, mRNA serves as a transient intermediary molecule in the information net...
Transcriptomics technologies
Chemistry,Biology
6,859
324,997
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiological%20warfare
Radiological warfare is any form of warfare involving deliberate radiation poisoning or contamination of an area with radiological sources. Radiological weapons are normally classified as weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), although radiological weapons can also be specific in whom they target, such as the radiation p...
Radiological warfare
Chemistry,Biology
897
1,812,809
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom%20generator
In theoretical computer science and cryptography, a pseudorandom generator (PRG) for a class of statistical tests is a deterministic procedure that maps a random seed to a longer pseudorandom string such that no statistical test in the class can distinguish between the output of the generator and the uniform distributi...
Pseudorandom generator
Mathematics,Engineering
1,791
20,695,220
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMOLED
AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode; ) is a type of OLED display device technology. OLED describes a specific type of thin-film-display technology in which organic compounds form the electroluminescent material, and active matrix refers to the technology behind the addressing of pixels. Since 2007, AMOL...
AMOLED
Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering
1,447
1,302,888
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BESS%20%28experiment%29
BESS is a particle physics experiment carried by a balloon. BESS stands for Balloon-borne Experiment with Superconducting Spectrometer. See also BOOMERanG experiment References External links BESS webpage on the NASA website High energy particle telescopes Cosmic-ray experiments Balloon-borne experiments Astronom...
BESS (experiment)
Physics,Astronomy
65
6,375,012
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/454%20Life%20Sciences
454 Life Sciences was a biotechnology company based in Branford, Connecticut that specialized in high-throughput DNA sequencing. It was acquired by Roche in 2007 and shut down by Roche in 2013 when its technology became noncompetitive, although production continued until mid-2016. History 454 Life Sciences was founded...
454 Life Sciences
Chemistry,Biology
1,252
75,209,749
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%20liner
A double liner is a fluid barrier system that incorporates two impermeable layers separated by a permeable drainage layer also called a leak detection layer. Typically the impermeable layers are made from geomembranes with a permeable layer in between. The uppermost layer is called the primary liner while the lower lay...
Double liner
Materials_science,Engineering
272
360,876
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacism
Supremacism is the belief that a certain group of people are superior to, and should have supreme authority over, all others. The presumed superior people can be defined by age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, language, social class, ideology, nationality, culture, generation or belong to any oth...
Supremacism
Biology
2,470
10,340,305
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatism%20%28toxicology%29
Automatism, in toxicology, refers to a tendency to take a drug over and over again, forgetting each time that one has already taken the dose. This can lead to a cumulative overdose. A particular example is barbiturates which were once commonly used as hypnotic (sleep inducing) drugs. Among the current hypnotics, benzod...
Automatism (toxicology)
Chemistry,Environmental_science
192
1,699,990
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus%20cruciger
The , also known as stavroforos sphaira () or "the orb and cross", is an orb surmounted by a cross. It has been a Christian symbol of authority since the Middle Ages, used on coins, in iconography, and with a sceptre as royal regalia. The cross laid over the globus represents Christ's dominion over the world, literal...
Globus cruciger
Physics
1,175
18,437,142
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEIF%20SLAM
In robotics, the SEIF SLAM is the use of the sparse extended information filter (SEIF) to solve the simultaneous localization and mapping by maintaining a posterior over the robot pose and the map. Similar to GraphSLAM, the SEIF SLAM solves the SLAM problem fully, but is an online algorithm (GraphSLAM is offline). Ref...
SEIF SLAM
Engineering
74
19,138,238
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydnellum%20concrescens
Hydnellum concrescens is an inedible fungus, commonly known as the zoned hydnellum or zoned tooth fungus. As with other tooth fungi, the spores are produced on spines on the underside of the cap, rather than gills. It has a funnel-shaped cap, typically between in diameter, which has characteristic concentric zones of ...
Hydnellum concrescens
Biology
217
43,027,004
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-subset%20meet-in-the-middle%20attack
The 3-subset meet-in-the-middle (hereafter shortened MITM) attack is a variant of the generic meet-in-the-middle attack, which is used in cryptology for hash and block cipher cryptanalysis. The 3-subset variant opens up the possibility to apply MITM attacks on ciphers, where it is not trivial to divide the keybits into...
3-subset meet-in-the-middle attack
Technology,Engineering
1,729
24,034,908
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealTouch
The RealTouch was a first of a kind teledildonic male sexual stimulation device consisting of a sleeve fitted with "belts, jets, heating elements and other gadgetry" that fits over the penis and synchronizes sensations to a specially produced online video. It was created by AEBN in 2008. Representatives for the company...
RealTouch
Physics,Technology,Biology
196
3,840,294
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halimione%20portulacoides
Halimione portulacoides, commonly known as sea purslane, is a shrub found in Eurasia. Description The perennial plant grows to in height. The leaves are thick and oval-shaped, with a powdery surface. In northern temperate climates it flowers from July to September. The flowers are small, borne in short clusters, mon...
Halimione portulacoides
Chemistry
289
61,594,757
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papiine%20gammaherpesvirus%201
Papiine gammaherpesvirus 1 (PaHV-1), commonly known as baboon lymphocryptovirus, is a species of virus in the genus Lymphocryptovirus, subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae, family Herpesviridae, and order Herpesvirales. This species was the first Lymphocryptovirus isolated from a non-human primate to be described. References...
Papiine gammaherpesvirus 1
Biology
102
63,591,823
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simen%20%C3%85dn%C3%B8y%20Ellingsen
Simen Andreas Ådnøy Ellingsen (born 14 May 1981) is a Norwegian engineering physicist specializing in fluid mechanics, especially waves, turbulence, and quantum mechanics. He is a full professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, at the Department of Energy and Process Engineering. He is known for h...
Simen Ådnøy Ellingsen
Physics,Chemistry
312
30,204,464
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunstone%20%28medieval%29
The sunstone () is a type of mineral attested in several 13th–14th-century written sources in Iceland, one of which describes its use to locate the Sun in a completely overcast sky. Sunstones are also mentioned in the inventories of several churches and one monastery in 14th–15th-century Iceland and Germany. A theory ...
Sunstone (medieval)
Physics
1,488
690,110
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctags
Ctags is a programming tool that generates an index file (or tag file) of names found in source and header files of various programming languages to aid code comprehension. Depending on the language, functions, variables, class members, macros and so on may be indexed. These tags allow definitions to be quickly and eas...
Ctags
Technology
1,478
12,637,359
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon%20dioxide%20scrubber
A carbon dioxide scrubber is a piece of equipment that absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2). It is used to treat exhaust gases from industrial plants or from exhaled air in life support systems such as rebreathers or in spacecraft, submersible craft or airtight chambers. Carbon dioxide scrubbers are also used in controlled atm...
Carbon dioxide scrubber
Chemistry,Engineering
1,661
32,727,729
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20online%20digital%20musical%20document%20libraries
This is a list of online digital musical document libraries. Each source listed below offers access to collections of digitized music documents (typically originating from printed or manuscript musical sources). They may contain scanned images, fully encoded scores, or encodings designed for music playback (e.g., via M...
List of online digital musical document libraries
Technology
105
3,286,331
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaulay%20Institute
The Macaulay Institute, formally the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and sometimes referred to simply as The Macaulay, was a research institute based at Aberdeen in Scotland, which is now part of the James Hutton Institute. Its work covered aspects such as landscape, soil and water conservation and climate change....
Macaulay Institute
Environmental_science
776
19,875,582
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population%20balance%20equation
Population balance equations (PBEs) have been introduced in several branches of modern science, mainly in Chemical Engineering, to describe the evolution of a population of particles. This includes topics like crystallization, leaching (metallurgy), liquid–liquid extraction, gas-liquid dispersions like water electrolys...
Population balance equation
Mathematics
480
3,193,769
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien%20Rudaux
Lucien Rudaux (; 1874–1947) was a French artist and astronomer, who created famous paintings of space themes in the 1920s and 1930s. The Rudaux crater on Mars and the Lucien Rudaux Memorial Award are named in his honor. The asteroid 3574 Rudaux is also named for him. Biography Lucien Rudaux was the son of the pain...
Lucien Rudaux
Astronomy
422
31,187,897
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumford%27s%20compactness%20theorem
In mathematics, Mumford's compactness theorem states that the space of compact Riemann surfaces of fixed genus g > 1 with no closed geodesics of length less than some fixed ε > 0 in the Poincaré metric is compact. It was proved by as a consequence of a theorem about the compactness of sets of discrete subgroups of se...
Mumford's compactness theorem
Mathematics
98
39,783,039
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function%20of%20several%20real%20variables
In mathematical analysis and its applications, a function of several real variables or real multivariate function is a function with more than one argument, with all arguments being real variables. This concept extends the idea of a function of a real variable to several variables. The "input" variables take real value...
Function of several real variables
Mathematics
4,841
7,109,264
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%20engine
A model engine is a small internal combustion engine typically used to power a radio-controlled aircraft, radio-controlled car, radio-controlled boat, free flight, control line aircraft, or ground-running tether car model. Because of the square–cube law, the behaviour of many engines does not always scale up or down a...
Model engine
Physics,Technology
2,103
25,863,044
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesowear
Mesowear is a method, used in different branches and fields of biology. This method can apply to both extant and extinct animals, according to the scope of the study. Mesowear is based on studying an animal's tooth wearing fingerprint. In brief, each animal has special feeding habits, which cause unique tooth wearing. ...
Mesowear
Biology
730
240,960
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydration%20reaction
In chemistry, a hydration reaction is a chemical reaction in which a substance combines with water. In organic chemistry, water is added to an unsaturated substrate, which is usually an alkene or an alkyne. This type of reaction is employed industrially to produce ethanol, isopropanol, and butan-2-ol. Organic chemistr...
Hydration reaction
Chemistry
881
536,858
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Haven%20Coliseum
New Haven Coliseum, formally known as New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, was a sports and entertainment arena located in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. Construction began in 1968 and was completed in 1972. The Coliseum was officially closed on September 1, 2002, by Mayor John DeStefano Jr., and demolished by implo...
New Haven Coliseum
Engineering
1,624
53,992,606
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20Electrical%20I/O
The Common Electrical I/O (CEI) refers to a series of influential Interoperability Agreements (IAs) that have been published by the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF). CEI defines the electrical and jitter requirements for 3.125, 6, 11, 25-28, and 56 Gbit/s electrical interfaces. CEI, the Common Electrical I/O The Co...
Common Electrical I/O
Engineering
645
56,767,513
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zariski%27s%20finiteness%20theorem
In algebra, Zariski's finiteness theorem gives a positive answer to Hilbert's 14th problem for the polynomial ring in two variables, as a special case. Precisely, it states: Given a normal domain A, finitely generated as an algebra over a field k, if L is a subfield of the field of fractions of A containing k such that...
Zariski's finiteness theorem
Physics,Mathematics
101
20,630,639
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral%20ecology
Oral ecology is the microbial ecology of the microorganisms found in mouths. Oral ecology, like all forms of ecology, involves the study of the living things found in oral cavities as well as their interactions with each other and with their environment. Oral ecology is frequently investigated from the perspective of o...
Oral ecology
Chemistry,Biology
2,191
77,645,677
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORG-24598
ORG-24598 is a selective inhibitor of the type 1 glycine transporter. Potential uses Alcohol use disorder A test in rats has showed that combining varenicline, bupropion, and an indirect glycine agonist (such as ORG-24598) could be beneficial for treatment of alcohol use disorder. Schizophrenia Studies have shown ...
ORG-24598
Chemistry
127
8,940,450
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations%20of%20Physics
Foundations of Physics is a monthly journal "devoted to the conceptual bases and fundamental theories of modern physics and cosmology, emphasizing the logical, methodological, and philosophical premises of modern physical theories and procedures". The journal publishes results and observations based on fundamental ques...
Foundations of Physics
Physics
363
56,705,877
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena%20Cruickshank
Sheena Margaret Cruickshank is a British immunologist and Professor in Biomedical Sciences and Public Engagement at the University of Manchester. She researches how immune responses of the gut are started as a result of infection and/or inflammation. Cruickshank is a science communicator. Education Cruickshank comple...
Sheena Cruickshank
Chemistry
790
3,837,568
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANopen
CANopen is a communication protocol stack and device profile specification for embedded systems used in automation. In terms of the OSI model, CANopen implements the layers above and including the network layer. The CANopen standard consists of an addressing scheme, several small communication protocols and an applicat...
CANopen
Technology,Engineering
3,744
22,775,557
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid%20rheostat
A liquid rheostat or water rheostat or salt water rheostat is a type of variable resistor. This may be used as a dummy load or as a starting resistor for large slip ring motors. In the simplest form it consists of a tank containing brine or other electrolyte solution, in which electrodes are submerged to create an e...
Liquid rheostat
Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering
1,044
29,162,655
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depauperate%20ecosystem
A depauperate ecosystem can be defined as an ecosystem that lacks species richness or species diversity. This leads to significantly low biodiversity often due to a lack of necessary resources to support life. As a result, depauperate ecosystems often exhibit less complexity by having fewer predators and competing spec...
Depauperate ecosystem
Biology
142
3,088,675
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profinet
Profinet (usually styled as PROFINET, as a portmanteau for Process Field Network) is an industry technical standard for data communication over Industrial Ethernet, designed for collecting data from, and controlling equipment in industrial systems, with a particular strength in delivering data under tight time constrai...
Profinet
Engineering
5,961
23,881,177
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-xylose%20absorption%20test
D-xylose absorption test is a medical test performed to diagnose conditions that present with malabsorption of the proximal small intestine due to defects in the integrity of the gastrointestinal mucosa. D-xylose is a monosaccharide, or simple sugar, that does not require enzymes for digestion prior to absorption. Its ...
D-xylose absorption test
Chemistry,Biology
310
76,268,064
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrofreezing
Electrofreezing is the tendency of a material to solidify upon being exposed to an external electric field. Electrofreezing was initially introduced by Dufour in 1892. Examples are the electrofreezing of liquid ammonia supposed to be naturally occurring during electrical storms in Jupiter-like planets, and ice χ suppo...
Electrofreezing
Physics,Chemistry
103
77,821,413
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioxynil
Ioxynil is a post-emergent selective nitrile herbicide. It is used in Australia, New Zealand and Japan to control broadleaf weeds via the inhibition of photosynthesis. It is used notably on onion crops, among others, normally at 300–900 g/Ha. It was introduced in 1966. The supply of ioxynil is decreasing, as of 2019 bu...
Ioxynil
Chemistry,Biology
1,684
358,677
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obedience
Obedience, in human behavior, is a form of "social influence in which a person yields to explicit instructions or orders from an authority figure". Obedience is generally distinguished from compliance, which some authors define as behavior influenced by peers while others use it as a more general term for positive res...
Obedience
Biology
3,347
19,030,472
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standoff%20distance
Standoff distance is a security term that refers to measures to prevent unscreened and potentially threatening people and vehicles from approaching within a certain distance of a building, car, or other shelter, roadblock or other location, or to a person such as a law enforcement officer or VIP, or to a friendly area ...
Standoff distance
Engineering
1,664
1,417,287
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilju
Kilju () is the Finnish word for a mead-like homemade alcoholic beverage made from a source of carbohydrates (such as cane sugar or honey), yeast, and water, making it both affordable and cheap to produce. The ABV is around 15–17%, and since it does not contain a sweet reserve it is completely dry. Crude product may b...
Kilju
Chemistry,Biology
2,446
76,135,218
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion%20network
An ion network is an interconnected network or structure composed of ions in a solution. The term "ion network" was coined by Cho and coworkers in 2014. The notion of extended ion aggregates in electrolyte solutions, however, can be found in an earlier report. The ion network is particularly relevant in high-salt solut...
Ion network
Physics,Chemistry
765
3,916,819
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capillary%20pressure
In fluid statics, capillary pressure () is the pressure between two immiscible fluids in a thin tube (see capillary action), resulting from the interactions of forces between the fluids and solid walls of the tube. Capillary pressure can serve as both an opposing or driving force for fluid transport and is a significan...
Capillary pressure
Chemistry,Engineering
3,626
73,843,019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten%20hexabromide
Tungsten hexabromide, also known as tungsten(VI) bromide, is a chemical compound of tungsten and bromine with the formula WBr6. It is an air-sensitive dark grey powder that decomposes above 200 °C to tungsten(V) bromide and bromine. Production and reactions Tungsten hexabromide is mainly produced by the reaction of m...
Tungsten hexabromide
Chemistry
352
21,928,636
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish%20units%20of%20measurement
Early Irish law texts record a wide variety of units of measurement, organised into various systems. These were used from Early Christian Ireland (Middle Ages) or perhaps earlier, before being displaced by Irish measure from the 16th century onward. Length A troighid ("foot") was the length of a man's foot, divided ...
Irish units of measurement
Mathematics
545
37,865,554
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcotics%20and%20Psychotropics%20Control%20Law
The Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Law (麻薬及び向精神薬取締法 Mayaku oyobi kouseishin'yaku torishimari hō) is a law enacted in Japan in 1953 to control most narcotic and psychotropic drugs. It was enacted in 1953 under the name of Narcotics Control Law (麻薬取締法 Mayaku torishimari hō) and was renamed current title in 1990 alon...
Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Law
Chemistry
289
372,399
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposite%20category
In category theory, a branch of mathematics, the opposite category or dual category Cop of a given category C is formed by reversing the morphisms, i.e. interchanging the source and target of each morphism. Doing the reversal twice yields the original category, so the opposite of an opposite category is the original ca...
Opposite category
Mathematics
579
166,980
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidence%20algebra
In order theory, a field of mathematics, an incidence algebra is an associative algebra, defined for every locally finite partially ordered set and commutative ring with unity. Subalgebras called reduced incidence algebras give a natural construction of various types of generating functions used in combinatorics and nu...
Incidence algebra
Mathematics
2,416
15,786,775
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exosite
An exosite is a secondary binding site, remote from the active site, on an enzyme or other protein. This is similar to allosteric sites, but differs in the fact that, in order for an enzyme to be active, its exosite typically must be occupied. Exosites have recently become a topic of increased interest in biomedical r...
Exosite
Chemistry
85
650,086
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contour%20line
A contour line (also isoline, isopleth, isoquant or isarithm) of a function of two variables is a curve along which the function has a constant value, so that the curve joins points of equal value. It is a plane section of the three-dimensional graph of the function parallel to the -plane. More generally, a contour li...
Contour line
Mathematics
4,769
1,695,675
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technophilia
Technophilia (from Greek τέχνη - technē, "art, skill, craft" and φίλος - philos, "beloved, dear, friend") refers generally to a strong attraction for technology, especially new technologies such as personal computers, the Internet, mobile phones, and home cinema. The term is used in sociology to examine individuals' in...
Technophilia
Technology
562
40,313,828
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-resolved%20mass%20spectrometry
Time-resolved mass spectrometry (TRMS) is a strategy in analytical chemistry that uses mass spectrometry platform to collect data with temporal resolution. Implementation of TRMS builds on the ability of mass spectrometers to process ions within sub-second duty cycles. It often requires the use of customized experiment...
Time-resolved mass spectrometry
Physics,Chemistry,Biology
241
23,980,788
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C19H24N2
{{DISPLAYTITLE:C19H24N2}} The molecular formula C19H24N2 (molar mass: 280.40 g/mol) may refer to: 4-ANPP Bamipine Daledalin Histapyrrodine Ibogamine Imipramine Propazepine Yohimban Molecular formulas
C19H24N2
Physics,Chemistry
73
745,073
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%AAte%20de%20la%20Musique
The Fête de la Musique, also known in English as Music Day, Make Music Day, or World Music Day, is an annual music celebration that takes place on 21 June. On Music Day, citizens and residents are urged to play music outside in their neighborhoods or in public spaces and parks. Free concerts are also organized, where m...
Fête de la Musique
Astronomy
834
70,397,447
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%20band
The U band is a range of frequencies contained in the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Common usage places this range between 40 and 60 GHz, but may vary depending on the source using the term. References Microwave bands Satellite broadcasting
U band
Engineering
47
11,633,991
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Brousseau
Brother Alfred Brousseau, F.S.C. (February 17, 1907 – May 31, 1988), was an educator, photographer and mathematician and was known mostly as a founder of the Fibonacci Association and as an educator. Biography Brother Alfred Brousseau was born in North Beach, San Francisco, as one of six children. On August 14, 1920, ...
Alfred Brousseau
Mathematics
530
31,497,986
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20W.%20Greig
Joseph W. Greig (1895–1977) was a Canadian-born American geochemist and physical chemist, a pioneer in high temperature phase equilibria and immiscibility investigations of oxides and sulfides. His name has been assigned to a new magnetic mineral, greigite () discovered in 1963, increasing to nine the number of mineral...
Joseph W. Greig
Chemistry
373
11,593,538
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe%20weather
Severe weather is any dangerous meteorological phenomenon with the potential to cause damage, serious social disruption, or loss of human life. These vary depending on the latitude, altitude, topography, and atmospheric conditions. High winds, hail, excessive precipitation, and wildfires are forms and effects, as are t...
Severe weather
Physics
4,917
8,960,168
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PalmPilot%20Professional
The PalmPilot Professional is a personal digital assistant. While the PalmPilot was released March 10, 1997 as an updated version of the Pilot 5000, there was delayed general availability of the Professional model in the marketplace. It was marketed with a compact design, a back-lit display and the ability to quickly ...
PalmPilot Professional
Technology
280
71,410,644
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickerhamomycetaceae
The Wickerhamomycetaceae are a family of yeasts in the order Saccharomycetales that reproduce by budding. Species in the family have a widespread distribution. Genus Wickerhamomyces used to be placed within Phaffomycetaceae family, until 2008 when it was separated and placed within its own order Wickerhamomycetaceae. ...
Wickerhamomycetaceae
Biology
491
16,086,895
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent%20electron%20approximation
In condensed matter physics, the independent electron approximation is a simplification used in complex systems, consisting of many electrons, that approximates the electron–electron interaction in crystals as null. It is a requirement for both the free electron model and the nearly-free electron model, where it is use...
Independent electron approximation
Chemistry
552
11,305,143
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20distribution%20unit
A power distribution unit (PDU) is a device fitted with multiple outputs designed to distribute electric power, especially to racks of computers and networking equipment located within a data center. Data centers face challenges in power protection and management solutions. This is why many data centers rely on PDU mon...
Power distribution unit
Technology
479
5,732,881
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart%27s%20theorem
In geometry, Stewart's theorem yields a relation between the lengths of the sides and the length of a cevian in a triangle. Its name is in honour of the Scottish mathematician Matthew Stewart, who published the theorem in 1746. Statement Let , , be the lengths of the sides of a triangle. Let be the length of a ce...
Stewart's theorem
Mathematics
549
15,173,758
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN%202003H
SN 2003H was a supernova that appeared halfway between the colliding NGC 2207 and IC 2163 galaxies. It was discovered on January 8, 2003, by the Lick Observatory and Tenagra Supernova Searches (LOTOSS). References External links Spectra on the Open Supernova Catalog Simbad Canis Major 20030108 Supernovae
SN 2003H
Chemistry,Astronomy
74
21,758,647
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abell%20370
Abell 370 is a galaxy cluster located nearly 5 billion light-years away from the Earth (at redshift z = 0.375), in the constellation Cetus. Its core is made up of several hundred galaxies. It was catalogued by George Abell, and is the most distant of the clusters he catalogued. In the 1980s astronomers of Toulouse Obs...
Abell 370
Astronomy
417
52,080,361
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20computer-animated%20television%20series
This is a list of released animated television series made mainly with computer animation. 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Upcoming See also List of computer-animated films References Lists of animated television series Computing-related lists
List of computer-animated television series
Technology
41
765,860
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menninger%20Foundation
The Menninger Foundation was founded in 1919 by the Menninger family in Topeka, Kansas. The Menninger Foundation, known locally as Menninger's, consists of a clinic, a sanatorium, and a school of psychiatry, all of which bear the Menninger name. Menninger's consisted of a campus at 5800 S.W. 6th Avenue in Topeka, Kan...
Menninger Foundation
Engineering,Biology
1,306
30,870,475
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%203D%20Graphics%20API
The Mobile 3D Graphics API, commonly referred to as M3G, is an open source graphics API and file format specification for developing Java ME applications that produce 3D computer graphics on embedded devices such as mobile phones and PDAs. History Originally developed at Nokia Research Center Tampere in 2003-2005, M...
Mobile 3D Graphics API
Technology
815
1,474,305
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synapsin
The synapsins are a family of proteins that have long been implicated in the regulation of neurotransmitter release at synapses. Specifically, they are thought to be involved in regulating the number of synaptic vesicles available for release via exocytosis at any one time. Synapsins are present in invertebrates and ve...
Synapsin
Chemistry,Biology
523
541,351
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champernowne%20constant
In mathematics, the Champernowne constant is a transcendental real constant whose decimal expansion has important properties. It is named after economist and mathematician D. G. Champernowne, who published it as an undergraduate in 1933. The number is defined by concatenating the base-10 representations of the posit...
Champernowne constant
Mathematics
1,483
12,133,394
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicular%20receptor
The testicular receptor proteins are members of the nuclear receptor family of intracellular transcription factors. There are two forms of the receptor, TR2 and TR4, each encode by a separate gene ( and respectively). References External links Intracellular receptors Transcription factors
Testicular receptor
Chemistry,Biology
54
11,422,283
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SroC%20RNA
The bacterial SroC RNA is a non-coding RNA gene of around 160 nucleotides in length. SroC is found in several enterobacterial species. This RNA interacts with the Hfq protein. SroC acts as a ‘sponge,’ and base pairs with and regulates activity of the sRNA GcvB. This interaction triggers the degradation of GcvB by RNa...
SroC RNA
Chemistry
115
312,255
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition%20function%20%28quantum%20field%20theory%29
In quantum field theory, partition functions are generating functionals for correlation functions, making them key objects of study in the path integral formalism. They are the imaginary time versions of statistical mechanics partition functions, giving rise to a close connection between these two areas of physics. Par...
Partition function (quantum field theory)
Physics
1,038
45,716,143
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysocolla%20%28gold-solder%29
Chrysocolla (gold-solder, Greek ; Latin chrȳsocolla, oerugo, santerna; Syriac "tankar" (Bar Bahlul), alchemical symbol 🜸), also known as "goldsmith's solder" and "solder of Macedonia" (Pseudo-Democritus), denotes: The soldering of gold. The materials used for soldering gold, as well as certain gold alloys, still us...
Chrysocolla (gold-solder)
Chemistry,Materials_science
594
10,851,309
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acidity%20function
An acidity function is a measure of the acidity of a medium or solvent system, usually expressed in terms of its ability to donate protons to (or accept protons from) a solute (Brønsted acidity). The pH scale is by far the most commonly used acidity function, and is ideal for dilute aqueous solutions. Other acidity fun...
Acidity function
Chemistry
598
2,853,478
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orellanine
Orellanine or orellanin is a mycotoxin found in a group of mushrooms known as the Orellani within the family Cortinariaceae. Structurally, it is a bipyridine N-oxide compound somewhat related to the herbicide diquat. History Orellanine first came to people's attention in 1952 when a mass poisoning of 102 people in Kon...
Orellanine
Chemistry
1,225
71,466,674
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen%20transport
Hydrogen transport involves the use of technology to transport hydrogen from the point of generation to the point of use. Techniques Hydrogen can be transported in a variety of forms. Gas Hydrogen can be transported in gaseous form, typically in a pipeline. Because hydrogen gas is highly reactive, the pipeline or o...
Hydrogen transport
Physics,Chemistry,Technology
501
63,642,672
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian%20Hooke
Adrian Hooke (died January 7, 2013) was an aerospace telecommunications engineer, and a cofounder of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems. Biography Adrian Hooke held a B.Sc in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Birmingham, England. He worked on the Apollo program and other NA...
Adrian Hooke
Engineering
186
39,328,862
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual%20selection%20in%20spiders
Sexual selection in spiders shows how sexual selection explains the evolution of phenotypic traits in spiders. Male spiders have many complex courtship rituals and have to avoid being eaten by the females, with the males of most species surviving only a few matings and consequently having short life-spans. Pre-copulat...
Sexual selection in spiders
Biology
2,165
1,008,028
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudo
sudo () is a program for Unix-like computer operating systems that enables users to run programs with the security privileges of another user, by default the superuser. It originally stood for "superuser do", as that was all it did, and this remains its most common usage; however, the official Sudo project page lists i...
Sudo
Technology,Engineering
1,275
6,727,548
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign-language%20writing%20aid
A foreign language writing aid is a computer program or any other instrument that assists a non-native language user (also referred to as a foreign language learner) in writing decently in their target language. Assistive operations can be classified into two categories: on-the-fly prompts and post-writing checks. Assi...
Foreign-language writing aid
Technology
3,949
40,946,235
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycena%20alphitophora
Mycena alphitophora is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae. Its small, white, delicate fruit bodies are characterized by the powdery coatings on the surfaces of both the cap and stipe. The stipe base is not swollen or disk-like. The stipe surface is more hairy than Mycena adscendens. Taxonomy The spec...
Mycena alphitophora
Biology
329
2,623,640
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious%20fanaticism
Religious fanaticism (or the prefix ultra- being used with a religious term (such as ultra-Orthodox Judaism), or (especially when violence is involved) religious extremism) is a pejorative designation used to indicate uncritical zeal or obsessive enthusiasm that is related to one's own, or one's group's, devotion to a ...
Religious fanaticism
Biology
2,064
20,939,260
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemagglutinin
Hemagglutinins (alternatively spelt haemagglutinin, from the Greek , 'blood' + Latin , 'glue') are homotrimeric glycoproteins present on the protein capsids of viruses in the Paramyxoviridae and Orthomyxoviridae families. Hemagglutinins are responsible for binding to receptors, sialic acid residues, on host cell membra...
Hemagglutinin
Biology
1,809
60,591,756
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphysiometry
Microphysiometry is the in vitro measurement of the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved on a very small (micrometer) scale. The term microphysiometry emerged in the scientific literature at the end of the 1980s. The pri...
Microphysiometry
Chemistry,Biology
311
723,125
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidence%20structure
In mathematics, an incidence structure is an abstract system consisting of two types of objects and a single relationship between these types of objects. Consider the points and lines of the Euclidean plane as the two types of objects and ignore all the properties of this geometry except for the relation of which point...
Incidence structure
Mathematics
2,286
14,777,439
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRKAR1B
cAMP-dependent protein kinase type I-beta regulatory subunit is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PRKAR1B gene. Clinical significance Mutations in PRKAR1B cause neurodegenerative disorder. Interactions PRKAR1B has been shown to interact with AKAP1 and PRKAR1A. References Further reading External links...
PRKAR1B
Chemistry
75
41,672,648
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alifedrine
Alifedrine (; developmental code name D-13625) is a drug described as a sympathomimetic and cardiotonic or positive inotropic agent which was never marketed. It is a β-adrenergic receptor partial agonist and was studied in the treatment of heart failure. The drug is taken by mouth or intravenously. It is a β-hydroxylat...
Alifedrine
Chemistry
141
25,409
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile
Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development. Living traditional reptiles comprise four orders: Testudines (turtles), Crocodilia (crocodilians), Squamata (lizards and snakes), and Rhynchocephalia (the tuatara). As of May 2023, about 12,...
Reptile
Biology
12,928
70,870,585
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endococcus%20hafellneri
Endococcus hafellneri is a species of lichenicolous (lichen-eating) fungus in the family Verrucariaceae. It is found in North Asia and the Russian Far East, Estonia, and Japan, where it grows on the lobes of the lichens Flavocetraria cucullata and Cetraria islandica. Taxonomy The fungus was formally described as a new...
Endococcus hafellneri
Biology
429