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48,790,532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexamolybdenum | Hexamolybdenum is a molybdenum dominant alloy discovered during a nanomineralogy investigation of the Allende meteorite. Hexamolybdenum was discovered in a small ultrarefractory inclusion within the Allende meteorite. This inclusion has been named ACM-1. Hexamolybdenum is hexagonal, with a calculated density of 11.90 g... | Hexamolybdenum | Chemistry | 568 |
49,154,490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cericlamine | Cericlamine (INN; developmental code JO-1017) is a potent and moderately selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) of the amphetamine family (specifically, a derivative of phentermine, and closely related to chlorphentermine, a highly selective serotonin releasing agent) that was investigated as an antidepressant f... | Cericlamine | Chemistry | 299 |
15,460,040 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy%20of%20Management | The Academy of Management is a professional association for scholars of management and organizations that was established in 1936. It publishes several academic journals, organizes conferences, and provides others forums for management professors and managers to communicate research and ideas.
Publications
The academy... | Academy of Management | Biology | 163 |
49,965,272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmoterol | Carmoterol (INN; development codes TA-2005 and CHF-4226) is a non-catechol experimental ultra-long-acting β adrenoreceptor agonist (ultra-LABA) that was in clinical trials before 2010 when it has been withdrawn from further development based on evidence that the compound does not possess a competitive profile.
Prelimi... | Carmoterol | Chemistry | 191 |
12,674,074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrhenius%20plot | In chemical kinetics, an Arrhenius plot displays the logarithm of a reaction rate constant, ordinate axis) plotted against reciprocal of the temperature abscissa). Arrhenius plots are often used to analyze the effect of temperature on the rates of chemical reactions. For a single rate-limited thermally activated proc... | Arrhenius plot | Chemistry | 661 |
964,704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier%2067 | Messier 67 (also known as M67 or NGC 2682) and sometimes called the King Cobra Cluster or the Golden Eye Cluster is an open cluster in the southern, equatorial half of Cancer. It was discovered by Johann Gottfried Koehler in 1779. Estimates of its age range between 3.2 and 5 billion years. Distance estimates are likewi... | Messier 67 | Astronomy | 817 |
57,243,146 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel%20AG%20LCR%20-%20814%20TGti | The Wankel AG LCR - 814 TGti is a German Wankel aircraft engine, designed and produced by Wankel AG of Kirchberg, Saxony for use in ultralight aircraft.
Design and development
The LCR - 814 TGti engine is a twin-rotor four-stroke, displacement, liquid-cooled, fuel injected, petrol, Wankel engine design, with a toothe... | Wankel AG LCR - 814 TGti | Technology | 134 |
2,439,028 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialed%20Number%20Identification%20Service | Dialed Number Identification Service (DNIS) is a service offered by telecommunications companies to corporate clients which identifies the originally dialed telephone number of an inbound call. The client may use this information for call routing to internal destinations or activation of special call handling.
For DNI... | Dialed Number Identification Service | Mathematics | 221 |
154,242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PH%20meter | A pH meter is a scientific instrument that measures the hydrogen-ion activity in water-based solutions, indicating its acidity or alkalinity expressed as pH. The pH meter measures the difference in electrical potential between a pH electrode and a reference electrode, and so the pH meter is sometimes referred to as a "... | PH meter | Chemistry,Technology,Engineering | 2,872 |
13,955,557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanostat | The Mechanostat is a term describing the way in which mechanical loading influences bone structure by changing the mass (amount of bone) and architecture (its arrangement) to provide a structure that resists habitual loads with an economical amount of material. As changes in the skeleton are accomplished by the process... | Mechanostat | Biology | 2,004 |
58,104,462 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenin | Lysenin is a pore-forming toxin (PFT) present in the coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia fetida. Pore-forming toxins are a group of proteins that act as virulence factors of several pathogenic bacteria. Lysenin proteins are chiefly involved in the defense against cellular pathogens. Following the general mechanism ... | Lysenin | Chemistry | 1,853 |
51,735,144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita%20umbrinolutea | Amanita umbrinolutea, also known as the umber-zoned ringless amanita, is a species of the genus Amanita.
Description
The cap of A. umbrinolutea is usually free of volval remnants, wide, at first conico-paraboloid, then somewhat campanulate to convex and finally planar, umbonate, with a strongly striate margin (occu... | Amanita umbrinolutea | Biology | 448 |
12,507,808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauremys%20pritchardi | Mauremys pritchardi is an interspecific hybrid turtle in the family Geoemydidae. M. pritchardi, described to be from Myanmar (where neither of the parental species occurs apparently), has been found in the wild in China and Japan, and is produced to some extent in Chinese turtle farms. It was listed as data deficient i... | Mauremys pritchardi | Biology | 535 |
23,824,086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holon%20%28physics%29 | Holons are one of three quasi-particles, along with spinons and orbitons, that electrons in solids are able to split into during the process of spin–charge separation, when extremely tightly confined at temperatures close to absolute zero. The electron can always be theoretically considered as a bound state of the thre... | Holon (physics) | Physics,Materials_science | 226 |
1,571,800 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%2010647 | HD 10647 (q1 Eridani) is a 6th-magnitude yellow-white dwarf star, 57 light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus. The star is visible to the unaided eye under very dark skies. It is slightly hotter and more luminous than the Sun, and at 1.75 billion years old, it is also younger. An extrasolar planet was discover... | HD 10647 | Astronomy | 430 |
7,685,674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soakage%20%28source%20of%20water%29 | A soakage, or soak, is a source of water in Australian deserts.
It is called thus because the water generally seeps into the sand, and is stored below, sometimes as part of an ephemeral river or creek.
Aboriginal water source
Soakages were traditionally important sources of water for Aboriginal Australians in the des... | Soakage (source of water) | Chemistry,Engineering,Environmental_science | 549 |
70,798,785 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Red%20Lists | This list is of Red Lists, Red Data Books, and related initiatives that assess and document the extinction risk of species, whether on an international or more local level (regional Red Lists). The IUCN has published a set of Guidelines for Application of the IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels and a... | List of Red Lists | Biology | 1,299 |
60,613,037 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OctaDist | OctaDist is computer software for crystallography and inorganic chemistry program. It is mainly used for computing distortion parameters of coordination complex such as spin crossover complex (SCO), magnetic metal complex and metal–organic framework (MOF).
The program is developed and maintained in an international co... | OctaDist | Chemistry,Materials_science | 407 |
78,811,704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wafer%20fabrication%20equipment | Wafer fabrication equipment is equipment that is used in the process of semiconductor fabrication to process raw semiconductor wafers into finished chips, such as integrated circuits.
Wafer fabrication equipment is meant to be installed in cleanrooms.
Types
Stepper
Burn-in oven
Market
Referred to respectively as t... | Wafer fabrication equipment | Materials_science,Engineering | 186 |
11,154,280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Jews%20in%20the%20Dominican%20Republic | The history of the Jews in the Dominican Republic goes back to the late 1400s, with the arrival of Sephardic Jews exiled from Spain and the Mediterranean area in 1492 and 1497. This was followed by new waves of migrants dating from the 1700s and again in the period before and during World War II, reaching a peak in the... | History of the Jews in the Dominican Republic | Biology | 1,879 |
13,971,206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiotoxin | Argiotoxins represent a class of polyamine toxins isolated from the orb-weaver spider (Araneus gemma and Argiope lobata).
The orb-weaver spiders, also known as araneids; belong to the Araneidae spider family. This type of spider is found in almost every area of the world.
Classification
Argiotoxin can be classified, ... | Argiotoxin | Chemistry | 1,616 |
14,818,313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncomodulin%202 | Oncomodulin 2, also known as OCM2, is a human gene that is similar to oncomodulin.
Oncomodulin is a high-affinity calcium ion-binding protein. It belongs to the superfamily of calmodulin proteins, also known as the EF-hand proteins. Oncomodulin 2 is an oncodevelopmental protein found in early embryonic cells in the pl... | Oncomodulin 2 | Chemistry | 95 |
50,797,595 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form%20factor%20%28design%29 | Form factor is a hardware design aspect that defines and prescribes the size, shape, and other physical specifications of components, particularly in electronics. A form factor may represent a broad class of similarly sized components, or it may prescribe a specific standard. It may also define an entire system, as in ... | Form factor (design) | Engineering | 601 |
5,362,319 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20diving | Information diving is the practice of recovering technical data, sometimes confidential or secret, from discarded material. In recent times, this has chiefly been from data storage elements in discarded computers, most notably recoverable data remaining on hard drives. Those in charge of discarding computers usually ne... | Information diving | Engineering | 582 |
14,488,084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eltrombopag | Eltrombopag, sold under the brand name Promacta among others, is a medication used to treat thrombocytopenia (abnormally low platelet counts) and severe aplastic anemia. Eltrombopag is sold under the brand name Revolade outside the US and is marketed by Novartis. It is a thrombopoietin receptor agonist. It is taken by ... | Eltrombopag | Chemistry | 747 |
19,860,367 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20adult%20education | Environmental adult education is a "hybrid outgrowth of the environmental movement and adult education, combining an ecological orientation with a learning paradigm to provide a vigorous educational approach to environmental concerns." It refers to efforts in teaching environmental issues and how individuals and busin... | Environmental adult education | Environmental_science | 1,662 |
66,826,202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula%20galbana | Russula galbana is a fungus in the family, Russulaceae, found in leaf litter in open forests of Allocasuarina littoralis and Eucalyptus tereticornis in Queensland.
It was first described in 2007 by Teresa Lebel and Jennifer Tonkin.
References
galbana
Taxa named by Teresa Lebel
Fungus species | Russula galbana | Biology | 67 |
77,196,595 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolitoglossa%20aurae | Bolitoglossa aurae, commonly known as Aura's golden salamander, is a lungless salamander found in the rainforests of Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica. This species is part of the Bolitoglossa genus, commonly known as mushroom-tongued salamanders.
Description
Bolitoglossa aurae has a light yellow color with a dar... | Bolitoglossa aurae | Biology | 246 |
4,601,187 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocorrelation%20technique | The autocorrelation technique is a method for estimating the dominating frequency in a complex signal, as well as its variance. Specifically, it calculates the first two moments of the power spectrum, namely the mean and variance. It is also known as the pulse-pair algorithm in radar theory.
The algorithm is both comp... | Autocorrelation technique | Technology,Engineering | 325 |
196,567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coda%20%28music%29 | In music, a coda (; ; plural ) is a passage that brings a piece (or a movement) to an end. It may be as simple as a few measures, or as complex as an entire section.
In classical music
The presence of a coda as a structural element in a movement is especially clear in works written in particular musical forms. Codas... | Coda (music) | Technology | 959 |
40,084,006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart%20lock | A smart lock is an electromechanical lock that is designed to perform locking and unlocking operations on a door when it receives a prompt via an electronic keypad, biometric sensor, access card, Bluetooth, or Wi-FI from a registered mobile device. These locks are called smart locks because they use advanced technology... | Smart lock | Technology | 778 |
37,455,368 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal%20measurement | In quantum mechanics, internal measurement refers to the measurement of a quantum system by an observer (referred to as an internal observer or endo-observer).
A quantum measurement represents the action of a measuring device on a quantum system. When the measuring device is a part of the measured quantum system, ... | Internal measurement | Physics,Mathematics | 547 |
45,410,332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-Yao%20graph | The k-semi-Yao graph (k-SYG) of a set of n objects P is a geometric proximity graph, which was first described to present a kinetic data structure for maintenance of all the nearest neighbors on moving objects. It is named for its relation to the Yao graph, which is named after Andrew Yao.
Construction
The k-SYG is co... | Semi-Yao graph | Mathematics | 277 |
3,196,565 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish%20hatchery | A fish hatchery is a place for artificial breeding, hatching, and rearing through the early life stages of animals—finfish and shellfish in particular. Hatcheries produce larval and juvenile fish, shellfish, and crustaceans, primarily to support the aquaculture industry where they are transferred to on-growing systems,... | Fish hatchery | Chemistry | 1,893 |
1,809,181 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical%20structure | In mathematics, a structure on a set (or on some sets) refers to providing it (or them) with certain additional features (e.g. an operation, relation, metric, or topology). Τhe additional features are attached or related to the set (or to the sets), so as to provide it (or them) with some additional meaning or signific... | Mathematical structure | Mathematics | 617 |
65,578,796 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CYP9%20family | Cytochrome P450, family 9, also known as CYP9, is a cytochrome P450 family found in Insect genome, CYP9 and insect CYP6 family belong to the same clan as mammalian CYP3 and CYP5 families. The first gene identified in this family is the CYP9A1 from the Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm), which is involved in thiodica... | CYP9 family | Biology | 133 |
52,085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein%20folding | Protein folding is the physical process by which a protein, after synthesis by a ribosome as a linear chain of amino acids, changes from an unstable random coil into a more ordered three-dimensional structure. This structure permits the protein to become biologically functional.
The folding of many proteins begins eve... | Protein folding | Chemistry,Biology | 7,285 |
72,098,316 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ts8 | Ts8 (also known as: TsK2, Tityustoxin K-beta, TsTX-K beta or TsTx-Kβ) is a neurotoxin present in the venom of the Brazilian yellow scorpion, Tityus serrulatus. Ts8 is a selective inhibitor of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv4.2
Etymology and Source
The neurotoxin Ts8 can be derived from the venom from the Brazi... | Ts8 | Chemistry | 1,107 |
21,596,932 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystrophin-associated%20protein | A dystrophin-associated protein is a protein that helps to form the connection between intracellular dystrophin and the extracellular basal lamina.
Examples include sarcoglycan and dystroglycan.
References
Human proteins | Dystrophin-associated protein | Chemistry,Biology | 50 |
28,847,711 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMGB4 | High mobility group protein B4 is a transcription factor that in humans is encoded by the HMGB4 gene.
See also
High-mobility group
References
Further reading
Transcription factors | HMGB4 | Chemistry,Biology | 35 |
3,342,099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicone%20rubber | Silicone rubber is an elastomer (rubber-like material) composed of silicone—itself a polymer—containing silicon together with carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Silicone rubbers are widely used in industry, and there are multiple formulations. Silicone rubbers are often one- or two-part polymers, and may contain fillers to ... | Silicone rubber | Chemistry | 3,518 |
140,857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron%E2%80%93positron%20annihilation | Electron–positron annihilation occurs when an electron () and a positron (, the electron's antiparticle) collide. At low energies, the result of the collision is the annihilation of the electron and positron, and the creation of energetic photons:
+ → +
At high energies, other particles, such as B mesons or the W ... | Electron–positron annihilation | Physics,Chemistry | 964 |
3,108,880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User%E2%80%93network%20interface | In telecommunications, a user–network interface (UNI) is a demarcation point between the responsibility of the service provider and the responsibility of the subscriber. This is distinct from a network-to-network interface (NNI) that defines a similar interface between provider networks.
Specifications defining a UNI... | User–network interface | Engineering | 139 |
46,791,410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awwwards | Awwwards (Awwwards Online SL) is an organization that hosts web design competitions and conferences across Europe and the United States. Website owners and developers can participate by submitting their websites for review. Submissions are assessed by a jury, and top entries are presented and awarded prizes on a rotati... | Awwwards | Engineering | 332 |
16,866,655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt%28II%29%20bromide | Cobalt(II) bromide (CoBr2) is an inorganic compound. In its anhydrous form, it is a green solid that is soluble in water, used primarily as a catalyst in some processes.
Properties
When anhydrous, cobalt(II) bromide appears as green crystals. It is hygroscopic and eventually forms the hexahydrate in air, which appears... | Cobalt(II) bromide | Chemistry | 412 |
1,884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII%20art | ASCII art is a graphic design technique that uses computers for presentation and consists of pictures pieced together from the 95 printable (from a total of 128) characters defined by the ASCII Standard from 1963 and ASCII compliant character sets with proprietary extended characters (beyond the 128 characters of stand... | ASCII art | Technology | 5,865 |
63,070,805 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substances%20poisonous%20to%20dogs | Food products and household items commonly handled by humans can be toxic to dogs. The symptoms can range from simple irritation to digestion issues, behavioral changes, and even death. The categories of common items ingested by dogs include food products, human medication, household detergents, indoor and outdoor toxi... | Substances poisonous to dogs | Environmental_science | 2,958 |
261,460 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20Development%20Index | The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country score... | Human Development Index | Environmental_science | 2,109 |
27,278,390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate%20lighting%20of%20surfaces | Alternate lighting of surfaces (ALiS) is type of plasma display technology jointly developed by Fujitsu and Hitachi in 1999. Alternate lighting of surfaces uses an interlaced scanning method rather than a progressive one. This technique allows native lower resolution plasma display panels to display at higher resolutio... | Alternate lighting of surfaces | Engineering | 77 |
19,420,562 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%205821 | NGC 5821 is a spiral galaxy with a ring structure in the constellation Boötes. It lies near a similarly massed galaxy, NGC 5820, at the same redshift. Both galaxies were discovered by the astronomer William Herschel.
References
External links
Distance
Image NGC 5821
SIMBAD data
NGC 5821
5821
09648
53532
53532
+09... | NGC 5821 | Astronomy | 84 |
5,296,451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum%28IV%29%20chloride | Platinum(IV) chloride is the inorganic compound of platinum and chlorine with the empirical formula PtCl4. This brown solid features platinum in the 4+ oxidation state.
Structure
Typical of Pt(IV), the metal centers adopt an octahedral coordination geometry, {PtCl6}. This geometry is achieved by forming a polymer wher... | Platinum(IV) chloride | Chemistry | 453 |
78,088,838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alarmo | The Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo is a digital alarm clock developed and produced by Nintendo. It was released exclusively at Nintendo stores and online for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers on October 10, 2024. A wide release of the device is set for March 2025.
Features
The device consists of a 2.8" LCD screen to d... | Alarmo | Physics,Technology,Engineering | 1,385 |
45,405,694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschmeyer%27s%20Catalog%20of%20Fishes | Catalog of Fishes is a comprehensive on-line database and reference work on the scientific names of fish species and genera. It is global in its scope and is hosted by the California Academy of Sciences. It has been compiled and is continuously updated by the curator emeritus of the CAS fish collection, William N. Esch... | Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes | Biology,Environmental_science | 394 |
18,326,471 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool%20Earth%2050 | Cool Earth 50 (also known as Cool Earth) is a plan developed by Japan to reduce global CO2 emissions 50% by 2050, which was discussed at the 34th G8 summit. Cool Earth 50 is planned to be a framework that would continue towards the goals set forth in the Kyoto Protocols. This plan includes three proposals: a long-term ... | Cool Earth 50 | Chemistry | 604 |
60,337,599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retractile%20drawbridge | A retractile drawbridge is a rare type of moveable bridge in which the span is pulled away diagonally on rails. It is a variant of the retractable bridge. Only four examples are known to exist in the United States. It is believed to have been invented by T. Willis Pratt in the 1860s.
References
Bridges | Retractile drawbridge | Engineering | 70 |
30,852,579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%20House%20%28British%20Columbia%29 | The Glass House, built by David H. Brown, is located on the east shore of Kootenay Lake in British Columbia near the rural locality of Boswell, British Columbia. Construction started in 1952 in order to, according to a quote left by Mr. Brown, "indulge a whim of a peculiar nature". Intended to be the Browns' home, the ... | Glass House (British Columbia) | Engineering | 354 |
9,548,777 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan%20Street%20Plant | The Vulcan Street Plant was the first Edison hydroelectric central station. The plant was built on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, and put into operation on September 30, 1882. According to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Vulcan Street plant is considered to be "the first hydro-electric central ... | Vulcan Street Plant | Engineering | 1,154 |
68,861,695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association%20of%20Polish%20Electrical%20Engineers | The Association of Polish Electrical Engineers (Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich, SEP; also called Association of Polish Electricians) is a Polish non-governmental organisation integrating the community of electricians of Polish origin worldwide. The organisation brings together both engineers and technicians, as wel... | Association of Polish Electrical Engineers | Mathematics | 625 |
38,706,738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maliit | Maliit is an input method framework for computers with particular focus on implementing virtual keyboards. Designed mostly for touchscreen devices, Maliit allows the inputting of text without the presence of a physical keyboard. More advanced features such as word correction and prediction are also available.
Originat... | Maliit | Technology | 369 |
1,605,743 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental%20pair%20of%20periods | In mathematics, a fundamental pair of periods is an ordered pair of complex numbers that defines a lattice in the complex plane. This type of lattice is the underlying object with which elliptic functions and modular forms are defined.
Definition
A fundamental pair of periods is a pair of complex numbers such that th... | Fundamental pair of periods | Mathematics | 701 |
37,962,086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/94%20Piscium | 94 Piscium is a single star in the zodiac constellation Pisces, located 305 light years away from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.495. The object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −43 km/s. It is a possible me... | 94 Piscium | Astronomy | 227 |
26,769,724 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/866A | The 866 is a mercury vapor half-wave rectifier intended for high-voltage applications. The voltage drop is approximately 15 volts up to 150 Hz. To avoid unwanted shorts the tube must be operated in a vertical position and the filament preheated for at least 30 seconds before applying the plate voltage.
Construction
St... | 866A | Physics | 183 |
1,893,537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaw%20drive | The yaw drive is an important component of the horizontal axis wind turbines' yaw system. To ensure the wind turbine is producing the maximal amount of electric energy at all times, the yaw drive is used to keep the rotor facing into the wind as the wind direction changes. This only applies for wind turbines with a hor... | Yaw drive | Physics,Chemistry,Technology,Engineering | 708 |
479,771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correction%20fluid | A correction fluid is an opaque, usually white fluid applied to paper to mask errors in text. Once dried, it can be handwritten or handdrawn upon. It is typically packaged in small bottles, with lids attached to brushes (or triangular pieces of foam) that dip into the fluid. The brush applies the fluid to the paper.
B... | Correction fluid | Physics,Chemistry | 1,096 |
56,600,907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellworld | A shellworld is any of several types of hypothetical megastructures:
A planet or a planetoid turned into series of concentric matryoshka doll-like layers supported by massive pillars. A shellworld of this type features prominently in Iain M. Banks' novel Matter.
A megastructure consisting of multiple layers of shells s... | Shellworld | Technology,Engineering | 300 |
38,230,810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZ%20Canis%20Minoris | AZ Canis Minoris is a variable star in the equatorial constellation of Canis Minor. It is just visible to the naked eye in good viewing conditions as a dim, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of around 6.46. The star is located around 500 light years away from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting f... | AZ Canis Minoris | Astronomy | 301 |
772,923 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rag%20doll | A rag doll is a doll made from scraps of fabric. They are one of the oldest children's toys in existence. Today, many rag dolls are commercially produced to mimic aspects of the original home-made dolls, such as simple features, soft cloth bodies, and patchwork clothing.
History
Traditionally home-made from (and stuf... | Rag doll | Physics | 593 |
32,180,016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium-activated%20potassium%20channel%20beta%20subunit | In molecular biology, the calcium-activated potassium channel beta subunit is a family of proteins comprising the beta subunits of calcium-activated potassium channels.
The functional diversity of potassium channels can arise through homo- or hetero-associations of alpha subunits or association with auxiliary cytoplas... | Calcium-activated potassium channel beta subunit | Biology | 139 |
70,731,025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5%2C6-Dibromo-DMT | 5,6-Dibromo-DMT (5,6-Dibromo-N,N-dimethyltryptamine, 5,6-Br-DMT) is a substituted tryptamine alkaloid found in some marine sponges. It is briefly mentioned in Alexander Shulgin's book TiHKAL (Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved) under the DMT entry and is stated to be found, along with other tryptamines, in Smenospongia... | 5,6-Dibromo-DMT | Chemistry | 162 |
36,957,127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broodiness | Broodiness is the action or behavioral tendency to sit on a clutch of eggs to incubate them, often requiring the non-expression of many other behaviors including feeding and drinking. Being broody has been defined as "Being in a state of readiness to brood eggs that is characterized by cessation of laying and by marked... | Broodiness | Biology | 2,055 |
47,452,370 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus%20subaureus | Suillus subaureus is a rare species of bolete fungus in the family Suillaceae. It is found in North America, where it associates with deciduous trees. Originally described in 1887 by Charles Horton Peck, it was transferred to genus Suillus by Wally Snell in 1944. Fruitbodies are pale yellow—reflecting its specific epit... | Suillus subaureus | Biology | 251 |
71,428,969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri%20Struchkov | Yuri Timofeevich Struchkov () (28 July 1926, Moscow — 16 August 1995, Charleston, South Carolina) was a Russian and Soviet chemist. He was a prominent scientist in the field X-ray crystallography, a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1990) and the vice-president of the International Union of Cryst... | Yuri Struchkov | Chemistry,Materials_science | 535 |
4,065,640 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRC%20Oil%20Storage%20Depot | CRC Oil Storage Depot was one of five oil terminals in Hong Kong and owned by China Resources Petroleum Company Limited (CRC).
See also
Energy in Hong Kong
References
External links
Texaco Oil Depot [1936-1988]. Contains a list of former oil depots in Hong Kong.
Tsing Yi
Oil terminals
Energy infrastructure in Hon... | CRC Oil Storage Depot | Chemistry | 70 |
7,741,863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutative%20magma | In mathematics, there exist magmas that are commutative but not associative. A simple example of such a magma may be derived from the children's game of rock, paper, scissors. Such magmas give rise to non-associative algebras.
A magma which is both commutative and associative is a commutative semigroup.
Example: rock... | Commutative magma | Mathematics | 314 |
2,476,693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Croton%20sections | The sections and subsections of the genus Croton:
sect. Cleodora (Klotzsch) Baill.?
sect. Cyclostigma Griseb.
subsect. Cyclostigma (Griseb.) Müll. Arg.
subsect. Sampatik G.L.Webster
subsect. Palanostigma Mart. ex Baill.
sect. Klotzschiphytum (Baill.) Baill.
sect. Eutropia (Klotzsch) Baill.
sect. Luntia (Raf.) ... | List of Croton sections | Biology | 596 |
2,297,929 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure%20with%20a%20twist | Closure with a twist is a property of subsets of an algebraic structure. A subset of an algebraic structure is said to exhibit closure with a twist if for every two elements
there exists an automorphism of and an element such that
where "" is notation for an operation on preserved by .
Two examples of algebr... | Closure with a twist | Mathematics | 1,180 |
2,782,166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%20Antliae | U Antliae (U Ant) is a variable star in the constellation Antlia. It is a carbon star surrounded by two thin shells of dust.
U Antliae is an extremely red C-type carbon star. These cool stars on the asymptotic giant branch are further reddened by strong mass loss and dust that forms around the star. U Antliae is ca... | U Antliae | Astronomy | 338 |
3,708,060 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvent%20exposure | Solvent exposure occurs when a chemical, material, or person comes into contact with a solvent. Chemicals can be dissolved in solvents, materials such as polymers can be broken down chemically by solvents, and people can develop certain ailments from exposure to solvents both organic and inorganic.
Some common solvent... | Solvent exposure | Chemistry | 504 |
988,796 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons%20paradox | In economics, the Jevons paradox (; sometimes Jevons effect) occurs when technological progress increases the efficiency with which a resource is used (reducing the amount necessary for any one use), but the falling cost of use induces increases in demand enough that resource use is increased, rather than reduced. Gove... | Jevons paradox | Chemistry,Engineering,Environmental_science | 2,508 |
5,750,245 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PropBank | PropBank is a corpus that is annotated with verbal propositions and their arguments—a "proposition bank". Although "PropBank" refers to a specific corpus produced by Martha Palmer et al., the term propbank is also coming to be used as a common noun referring to any corpus that has been annotated with propositions and t... | PropBank | Technology | 388 |
16,131,177 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watari%20Museum%20of%20Contemporary%20Art | The , commonly referred to as Watari-um, is a museum of contemporary art located in Shibuya, Tokyo. Founded by Shizuko Watari and opened in 1990, the museum is near Gaienmae Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.
The institution promotes conceptual art and other non-commercial artists in Japan. It began as a commercia... | Watari Museum of Contemporary Art | Engineering | 503 |
26,953,377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triflyl%20group | In organic chemistry, the triflyl group (systematic name: trifluoromethanesulfonyl group) is a functional group with the formula and structure . The triflyl group is often represented by –Tf.
The related triflate group (trifluoromethanesulfonate) has the formula , and is represented by –OTf.
See also
Triflyl azide,... | Triflyl group | Chemistry | 167 |
25,811,021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau%27amine | Palau'amine is a toxic chlorinated alkaloid compound synthesized naturally by certain species of sea sponges. The name of the molecule derives from the island nation of Palau, near where the first sponge species discovered to produce it, Stylotella agminata, is found. It has since been isolated in other sponges, includ... | Palau'amine | Chemistry | 346 |
993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog%20signal | An analog signal (American English) or analogue signal (British and Commonwealth English) is any continuous-time signal representing some other quantity, i.e., analogous to another quantity. For example, in an analog audio signal, the instantaneous signal voltage varies continuously with the pressure of the sound waves... | Analog signal | Engineering | 549 |
10,893,579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavibacter%20michiganensis | Clavibacter michiganensis is an aerobic non-sporulating Gram-positive plant pathogenic actinomycete of the genus Clavibacter. Clavibacter michiganensis has several subspecies. Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis causes substantial economic losses worldwide by damaging tomatoes and potatoes.
Context
Claviba... | Clavibacter michiganensis | Biology | 1,876 |
24,642,384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus%20for%20Men | The Venus for Men, previously sold as the Venus 2000, is a self-actuated masturbation aid for men that applies sexual stimulation using a mechanism outwardly similar to a milking machine. The machine works with or without an erection. Metro has described it as a sex toy "for the serious onanist". In addition to masturb... | Venus for Men | Physics,Technology | 995 |
68,312,748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papposaurus | Papposaurus is an extinct genus of proterogyrinid embolomere which lived in the Mississippian (early Carboniferous) of Scotland. It is known from a single species, Papposaurus traquiairi, which is based on an isolated femur discovered in ironstone near Loanhead. Though originally compared closely to reptiles, subsequen... | Papposaurus | Biology | 185 |
10,969,498 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinaria | A quinaria (plural: quinariae) is a Roman unit of area, roughly equal to . Its primary use was to measure the cross-sectional area of pipes in Roman water distribution systems. A "one quinaria" pipe is in diameter.
In Roman times, there was considerable ambiguity regarding the origin of the name, and the actual va... | Quinaria | Mathematics | 383 |
5,685,631 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stark%20conjectures | In number theory, the Stark conjectures, introduced by and later expanded by , give conjectural information about the coefficient of the leading term in the Taylor expansion of an Artin L-function associated with a Galois extension K/k of algebraic number fields. The conjectures generalize the analytic class number... | Stark conjectures | Mathematics | 861 |
705,285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boardwalk%20Hotel%20and%20Casino | The Boardwalk Hotel and Casino was a Coney Island-style hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. The property began in 1966, as a Holiday Inn. Norbert Jansen added a gift shop to the hotel in 1972, and later opened the Slot Joynt casino. In 1985, Jansen renamed the Holiday Inn as the Viscount Hotel, part of a U.S. chain. Four yea... | Boardwalk Hotel and Casino | Engineering | 1,645 |
191,827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioregionalism | Bioregionalism is a philosophy that suggests that political, cultural, and economic systems are more sustainable and just if they are organized around naturally defined areas called bioregions (similar to ecoregions). Bioregions are defined through physical and environmental features, including watershed boundaries and... | Bioregionalism | Biology,Environmental_science | 4,128 |
15,909,871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic%20trajectory%20evaluation | Symbolic trajectory evaluation (STE) is a lattice-based model checking technology that uses a form of symbolic simulation. STE is essentially used for computer hardware, that is circuit verification. The technique uses abstraction, meaning that details of the circuit behaviour are removed from the circuit model. It was... | Symbolic trajectory evaluation | Technology | 140 |
900,383 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Grignard | Francois Auguste Victor Grignard (6 May 1871 – 13 December 1935) was a French chemist who won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the eponymously named Grignard reagent and Grignard reaction, both of which are important in the formation of carbon–carbon bonds. He also wrote some of his experiments in his laboratory no... | Victor Grignard | Chemistry | 1,398 |
499,393 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal%20Department%20of%20Environment%2C%20Transport%2C%20Energy%20and%20Communications | The Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC, , , , ) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government, headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council.
Organisation
The department is composed of the following offices:
General Secretariat
Federal Office for Spati... | Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications | Engineering | 690 |
63,031,017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%20101584 | HD 101584 is a suspected post-common envelope binary about 1,800 to 5,900 light-years distant in the constellation of Centaurus. The system is bright at optical wavelengths with an apparent visual magnitude of about 7. The primary is either a post-AGB star, but more likely a post-RGB star. The secondary is a red dwarf ... | HD 101584 | Astronomy | 568 |
18,582,715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conductor%20%28ring%20theory%29 | In ring theory, a branch of mathematics, the conductor is a measurement of how far apart a commutative ring and an extension ring are. Most often, the larger ring is a domain integrally closed in its field of fractions, and then the conductor measures the failure of the smaller ring to be integrally closed.
The condu... | Conductor (ring theory) | Mathematics | 1,272 |
64,804,657 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20%28number%29 | 2016 is the natural number following 2015 and preceding 2017.
Mathematics
2016 is the second-smallest Erdős–Nicolas number after 24. 2016 is a triangular number. 2016 has a total of 36 divisors.
References
Integers | 2016 (number) | Mathematics | 46 |
34,439,024 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Building%20Standards%20Code | The California Building Standards Code is the building code for California, and Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR). It is maintained by the California Building Standards Commission which is granted the authority to oversee processes related to the California building codes by California Building Stand... | California Building Standards Code | Engineering | 490 |
46,254,141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AuthaGraph%20projection | AuthaGraph is an approximately equal-area world map projection invented by Japanese architect Hajime Narukawa in 1999. The map is made by equally dividing a spherical surface into 96 triangles, transferring it to a tetrahedron while maintaining area proportions, and unfolding it in the form of a rectangle: it is a poly... | AuthaGraph projection | Mathematics | 483 |
76,537,354 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain%20soap | Mountain soap (, , ), rock-soap or bolus — a partially outdated trivial name for a large group of clay minerals similar in properties from the group of hydrous layered aluminum silicates with variable composition. Minerals from the mountain soap group contain primarily silicates (44-46%), alumina (17-26%), iron oxides ... | Mountain soap | Physics,Chemistry | 1,506 |
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