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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litracen
Litracen (N-7,049) is a tricyclic antidepressant which was never marketed. See also Fluotracen Melitracen References Secondary amines Anthracenes Abandoned drugs
Litracen
Chemistry
48
58,622,999
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus%20dromiae
Aspergillus dromiae is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Nidulantes section. The species was first described in 2016. It has been isolated from the Dromia erythropus crab in Venezuela. Growth and morphology A. dromiae has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and Ma...
Aspergillus dromiae
Biology
123
49,101,146
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APC%20superfamily
The amino acid-polyamine-organocation (APC) superfamily is the second largest superfamily of secondary carrier proteins currently known, and it contains several Solute carriers. Originally, the APC superfamily consisted of subfamilies under the transporter classification number (TC # 2.A.3). This superfamily has since ...
APC superfamily
Biology
1,925
23,834,912
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic%20topology
Arithmetic topology is an area of mathematics that is a combination of algebraic number theory and topology. It establishes an analogy between number fields and closed, orientable 3-manifolds. Analogies The following are some of the analogies used by mathematicians between number fields and 3-manifolds: A number field...
Arithmetic topology
Mathematics
455
73,592,636
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anammox%20for%20wastewater%20treatment
Anammox is a wastewater treatment technique that removes nitrogen using anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox). This process is performed by anammox bacteria which are autotrophic, meaning they do not need organic carbon for their metabolism to function. Instead, the metabolism of anammox bacteria convert ammonium and ...
Anammox for wastewater treatment
Chemistry,Engineering,Environmental_science
804
40,630,370
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylopilus%20peralbidus
Tylopilus peralbidus is a bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae native to the eastern United States. Taxonomy The species was first described in 1936 by Wally Snell and Henry Curtis Beardslee as a species of Boletus. William Alphonso Murrill transferred it to Tylopilus in 1938. Rolf Singer described a variety Tylopil...
Tylopilus peralbidus
Biology
448
449,756
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaxy
Epitaxy (prefix epi- means "on top of”) refers to a type of crystal growth or material deposition in which new crystalline layers are formed with one or more well-defined orientations with respect to the crystalline seed layer. The deposited crystalline film is called an epitaxial film or epitaxial layer. The relative...
Epitaxy
Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Mathematics,Engineering
3,609
62,990,925
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la%20Paizs
Béla Paizs is a Hungarian bioinformatician. His research interests revolve around fragmentation of peptides in mass spectrometry. In top-down proteomics, the interpretation of fragment ion spectra of peptides is a crucial step. The research of Béla Paizs have led to detailed characterization of peptide fragment ion s...
Béla Paizs
Physics,Chemistry
203
36,618,866
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katydid%20sequence
The Katydid sequence is a sequence of numbers first defined in Clifford A. Pickover's book Wonders of Numbers (2001). Description A Katydid sequence is the smallest sequence of integers that can be reached from 1 by a sequence of the two operations n ↦ 2n + 2 and 7n + 7 (in any order). For instance, applying the firs...
Katydid sequence
Mathematics
264
56,971,036
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralava%20Beboarimisa
Ralava Beboarimisa (born 1977) is a Malagasy politician. He was Minister of Environment, Ecology, Sea, and Forest from 2015 to 2016. He was then Ministry of Transport and Meteorology of Madagascar from 2017 to 2019, firstly during two Governments of Jean Ravelonarivo and Olivier Solonandrasana, and then during transiti...
Ralava Beboarimisa
Environmental_science
657
43,134,741
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile%20Warning%20Center
The Missile Warning Center (MWC) is a center that provides missile warning and defense for United States Space Command's Combined Force Space Component Command, incorporating both space-based and terrestrial sensors. The MWC is located at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station. Mission The Missile Warning Center coordi...
Missile Warning Center
Technology
1,697
3,175,932
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorene
Phosphorene is a two-dimensional material consisting of phosphorus. It consists of a single layer of black phosphorus, the most stable allotrope of phosphorus. Phosphorene is analogous to graphene (single layer graphite). Among two-dimensional materials, phosphorene is a competitor to graphene because it has a nonzero ...
Phosphorene
Physics,Chemistry
2,408
45,307
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20electron%20transition
In atomic physics and chemistry, an atomic electron transition (also called an atomic transition, quantum jump, or quantum leap) is an electron changing from one energy level to another within an atom or artificial atom. The time scale of a quantum jump has not been measured experimentally. However, the Franck–Condon p...
Atomic electron transition
Physics,Chemistry
612
52,416,821
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20J.%20Stanley
Gordon J. Stanley (1 July 1921 – 17 December 2001) was a New Zealand-born radio astronomer who with John G. Bolton in 1947, discovered the first radio star, Cygnus A. Stanley was born in Cambridge, New Zealand. By the 1940s he was working in radio astronomy with Bolton, where they discovered the first radio star. In...
Gordon J. Stanley
Astronomy
181
41,333
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-haul%20communications
In telecommunications, the term long-haul communications has the following meanings: 1. In public switched networks, pertaining to circuits that span large distances, such as the circuits in inter-LATA, interstate, and international communications. See also Long line (telecommunications) 2. In the military communi...
Long-haul communications
Engineering
590
19,570,879
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piston%20effect
Piston effect refers to the forced-air flow inside a tunnel or shaft caused by moving vehicles. It is one of numerous phenomena that engineers and designers must consider when developing a range of structures. Cause In open air, when a vehicle travels along, air pushed aside can move in any direction except into the...
Piston effect
Physics
1,037
18,870,628
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianotti%E2%80%93Crosti%20syndrome
Gianotti–Crosti syndrome (), also known as infantile papular acrodermatitis, papular acrodermatitis of childhood, and papulovesicular acrolocated syndrome, is a reaction of the skin to a viral infection. Hepatitis B virus and Epstein–Barr virus are the most frequently reported pathogens. Other viruses implicated are h...
Gianotti–Crosti syndrome
Biology
787
292,265
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral%20ecology
Behavioral ecology, also spelled behavioural ecology, is the study of the evolutionary basis for animal behavior due to ecological pressures. Behavioral ecology emerged from ethology after Niko Tinbergen outlined four questions to address when studying animal behaviors: What are the proximate causes, ontogeny, survival...
Behavioral ecology
Biology
11,952
27,912,530
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20media%20and%20suicide
Researchers study social media and suicide to find if a correlation exists between the two. Some research has shown that there may be a correlation. Background Suicide is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and as of 2020, the second leading cause of death in the United States for those aged 15–34. According...
Social media and suicide
Technology
3,838
41,635
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovery%20procedure
In telecommunications, a recovery procedure is a process that attempts to bring a system back to a normal operating state. Examples: The actions necessary to restore an automated information system's data files and computational capability after a system failure. In data communications, a process whereby a data statio...
Recovery procedure
Engineering
91
22,488,176
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautieria%20morchelliformis
Gautieria morchelliformis is a species of hypogeal fungus in the family Gomphaceae. It was first described scientifically by Italian Carlo Vittadini in 1831. Three varieties have been described: var. globispora and var. stenospora by Albert Pilát in 1958; and var. microspora by Evžen Wichanský in 1962. None are conside...
Gautieria morchelliformis
Biology
112
3,445,364
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCLSRing
PCLSRing (also known as Program Counter Lusering) is the term used in the ITS operating system for a consistency principle in the way one process accesses the state of another process. Problem scenario This scenario presents particular complications: Process A makes a time-consuming system call. By "time-consuming", i...
PCLSRing
Technology
939
53,341,538
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psi%20Crateris
Psi Crateris, Latinized from ψ Crateris, is the Bayer designation for a visual binary star system in the southern constellation of Crater. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.13. According to the Bortle scale, it requires dark suburban or rural skies to view. Based upon an annu...
Psi Crateris
Astronomy
294
40,579,087
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotient%20stack
In algebraic geometry, a quotient stack is a stack that parametrizes equivariant objects. Geometrically, it generalizes a quotient of a scheme or a variety by a group: a quotient variety, say, would be a coarse approximation of a quotient stack. The notion is of fundamental importance in the study of stacks: a stack t...
Quotient stack
Mathematics
895
311,433
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity%20hypoventilation%20syndrome
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is a condition in which severely overweight people fail to breathe rapidly or deeply enough, resulting in low oxygen levels and high blood carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. The syndrome is often associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which causes periods of absent or reduced br...
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
Biology
3,094
63,543,883
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoid%20gearboxes
Hypoid gearboxes are gearboxes having axes that are non-intersecting and not parallel. The hypoid gearboxes are a subcategory of spiral bevel gearbox with the axes of gears at an offset from one another. In comparison to the conical geometry of a spiral bevel gear, the basic geometry of hypoid gear is hyperbolic. The s...
Hypoid gearboxes
Physics
280
5,123,117
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowout%20%28well%20drilling%29
A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed. Modern wells have blowout preventers intended to prevent such an occurrence. An accidental spark during a blowout can lead to a catastrophic oil or gas fire. Prior to the adven...
Blowout (well drilling)
Chemistry,Environmental_science
4,404
407,214
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20proposed%20future%20transport
Transport today is mostly powered by fossil fuel. The reason for this is the ease of use and the existence of mature technologies harnessing this fuel source. Fossil fuels represent a concentrated, relatively compact source of energy. The drawbacks are that they are heavily polluting and rely on limited natural reso...
List of proposed future transport
Physics
307
1,886,799
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy%20unit
The entropy unit is a non-S.I. unit of thermodynamic entropy, usually denoted by "e.u." or "eU" and equal to one calorie per kelvin per mole, or 4.184 joules per kelvin per mole. Entropy units are primarily used in chemistry to describe enthalpy changes. Sources Units of measurement
Entropy unit
Physics,Chemistry,Mathematics
76
50,924,898
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20A.%20Lucht
David Allen Lucht (; born February 18, 1943) is an American engineer and fire safety expert. His career was devoted to public service in government, academia and the nonprofit sector. He served as the Ohio State Fire Marshal; the first presidential appointee to serve in the United States Fire Administration and the ina...
David A. Lucht
Engineering
1,975
281,028
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential%20oil
An essential oil is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile (easily evaporated at normal temperatures) chemical compounds from plants. Essential oils are also known as volatile oils, ethereal oils, aetheroleum, or simply as the oil of the plant from which they were extracted, such as oil of clove. An esse...
Essential oil
Chemistry
4,288
3,784,665
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log%20probability
In probability theory and computer science, a log probability is simply a logarithm of a probability. The use of log probabilities means representing probabilities on a logarithmic scale , instead of the standard unit interval. Since the probabilities of independent events multiply, and logarithms convert multiplicat...
Log probability
Mathematics
832
4,721,464
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20command
A space command is a military organization with responsibility for space operations and warfare. A space command is typically a joint organization or organized within a larger military branch and is distinct from a fully independent space force. The world's first space command, the United States' Air Force Space Comman...
Space command
Astronomy
1,329
22,574,724
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophobic%20mismatch
Hydrophobic mismatch is the difference between the thicknesses of hydrophobic regions of a transmembrane protein and of the biological membrane it spans. In order to avoid unfavorable exposure of hydrophobic surfaces to water, the hydrophobic regions of transmembrane proteins are expected to have approximately the sam...
Hydrophobic mismatch
Chemistry
1,973
77,944,540
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo%20Marinari
Enzo Marinari (born on July 7, 1957, in Avellino) is an Italian theoretical and computational physicist. He has contributed to introducing several new algorithms in computational physics, such as Parallel Tempering, the SU(N) updating method and Constraint Allocation Flux Balance Analysis (CAFBA). He is a professor at ...
Enzo Marinari
Physics
458
15,542,466
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display%20contrast
Contrast, in physics and digital imaging, is a quantifiable property used to describe the difference in appearance between elements within a visual field. It is closely linked with the perceived brightness of objects and is typically defined by specific formulas that involve the luminances of the stimuli. For example, ...
Display contrast
Mathematics,Technology,Engineering
2,403
38,940,908
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20botanists%20by%20author%20abbreviation%20%28T%E2%80%93V%29
A–S To find entries for A–S, use the table of contents above. T T.A.Chr. – Tyge Ahrengot Christensen (1918–1996) Täckh. – Vivi Täckholm (1898–1978) Tagawa – Motozi Tagawa (1908–1977) Tagg – Harry Frank Tagg (1874–1933) Takeda – Hisayoshi Takeda (1883–1972) Takeuchi – H.Takeuchi (fl. 1929) Takht. – Armen T...
List of botanists by author abbreviation (T–V)
Biology
5,918
20,656,228
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize
Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte. Native Americans planted it alongside beans and squashes in the Three Sisters polyculture. The leafy s...
Maize
Biology
6,276
11,485,454
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YybP-ykoY%20leader
The yybP-ykoY leader RNA element was originally discovered in E. coli during a large scale screen and was named SraF. This family was later found to exist upstream of related families of protein genes in many bacteria, including the yybP and ykoY genes in B. subtilis. The specific functions of these proteins are unknow...
YybP-ykoY leader
Chemistry
182
51,507,225
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Tomorrows
All Tomorrows: A Billion Year Chronicle of the Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man is a 2006 work of science fiction and speculative evolution written and illustrated by the Turkish artist C. M. Kosemen under the pen name Nemo Ramjet. It explores a hypothetical future path of human evolution set from the near futu...
All Tomorrows
Biology
1,998
30,798,197
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%20polynomial%20%28finite%20fields%29
In mathematics, the Conway polynomial for the finite field is a particular irreducible polynomial of degree over that can be used to define a standard representation of as a splitting field of . Conway polynomials were named after John H. Conway by Richard A. Parker, who was the first to define them and compute e...
Conway polynomial (finite fields)
Mathematics,Technology
1,330
10,118,978
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructability
Constructability (or buildability) is a concept that denotes ease of construction. It can be central to project management techniques to review construction processes from start to finish during pre-construction phase. Buildability assessment is employed to identify obstacles before a project is actually built to reduc...
Constructability
Engineering
332
9,730,335
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniflow%20steam%20engine
The uniflow type of steam engine uses steam that flows in one direction only in each half of the cylinder. Thermal efficiency is increased by having a temperature gradient along the cylinder. Steam always enters at the hot ends of the cylinder and exhausts through ports at the cooler centre. By this means, the relative...
Uniflow steam engine
Technology
1,548
3,555,853
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akoustolith
Akoustolith is a porous ceramic material resembling stone. Akoustolith was a patented product of a collaboration between Rafael Guastavino Jr. (the son of Rafael Guastavino) and Harvard professor Wallace Sabine over a period of years starting in 1911. It was used to limit acoustic reflection and noise in large vaulted ...
Akoustolith
Physics,Engineering
1,580
55,090,826
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%203.0
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence is a 2017 non-fiction book by Swedish-American cosmologist Max Tegmark. Life 3.0 discusses artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the future of life on Earth and beyond. The book discusses a variety of societal implications, what can be done to maximiz...
Life 3.0
Technology
1,064
68,898,978
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimito%20Funatsu
is a Japanese chemist specializing in chemoinformatics and data-driven chemistry, a Professor Emeritus at University of Tokyo, and the research director of the Data Science Center at Nara Institute of Science and Technology. Biography He graduated from Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School in 1974 and from Departme...
Kimito Funatsu
Chemistry
293
37,580,247
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderful%20compactification
In algebraic group theory, a wonderful compactification of a variety acted on by an algebraic group is a -equivariant compactification such that the closure of each orbit is smooth. constructed a wonderful compactification of any symmetric variety given by a quotient of an algebraic group by the subgroup fixed ...
Wonderful compactification
Mathematics
137
14,769,219
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.%20N.%20Yang%20Institute%20for%20Theoretical%20Physics
The C. N. Yang Institute of Theoretical Physics (YITP) is a research center at Stony Brook University. In 1965, it was the vision of then University President J.S. Toll and Physics Department chair T.A. Pond to create an institute for theoretical physics and invite the famous physicist Chen Ning Yang from Institute fo...
C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
Physics
621
37,808,838
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolidOx
SolidOx was the brand name for welding equipment produced by Cleanweld Products for do-it-yourself welding enthusiasts from 1965 until at least the early 1980s; the SOLIDOX name was registered as a trademark in 1968. SolidOx commonly refers to SolidOx Pellets or SolidOx Sticks used to supply the oxygen for the weldin...
SolidOx
Engineering
195
11,306,520
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dothiorella%20gregaria
Dothiorella gregaria is a fungal plant pathogen. References External links USDA ARS Fungal Database Fungal plant pathogens and diseases gregaria Fungi described in 1881 Fungus species
Dothiorella gregaria
Biology
36
23,519,200
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SB-215505
SB-215505 is a drug which acts as a potent and selective antagonist at the serotonin 5-HT2B receptor, with good selectivity over the related 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptors. It is used in scientific research into the function of the 5-HT2 family of receptors, especially to study the role of 5-HT2B receptors in the heart, a...
SB-215505
Chemistry
142
54,087,171
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NL-Alert
NL-Alert is a Cell Broadcast alarm system in use by the Dutch government to quickly alert and inform citizens of hazardous or crisis situations. Using this system, authorities can send messages to users of mobile phones in specific areas by using specific cell towers to alert phones within their reach. NL-Alert is one ...
NL-Alert
Technology
903
70,065,445
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boba%20liberal
Boba liberal is a term mostly used within the Asian diaspora communities in the West, especially in the United States. It describes someone of East or Southeast Asian descent living in the West who has a shallow, surface-level liberal outlook. It is also occasionally used to describe conservatives who weaponize their E...
Boba liberal
Technology
848
76,345,372
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalocene%20trihydride
Tantalocene trihydride, or bis(η5-cyclopentadienyl)trihydridotantalum, is an organotanalum compound in the family of bent metallocenes consisting of two cyclopentadienyl rings and three hydrides coordinated to a tantalum center. Its formula is TaCp2H3, and it is a white crystalline compound that is sensitive to air. It...
Tantalocene trihydride
Chemistry
1,516
18,079
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%20da%20Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in w...
Leonardo da Vinci
Chemistry
12,098
32,046,448
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong%20and%20weak%20typing
In computer programming, one of the many ways that programming languages are colloquially classified is whether the language's type system makes it strongly typed or weakly typed (loosely typed). However, there is no precise technical definition of what the terms mean and different authors disagree about the implied me...
Strong and weak typing
Mathematics
1,426
14,214,617
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20of%20three
In mathematics, a power of three is a number of the form where is an integer, that is, the result of exponentiation with number three as the base and integer  as the exponent. In base 10, every power of 3 has an even number as its second-last digit. Applications The powers of three give the place values in the tern...
Power of three
Mathematics
603
36,829,436
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20muffler%20men
This is a list of muffler men, large molded fiberglass advertising icons. Arizona Louie the Lumberjack at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff Paul Bunyan at Leo's Auto and Home Supply/Don's Hot Rod Shop in Tucson Big Ed at Cumming's Plumbing in Tucson. Originally Stamper Miner in Rapid City, South Dakota, he mov...
List of muffler men
Physics
2,508
3,912,962
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midcourse%20Space%20Experiment
The Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) is a Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) satellite experiment (unmanned space mission) to map bright infrared sources in space. MSX offered the first system demonstration of technology in space to identify and track ballistic missiles during their midcourse flight phase. ...
Midcourse Space Experiment
Astronomy
656
12,661,891
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NMS-8250
Philips NMS 8250, (NMS is short for "New Media Systems") was a professional MSX2 home computer for the high end market, with a built in floppy disk drive in a "pizza box" configuration, released in 1986. The machine was in fact manufactured by Sanyo and it is basically the MPC-25FS with a different color. It featured...
NMS-8250
Technology
450
33,301,698
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycoside%20hydrolase%20family%2027
In molecular biology, glycoside hydrolase family 27 is a family of glycoside hydrolases. Glycoside hydrolases are a widespread group of enzymes that hydrolyse the glycosidic bond between two or more carbohydrates, or between a carbohydrate and a non-carbohydrate moiety. A classification system for glycoside hydrolase...
Glycoside hydrolase family 27
Biology
545
2,685,825
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Wave
Z-Wave is a wireless communications protocol used primarily for residential and commercial building automation. It is a mesh network using low-energy radio waves to communicate from device to device, allowing for wireless control of smart home devices, such as smart lights, security systems, thermostats, sensors, smart...
Z-Wave
Technology,Engineering
4,598
2,067,016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium%20tantalate
Lithium tantalate is the inorganic compound with the formula LiTaO3. It is a white, diamagnetic, water-insoluble solid. The compound has the perovskite structure. It has optical, piezoelectric, and pyroelectric properties. Considerable information is available from commercial sources about this material. Synthesis an...
Lithium tantalate
Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science
303
62,576,396
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Union%20of%20Scalemakers
The National Union of Scalemakers was a trade union representing workers involved in making weighing scales in the United Kingdom and Ireland. History In 1909, a strike occurred among scalemakers at Messrs Hodgson and Stead, in Manchester. Following the strike, many employees decided to found a union, the Amalgamated...
National Union of Scalemakers
Physics,Technology,Engineering
565
74,872,973
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injury
Injury is physiological damage to the living tissue of any organism, whether in humans, in other animals, or in plants. Injuries can be caused in many ways, including mechanically with penetration by sharp objects such as teeth or with blunt objects, by heat or cold, or by venoms and biotoxins. Injury prompts an infla...
Injury
Biology
688
53,243,664
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmembrane%20protein%20255A
Transmembrane protein 255A is a protein that is encoded by the TMEM255A gene. TMEM255A is often referred to as family with sequence similarity 70, member A (FAM70A). The TMEM255A protein is transmembrane and is predicted to be located the nuclear envelope of eukaryote organisms. Gene The TMEM25A gene (often referred...
Transmembrane protein 255A
Biology
922
4,405,547
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darzens%20reaction
The Darzens reaction (also known as the Darzens condensation or glycidic ester condensation) is the chemical reaction of a ketone or aldehyde with an α-haloester in the presence of a base to form an α,β-epoxy ester, also called a "glycidic ester". This reaction was discovered by the organic chemist Auguste Georges Dar...
Darzens reaction
Chemistry
798
47,278,431
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet%20Galaxy
The Bullet Galaxy (RXC J2359.3-6042 CC) is a galaxy in the galaxy cluster RXC J2359.3-6042 (Abell 4067 or ACO 4067). The Bullet Galaxy is the sole component of one half of a cluster merger between the bulk of the cluster and this galaxy, which is plowing through the cluster, similar to how merging clusters Bullet Clust...
Bullet Galaxy
Astronomy
395
5,624,421
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphoric%20monoester%20hydrolases
Phosphoric monoester hydrolases (or phosphomonoesterases) are enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of O-P bonds by nucleophilic attack of phosphorus by cysteine residues or coordinated metal ions. They are categorized with the EC number 3.1.3. Examples include: acid phosphatase alkaline phosphatase fructose-bisph...
Phosphoric monoester hydrolases
Chemistry,Biology
145
11,790,980
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrosporium%20tingitaninum
Acrosporium tingitaninum is an ascomycete fungus that is a plant pathogen. References External links Index Fungorum USDA ARS Fungal Database Fungal plant pathogens and diseases Enigmatic Ascomycota taxa Fungus species
Acrosporium tingitaninum
Biology
51
4,870,290
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex%20logarithm
In mathematics, a complex logarithm is a generalization of the natural logarithm to nonzero complex numbers. The term refers to one of the following, which are strongly related: A complex logarithm of a nonzero complex number , defined to be any complex number for which . Such a number is denoted by . If is given...
Complex logarithm
Mathematics
3,149
53,738,672
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gel%20wipe
Gel wipe is a moisturizing gel applied to dry toilet paper for cleaning purposes, like personal hygiene, or to reduce skin irritation from diarrhea. It was developed in the 21st century as an environmentally sensitive alternative to wet wipes. History Estonian Siim Saat is seen as the inventor of gel wipe in 2011. In...
Gel wipe
Biology
297
54,316,454
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajug
Tajug is a pyramidal or pyramid square (i.e. an equilateral square base with a peak) ornament which is usually used for sacred buildings in Southeast Asia including Indonesia, such as mosque or cupola graveyard. It is considered derived from Indian and Chinese architecture, which has history since pre-Islamic era, alt...
Tajug
Technology,Engineering
137
18,650,424
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20L.%20Eliel
Ernest Ludwig Eliel (December 28, 1921 – September 18, 2008) was an organic chemist born in Cologne, Germany. Among his awards were the Priestley Medal in 1996 and the NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society in 1997. When the Nazis came to power, he left Germany and moved to Scotland, then Canada, then Cuba. H...
Ernest L. Eliel
Chemistry
413
3,758,415
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadcap
Nadcap (formerly NADCAP, the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program) is a global cooperative accreditation program for aerospace engineering, defense and related industries. History of Nadcap The Nadcap program is administered by the Performance Review Institute (PRI). Nadcap was established ...
Nadcap
Engineering
911
423,740
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grommet
A grommet is a ring or edge strip inserted into a hole through thin material, typically a sheet of textile fabric, sheet metal or composite of carbon fiber, wood or honeycomb. Grommets are generally flared or collared on each side to keep them in place, and are often made of metal, plastic, or rubber. They may be used ...
Grommet
Engineering
1,194
70,171,813
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobility%20transition
Mobility transition is a set of social, technological and political processes of converting traffic (including freight transport) and mobility to sustainable transport with renewable energy resources, and an integration of several different modes of private transport and local public transport. It also includes social ...
Mobility transition
Physics,Engineering,Environmental_science
8,241
9,354,534
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wollaston%20wire
Wollaston wire is a very fine (c. 0.001 mm thick) platinum wire clad in silver and used in electrical instruments. For most uses, the silver cladding is etched away by acid to expose the platinum core. History The wire is named after its inventor, William Hyde Wollaston, who first produced it in England in the earl...
Wollaston wire
Engineering
233
58,622,279
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus%20udagawae
Aspergillus udagawae is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Fumigati section. Several fungi from this section produce heat-resistant ascospores, and the isolates from this section are frequently obtained from locations where natural fires have previously occurred. The species was first describe...
Aspergillus udagawae
Biology
217
74,121,818
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifting%20boss
Lifting bosses or handling bosses are protrusions intentionally left on stones by masons to facilitate maneuvering the blocks with ropes and levers. They are an important feature of ancient and classical construction, and were often not cut away, despite having fulfilled their purpose. Sometimes this was the result of...
Lifting boss
Engineering
115
21,566,557
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary%20action
Voluntary action is an anticipated goal-oriented movement. The concept of voluntary action arises in many areas of study, including cognitive psychology, operant conditioning, philosophy, neurology, criminology, and others. Additionally, voluntary action has various meanings depending on the context in which it is used...
Voluntary action
Biology
388
69,229,950
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramp%20species
In ecology, a tramp species is an organism that has been spread globally by human activities. The term was coined by William Morton Wheeler in the bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History in 1906, used to describe ants that “have made their way as well known tramps or stow-aways [sic] to many islands". The te...
Tramp species
Biology
1,848
57,569,173
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Jelfs
Kim E. Jelfs is a computational chemist based at Imperial College London who was one of the recipients of the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes in 2018. She develops software to predict the structures and properties of molecular systems for renewable energy. Early life and education Jelfs studied chemistry at Universi...
Kim Jelfs
Chemistry
360
49,694,655
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanz%20Bulldog%20D%209506
The Lanz Bulldog D 9506 is a tractor of the HR 8 series, produced by Heinrich Lanz AG in Mannheim from 1934 to 1955, with a production stop in 1945. In total, 3817 units were produced. The tractor was sold under the brand name Ackerluft (field-air). The Ursus C-45, produced in Poland from 1947 to 1959, was a copy of th...
Lanz Bulldog D 9506
Engineering
354
67,512,604
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azumolene
Azumolene is an experimental drug which is a derivative of dantrolene. In animal studies, azumolene showed similar efficacy to dantrolene at controlling symptoms of malignant hyperthermia but with better water solubility and lower toxicity, albeit with lower potency. References Furans Hydantoins Muscle relaxants 4-B...
Azumolene
Chemistry
78
33,329,948
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20coefficient
A transport coefficient measures how rapidly a perturbed system returns to equilibrium. The transport coefficients occur in transport phenomenon with transport laws where: is a flux of the property the transport coefficient of this property , the gradient force which acts on the property . Transport coeff...
Transport coefficient
Physics,Chemistry,Mathematics
240
10,163,607
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-up
In chemistry, work-up refers to the series of manipulations required to isolate and purify the product(s) of a chemical reaction. The term is used colloquially to refer to these manipulations, which may include: deactivating any unreacted reagents by quenching a reaction. cooling the reaction mixture or adding an an...
Work-up
Chemistry
947
3,126,072
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotiny
Serotiny in botany simply means 'following' or 'later'. In the case of serotinous flowers, it means flowers which grow following the growth of leaves, or even more simply, flowering later in the season than is customary with allied species. Having serotinous leaves is also possible, these follow the flowering. Seroti...
Serotiny
Biology
1,519
1,038,844
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring%20bloom
The spring bloom is a strong increase in phytoplankton abundance (i.e. stock) that typically occurs in the early spring and lasts until late spring or early summer. This seasonal event is characteristic of temperate North Atlantic, sub-polar, and coastal waters. Phytoplankton blooms occur when growth exceeds losses, ho...
Spring bloom
Physics,Chemistry,Biology,Environmental_science
2,168
58,362,519
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Boyd%20Stewart
Prof Alexander Boyd Stewart CBE FRSE FRIC (1904–1981) was a 20th century Scottish organic chemist and agriculturalist. He was President of the British Society of Soil Science. Life He was born on 3 November 1904 at Tarland in Aberdeenshire, the son of Donald Stewart, a farmer. He was educated at Robert Gordon's Colleg...
Alexander Boyd Stewart
Chemistry
333
365,845
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undecane
Undecane (also known as hendecane) is a liquid alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)9CH3. It is used as a mild sex attractant for various types of moths and cockroaches, and an alert signal for a variety of ants. It has 159 isomers. Undecane may also be used as an internal standard in gas chromatograp...
Undecane
Chemistry
263
45,515,131
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite%20Volume%20Community%20Ocean%20Model
The Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM; Formerly Finite Volume Coastal Ocean Model) is a prognostic, unstructured-grid, free-surface, 3-D primitive equation coastal ocean circulation model. The model is developed primarily by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Woods Hole Oceanographic ...
Finite Volume Community Ocean Model
Physics
129
34,568,491
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20model
A crystal model is a teaching aid used for understanding concepts in crystallography and the morphology of crystals. Models are ideal to learn recognizing symmetry elements in crystals. Romé de l'Isle The first real collections of crystal models were produced by Romé de l'Isle. He actually offered sets of small (ca 3 ...
Crystal model
Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering
1,014
51,341,771
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CM%20%28commerce%29
CM.com (formerly called CM Telecom) is a Mobile service company based in the Netherlands. The company was formed in 1999, and provides software for direct messaging, VoIP messaging, ecommerce payments and digital identification. In recent years, CM has acquired a number of messaging and media startups. CM.com was the ...
CM (commerce)
Technology
661
15,442,452
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouvrage%20Boussois
Ouvrage Boussois is a petit ouvrage of the Maginot Line, built as part of the "New Fronts" program to address shortcomings in the Line's coverage of the border with Belgium. Like the other three ouvrages near Maubeuge, it is built on an old Séré de Rivières fortification, near the town of Boussois. The fortification su...
Ouvrage Boussois
Engineering
1,418
14,798,249
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATR3
Matrin-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MATR3 gene. Function The protein encoded by this gene is localized in the nuclear matrix. It may play a role in transcription or may interact with other nuclear matrix proteins to form the internal fibrogranular network. Two transcript variants encoding the same...
MATR3
Chemistry
102
2,692,119
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota%20Tauri
Iota Tauri, Latinized from ι Tauri, is a white-hued star in the zodiac constellation Taurus and an outlying member of the Hyades star cluster. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.62, and is located at an estimated distance of about 173 light years based upon parallax measurements. The ...
Iota Tauri
Astronomy
213
68,194,137
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total%20mycosynthesis
Total mycosynthesis is the combination of the use of a filamentous fungal host organism with a genetic expression system that allows the assembly and controlled expression of one or more biosynthetic genes. Total mycosynthesis involves the reconstruction and/or engineering of biosynthetic pathways for the production of...
Total mycosynthesis
Biology
175
44,949,594
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppyParking
AppyWay (formerly AppyParking and Yellow Line Parking) is a technology company that provides parking apps and services for drivers. It was founded in London in 2013 by Dan Hubert initially under the name of Yellow Line Parking. It produces software that shows on-street and off-street parking options in major cities in ...
AppyParking
Technology
692
3,225,240
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius%20deterrimus
Lactarius deterrimus, also known as false saffron milkcap or orange milkcap, is a species of fungus in the family Russulaceae. The fungus produces medium-sized fruit bodies (mushrooms) with orangish caps up to wide that develop green spots in old age or if injured. Its orange-coloured latex stains maroon within 30 min...
Lactarius deterrimus
Biology
3,773