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42,954,720 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20O%27Riordan | Tim O'Riordan OBE DL FBA (born ) is a British geographer who is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and a prominent British environmental writer and thinker.
Background
O'Riordan grew up in the north of England, and was educated at the University of Edinburgh (MA, Geogra... | Tim O'Riordan | Environmental_science | 1,287 |
24,790,818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil%20radio%20on%20internet | Tamil radio on internet has become very popular after the Sri Lankan Tamil national radio started broadcasting their services on the Internet. This new trend has attracted millions of Tamil listeners from all over the world, specially listeners from south India and a commercial service called "Varthaga Sevai" was start... | Tamil radio on internet | Technology | 440 |
35,167,958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roof%20window | A roof window is an outward opening window that is incorporated as part of the design of a roof. Often confused with a skylight, a roof window differs in a few basic ways. A roof window is often a good option when there is a desire to allow both light and fresh air into the space.
A roof window is different from a tub... | Roof window | Technology,Engineering | 222 |
13,495,833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leu-enkephalin | Leu-enkephalin is an endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter with the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu that is found naturally in the brains of many animals, including humans. It is one of the two forms of enkephalin; the other is met-enkephalin. The tyrosine residue at position 1 is thought to be analogous t... | Leu-enkephalin | Chemistry,Biology | 265 |
613,092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminoacyl%20tRNA%20synthetase | An aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (aaRS or ARS), also called tRNA-ligase, is an enzyme that attaches the appropriate amino acid onto its corresponding tRNA. It does so by catalyzing the transesterification of a specific cognate amino acid or its precursor to one of all its compatible cognate tRNAs to form an aminoacyl-tRNA.... | Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase | Chemistry | 2,968 |
74,655,714 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passthrough%20%28architecture%29 | A passthrough (or serving hatch) is a window-like opening between the kitchen and the dining or family room. Considered to be a conservative approach to the open plan, in a modern family home a passthrough is typically built when a larger opening is either precluded by the locations of structural columns or is impracti... | Passthrough (architecture) | Technology,Engineering | 607 |
20,124,115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StatXact | StatXact is a statistical software package for analyzing data using exact statistics. It calculates exact p-values and confidence intervals for contingency tables and non-parametric procedures. It is marketed by Cytel Inc.
References
External links
StatXact homepage at Cytel Inc.
Statistical software
Windows-only p... | StatXact | Mathematics | 67 |
66,607,472 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaurenoic%20acid | Kaurenoic acid (ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid or kauren-19-oic acid) is a diterpene with antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria. However its low solubility and blood lytic activity on erythrocytes might make it a poor pharmaceutical candidate. Kaurenoic acid also has uterine relaxant activity via calcium bl... | Kaurenoic acid | Chemistry | 255 |
144,433 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observatory%20of%20Strasbourg | The Observatory of Strasbourg is an astronomical observatory in Strasbourg, France.
History
This observatory is actually Strasbourg's third observatory: the first was built in 1673 on one of the city's surrounding towers (the astronomer Julius Reichelt notably played a role in its establishment), and the second in 18... | Observatory of Strasbourg | Astronomy | 557 |
2,658,571 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakutani%20fixed-point%20theorem | In mathematical analysis, the Kakutani fixed-point theorem is a fixed-point theorem for set-valued functions. It provides sufficient conditions for a set-valued function defined on a convex, compact subset of a Euclidean space to have a fixed point, i.e. a point which is mapped to a set containing it. The Kakutani fixe... | Kakutani fixed-point theorem | Mathematics | 3,706 |
440,959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba%20effect | The Mpemba effect is the name given to the observation that a liquid (typically water) that is initially hot can freeze faster than the same liquid which begins cold, under otherwise similar conditions. There is disagreement about its theoretical basis and the parameters required to produce the effect.
The Mpemba effe... | Mpemba effect | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Mathematics,Engineering | 2,632 |
13,215,593 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lp0%20on%20fire | lp0 on fire (also known as Printer on Fire) is an outdated error message generated on some Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems in response to certain types of printer errors. lp0 is the Unix device handle for the first line printer, but the error can be displayed for any printer attached to a Unix or Linux sy... | Lp0 on fire | Chemistry,Technology | 822 |
15,349,062 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZNF44 | Zinc finger protein 44 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ZNF44 gene.
References
Further reading
External links
Transcription factors | ZNF44 | Chemistry,Biology | 29 |
22,148,935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manumation | Manumation is the automation of paper based processes in public sector and business without improvement regarding its efficiency. Automation of an inefficient process does not lead to an improvement in case of manumation. This term could be seen as a sarcastic description of the digital replication and mimicking of fre... | Manumation | Engineering | 132 |
240,060 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory%20sequence | A regulatory sequence is a segment of a nucleic acid molecule which is capable of increasing or decreasing the expression of specific genes within an organism. Regulation of gene expression is an essential feature of all living organisms and viruses.
Description
In DNA, regulation of gene expression normally happens ... | Regulatory sequence | Chemistry,Biology | 2,329 |
43,284,277 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillium%20asturianum | Penicillium asturianum is an anamorph fungus species of the genus of Penicillium.
See also
List of Penicillium species
References
asturianum
Fungi described in 1981
Fungus species | Penicillium asturianum | Biology | 47 |
12,510,214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbochemistry | Carbochemistry is the branch of chemistry that studies the transformation of coal (bituminous coal, coal tar, anthracite, lignite, graphite, and charcoal) into useful products and raw materials. The processes that are used in carbochemistry include degasification processes such as carbonization and coking, gasification... | Carbochemistry | Chemistry,Engineering | 243 |
71,528,348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO%2025119 | ISO 25119, titled "Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry – Safety-related parts of control systems", is an international standard for functional safety of electrical and/or electronic systems that are installed in tractors and machines used in agriculture and forestry, defined by the International Organi... | ISO 25119 | Engineering | 109 |
1,736,364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azipod | Azipod is a trademarked azimuth thruster pod design, a marine propulsion unit consisting of a fixed pitch propeller mounted on a steerable gondola ("pod") containing the electric motor driving the propeller, allowing ships to be more maneuverable. They were developed in Finland in the late 1980s jointly by Wärtsilä Mar... | Azipod | Engineering | 1,349 |
21,534,694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinmechatronics | Spinmechatronics is neologism referring to an emerging field of research concerned with the exploitation of spin-dependent phenomena and established spintronic methodologies and technologies in conjunction with electro-mechanical, magno-mechanical, acousto-mechanical and opto-mechanical systems. Most especially, spinm... | Spinmechatronics | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 1,064 |
12,799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic%20design | Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdisciplinary branch of design and of the fine arts. Its practice involves creativit... | Graphic design | Engineering | 4,898 |
21,539,688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20Mechanics%2C%20Inc. | Optical Mechanics, Inc. or OMI is a high-end American telescope and optics instrument manufacturer. OMI was founded in 2002 and produces observatory telescopes, Lidar telescopes, optical tube assemblies, telescope mirrors and reflective coatings for mirrors. OMI mirrors are used by other telescope makers such as Obsess... | Optical Mechanics, Inc. | Astronomy | 490 |
23,729,712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C6H7NO3S | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C6H7NO3S}}
The molecular formula C6H7NO3S (molar mass: 173.190 g/mol, exact mass: 173.0147 u) may refer to:
Metanilic acid
Orthanilic acid
Piloty's acid
Sulfanilic acid | C6H7NO3S | Chemistry | 72 |
43,972 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial%20pressure | In a mixture of gases, each constituent gas has a partial pressure which is the notional pressure of that constituent gas as if it alone occupied the entire volume of the original mixture at the same temperature. The total pressure of an ideal gas mixture is the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture... | Partial pressure | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering | 2,077 |
28,732,393 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LL%20Pegasi | LL Pegasi (AFGL 3068) is a Mira variable star surrounded by a pinwheel-shaped nebula, IRAS 23166+1655, thought to be a preplanetary nebula. It is a binary system that includes an extreme carbon star. The pair is hidden by the dust cloud ejected from the carbon star and is only visible in infrared light.
Variability
... | LL Pegasi | Astronomy | 276 |
44,689,684 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20informatics | Energy informatics is a research field covering the use of information and communication technology to address energy utilization and management challenges. Methods used for "smart" implementations often combine IoT sensors with artificial intelligence and machine learning. Energy Informatics is founded on flow network... | Energy informatics | Physics,Technology | 208 |
52,977,719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-code%20development%20platform | A low-code development platform (LCDP) provides a development environment used to create application software, generally through a graphical user interface (as opposed to only writing code, though some coding is possible and may be required). A low-coded platform may produce entirely operational applications, or requir... | Low-code development platform | Technology,Engineering | 804 |
10,640,506 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theories%20about%20Stonehenge | Stonehenge has been the subject of many theories about its origin, ranging from the academic worlds of archaeology to explanations from mythology and the paranormal.
Early theories
Many early historians were influenced by supernatural folktales in their explanations. Some legends held that Merlin had a giant build t... | Theories about Stonehenge | Engineering | 5,479 |
77,182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prejudice | Prejudice can be an affective feeling towards a person based on their perceived social group membership. The word is often used to refer to a preconceived (usually unfavourable) evaluation or classification of another person based on that person's perceived personal characteristics, such as political affiliation, sex, ... | Prejudice | Biology | 5,280 |
1,966,084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive%20infrared%20sensor | A passive infrared sensor (PIR sensor) is an electronic sensor that measures infrared (IR) light radiating from objects in its field of view. They are most often used in PIR-based motion detectors. PIR sensors are commonly used in security alarms and automatic lighting applications.
PIR sensors detect general moveme... | Passive infrared sensor | Materials_science,Technology,Engineering | 2,074 |
1,135,893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20of%20the%20Unicorn | Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) is a music-related computer software and hardware supplier. It is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has created music software since 1984. In the mid-1980s, Mark of the Unicorn sold productivity software and several games for the Macintosh, Atari ST, and Amiga.
Products
Current
Digital ... | Mark of the Unicorn | Technology | 210 |
32,658,840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorocitric%20acid | Fluorocitric acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is a fluorinated carboxylic acid derived from citric acid by substitution of one methylene hydrogen by a fluorine atom. The appropriate anion is called fluorocitrate. Fluorocitrate is formed in two steps from fluoroacetate. Fluoroacetate is first c... | Fluorocitric acid | Chemistry | 286 |
2,550,004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton%20CamPro%20engine | The Proton CamPro engine is the first flagship automotive engine developed together with Lotus by the Malaysian automobile manufacturer, Proton.
The name CamPro is short for Cam Profiling. This engine powers the Proton Gen-2, Proton Satria Neo, Proton Waja Campro, Proton Persona, Proton Saga, Proton Exora, Proton Prev... | Proton CamPro engine | Technology | 3,038 |
28,937,040 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoluchowski%20factor | The Smoluchowski factor, also known as von Smoluchowski's f-factor is related to inter-particle interactions. It is named after Marian Smoluchowski.
References
See also
Flocculation
Smoluchowski coagulation equation
Einstein–Smoluchowski relation
Physical chemistry | Smoluchowski factor | Physics,Chemistry | 64 |
4,820,778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money%20train | A money train is one or more railcars used to collect cash fare revenue from stations on a subway system and return it to a central location for processing. This train was typically used to carry money bags guarded by transit police to deter robberies.
On the New York City Subway, a "money train" was first mentioned i... | Money train | Technology | 386 |
54,113,190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic%20secure%20transmission | Magnetic secure transmission (MST) is the name for mobile payment technology in which devices such as smartphones emit a signal that mimics the magnetic stripe on a traditional payment card.
Overview
MST sends a magnetic signal from the device to the payment terminal's card reader. It emulates swiping a physical card ... | Magnetic secure transmission | Technology | 304 |
71,514,894 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voevodsky%20Institute%20of%20Chemical%20Kinetics%20and%20Combustion | V. V. Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion of the Siberian Branch of the RAS, ICKC SB RAS () is a research institute in Novosibirsk, Russia. It was founded in 1957.
History
The institute was founded in 1957. Its team was formed of scientists led by A. A. Kovalsky and V. V. Voevodsky. In 2002, the nu... | Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion | Chemistry | 294 |
3,628,041 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%E2%80%93Washington%20hotline | The Moscow–Washington hotline (formally known in the United States as the Washington–Moscow Direct Communications Link; ) is a system that allows direct communication between the leaders of the United States and the Russian Federation (formerly the Soviet Union). This hotline was established in 1963 and links the Penta... | Moscow–Washington hotline | Engineering | 2,959 |
19,745,659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution%20%28algebra%29 | In mathematics, and more specifically in homological algebra, a resolution (or left resolution; dually a coresolution or right resolution) is an exact sequence of modules (or, more generally, of objects of an abelian category) that is used to define invariants characterizing the structure of a specific module or object... | Resolution (algebra) | Mathematics | 2,027 |
19,634,741 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out%20of%20position%20%28crash%20testing%29 | Out of position (OOP), in crash testing and car accident medical literature, indicates a passenger position which is not the normal upright and forward-facing position. For example, a common case observed in crashes is the position of an occupant when reaching for the car radio, or panic braking in unbelted passengers.... | Out of position (crash testing) | Physics | 236 |
1,591,333 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java%20Cryptography%20Architecture | In computing, the Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) is a framework for working with cryptography using the Java programming language. It forms part of the Java security API, and was first introduced in JDK 1.1 in the package.
The JCA uses a "provider"-based architecture and contains a set of APIs for various purp... | Java Cryptography Architecture | Mathematics | 159 |
6,881,402 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine%20groundwater%20discharge | Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) is a hydrological process which commonly occurs in coastal areas. It is described as submarine inflow of fresh-, and brackish groundwater from land into the sea. Submarine groundwater discharge is controlled by several forcing mechanisms, which cause a hydraulic gradient between la... | Submarine groundwater discharge | Physics,Chemistry,Environmental_science | 1,123 |
31,842,060 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaab | The Michaab was an early medical device, invented by Al-Zahrawi, a form of lithotrite which was minimally-invasive. He was able to crush the stone inside the bladder without the need for a surgical incision. It was later modified by Jean Civiale, and was used to perform transurethral lithotripsy, the first known minima... | Michaab | Biology | 152 |
31,008,821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conveyor%20belt%20furnace | A conveyor belt furnace is a furnace that uses a conveyor or belt to carry process parts or material through a primary heating chamber for rapid thermal processing. It is designed for fast drying and curing of products, and has widespread use in the firing process of thick film and metallization process of solar cell m... | Conveyor belt furnace | Chemistry | 484 |
599,215 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchrotron | A synchrotron is a particular type of cyclic particle accelerator, descended from the cyclotron, in which the accelerating particle beam travels around a fixed closed-loop path. The strength of the magnetic field which bends the particle beam into its closed path increases with time during the accelerating process, be... | Synchrotron | Physics | 2,567 |
42,997,514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butyriboletus%20abieticola | Butyriboletus abieticola is a pored mushroom in the family Boletaceae. It was originally described in 1975 by mycologist Harry Delbert Thiers as a species of Boletus, but transferred in 2014 to the newly created genus Butyriboletus.
See also
List of North American boletes
References
External links
abieticola
Fungi... | Butyriboletus abieticola | Biology | 87 |
4,234,662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20Daudel | Raymond Daudel (2 February 1920 – 20 June 2006) was a French theoretical and quantum chemist.
Trained as a physicist, he was an assistant to Irène Joliot-Curie at the Radium Institute. Daudel spent almost the entirety of his career as professor at the Sorbonne and director of a laboratory of the Centre National de la ... | Raymond Daudel | Chemistry | 337 |
43,377,867 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iknife | An onkoknife, iKnife, or intelligent scalpel is a surgical knife that tests tissue as it contacts it during an operation and immediately gives information as to whether that tissue contains cancer cells. During a surgery this information is given continuously to the surgeon, significantly accelerating biological tissue... | Iknife | Physics,Chemistry | 1,570 |
229,623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20animal%20names | In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups.
The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Ber... | List of animal names | Biology | 428 |
166,152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuang%20Zhou | Zhuang Zhou (), commonly known as Zhuangzi (; ; literally "Master Zhuang"; also rendered in the Wade–Giles romanization as Chuang Tzu), was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States period, a period of great development in Chinese philosophy, the Hundred Schools o... | Zhuang Zhou | Biology | 1,417 |
52,023,256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Dead%20Redemption%202 | Red Dead Redemption 2 is a 2018 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games. The game is the third entry in the Red Dead series and a prequel to the 2010 game Red Dead Redemption. The story is set in a fictionalized representation of the United States in 1899 and follows the exploits of Arthur Morga... | Red Dead Redemption 2 | Biology | 9,150 |
76,998,238 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consent%20or%20pay | Consent-or-pay, also called pay-or-okay, is a compliance tactic used by certain companies, most notably Meta, to drive up the rates at which users consent to data processing under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It consists of presenting the user with a tracking consent notice, but only ... | Consent or pay | Engineering | 758 |
6,596 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20vision | Computer vision tasks include methods for acquiring, processing, analyzing, and understanding digital images, and extraction of high-dimensional data from the real world in order to produce numerical or symbolic information, e.g. in the form of decisions. "Understanding" in this context signifies the transformation of ... | Computer vision | Engineering | 6,599 |
28,756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereochemistry | Stereochemistry, a subdiscipline of chemistry, studies the spatial arrangement of atoms that form the structure of molecules and their manipulation. The study of stereochemistry focuses on the relationships between stereoisomers, which are defined as having the same molecular formula and sequence of bonded atoms (const... | Stereochemistry | Physics,Chemistry | 1,492 |
56,291,446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geobacter%20argillaceus | Geobacter argillaceus is a non-spore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus Geobacter which has been isolated from kaolin clay.
References
Bacteria described in 2007
Thermodesulfobacteriota | Geobacter argillaceus | Biology | 49 |
77,327,804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%207716 | NGC 7716 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 2,201 ± 26 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 32.5 ± 2.3 Mpc (∼106 million ly). NGC 7716 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1831.
The luminosity class ... | NGC 7716 | Astronomy | 270 |
52,856,410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A5g | A våg (plural våger) or vog is an old Scandinavian unit of mass.
The standardized landsvåg, which was introduced in Norway with the new system of weights and measures in 1875, corresponded to three bismerpund, or . The våg was used in Eastern Norway, Western Norway, and Northern Norway, but it varied in weight. Previ... | Våg | Physics,Mathematics | 179 |
31,471,329 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency-dependent%20foraging%20by%20pollinators | Frequency-dependent foraging is defined as the tendency of an individual to selectively forage on a certain species or morph based on its relative frequency within a population. Specifically for pollinators, this refers to the tendency to visit a particular floral morph or plant species based on its frequency within t... | Frequency-dependent foraging by pollinators | Biology | 2,694 |
77,421,081 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%205394 | NGC 5394 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Canes Venatici. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 3,639 ± 14 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 53.7 ± 3.8 Mpc (∼175 million ly). NGC 5394 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1787.
The lumino... | NGC 5394 | Astronomy | 474 |
23,617,480 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salicylate%20poisoning | Salicylate poisoning, also known as aspirin poisoning, is the acute or chronic poisoning with a salicylate such as aspirin. The classic symptoms are ringing in the ears, nausea, abdominal pain, and a fast breathing rate. Early on, these may be subtle, while larger doses may result in fever. Complications can include sw... | Salicylate poisoning | Environmental_science | 2,522 |
12,536,291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical%20Engineering%20Students%27%20European%20Association | The Electrical Engineering STudents' European assoCiation (EESTEC) is a nonprofit apolitical and non-governmental student organization for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) students at universities, institutes and schools of technology in Europe awarding an engineering degree. As of March 2020, there w... | Electrical Engineering Students' European Association | Engineering | 2,496 |
43,178,976 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanthanum%20aluminate | Lanthanum aluminate is an inorganic compound with the formula LaAlO3, often abbreviated as LAO. It is an optically transparent ceramic oxide with a distorted perovskite structure.
Properties
Crystalline LaAlO3 has a relatively high relative dielectric constant of ~25. LAO's crystal structure is a rhombohedral distorte... | Lanthanum aluminate | Chemistry | 533 |
72,048 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray%20fluorescence | X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is the emission of characteristic "secondary" (or fluorescent) X-rays from a material that has been excited by being bombarded with high-energy X-rays or gamma rays. The phenomenon is widely used for elemental analysis and chemical analysis, particularly in the investigation of metals, glass, c... | X-ray fluorescence | Physics,Chemistry | 6,883 |
9,678,616 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octamer%20transcription%20factor | Octamer transcription factors are a family of transcription factors which binds to the "ATTTGCAT" DNA sequence. Their DNA-binding domain is a POU domain.
There are eight Octamer proteins in humans (Oct1–11), which have been renamed according to the different classes of POU domain. Octamer-3/4, also known as POU5F1, is... | Octamer transcription factor | Biology | 234 |
20,812,383 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escucha%20Formation | The Escucha Formation is a geological formation in La Rioja and Teruel provinces of northeastern Spain whose strata date back to the late Aptian to middle Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
The approximately thick formation under... | Escucha Formation | Physics | 1,673 |
15,340,084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20formatting%20and%20storage%20bugs | In computer science, data type limitations and software bugs can cause errors in time and date calculation or display. These are most commonly manifestations of arithmetic overflow, but can also be the result of other issues. The best-known consequence of this type is the Y2K problem, but many other milestone dates or ... | Time formatting and storage bugs | Physics | 6,695 |
26,482,400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tedatioxetine | Tedatioxetine (developmental code name Lu AA24530) is an experimental antidepressant that was discovered by scientists at Lundbeck; in 2007 Lundbeck and Takeda entered into a partnership that included tedatioxetine but was focused on another, more advanced Lundbeck drug candidate, vortioxetine.
Tedatioxetine is report... | Tedatioxetine | Chemistry | 266 |
12,176,442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiapan%20climbing%20rat | The Chiapan climbing rat (Tylomys bullaris) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is found only in Mexico. The species is known from only one location in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. The habitat in the region is being converted to agricultural and urban use, which is likely causing critical declines in numb... | Chiapan climbing rat | Biology | 160 |
3,196,182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenger%20%28chemistry%29 | A scavenger in chemistry is a chemical substance added to a mixture in order to remove or de-activate impurities and unwanted reaction products, for example oxygen, to make sure that they will not cause any unfavorable reactions. Their use is wide-ranged:
In atmospheric chemistry, the most common scavenger is the hy... | Scavenger (chemistry) | Chemistry | 363 |
41,550,219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics%20of%20the%20International%20Space%20Station | The politics of the International Space Station have been affected by superpower rivalries, international treaties, and funding arrangements. The Cold War was an early factor, overtaken in recent years by the United States' distrust of China. The station has an international crew, with the use of their time, and that o... | Politics of the International Space Station | Astronomy | 2,761 |
2,976,061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harnack%27s%20inequality | In mathematics, Harnack's inequality is an inequality relating the values of a positive harmonic function at two points, introduced by . Harnack's inequality is used to prove Harnack's theorem about the convergence of sequences of harmonic functions. , and generalized Harnack's inequality to solutions of elliptic or p... | Harnack's inequality | Mathematics | 621 |
35,610,975 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordination%20cage | Coordination cages are three-dimensional ordered structures in solution that act as hosts in host–guest chemistry. They are self-assembled in solution from organometallic precursors, and often rely solely on noncovalent interactions rather than covalent bonds. Coordinate bonds are useful in such supramolecular self-ass... | Coordination cage | Chemistry,Materials_science | 1,728 |
4,043,313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noweb | Noweb, stylised in lowercase as noweb, is a literate programming tool, created in 1989–1999 by Norman Ramsey, and designed to be simple, easily extensible and language independent.
As in WEB and CWEB, the main components of Noweb are two programs: "notangle", which extracts 'machine' source code from the source texts,... | Noweb | Mathematics | 806 |
74,635,951 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration%20window | An aspiration window is a heuristic used in pair with alpha-beta pruning in order to reduce search time for combinatorial games by supplying a window (or range) around an estimated score guess. Use of an aspiration window allows alpha-beta search to compete in the terms of efficiency against other pruning algorithms.
... | Aspiration window | Mathematics | 193 |
5,936,242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQLJ | SQLJ is a working title for efforts to combine Java and SQL. It was a common effort started around 1997 by engineers from IBM, Oracle, Compaq, Informix, Sybase, Cloudscape and Sun Microsystems.
It consists of the three parts: 0, 1 and 2. Part 0 describes the embedding of SQL statements into Java programs. SQLJ part 0 ... | SQLJ | Technology | 769 |
53,436,793 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/65%20Ursae%20Majoris | 65 Ursae Majoris, abbreviated as 65 UMa, is a star system in the constellation of Ursa Major. With a combined apparent magnitude of about 6.5, it is at the limit of human eyesight and is just barely visible to the naked eye in ideal conditions. It is about 760 light years away from Earth.
65 Ursae Majoris is a sextupl... | 65 Ursae Majoris | Astronomy | 841 |
26,473,795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocio%20viral%20encephalitis | Rocio viral encephalitis is an epidemic flaviviral disease of humans first observed in São Paulo State, Brazil, in 1975. Low-level enzootic transmission is likely continuing in the epidemic zone, and with increased deforestation and population expansion, additional epidemics caused by Rocio virus are highly probable. I... | Rocio viral encephalitis | Biology,Environmental_science | 1,009 |
3,209,299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20social%20software | This is a list of notable social software: selected examples of social software products and services that facilitate a variety of forms of social human contact.
Blogs
Apache Roller
Blogger
IBM Lotus Connections
Posterous
Telligent Community
Tumblr
Typepad
WordPress
Xanga
Clipping
Diigo
Evernote
Instant messaging
C... | List of social software | Technology | 283 |
14,005,652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe%20%28trim%29 | A Fringe is an ornamental textile trim applied to an edge of a textile item, such as drapery, a flag, or epaulettes.
Fringe originated as a way of preventing a cut piece of fabric from unraveling when a hemming was not used. Several strands of weft threads would be removed, and the remaining warp threads would be twi... | Fringe (trim) | Technology | 336 |
1,906,523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20St%C3%B8rmer | Fredrik Carl Mülertz Størmer (3 September 1874 – 13 August 1957) was a Norwegian mathematician and astrophysicist. In mathematics, he is known for his work in number theory, including the calculation of and Størmer's theorem on consecutive smooth numbers. In physics, he is known for studying the movement of charged pa... | Carl Størmer | Mathematics | 2,044 |
14,806,503 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking%20%28computing%29 | In computing, a process that is blocked is waiting for some event, such as a resource becoming available or the completion of an I/O operation.
Once the event occurs for which the process is waiting ("is blocked on"), the process is advanced from blocked state to an imminent one, such as runnable.
In a multitasking co... | Blocking (computing) | Technology | 349 |
68,003,371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2010%20U3%20%28Boattini%29 | C/2010 U3 (Boattini) is the hyperbolic comet with the longest observation arc and took around a million years to complete half an orbit from its furthest distance in the Oort cloud. It was discovered on 31 October 2010 by Andrea Boattini in images taken with the Mount Lemmon Survey's 1.5-m reflector. The perihelion poi... | C/2010 U3 (Boattini) | Astronomy | 401 |
8,209,995 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazut | Mazut () is a low-quality heavy fuel oil, used in power plants and similar applications in Iran and some countries of the former Soviet Union. In the West, through fluid catalytic cracking, mazut is distilled into diesel and other light distillates.
Mazut may be used for heating houses in some parts of the former USSR ... | Mazut | Chemistry | 692 |
4,604,270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry%20Development%20Kit | The Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) is computer software, a library in the programming language Java, for chemoinformatics and bioinformatics. It is available for Windows, Linux, Unix, and macOS. It is free and open-source software distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 2.0.
History
The CDK was... | Chemistry Development Kit | Chemistry,Biology | 754 |
648,134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20environment | A virtual environment is a networked application that allows a user to interact with both the computing environment and the work of other users. Email, chat, and web-based document sharing applications are all examples of virtual environments. Simply put, it is a networked common operating space. Once the fidelity of... | Virtual environment | Technology,Engineering | 872 |
28,846,141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC%207%20Pro | The HTC 7 Pro (also known as the HTC Arrive) is a business class smartphone, part of the HTC 7 series of Internet-enabled, Windows Phone smartphones designed and marketed by HTC Corporation. It is the successor of the HTC Touch Pro2 with a left-side slide-out QWERTY keyboard, with tilting screen.
The CDMA variation of... | HTC 7 Pro | Technology | 241 |
2,383,266 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apo2.7 | Apo2.7 is a protein confined to the mitochondrial membrane. It can be detected during early stages of apoptosis. It can be used to detect apoptosis via flow cytometry.
References
Apoptosis
Proteins | Apo2.7 | Chemistry | 49 |
14,410,501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CELSR2 | Cadherin EGF LAG seven-pass G-type receptor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CELSR2 gene.
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the flamingo subfamily, part of the cadherin superfamily. The flamingo subfamily consists of nonclassic-type cadherins; a subpopulation that does not interact with ca... | CELSR2 | Chemistry | 229 |
37,007,779 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971%20Aral%20smallpox%20incident | The Aral smallpox incident was a 30 July 1971 outbreak of the viral disease which occurred as a result of a field test at a Soviet biological weapons (BW) facility on an island in the Aral Sea. The incident sickened ten people, of whom three died, and came to widespread public notice only in 2002.
Background
In 1954, ... | 1971 Aral smallpox incident | Biology | 1,209 |
18,766,868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELB-139 | ELB-139 (LS-191,811) is an anxiolytic drug with a novel chemical structure, which is used in scientific research. It has similar effects to benzodiazepine drugs, but is structurally distinct and so is classed as a nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic.
ELB-139 is a subtype-selective partial agonist at GABAA receptors, with hig... | ELB-139 | Chemistry | 281 |
54,278,545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletocutis%20subodora | Skeletocutis subodora is a species of poroid crust fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It was described as a new species by mycologists Josef Vlasák and Leif Ryvarden in 2012. The type specimen was collected in the Crater Lake visitor's centre in Oregon, United States, where it was growing on a log of Douglas fir. It is... | Skeletocutis subodora | Biology | 164 |
1,636,593 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboratory | A collaboratory, as defined by William Wulf in 1989, is a “center without walls, in which the nation’s researchers can perform their research without regard to physical location, interacting with colleagues, accessing instrumentation, sharing data and computational resources, [and] accessing information in digital libr... | Collaboratory | Technology,Engineering | 6,154 |
28,384,440 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Center%20for%20Technology%20Assessment | The International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA) is a U.S. non-profit bi-partisan organization, based in Washington, D.C.
ICTA was formed in 1994. Its executive director is Andrew Kimbrell. Its sister organization is the Center for Food Safety.
In 2004, ICTA took an active part in Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Sch... | International Center for Technology Assessment | Materials_science | 368 |
31,399,039 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastin | Plastin is part of a family of actin-bundling proteins, specifically the α-actinin family of actin-binding protein, which are found in many lifeforms, from humans and other animals to plants and yeasts. These proteins are known to cross-link actin filaments into bundles for various cell purposes.Members of plastin incl... | Plastin | Biology | 934 |
62,317,758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20Nightingale | Project Nightingale is a data storage and processing project by Google Cloud and Ascension, a Catholic health care system comprising a chain of 2,600 hospitals, doctors' offices and other related facilities, in 21 states, with tens of millions of patient records available for processing health care data. Ascension is o... | Project Nightingale | Technology | 771 |
3,206,350 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viridiplantae | Viridiplantae (; kingdom Plantae sensu stricto) is a clade of around 450,000–500,000 species of eukaryotic organisms, most of which obtain their energy by photosynthesis. The green plants are chloroplast-bearing autotrophs that play important primary production roles in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They inc... | Viridiplantae | Biology | 883 |
64,982,850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20poverty%20and%20gender | Energy poverty is defined as lacking access to the affordable sustainable energy service. Geographically, it is unevenly distributed in developing and developed countries. In 2019, there were an estimated 770 million people who have no access to electricity, with approximately 95% distributed in Asia and sub-Saharan Af... | Energy poverty and gender | Physics,Biology | 1,584 |
46,499,192 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20J.%20Bolte%20Sr.%20Award | The Richard J. Bolte Sr. Award recognizes "outstanding contributions by a leader who provides products or services vital to the continuing growth and development of the chemical and molecular sciences community". The medal is presented annually under the sponsorship of the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemic... | Richard J. Bolte Sr. Award | Technology | 236 |
25,886,202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion%20between%20Julian%20and%20Gregorian%20calendars | The tables below list equivalent dates in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Years are given in astronomical year numbering.
Conventions
Within these tables, January 1 is always the first day of the year.
The Gregorian calendar did not exist before October 15, 1582. Gregorian dates before that are proleptic, that is,... | Conversion between Julian and Gregorian calendars | Physics | 407 |
8,863,274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encampment%20%28Chinese%20constellation%29 | The Encampment mansion () is one of the 28 mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.
Asterisms
References
Chinese constellations | Encampment (Chinese constellation) | Astronomy | 42 |
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