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469,760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric%20map | In the mathematical theory of metric spaces, a metric map is a function between metric spaces that does not increase any distance. These maps are the morphisms in the category of metric spaces, Met. Such functions are always continuous functions.
They are also called Lipschitz functions with Lipschitz constant 1, none... | Metric map | Mathematics | 397 |
6,219,166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starry%20Plough%20%28flag%29 | The Starry Plough banner () is a flag which was originally used by the Irish Citizen Army, a socialist Irish republican movement, and subsequently adopted by other Irish political organizations.
Composition
The original Starry Plough was designed by William H. Megahy, though the concept may have originated with George... | Starry Plough (flag) | Astronomy | 798 |
41,125,081 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connective%20spectrum | In algebraic topology, a branch of mathematics, a connective spectrum is a spectrum whose homotopy sets of negative degrees are zero.
References
External links
Why are connective spectra called “connective”?
Algebraic topology
Spectra (topology) | Connective spectrum | Mathematics | 49 |
61,613,630 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deterministic%20Networking | Deterministic Networking (DetNet) is an effort by the IETF DetNet Working Group to study implementation of deterministic data paths for real-time applications with extremely low data loss rates, packet delay variation (jitter), and bounded latency, such as audio and video streaming, industrial automation, and vehicle c... | Deterministic Networking | Engineering | 1,526 |
23,048,616 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handheld%20Isothermal%20Silver%20Standard%20Sensor | The Handheld Isothermal Silver Standard Sensor (HISSS) project was sponsored by DARPA in the 2000s to develop a hand-held sensor that is capable of identifying biological weapon threats across the entire spectrum including bacteria, viruses and toxins. The program began in early part of the 21st century with the follow... | Handheld Isothermal Silver Standard Sensor | Biology | 156 |
15,236,129 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPHP3 | Nephrocystin-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NPHP3 gene.
This gene encodes a protein containing a coiled-coil (CC) domain, a tubulin-tyrosine ligase (TTL) domain, and a tetratrico peptide repeat (TPR) domain. The encoded protein interacts with nephrocystin and may function in renal tubular development ... | NPHP3 | Chemistry | 150 |
7,219,097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synechococcus | Synechococcus (from the Greek synechos, in succession, and the Greek kokkos, granule) is a unicellular cyanobacterium that is very widespread in the marine environment. Its size varies from 0.8 to 1.5 μm. The photosynthetic coccoid cells are preferentially found in well–lit surface waters where it can be very abundant ... | Synechococcus | Biology | 3,082 |
5,574,966 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-cycle%20engine | The split-cycle engine is a type of internal combustion engine.
Design
In a conventional Otto cycle engine, each cylinder performs four strokes per cycle: intake, compression, power, and exhaust. This means that two revolutions of the crankshaft are required for each power stroke. The split-cycle engine divides these ... | Split-cycle engine | Technology | 777 |
24,547,311 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenant%20of%20Mayors | The Covenant of Mayors is a European co-operation movement involving local and regional authorities. Signatories of the Covenant of Mayors voluntarily commit to increasing energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources on their territories. By their commitment, they support the European Union 20% reduction ... | Covenant of Mayors | Engineering | 1,287 |
2,819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerodynamics | Aerodynamics ( aero (air) + (dynamics)) is the study of the motion of air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as an airplane wing. It involves topics covered in the field of fluid dynamics and its subfield of gas dynamics, and is an important domain of study in aeronautics. The term aerodynamics is oft... | Aerodynamics | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering | 4,401 |
70,449,007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20Computer%20Society%20Charles%20Babbage%20Award | In 1989, the International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium established the Charles Babbage Award to be given each year to a conference participant in recognition of exceptional contributions to the field. In almost all cases, the award is given to one of the invited keynote speakers at the conference. Th... | IEEE Computer Society Charles Babbage Award | Technology | 548 |
9,525,603 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breezeway | A breezeway is an architectural feature similar to a hallway that allows the passage of a breeze between structures to accommodate high winds, allow aeration, or provide aesthetic design variation.
Often, a breezeway is a simple roof connecting two structures (such as a house and a garage); sometimes, it can be much ... | Breezeway | Engineering | 250 |
20,866,283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBC%20%28codec%29 | SBC, or low-complexity subband codec, is an audio subband codec specified by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) for the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP). SBC is a digital audio encoder and decoder used to transfer data to Bluetooth audio output devices like headphones or loudspeakers. It can also be u... | SBC (codec) | Technology | 631 |
13,037,086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichlorophenylsilane | Trichlorophenylsilane is a compound with formula Si(C6H5)Cl3.
Similarly to other alkylchlorosilanes, trichlorophenylsilane is a possible precursor to silicone. It hydrolyses in water to give HCl and phenylsilantriol, with the latter condensating to a polymeric substance.
See also
Methyltrichlorosilane
Organochlor... | Trichlorophenylsilane | Chemistry | 105 |
30,381,186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khekadaengoside | Khekadaengoside is any one of several chemical compounds isolated from certain plants, notably Trichosanthes tricuspidata. They can be seen as derivatives of the triterpene hydrocarbon cucurbitane (), more specifically from cucurbitacins H and L.
They include:
Khekadaengoside A from T. tricuspidata
Khekadaengosid... | Khekadaengoside | Chemistry | 139 |
63,165,747 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28Cyclooctatetraene%29iron%20tricarbonyl | (Cyclooctatetraene)iron tricarbonyl is the organoiron compound with the formula (C8H8)Fe(CO)3. Like other examples of (diene)Fe(CO)3 complexes, it is an orange, diamagnetic solid. Although several isomers are possible, only the η4-C8H8 complex is observed. The complex is an example of a ring-whizzer, since, on the N... | (Cyclooctatetraene)iron tricarbonyl | Chemistry | 145 |
3,741,564 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type%20%28model%20theory%29 | In model theory and related areas of mathematics, a type is an object that describes how a (real or possible) element or finite collection of elements in a mathematical structure might behave. More precisely, it is a set of first-order formulas in a language L with free variables x1, x2,..., xn that are true of a set ... | Type (model theory) | Mathematics | 2,107 |
227,100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver%20nitrate | Silver nitrate is an inorganic compound with chemical formula . It is a versatile precursor to many other silver compounds, such as those used in photography. It is far less sensitive to light than the halides. It was once called lunar caustic because silver was called luna by ancient alchemists who associated silver w... | Silver nitrate | Chemistry | 2,272 |
77,094,171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKS%200451-28 | PKS 0451-28 (full name PKS 0451-282), also known as MRC 0451-282, is a quasar located in the constellation of Caelum. Its redshift is 2.55, estimating the object to be located nearly 10.8 billion light-years away from Earth.
Characteristics
Observed by the 20-GHz Australia Telescope Compact Array radio survey, PKS 04... | PKS 0451-28 | Astronomy | 1,427 |
36,808,384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%20spot | Tar spot may refer to:
Phyllachora maydis, a fungus species that cause tar spot disease of maize
Rhytisma acerinum, a fungus species that causes tar spot disease of maples | Tar spot | Biology | 45 |
648,096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangling%20else | The dangling else is a problem in programming of parser generators in which an optional else clause in an if–then(–else) statement can make nested conditional statements ambiguous. Formally, the reference context-free grammar of the language is ambiguous, meaning there is more than one correct parse tree.
In many prog... | Dangling else | Technology,Engineering | 1,630 |
74,800,397 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan%20Edirisinghe | Mohan Jayantha Edirisinghe is a biomaterials engineer who is the Bonfield Chair of Biomaterials in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University College London. Edirisinghe studies new materials forming methodologies, with a focus on the development of new biostructures. He was appointed an Order of the Britis... | Mohan Edirisinghe | Engineering,Biology | 691 |
65,504,712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian%20Union%20of%20Chemical%2C%20Energy%20and%20Resource%20Workers | The Italian Union of Chemical, Energy and Resource Workers (, UILCER) was a trade union representing manufacturing and utility workers in Italy.
The union was founded in the summer of 1994, when the Italian Union of Chemical and Allied Industries merged with the Italian Union of Oil and Gas Workers. Like both its pre... | Italian Union of Chemical, Energy and Resource Workers | Chemistry | 140 |
193,366 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asafoetida | Asafoetida (; also spelled asafetida) is the dried latex (gum oleoresin) exuded from the rhizome or tap root of several species of Ferula, perennial herbs of the carrot family. It is produced in Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, northern India and Northwest China (Xinjiang). Different regions have different botanical s... | Asafoetida | Physics | 1,943 |
8,436,735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kekul%C3%A9%20Program | Kekulé was a computer program named after the chemist Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz. The program was created starting in about 1990 by Joe McDaniel and Jason Balmuth while at Fein-Marquart Associates with funding from the National Cancer Institute under a Small Business Innovative Research Grant.
Overview
The... | Kekulé Program | Chemistry | 185 |
32,670,685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stauropteridaceae | Stauropteridaceae is a family of ferns or fern-like plants from the Devonian and Upper Carboniferous. It is the only family placed in the order Stauropteridales.
References
Ferns
Devonian plants
Pennsylvanian plants
Devonian first appearances
Pennsylvanian extinctions
Prehistoric plant families | Stauropteridaceae | Biology | 62 |
30,992,863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proaftn | Proaftn is a fuzzy classification method that belongs to the class of supervised learning algorithms. The acronym Proaftn stands for: (PROcédure d'Affectation Floue pour la problématique du Tri Nominal), which means in English: Fuzzy Assignment Procedure for Nominal Sorting.
The method enables to determine the fuzzy ... | Proaftn | Engineering | 397 |
77,882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jukebox | A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that plays a patron's selection from self-contained media. The classic jukebox has buttons with letters and numbers on them, which are used to select specific records. Some may use compact discs instead. Disc changers are similar ... | Jukebox | Physics,Technology,Engineering | 1,566 |
2,336,235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s%20twentieth%20problem | Hilbert's twentieth problem is one of the 23 Hilbert problems set out in a celebrated list compiled in 1900 by David Hilbert. It asks whether all boundary value problems can be solved (that is, do variational problems with certain boundary conditions have solutions).
Introduction
Hilbert noted that there existed meth... | Hilbert's twentieth problem | Mathematics | 551 |
40,186,920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20Interest%20Research%20Group%20in%20Michigan | Public Interest Research Group in Michigan (PIRGIM) is a non-profit organization that is part of the state PIRG organizations.
PIRGIM has a history of working on a variety of issues, such as cleaning Michigan's waterways, toy safety, and chemical safety.
History
The PIRGs emerged in the early 1970s on U.S. college ca... | Public Interest Research Group in Michigan | Environmental_science | 195 |
10,919,454 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXTEA | In cryptography, Corrected Block TEA (often referred to as XXTEA) is a block cipher designed to correct weaknesses in the original Block TEA.
XXTEA is vulnerable to a chosen-plaintext attack requiring 259 queries and negligible work. See cryptanalysis below.
The cipher's designers were Roger Needham and David Wheele... | XXTEA | Technology | 1,614 |
1,573,690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sling%20%28implant%29 | In surgery, a sling is an implant that is intended to provide additional support to a particular tissue. It usually consists of a synthetic mesh material in the shape of a narrow ribbon but sometimes a biomaterial (bovine or porcine) or the patient’s own tissue. The ends are usually attached to a fixed body part such a... | Sling (implant) | Biology | 308 |
43,269,516 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample%20complexity | The sample complexity of a machine learning algorithm represents the number of training-samples that it needs in order to successfully learn a target function.
More precisely, the sample complexity is the number of training-samples that we need to supply to the algorithm, so that the function returned by the algorithm... | Sample complexity | Engineering | 1,379 |
1,948,276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetramethylsilane | Tetramethylsilane (abbreviated as TMS) is the organosilicon compound with the formula Si(CH3)4. It is the simplest tetraorganosilane. Like all silanes, the TMS framework is tetrahedral. TMS is a building block in organometallic chemistry but also finds use in diverse niche applications.
Synthesis and reactions
TMS i... | Tetramethylsilane | Chemistry | 586 |
2,984,476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaup%E2%80%93Kupershmidt%20equation | The Kaup–Kupershmidt equation (named after David J. Kaup and Boris Abram Kupershmidt) is the nonlinear fifth-order partial differential equation
It is the first equation in a hierarchy of integrable equations with the Lax operator
.
It has properties similar (but not identical) to those of the better-known KdV hier... | Kaup–Kupershmidt equation | Physics,Mathematics | 94 |
38,012,550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta%20Octantis | Beta Octantis, Latinized from β Octantis, is a probable astrometric binary star system in the southern circumpolar constellation of Octans. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.13. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 21.85 mas as seen from Earth, it is located about 149 light... | Beta Octantis | Astronomy | 255 |
2,109,782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requirements%20management | Requirements management is the process of documenting, analyzing, tracing, prioritizing and agreeing on requirements and then controlling change and communicating to relevant stakeholders. It is a continuous process throughout a project. A requirement is a capability to which a project outcome (product or service) shou... | Requirements management | Engineering | 2,326 |
65,673,469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-haul%20flight%20ban | A short-haul flight ban is a prohibition imposed by governments on airlines to establish and maintain a flight connection over a certain distance, or by organisations or companies on their employees for business travel using existing flight connections over a certain distance, in order to mitigate the environmental imp... | Short-haul flight ban | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering | 5,820 |
44,597,982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizoclosmatium | Rhizoclosmatium is a genus of fungi classified in the family Chytriomycetaceae. It was circumscribed by Danish mycologist Henning Eiler Petersen in 1903. The genus contains four species.
References
External links
Chytridiomycota genera | Rhizoclosmatium | Biology | 65 |
9,107,270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTOPIA%20%28bioinformatics%20tools%29 | UTOPIA (User-friendly Tools for Operating Informatics Applications) is a suite of free tools for visualising and analysing bioinformatics data. Based on an ontology-driven data model, it contains applications for viewing and aligning protein sequences, rendering complex molecular structures in 3D, and for finding and u... | UTOPIA (bioinformatics tools) | Mathematics,Biology | 547 |
74,366 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%20metre | The square metre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square meter (American spelling) is the unit of area in the International System of Units (SI) with symbol m2. It is the area of a square with sides one metre in length.
Adding and subtracting SI prefixes creates m... | Square metre | Mathematics | 324 |
3,560,079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acamprosate | Acamprosate, sold under the brand name Campral, is a medication which reduces alcoholism cravings. It is thought to stabilize chemical signaling in the brain that would otherwise be disrupted by alcohol withdrawal. When used alone, acamprosate is not an effective therapy for alcohol use disorder in most individuals, as... | Acamprosate | Chemistry | 1,634 |
3,387,739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Francisco%20Sex%20Information | San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI) is an organization that provides free sex information via the World Wide Web, e-mail, telephone, and online social networking. SFSI also offers a bi-annual sex educator training program and various continuing education lectures, all located in San Francisco, California.
Overview
Fo... | San Francisco Sex Information | Biology | 229 |
63,209,416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Nitrosoglyphosate | N-Nitrosoglyphosate is the nitrosamine degradation product and synthetic impurity of glyphosate herbicide.
The US EPA limits N-nitrosoglyphosate impurity to a maximum of 1 ppm in glyphosate formulated products. N-Nitrosoglyphosate can also form from the reaction of nitrates and glyphosate. Formation of N-nitrosoglypho... | N-Nitrosoglyphosate | Biology | 147 |
35,076,621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novikov%E2%80%93Shubin%20invariant | In mathematics, a Novikov–Shubin invariant, introduced by , is an invariant of a compact Riemannian manifold related to the spectrum of the Laplace operator acting on square-integrable differential forms on its universal cover.
The Novikov–Shubin invariant gives a measure of the density of eigenvalues around zero. It ... | Novikov–Shubin invariant | Mathematics | 116 |
845,722 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel%20magnetoresistance | Tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) is a magnetoresistive effect that occurs in a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ), which is a component consisting of two ferromagnets separated by a thin insulator. If the insulating layer is thin enough (typically a few nanometres), electrons can tunnel from one ferromagnet into the other. S... | Tunnel magnetoresistance | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 2,614 |
34,912,228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20T.%20Baldwin | Ian Thomas Baldwin (born 1958) is an American ecologist.
Scientific career
Baldwin studied biology and chemistry at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and graduated 1981 with an AB. In 1989 he graduated with a PhD in chemical ecology from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Section of Neurobiology and Beh... | Ian T. Baldwin | Chemistry | 1,071 |
2,349,829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leecher%20%28computing%29 | In computing and specifically in Internet slang, a leech is one who benefits, usually deliberately, from others' information or effort but does not offer anything in return, or makes only token offerings in an attempt to avoid being called a leech. In economics, this type of behavior is called "free riding" and is asso... | Leecher (computing) | Mathematics,Technology | 1,765 |
74,122,318 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecology%20block | An ecology block, also known as an eco-block or ecoblock, is a type of recycled concrete block used to make retaining walls. Ecology blocks are manufactured using concrete left over from other construction processes. A cross-section of an eco-block typically measures square, with block lengths ranging from to . One b... | Ecology block | Engineering | 684 |
36,915,115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian%20Academy%20of%20Technological%20Sciences | The Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (, NTVA) is a learned society based in Trondheim, Norway.
Founded in 1955, the academy has about 500 members. It is a member of the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS) and of the European Council of Applied Sciences and En... | Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences | Engineering | 95 |
14,877,359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60S%20ribosomal%20protein%20L13a | 60S ribosomal protein L13a is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RPL13A gene.
Ribosomes, the organelles that catalyze protein synthesis, consist of a small 40S subunit and a large 60S subunit. Together these subunits are composed of 4 RNA species and approximately 80 structurally distinct proteins. This gene e... | 60S ribosomal protein L13a | Chemistry | 197 |
681 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardwolf | The aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) is an insectivorous hyaenid species, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means "earth-wolf" in Afrikaans and Dutch. It is also called the maanhaar-jackal (Afrikaans for "mane-jackal"), termite-eating hyena and civet hyena, based on its habit of secreting substances from its an... | Aardwolf | Biology | 2,670 |
2,736,939 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random%20number%20generation | Random number generation is a process by which, often by means of a random number generator (RNG), a sequence of numbers or symbols is generated that cannot be reasonably predicted better than by random chance. This means that the particular outcome sequence will contain some patterns detectable in hindsight but imposs... | Random number generation | Mathematics,Technology,Engineering | 4,154 |
2,598,499 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychologism | Psychologism is a family of philosophical positions, according to which certain psychological facts, laws, or entities play a central role in grounding or explaining certain non-psychological facts, laws, or entities. The word was coined by Johann Eduard Erdmann as Psychologismus, being translated into English as psych... | Psychologism | Mathematics | 638 |
3,983,826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega%20language | In formal language theory within theoretical computer science, an infinite word is an infinite-length sequence (specifically, an ω-length sequence) of symbols, and an ω-language is a set of infinite words. Here, ω refers to the first infinite ordinal number, modeling a set of natural numbers.
Formal definition
Let Σ ... | Omega language | Mathematics | 845 |
43,730,804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciaky%2C%20Inc. | Sciaky, Inc. is an American manufacturer of metal 3D printing systems and industrial welding systems, founded in 1939 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It specializes in electron beam welding systems and services for aerospace manufacturers.
In 2009, Sciaky entered the 3D Printing field with its electron beam ad... | Sciaky, Inc. | Engineering | 773 |
4,472,133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamfered%20dodecahedron | In geometry, the chamfered dodecahedron is a convex polyhedron with 80 vertices, 120 edges, and 42 faces: 30 hexagons and 12 pentagons. It is constructed as a chamfer (edge-truncation) of a regular dodecahedron. The pentagons are reduced in size and new hexagonal faces are added in place of all the original edges. Its ... | Chamfered dodecahedron | Mathematics | 735 |
70,615,797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCTbio | SCTbio is global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) providing cGMP services of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs). It operates in Europe and North America. The company has strong expertise in the development of autologous cell-based products, cell banking and all needle-to-needle GMP op... | SCTbio | Biology | 701 |
44,417,637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditioned%20play%20audiometry | Conditioned play audiometry (CPA) is a type of audiometry done in children from ages 2 to 5 years old, in developmental age. It is the test that directly follows visual reinforcement audiometry when the child becomes able to focus on a task. It is a type of behavioral hearing test, of which there are many.
Conditione... | Conditioned play audiometry | Physics | 456 |
25,523,408 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morelos%20railway%20accident | The Morelos railway accident occurred on 23 June 1881 near Cuautla, Morelos in Mexico when an entire train plunged into the San Antonio river, killing over 200 people.
On 18 June 1881, the narrow gauge Morelos Railroad from Mexico City to Cuautla first opened to the public. To honor the occasion, the President of Mexi... | Morelos railway accident | Technology | 340 |
48,595,119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insecticide%20Resistance%20Action%20Committee | The Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) was formed in 1984 and works as a specialist technical group of the industry association CropLife to be able to provide a coordinated industry response to prevent or delay the development of insecticide resistance in insect, mite and nematode pests. IRAC strives to fac... | Insecticide Resistance Action Committee | Engineering,Biology | 530 |
41,591,786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortinarius%20bovinatus | Cortinarius bovinatus is an agaric fungus in the family Cortinariaceae. Described as new to science in 2013, it is found in Europe.
See also
List of Cortinarius species
References
External links
bovinatus
Fungi of Europe
Fungi described in 2013
Fungus species | Cortinarius bovinatus | Biology | 61 |
25,786,160 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constraint%20graph%20%28layout%29 | In some tasks of integrated circuit layout design a necessity arises to optimize placement of non-overlapping objects in the plane. In general this problem is extremely hard, and to tackle it with computer algorithms, certain assumptions are made about admissible placements and about operations allowed in placement mod... | Constraint graph (layout) | Engineering | 565 |
72,949,511 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.S.%20Unnikrishnan | C. S. Unnikrishnan (born 25 July 1962) is an Indian physicist and professor known for his contributions in multiple areas of experimental and theoretical physics. He has been a professor at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai and is currently a professor in the School of Quantum Technology at the Defence ... | C.S. Unnikrishnan | Physics | 778 |
178,711 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable%20length | A cable length or length of cable is a nautical unit of measure equal to one tenth of a nautical mile or approximately 100 fathoms. Owing to anachronisms and varying techniques of measurement, a cable length can be anywhere from , depending on the standard used.
Etymology and origin
The modern word cable is directly ... | Cable length | Mathematics | 331 |
31,295,586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantharellus%20friesii | Cantharellus friesii, the orange or velvet chanterelle, is a fungus native to Asia and Europe. The cap color varies from deep yellow to reddish orange and is 2–4 cm wide. It occurs in beech, fir and spruce forests. C. friesii is considered a good edible mushroom, but because of its rarity, it deserves to be mindfull... | Cantharellus friesii | Biology | 154 |
24,150,292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C22H30O3 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C22H30O3}}
The molecular formula C22H30O3 (molar mass : 342.47 g/mol) may refer to:
Anacardic acid, a chemical compound found in the shell of the cashew nut
Endrisone, a steroid
Megestrol, a progesterone derivative with antineoplastic properties used in the treatment of advanced carcinoma of the brea... | C22H30O3 | Chemistry | 127 |
54,514,552 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%201573 | NGC 1573 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Camelopardalis. It was discovered on 1 August 1883 by Wilhelm Tempel. It was described as "very faint, small" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue. It is located about 190 million light-years (58 megaparsecs) away.
The galaxy PGC ... | NGC 1573 | Astronomy | 160 |
25,681,069 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20Milo | Project Milo (also referred to as Milo and Kate) was a project in development by Lionhead Studios for the Xbox 360 video game console. Formerly a secretive project under the early codename "Dimitri", Project Milo was unveiled at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in a demonstration for Kinect, as a "controller... | Project Milo | Mathematics | 1,000 |
70,039,240 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue%20black%20hole | A rogue black hole is a black hole that is not bound by any object's gravity, allowing them to float freely throughout the universe. Since black holes emit no light, the only ways to detect them are gravitational lensing or x-ray bursts that occur when they destroy an object.
Intergalactic rogue black holes
These ar... | Rogue black hole | Physics,Astronomy | 288 |
15,916,469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.%20James%20Sullivan | Leroy James Sullivan (June 27, 1933 – September 22, 2024) was an American firearms inventor. Going by Jim Sullivan, he designed several "scaled-down" versions of larger firearms.
Early life
Sullivan was born on June 27, 1933, in Nome, Alaska. Sullivan lived in Nome until he was seven years old, concerned that World Wa... | L. James Sullivan | Engineering | 599 |
5,625,092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenical%20bronze | Arsenical bronze is an alloy in which arsenic, as opposed to or in addition to tin or other constituent metals, is combined with copper to make bronze. The use of arsenic with copper, either as the secondary constituent or with another component such as tin, results in a stronger final product and better casting behavi... | Arsenical bronze | Chemistry,Materials_science | 2,694 |
28,170,854 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egan%20Report | The Egan Report, titled Rethinking Construction, was an influential report on the UK construction industry produced by an industry task force chaired by Sir John Egan, published in November 1998. Together with the Latham Report, Constructing the Team, produced four years earlier, it did much to drive efficiency improve... | Egan Report | Engineering | 679 |
13,818,545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneuvering%20speed | In aviation, the maneuvering speed of an aircraft is an airspeed limitation at which the full deflection of the controls can be made at without risking structural damage.
The maneuvering speed of an aircraft is shown on a cockpit placard and in the aircraft's flight manual but is not commonly shown on the aircraft's a... | Maneuvering speed | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering | 497 |
39,339,697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iribarren%20number | In fluid dynamics, the Iribarren number or Iribarren parameter – also known as the surf similarity parameter and breaker parameter – is a dimensionless parameter used to model several effects of (breaking) surface gravity waves on beaches and coastal structures. The parameter is named after the Spanish engineer Ramón I... | Iribarren number | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering | 395 |
75,486,042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenciguat | Avenciguat (development name BI 685509) is a soluble guanylate cyclase activator developed by Boehringer Ingelheim for kidney disease, and cirrhosis.
References
Drugs developed by Boehringer Ingelheim
Experimental drugs
Pyrazoles
Pyridines
Tetrahydropyrans
Carboxylic acids
Tetrahydroisoquinolines
Ethoxy compounds | Avenciguat | Chemistry | 90 |
536,249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm%20Prediction%20Center | The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) is a US government agency that is part of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), operating under the control of the National Weather Service (NWS), which in turn is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States Department of ... | Storm Prediction Center | Physics | 5,858 |
8,290,478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclohexylamine | Cyclohexylamine is an organic compound, belonging to the aliphatic amine class. It is a colorless liquid, although, like many amines, samples are often colored due to contaminants. It has a fishy odor and is miscible with water. Like other amines, it is a weak base, compared to strong bases such as NaOH, but it is a st... | Cyclohexylamine | Chemistry | 568 |
31,376,949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek%20Atomic%20Energy%20Commission | The Greek Atomic Energy Commission (EEAE) is an independent government agency of Greece which is responsible for atomic safety, development and regulations and for monitoring artificially produced ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. The seven-member board of directors operate under the supervision of the Ministry of D... | Greek Atomic Energy Commission | Engineering | 132 |
24,639,265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-dimensional%20space | Six-dimensional space is any space that has six dimensions, six degrees of freedom, and that needs six pieces of data, or coordinates, to specify a location in this space. There are an infinite number of these, but those of most interest are simpler ones that model some aspect of the environment. Of particular interest... | Six-dimensional space | Physics | 1,977 |
22,208 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic%20chemistry | Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms. Study of structure determines their structural formula. Study of properties includes p... | Organic chemistry | Chemistry | 5,170 |
75,144,170 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphitization | Graphitization is a process of transforming a carbonaceous material, such as coal or the carbon in certain forms of iron alloys, into graphite.
Process
The graphitization process involves a restructuring of the molecular structure of the carbon material. In the initial state, these materials can have an amorphous str... | Graphitization | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 349 |
71,192,202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zytek%20ZA1348 | The Zytek ZA1348, also known as the Zytek ZA348, is a 3.4-liter, naturally-aspirated, V8 racing engine, designed, developed and produced by British manufacturer Zytek, between 2003 and 2004. It was specifically constructed and built as the spec-engine for the new A1GP open-wheel formula racing series, and debuted in 20... | Zytek ZA1348 | Technology | 183 |
529,093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act%20of%20God | In legal usage in the English-speaking world, an act of God, act of nature, or damnum fatale ("loss arising from inevitable accident") is an event caused by no direct human action (e.g. severe or extreme weather and other natural disasters) for which individual persons are not responsible and cannot be held legally lia... | Act of God | Physics | 1,220 |
40,496,327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended%20theories%20of%20gravity | Extended theories of gravity are alternative theories of gravity developed from the exact starting points investigated first by Albert Einstein and Hilbert. These are theories describing gravity, which are metric theory, "a linear connection" or related affine theories, or metric-affine gravitation theory. Rather than ... | Extended theories of gravity | Physics | 351 |
73,155,123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon%20Lucy | Leon B. Lucy (1938–2018) was a British-American astrophysicist, best known for his contribution to the Richardson-Lucy deconvolution algorithm and spearheading the development of smoothed-particle hydrodynamics methods. He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2000.
References
External links
Col... | Leon Lucy | Physics,Astronomy | 76 |
4,613,989 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genevestigator | Genevestigator is an application consisting of a gene expression database and tools to analyse the data. It exists in two versions, biomedical and plant, depending on the species of the underlying microarray and RNAseq as well as single-cell RNA-sequencing data. It was started in January 2004 by scientists from ETH Zur... | Genevestigator | Biology | 1,098 |
2,487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonite | Amazonite, also known as amazonstone, is a green tectosilicate mineral, a variety of the potassium feldspar called microcline. Its chemical formula is KAlSi3O8, which is polymorphic to orthoclase.
Its name is taken from that of the Amazon River, from which green stones were formerly obtained, though it is unknown whet... | Amazonite | Physics | 853 |
6,577,312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita%20Dolly%20Panek | Anita Dolly Haubenstock Panek is a Brazilian biochemist. She emigrated from Poland to Brazil because of World War II. She received a B.Sc. in Chemistry, 1954 and a Ph.D. in 1962. She became a professor at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
In 1988 she showed that endogenous trehalose protects cells against th... | Anita Dolly Panek | Chemistry | 220 |
16,640,926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenium%20hexafluoride | Selenium hexafluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula SeF6. It is a very toxic colourless gas described as having a "repulsive" odor. It is not widely encountered and has no commercial applications.
Structure, preparation, and reactions
SeF6 has octahedral molecular geometry with an Se−F bond length of 168.... | Selenium hexafluoride | Chemistry | 410 |
52,832,272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondria%20associated%20membranes | Mitochondria-associated membranes (MAMs) represent regions of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) which are reversibly tethered to mitochondria. These membranes are involved in import of certain lipids from the ER to mitochondria and in regulation of calcium homeostasis, mitochondrial function, autophagy and apoptosis. They... | Mitochondria associated membranes | Chemistry,Biology | 1,785 |
46,332,876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin-1%20receptor%20associated%20kinase | The interleukin-1 receptor (IL-1R) associated kinase (IRAK) family plays a crucial role in the protective response to pathogens introduced into the human body by inducing acute inflammation followed by additional adaptive immune responses. IRAKs are essential components of the Interleukin-1 receptor signaling pathway a... | Interleukin-1 receptor associated kinase | Biology | 3,799 |
31,425,310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapuy | Tapuy, also spelled tapuey or tapey, is a rice wine produced in the Philippines. It is a traditional beverage originated from Banaue and Mountain Province, where it is used for important occasions such as weddings, rice harvesting ceremonies, fiestas and cultural fairs. It is produced from either pure glutinous rice or... | Tapuy | Biology | 669 |
71,108,476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolingian%20pound | The Carolingian pound (, ), also called Charlemagne's pound or the Charlemagne pound, was a unit of weight that emerged during the reign of Charlemagne. It served both as a trading weight and a coinage weight. It had a mass of about 408 g and was introduced in as part of Charlemagne's monetary reform around AD 793/94. ... | Carolingian pound | Physics,Mathematics | 1,572 |
72,628,992 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens%20M55 | The Siemens M55 was a mobile phone introduced by Siemens in 2003. At the time, it was a high-end phone and one of the first color phones by Siemens, with a 4096 color screen. It was a lower-end counterpart of the Siemens S55, with Bluetooth and infrared connectivity removed. It had a 700mAh battery and no video recorde... | Siemens M55 | Technology | 114 |
19,001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft | Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became highly influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windows, and the company has since expanded to Internet services, cloud computing, video gaming ... | Microsoft | Technology | 13,656 |
18,468,924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie%20taxon | In paleontology, a zombie taxon (plural zombie taxa) or the zombie effect refers to a fossil that was washed out of sediments and re-deposited in rocks and/or sediments millions of years younger. That basic mistake in the interpretation of the age of the fossil leads to its title, in that the discovered fossil was at ... | Zombie taxon | Biology | 212 |
21,599,073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentamicin%20protection%20assay | The gentamicin protection assay or survival assay or invasion assay is a method used in microbiology. It is used to quantify the ability of pathogenic bacteria to invade eukaryotic cells.
The assay is based on several observations made in the 1970s, in which the ability of internalized bacteria to avoid killing by ant... | Gentamicin protection assay | Chemistry,Biology | 935 |
20,000,136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar%20formaldehyde | Interstellar formaldehyde (a topic relevant to astrochemistry) was first discovered in 1969 by L. Snyder et al. using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. Formaldehyde (H2CO) was detected by means of the 111 - 110 ground state rotational transition at 4830 MHz. On 11 August 2014, astronomers released studies, usi... | Interstellar formaldehyde | Chemistry,Astronomy | 1,724 |
2,155,310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20ethanol%20fuel%20mixtures | Several common ethanol fuel mixtures are in use around the world. The use of pure hydrous or anhydrous ethanol in internal combustion engines (ICEs) is only possible if the engines are designed or modified for that purpose, and used only in automobiles, light-duty trucks and motorcycles. Anhydrous ethanol can be blende... | Common ethanol fuel mixtures | Chemistry | 7,470 |
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