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41,331,583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erbium%20tetraboride | Erbium tetraboride is a boride of the lanthanide metal erbium.
It is hard and has a high melting point. Industrial applications of erbium boride include use in semiconductors, the blades of gas turbines, and the nozzles of rocket engines.
References
Borides
Erbium compounds | Erbium tetraboride | Chemistry | 70 |
41,060,071 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora%20%28fungus%29 | Pandora is a genus of fungi within the order Entomophthorales. This has been supported by molecular phylogenetic analysis (Gryganskyi et al. 2012).
It was initially formed by Polish mycologist Andrzej Batko (1933-1997), as a subgenus of Zoophthora. Then American mycologist Richard A. Humber raised it to the genus leve... | Pandora (fungus) | Biology | 891 |
22,387,613 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20highly%20toxic%20gases | Many gases have toxic properties, which are often assessed using the LC50 (median lethal concentration) measure. In the United States, many of these gases have been assigned an NFPA 704 health rating of 4 (may be fatal) or 3 (may cause serious or permanent injury), and/or exposure limits (TLV, TWA/PEL, STEL, or REL) de... | List of highly toxic gases | Chemistry,Environmental_science | 433 |
43,667,672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewald%E2%80%93Oseen%20extinction%20theorem | In optics, the Ewald–Oseen extinction theorem, sometimes referred to as just the extinction theorem, is a theorem that underlies the common understanding of scattering (as well as refraction, reflection, and diffraction). It is named after Paul Peter Ewald and Carl Wilhelm Oseen, who proved the theorem in crystalline a... | Ewald–Oseen extinction theorem | Physics,Chemistry | 2,521 |
903,032 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular%20exponentiation | Modular exponentiation is exponentiation performed over a modulus. It is useful in computer science, especially in the field of public-key cryptography, where it is used in both Diffie–Hellman key exchange and RSA public/private keys.
Modular exponentiation is the remainder when an integer (the base) is raised to the... | Modular exponentiation | Mathematics | 2,653 |
15,204,685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium%20cobalt%20oxide | Lithium cobalt oxide, sometimes called lithium cobaltate or lithium cobaltite, is a chemical compound with formula . The cobalt atoms are formally in the +3 oxidation state, hence the IUPAC name lithium cobalt(III) oxide.
Lithium cobalt oxide is a dark blue or bluish-gray crystalline solid, and is commonly used in th... | Lithium cobalt oxide | Chemistry | 881 |
49,662,809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole%20genome%20bisulfite%20sequencing | Whole genome bisulfite sequencing is a next-generation sequencing technology used to determine the DNA methylation status of single cytosines by treating the DNA with sodium bisulfite before high-throughput DNA sequencing. The DNA methylation status at various genes can reveal information regarding gene regulation and ... | Whole genome bisulfite sequencing | Chemistry,Biology | 2,383 |
71,479,109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey%20Bagayev%20%28scientist%29 | Sergey Nikolayevich Bagayev (; 9 September 1941 – 15 August 2024) was a Russian scientist, a specialist in the field of quantum electronics and laser physics, director of the Institute of Laser Physics (1992–2016). His h-index was 16.
Biography
Sergey Bagayev was born in Novosibirsk on 9 September 1941.
In 1964, he ... | Sergey Bagayev (scientist) | Physics | 366 |
41,262,804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%204732 | HD 4732 is a red giant star of magnitude 5.9 located in the constellation Cetus. It is 189 light years from the Solar System.
HD 4732 is located in the celestial Southern Hemisphere, although it can be observed from most regions of the Earth. Near Antarctica the star is circumpolar, while it is always below the horizo... | HD 4732 | Astronomy | 363 |
1,041,645 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentalene | Pentalene is a polycyclic hydrocarbon composed of two fused cyclopentadiene rings. It has chemical formula . It is antiaromatic, because it has 4n π electrons where n is any integer. For this reason it dimerizes even at temperatures as low as −100 °C. The derivative 1,3,5-tri-tert-butylpentalene was synthesized in 1973... | Pentalene | Chemistry | 386 |
26,908,265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atiprosin | Atiprosin (developmental code name AY-28,228) is an antihypertensive agent which acts as a selective α1-adrenergic receptor antagonist. It also possesses some antihistamine activity, though it is some 15-fold weaker in this regard than as an alpha blocker. It was never marketed.
See also
Prazosin
Ketanserin
Referen... | Atiprosin | Chemistry | 113 |
4,334,477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss%20SP-303 | The Boss Dr. Sample SP-303 is a discontinued digital sampler from Boss, successor of the Boss SP-202 Dr. Sample. The SP-303 was revamped and redesigned in 2005, and released as the SP-404, by Roland Corporation.
Features
While the Dr. Sample SP-303 may lack some of the features seen on other hip hop production sampler... | Boss SP-303 | Engineering | 514 |
3,625,803 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg%20University%20of%20Technology | The Hamburg University of Technology (in German Technische Universität Hamburg, abbreviated TUHH (HH as acronym of Hamburg state) or TU Hamburg) is a research university in Germany. The university was founded in 1978 and in 1982/83 lecturing followed. Around 110 senior lecturers/professors and 1,410 members of staff (8... | Hamburg University of Technology | Biology | 1,066 |
28,153,186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20JTAG | The Open JTAG project is an open source project released under GNU License.
It is a complete hardware and software JTAG reference design, based on a simple hardware composed by a FTDI FT245 USB front-end and an Altera EPM570 MAX II CPLD. The capabilities of this hardware configuration make the Open JTAG device able to... | Open JTAG | Technology,Engineering | 168 |
10,173,410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunologic%20adjuvant | In immunology, an adjuvant is a substance that increases or modulates the immune response to a vaccine. The word "adjuvant" comes from the Latin word , meaning to help or aid. "An immunologic adjuvant is defined as any substance that acts to accelerate, prolong, or enhance antigen-specific immune responses when used in... | Immunologic adjuvant | Biology | 3,445 |
5,008,526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topicity | In stereochemistry, topicity is the stereochemical relationship between substituents and the structure to which they are attached. Depending on the relationship, such groups can be heterotopic, homotopic, enantiotopic, or diastereotopic.
Homotopic
Homotopic groups in a chemical compound are equivalent groups. Two grou... | Topicity | Physics,Chemistry | 1,751 |
537,271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANIM | ANIM is a file format, used to store digital movies and computer generated animations (hence the ANIM name), and is a variation of the ILBM format, which is a subformat of Interchange File Format.
Main Features
Anim FileTypes
Known filetypes for Anim into AmigaOS are: Anim1, Anim2, Anim3, Anim5 and Anim7. Anim1 to A... | ANIM | Technology | 1,564 |
2,661,582 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%20State%20Mining%20University | Moscow State Mining University () is a Russian institute of higher education that prepares mining engineers. In 2014, the university merged with the National University of Science and Technology MISiS and became a part of it as the Moscow Mining Institute (College of Mining).
History
Its history can be traced back to ... | Moscow State Mining University | Engineering | 813 |
6,591,195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Donald%20Booth | Andrew Donald Booth (11 February 1918 – 29 November 2009) was a British electrical engineer, physicist and computer scientist, who was an early developer of the magnetic drum memory for computers. He is known for Booth's multiplication algorithm. In his later career in Canada he became president of Lakehead University.... | Andrew Donald Booth | Technology | 931 |
14,674,081 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrin | Centrins, also known as caltractins, are a family of calcium-binding phosphoproteins found in the centrosome of eukaryotes. Centrins are small calcium binding proteins that are ubiquitous centrosome components. There are about 350 “signature” proteins that are unique to eukaryotic cells but have no significant homology... | Centrin | Biology | 892 |
1,810,909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag-reducing%20aerospike | A drag-reducing aerospike is a device (see nose cone design) used to reduce the forebody pressure aerodynamic drag of blunt bodies at supersonic speeds. The aerospike creates a detached shock ahead of the body. Between the shock and the forebody a zone of recirculating flow occurs which acts like a more streamlined for... | Drag-reducing aerospike | Chemistry | 526 |
40,397,328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUPAC%20Inorganic%20Chemistry%20Division | The Inorganic Chemistry Division of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), also known as Division II, deals with all aspects of inorganic chemistry, including materials and bioinorganic chemistry, and also with isotopes, atomic weights and the periodic table. It furthermore advises the Chemica... | IUPAC Inorganic Chemistry Division | Chemistry | 511 |
57,385,342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pako%202 | Pako 2 is a car chase driving and shooting game developed and published by Tree Men Games.
Pako 2 was released on November 16, 2017 for Microsoft Windows and macOS in Steam and later released on Android and iOS on January 31, 2018. On summer 2024 there was an unexpected game update and the Linux support got added on S... | Pako 2 | Technology | 475 |
23,464,858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20British%20bingo%20nicknames | This is a list of British bingo nicknames. In the game of bingo in the United Kingdom, callers announcing the numbers have traditionally used some nicknames to refer to particular numbers if they are drawn. The nicknames are sometimes known by the rhyming phrase 'bingo lingo' and there are rhymes for each number from 1... | List of British bingo nicknames | Mathematics | 188 |
9,480,763 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon%20flash | Argon flash, also known as argon bomb, argon flash bomb, argon candle, and argon light source, is a single-use source of very short and extremely bright flashes of light. The light is generated by a shock wave in argon or, less commonly, another noble gas. The shock wave is usually produced by an explosion. Argon flash... | Argon flash | Chemistry | 875 |
3,143,150 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20scientific%20method | The history of scientific method considers changes in the methodology of scientific inquiry, as distinct from the history of science itself. The development of rules for scientific reasoning has not been straightforward; scientific method has been the subject of intense and recurring debate throughout the history of sc... | History of scientific method | Technology | 11,969 |
405,305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training%20stamp | A training stamp is a label resembling a postage stamp that is used by postal authorities to train postal workers. They generally have the same size and shape as regular stamps, but with a minimal design. Alternatively, several countries have simply obliterated their regular stamps in order to make the training process... | Training stamp | Technology | 460 |
16,087,261 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrological%20code | A hydrological code or hydrologic unit code is a sequence of numbers or letters (a geocode) that identify a hydrological unit or feature, such as a river, river reach, lake, or area like a drainage basin (also called watershed in North America) or catchment.
One system, developed by Arthur Newell Strahler, known as th... | Hydrological code | Chemistry,Engineering,Environmental_science | 559 |
2,014,458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizar | Mizar is a second-magnitude star in the handle of the Big Dipper asterism in the constellation of Ursa Major. It has the Bayer designation ζ Ursae Majoris (Latinised as Zeta Ursae Majoris). It forms a well-known naked eye double star with the fainter star Alcor, and is itself a quadruple star system. The Mizar and A... | Mizar | Astronomy | 1,319 |
329,549 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20of%20revolution | A surface of revolution is a surface in Euclidean space created by rotating a curve (the generatrix) one full revolution around an axis of rotation (normally not intersecting the generatrix, except at its endpoints).
The volume bounded by the surface created by this revolution is the solid of revolution.
Examples of s... | Surface of revolution | Mathematics | 962 |
59,067,089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font%20Bomb | Font Bomb is a JavaScript bookmarklet to "Blow Up" web pages. When the script is loaded, clicking on a web page starts a countdown. When the countdown reaches zero, it uses Cascading Style Sheets to scatter nearby text across the page. The script wraps all affected letters in a tag, so that they can be moved individual... | Font Bomb | Engineering | 83 |
63,048,872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion%20genetics | Invasion genetics is the area of study within biology that examines evolutionary processes in the context of biological invasions. Invasion genetics considers how genetic and demographic factors affect the success of a species introduced outside of its native range, and how the mechanisms of evolution, such as natural ... | Invasion genetics | Biology | 2,762 |
1,300,790 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abarelix | Abarelix, sold under the brand name Plenaxis, is an injectable gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist (GnRH antagonist) which is marketed in Germany and the Netherlands. It is primarily used in oncology to reduce the amount of testosterone made in patients with advanced symptomatic prostate cancer for which no other... | Abarelix | Chemistry | 184 |
3,127,042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral%20medicine | Behavioral medicine is concerned with the integration of knowledge in the biological, behavioral, psychological, and social sciences relevant to health and illness. These sciences include epidemiology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, physiology, pharmacology, nutrition, neuroanatomy, endocrinology, and immunology.... | Behavioral medicine | Environmental_science | 1,930 |
2,669,524 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulmage%E2%80%93Mendelsohn%20decomposition | In graph theory, the Dulmage–Mendelsohn decomposition is a partition of the vertices of a bipartite graph into subsets, with the property that two adjacent vertices belong to the same subset if and only if they are paired with each other in a perfect matching of the graph. It is named after A. L. Dulmage and Nathan Men... | Dulmage–Mendelsohn decomposition | Mathematics | 1,355 |
282,450 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G | 3G is the third generation of cellular network technology, representing a significant advancement over 2G, particularly in terms of data transfer speeds and mobile internet capabilities. While 2G networks, including technologies such as GPRS and EDGE, supported limited data services, 3G introduced significantly higher-... | 3G | Technology,Engineering | 4,617 |
46,520,227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC%20Desire%20820 | The HTC Desire 820 is a mid range Android-based smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC aired and available from November 2014. It is the successor of HTC Desire 816. The smartphone features a 5.5-inch super LCD 2 display with a 1280x720 resolution. Unlike the scratch resistance glass panel of HTC Desire 816, it h... | HTC Desire 820 | Technology | 295 |
54,869,297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Elliott%20%28geochemist%29 | Timothy Richard Elliott is a professor at the University of Bristol.
Education
Timothy Elliot was educated at the University of Cambridge and the Open University where he was awarded a PhD in 1991 for research investigating element fractionation in the petrogenesis of ocean island basalts.
Career and research
Elliot... | Tim Elliott (geochemist) | Chemistry | 261 |
31,512,398 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus%20cupreobrunneus | Agaricus cupreobrunneus, commonly known as the copper mushrooom or brown field mushroom, is an edible mushroom of the genus Agaricus.
Description
The brown cap is wide with flattened reddish-brown fibrils. The white stalk is tall and 1–2 cm wide. The spores are dark brown, elliptical, and smooth.
Similar species
... | Agaricus cupreobrunneus | Biology | 345 |
8,262,596 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takraf%20GmbH | TAKRAF Group (“TAKRAF”), is a global German industrial company. Through its brands, TAKRAF and DELKOR, the Group provides equipment, systems and services to the mining and associated industries.
The TAKRAF portfolio covers high-capacity run-of-mine and bulk material handling from overburden removal, to raw material e... | Takraf GmbH | Engineering | 2,443 |
73,138,924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neostigmine/glycopyrronium%20bromide | Neostigmine/glycopyrronium bromide, sold under the brand name Prevduo , is a fixed-dose combination medication used for the reversal of the effects of non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents after surgery. It contains neostigmine as the methylsulfate, a cholinesterase inhibitor, and glycopyrronium bromide, an an... | Neostigmine/glycopyrronium bromide | Chemistry | 229 |
353,673 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOX%20proteins | FOX (forkhead box) proteins are a family of transcription factors that play important roles in regulating the expression of genes involved in cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, and longevity. Many FOX proteins are important to embryonic development. FOX proteins also have pioneering transcription activity by ... | FOX proteins | Biology | 859 |
2,556,580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Bernays | Paul Isaac Bernays (17 October 1888 – 18 September 1977) was a Swiss mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical logic, axiomatic set theory, and the philosophy of mathematics. He was an assistant and close collaborator of David Hilbert.
Biography
Bernays was born into a distinguished German-Jewis... | Paul Bernays | Mathematics | 861 |
70,967,383 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimetic%20interpolation | In mathematics, mimetic interpolation is a method for interpolating differential forms. In contrast to other interpolation methods, which estimate a field at a location given its values on neighboring points, mimetic interpolation estimates the field's -form given the field's projection on neighboring grid elements. Th... | Mimetic interpolation | Engineering | 1,039 |
40,499,878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrobine | Dendrobine is an alkaloid found in Dendrobium nobile at an average of 0.5% by weight. It is a colorless solid at room temperature. It is related to the picrotoxin family of natural products. When given a fatal dose, death is usually caused by convulsions. It possesses a molecular structure that attracted interest in i... | Dendrobine | Chemistry | 474 |
41,597,819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceEngine | SpaceEngine is an interactive 3D planetarium and astronomy software initially developed by Russian astronomer and programmer Vladimir Romanyuk. Development is now continued by Cosmographic Software, an American company founded by Romanyuk and the SpaceEngine Team in February 2022, based in Connecticut.
SpaceEngine cre... | SpaceEngine | Astronomy | 1,271 |
27,813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematics | Systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: phylogenetic trees, phylogenies). Phylogenies have two components: branching order (showing group relationships, ... | Systematics | Biology | 1,559 |
53,537,785 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund%20Storms | Edmund Storms is a nuclear chemist known for his work in cold fusion.
Career
He is a nuclear chemist who worked at Los Alamos National Lab for more than 30 years. He established Kiva Labs in Santa Fe where he continues exploration of evidence of his model of cold fusion. Storms is also a Science Advisor to Cold Fusion... | Edmund Storms | Chemistry | 246 |
40,442,433 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetylfentanyl | Acetylfentanyl (acetyl fentanyl) is an opioid analgesic drug that is an analog of fentanyl. Studies have estimated acetylfentanyl to be 15 times more potent than morphine, which would mean that despite being somewhat weaker than fentanyl, it is nevertheless still several times stronger than pure heroin. It has never b... | Acetylfentanyl | Chemistry | 895 |
30,522,000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver%20Hills%20%28Alberta%29 | The Beaver Hills (), also known as the Beaver Hills Moraine and the Cooking Lake Moraine, are a rolling upland region in Central Alberta, just to the east of Edmonton, the provincial capital. It consists of of "knob and kettle" terrain, containing many glacial moraines and depressions filled with small lakes. The land... | Beaver Hills (Alberta) | Astronomy | 1,033 |
9,467,708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room%20box | A room box is a display box used for three-dimensional miniature scale environments, or scale models. Although the name would suggest room boxes generally only represent typical rooms such as those found in houses or other buildings (bedrooms, kitchens, offices, etc.), room boxes are used for all sorts of environments... | Room box | Physics | 600 |
7,757,474 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrolytic%20coating | Pyrolytic coating is a thin film coating applied at high temperatures and sprayed onto the glass surface during the float glass process.
Advantages
Relatively durable coating.
Can be tempered after coating application.
Can be used in single glazing applications.
Applications
Pyrolytic coating can be used as a prote... | Pyrolytic coating | Chemistry | 129 |
22,999,259 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawamata%E2%80%93Viehweg%20vanishing%20theorem | In algebraic geometry, the Kawamata–Viehweg vanishing theorem is an extension of the Kodaira vanishing theorem, on the vanishing of coherent cohomology groups, to logarithmic pairs, proved independently by Viehweg and Kawamata in 1982.
The theorem states that if L is a big nef line bundle (for example, an ample line b... | Kawamata–Viehweg vanishing theorem | Mathematics | 117 |
221,530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20Rham%20cohomology | In mathematics, de Rham cohomology (named after Georges de Rham) is a tool belonging both to algebraic topology and to differential topology, capable of expressing basic topological information about smooth manifolds in a form particularly adapted to computation and the concrete representation of cohomology classes. It... | De Rham cohomology | Engineering | 2,290 |
3,173,222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exemestane | Exemestane, sold under the brand name Aromasin among others, is a medication used to treat breast cancer. It is a member of the class of antiestrogens known as aromatase inhibitors. Some breast cancers require estrogen to grow. Those cancers have estrogen receptors (ERs), and are called ER-positive. They may also be ca... | Exemestane | Chemistry | 2,064 |
45,464,923 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillium%20emmonsii | Penicillium emmonsii is a species of the genus of Penicillium.
See also
List of Penicillium species
References
emmonsii
Fungi described in 1979
Fungus species | Penicillium emmonsii | Biology | 40 |
63,088,283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PANSAT | PANSAT (Petite Amateur Navy Satellite, also known as OSCAR 34) was an amateur radio satellite. It was launched by Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-95 mission as part of the third International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker (IEH-3) mission, on 30 October 1998 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
The satellite was... | PANSAT | Astronomy | 182 |
25,911,698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluteus%20brunneidiscus | Pluteus brunneidiscus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Pluteaceae. It was first described scientifically by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill in 1917. It is found in Europe (Spain) and North America.
Description
Pileus and stipe without blue-green tinges. Specimens are small to medium-sized and h... | Pluteus brunneidiscus | Biology | 169 |
5,742,067 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biohydrogen | Biohydrogen is H2 that is produced biologically. Interest is high in this technology because H2 is a clean fuel and can be readily produced from certain kinds of biomass, including biological waste. Furthermore some photosynthetic microorganisms are capable to produce H2 directly from water splitting using light as e... | Biohydrogen | Chemistry,Engineering,Biology | 1,843 |
46,477,850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abell%202162 | Abell 2162 is a galaxy cluster in the Abell catalogue located in the constellation Corona Borealis. It is a member of the Hercules Superclusters, the redshifts of the member galaxies of which lie between 0.0304 and 0.0414. The cluster hosts a massive Type-cD galaxy called NGC 6086.
See also
Abell catalogue
List of A... | Abell 2162 | Astronomy | 102 |
19,874,353 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-extended%20X-ray%20absorption%20fine%20structure | Surface-extended X-ray absorption fine structure (SEXAFS) is the surface-sensitive equivalent of the EXAFS technique. This technique involves the illumination of the sample by high-intensity X-ray beams from a synchrotron and monitoring their photoabsorption by detecting in the intensity of Auger electrons as a functio... | Surface-extended X-ray absorption fine structure | Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 1,757 |
12,296,703 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIPASS | The H I Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS) is a large survey for neutral atomic hydrogen (H I). Most of the data was taken between 1997 and 2002 using CSIRO's 64 m Parkes Telescope. HIPASS covered 71% of the sky and identified more than 5000 galaxies; the major galaxy catalogs are: the "HIPASS Bright Galaxy Catalog" (HIPAS... | HIPASS | Astronomy | 740 |
649,356 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putty | Putty is a material with high plasticity, similar in texture to clay or dough, typically used in domestic construction and repair as a sealant or filler. Although some types of putty (typically those using linseed oil) slowly polymerise and become stiff, many putties can be reworked indefinitely, in contrast to other t... | Putty | Physics | 899 |
28,182,720 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twist%20%28software%29 | Twist is a test automation and functional testing solution built by Thoughtworks Studios, the software division of ThoughtWorks. It uses Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Test-driven development (TDD) for functional testing of the application. It is a part of the Adaptive ALM solution consisting of Twist for Agile... | Twist (software) | Engineering | 260 |
42,627,439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas%E2%80%93liquid%20contactor | A gas–liquid contactor is a particular chemical equipment used to realize the mass and heat transfer between a gas phase and a liquid phase. Gas–liquid contactors can be used in separation processes (e.g. distillation, absorption) or as gas–liquid reactors or to achieve both purposes within the same device (e.g. reacti... | Gas–liquid contactor | Chemistry,Engineering | 415 |
33,823,495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunel%20Award | The Brunel Awards are given to railway companies, to encourage outstanding visual design in railway architecture, graphics, industrial design and art, technical infrastructure and environmental integration, and rolling stock. The name is assigned to them in honour of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, founder of the Great Wester... | Brunel Award | Engineering | 276 |
22,040,831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plucking%20post | A plucking post is a raised structure such as a tree stump which is used regularly by a bird of prey to dismember its prey, removing feathers and various other inedible parts before eating it.
Purpose
The elevated nature of the post allows for a safer landing with the heavy load of the prey, as well as being a good ... | Plucking post | Biology | 574 |
14,800,628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectodysplasin%20A%20receptor | Ectodysplasin A receptor (EDAR) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EDAR gene. EDAR is a cell surface receptor for ectodysplasin A which plays an important role in the development of ectodermal tissues such as the skin. It is structurally related to members of the TNF receptor superfamily.
Function
EDAR and... | Ectodysplasin A receptor | Chemistry | 1,124 |
4,682,452 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivational%20therapy | Motivational therapy (or MT) is a combination of humanistic treatment and enhanced cognitive-behavioral strategies, designed to treat substance use disorders. It is similar to motivational interviewing and motivational enhancement therapy.
Method
The focus of motivational therapy is to encourage a patient to develop a... | Motivational therapy | Biology | 2,407 |
70,219,542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgelord | An edgelord is someone, typically on the Internet, who tries to impress or shock by posting exaggerated opinions such as nihilism or extremist views.
According to the Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, the first known usage with this meaning was in 2015. It was added to Webster's in September 2023. Webster gave the foll... | Edgelord | Technology | 160 |
45,831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetanus | Tetanus (), also known as lockjaw, is a bacterial infection caused by Clostridium tetani and characterized by muscle spasms. In the most common type, the spasms begin in the jaw and then progress to the rest of the body. Each spasm usually lasts for a few minutes. Spasms occur frequently for three to four weeks. Some s... | Tetanus | Biology | 4,807 |
63,598,831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebaru%20virus | Bebaru virus is an RNA virus in the genus Alphavirus.
References
External links
Wikispecies
https://wwwn.cdc.gov/arbocat/VirusDetails.aspx?ID=56&SID=9
https://www.atcc.org/products/all/VR-1240AF.aspx
https://www.genome.jp/virushostdb/59305
Alphaviruses
RNA viruses | Bebaru virus | Biology | 100 |
37,433,049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intraoperative%20MRI | Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI) is an operating room configuration that enables surgeons to image the patient via an MRI scanner while the patient is undergoing surgery, particularly brain surgery. iMRI reduces the risk of damaging critical parts of the brain and helps confirm that the surgery was succ... | Intraoperative MRI | Chemistry | 500 |
34,556,315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whispering-gallery%20wave | Whispering-gallery waves, or whispering-gallery modes, are a type of wave that can travel around a concave surface. Originally discovered for sound waves in the whispering gallery of St Paul's Cathedral, they can exist for light and for other waves, with important applications in nondestructive testing, lasing, cooling... | Whispering-gallery wave | Physics | 958 |
77,388,442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday%20the%2013th%3A%20Church%20of%20the%20Divine%20Psychopath | Friday the 13th: Church of the Divine Psychopath is a 2005 British horror novel written by Scott S. Phillips and published by Black Flame. A tie-in to the Friday the 13th series of American horror films, it is the first in a series of five Friday the 13th novels published by Black Flame and revolves around government o... | Friday the 13th: Church of the Divine Psychopath | Biology | 1,332 |
73,404,288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bego%C3%B1a%20Vitoriano | Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva (born 1967) is a Spanish applied mathematician and operations researcher whose work concerns the logistics of humanitarian aid and disaster relief. She is an associate professor in the Department of Statistics and Operational Research at the Complutense University of Madrid, and the presiden... | Begoña Vitoriano | Mathematics | 407 |
39,928,510 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinguaSys | LinguaSys, Inc. was a company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. LinguaSys provided multilingual human language software and services to financial, banking, hospitality, Customer Relations Management, technology, forensics and telecommunications blue chip enterprises, and the government and military.
History
Lingu... | LinguaSys | Technology | 450 |
14,763,333 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRD2 | Bromodomain-containing protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BRD2 gene. BRD2 is part of the Bromodomain and Extra-Terminal motif (BET) protein family that also contains BRD3, BRD4, and BRDT in mammals
Early descriptions demonstrated that BRD2 gene product is a mitogen-activated kinase which localize... | BRD2 | Chemistry | 235 |
7,668,612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlborough%20gems | The Marlborough gems were a large collection of jewels (cameos and intaglios) assembled by several Dukes of Marlborough. The collection was composed of more than 730 carved gemstones, including garnets, sapphires, emeralds and many cameos. The most famous cameo, and the Duke's favourite, was 'The Marriage of Cupid and ... | Marlborough gems | Physics | 149 |
14,795,437 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoidin%20domain-containing%20receptor%202 | Discoidin domain-containing receptor 2, also known as CD167b (cluster of differentiation 167b), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DDR2 gene. Discoidin domain-containing receptor 2 is a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK).
Function
RTKs play a key role in the communication of cells with their microenvironment... | Discoidin domain-containing receptor 2 | Chemistry | 369 |
6,033,314 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claviceps%20purpurea | Claviceps purpurea is an ergot fungus that grows on the ears of rye and related cereal and forage plants. Consumption of grains or seeds contaminated with the survival structure of this fungus, the ergot sclerotium, can cause ergotism in humans and other mammals. C. purpurea most commonly affects outcrossing species su... | Claviceps purpurea | Biology | 2,489 |
18,787,145 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual%20appearance | The visual appearance of objects is given by the way in which they reflect and transmit light. The color of objects is determined by the parts of the spectrum of (incident white) light that are reflected or transmitted without being absorbed. Additional appearance attributes are based on the directional distribution of... | Visual appearance | Physics,Chemistry | 641 |
1,585,406 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boarding%20pass | A boarding pass or boarding card is a document provided by an airline during airport check-in, giving a passenger permission to enter the restricted area of an airport (also known as the airside portion of the airport) and to board the airplane for a particular flight. At a minimum, it identifies the passenger, the fli... | Boarding pass | Technology | 3,195 |
65,578,994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CYP18%20family | Cytochrome P450, family 18, also known as CYP18, is an animal cytochrome P450 family found in insect genomes. It is involved in insecticide resistance. The first member gene identified was CYP18A1, from a Drosophila melanogaster fly, acting as a dimethylnitrosamine demethylase.
References
Insect genes
18
Protein fam... | CYP18 family | Biology | 85 |
36,862,950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20%20Vulpeculae | 20 Vulpeculae is single star located around 1,170 light years away in the northern constellation of Vulpecula. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.91. The object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −22 km/s.
This is a Be ... | 20 Vulpeculae | Astronomy | 205 |
2,445,607 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formulario%20mathematico | Formulario Mathematico (Latino sine flexione: Formulary for Mathematics) is a book by Giuseppe Peano which expresses fundamental theorems of mathematics in a symbolic language developed by Peano. The author was assisted by Giovanni Vailati, Mario Pieri, Alessandro Padoa, Giovanni Vacca, Vincenzo Vivanti, Gino Fano and ... | Formulario mathematico | Mathematics | 454 |
17,842,616 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith%20Campbell%20%28biologist%29 | Keith Henry Stockman Campbell (23 May 1954 – 5 October 2012) was a British biologist who was a member of the team at Roslin Institute that in 1996 first cloned a mammal, a Finnish Dorset lamb named Dolly, from fully differentiated adult mammary cells. He was Professor of Animal Development at the University of Nottingh... | Keith Campbell (biologist) | Engineering,Biology | 963 |
5,629,262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclin%20E | Cyclin E is a member of the cyclin family.
Cyclin E binds to G1 phase Cdk2, which is required for the transition from G1 to S phase of the cell cycle that determines initiation of DNA duplication. The Cyclin E/CDK2 complex phosphorylates p27Kip1 (an inhibitor of Cyclin D), tagging it for degradation, thus promoting e... | Cyclin E | Chemistry | 1,126 |
387,703 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanage | An orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families. The parents may be deceased, absent, or abusive. There may be substance abuse or mental illness in the biological home, or t... | Orphanage | Biology | 8,751 |
1,410,576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzschild%20geodesics | In general relativity, Schwarzschild geodesics describe the motion of test particles in the gravitational field of a central fixed mass that is, motion in the Schwarzschild metric. Schwarzschild geodesics have been pivotal in the validation of Einstein's theory of general relativity. For example, they provide accurate... | Schwarzschild geodesics | Mathematics | 5,356 |
14,372,575 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karahafu | is a type of curved gable found in Japanese architecture. It is used on Japanese castles, Buddhist temples, and Shinto shrines. Roofing materials such as tile and bark may be used as coverings. The face beneath the gable may be flush with the wall below, or it may terminate on a lower roof.
History
Although kara (唐) c... | Karahafu | Technology,Engineering | 581 |
40,143,912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrocortirubin | Austrocortirubin is an antibacterial metabolite found in the Dermocybe splendida mushroom.
Notes
Antimicrobials
Natural phenols
Tetrahydroxyanthraquinones
Ethers
3-Hydroxypropenals within hydroxyquinones | Austrocortirubin | Chemistry,Biology | 60 |
24,175,858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solasodine | Solasodine is a poisonous alkaloid chemical compound that occurs in plants of the family Solanaceae such as potatoes and tomatoes. Solasonine and solamargine are glycoalkaloid derivatives of solasodine. Solasodine is teratogenic to hamster fetuses in a dose of 1200 to 1600 mg/kg.
A 2013 literature survey found that var... | Solasodine | Chemistry | 208 |
22,066,537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm%20guidance | Sperm guidance is the process by which sperm cells (spermatozoa) are directed to the oocyte (egg) for the aim of fertilization. In the case of marine invertebrates the guidance is done by chemotaxis. In the case of mammals, it appears to be done by chemotaxis, thermotaxis and rheotaxis.
Background
Since the discove... | Sperm guidance | Biology | 5,060 |
77,732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telamon | In Greek mythology, Telamon (; Ancient Greek: Τελαμών, Telamōn means "broad strap") was the son of King Aeacus of Aegina, and Endeïs, a mountain nymph. The elder brother of Peleus, Telamon sailed alongside Jason as one of his Argonauts, and was present at the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. In the Iliad, he was the fathe... | Telamon | Technology | 1,063 |
62,859,875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living%20building%20material | A living building material (LBM) is a material used in construction or industrial design that behaves in a way resembling a living organism. Examples include: self-mending biocement, self-replicating concrete replacement, and mycelium-based composites for construction and packaging. Artistic projects include building c... | Living building material | Physics,Engineering | 3,424 |
639 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkane | In organic chemistry, an alkane, or paraffin (a historical trivial name that also has other meanings), is an acyclic saturated hydrocarbon. In other words, an alkane consists of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a tree structure in which all the carbon–carbon bonds are single. Alkanes have the general chemical form... | Alkane | Chemistry | 8,738 |
1,839,180 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Douaumont | Fort Douaumont (, ) was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun, France, since the 1890s. By 1915, the French General Staff had concluded that even the best-protected forts of Verdun could not withstand bombardments from the German 420 mm (16.5 in) Gam... | Fort Douaumont | Engineering | 2,302 |
4,556,075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeuroNames | NeuroNames is an integrated nomenclature for structures in the brain and spinal cord of the four species most studied by neuroscientists: human, macaque, rat and mouse. It offers a standard, controlled vocabulary of common names for structures, which is suitable for unambiguous neuroanatomical indexing of information i... | NeuroNames | Biology | 311 |
35,814,269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral%20information%20systems | A feral information system is part of an information system developed by individuals and groups to help with day-to-day activities that is not condoned by management. It is called feral because it circumvents existing information technology systems or works around key system architecture.
Overview
A feral information ... | Feral information systems | Technology | 156 |
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