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250,556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacutainer | A vacutainer blood collection tube is a sterile glass or plastic test tube with a colored rubber stopper creating a vacuum seal inside of the tube, facilitating the drawing of a predetermined volume of liquid. Vacutainer tubes may contain additives designed to stabilize and preserve the specimen prior to analytical tes... | Vacutainer | Biology | 859 |
15,072,390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFKBIL1 | NF-kappa-B inhibitor-like protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NFKBIL1 gene.
Function
This gene encodes a divergent member of the I-kappa-B family of proteins. Its function is unclear. The gene lies within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I region on chromosome 6.
References
Furt... | NFKBIL1 | Chemistry | 80 |
3,981,043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesiculovirus | Vesiculovirus is a genus of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses in the family Rhabdoviridae, within the order Mononegavirales.
Taxonomy
The genus contains the following species:
Alagoas vesiculovirus
Carajas vesiculovirus
Chandipura vesiculovirus
Cocal vesiculovirus
Eptesicus vesiculovirus
Indiana vesicul... | Vesiculovirus | Biology | 174 |
26,659,481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding%20coat | A riding coat or jacket is a garment initially designed as outerwear for horseback riding. It protects the wearer's upper clothes from dirt and wear, and may provide additional protection in case of falls. It is very helpful to the riders.
History
East Asia
The Manchu "horse jacket" (magua) was a dark blue riding co... | Riding coat | Engineering | 1,416 |
475,212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov%20Zeldovich | Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (, ; 8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987), also known as YaB, was a leading Soviet physicist of Belarusian origin, who is known for his prolific contributions in physical cosmology, physics of thermonuclear reactions, combustion, and hydrodynamical phenomena.
From 1943, Zeldovich, a self-taught... | Yakov Zeldovich | Physics,Chemistry | 2,578 |
64,516,898 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20and%20sleep | Sleep problems are found to be correlated with poor well-being and low quality of life. Persistent sleeping disturbances can lead to fatigue, irritability, and various health issues. Numerous studies have examined the positive impact of music on sleep quality. As early as 2000 B.C., lullabies were designed to aid infan... | Music and sleep | Biology | 1,638 |
19,041,235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArmaTrac | ArmaTrac is the tractor brand of Erkunt Tractor, the tractor division of the Erkunt group owned by the Indian giant Mahindra & Mahindra.
History
The manufacturer company Erkunt, was established in 1953 in Turkey, as a general foundry & pattern shop. By 1955, it had become a factory for machining parts as well as cas... | ArmaTrac | Engineering | 531 |
424,964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20clock | A water clock or clepsydra (; ; ) is a timepiece by which time is measured by the regulated flow of liquid into (inflow type) or out from (outflow type) a vessel, and where the amount of liquid can then be measured.
Water clocks are one of the oldest time-measuring instruments. The simplest form of water clock, with ... | Water clock | Physics | 4,605 |
8,745 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design%20pattern | A design pattern is the re-usable form of a solution to a design problem. The idea was introduced by the architect Christopher Alexander and has been adapted for various other disciplines, particularly software engineering.
Details
An organized collection of design patterns that relate to a particular field is calle... | Design pattern | Engineering | 506 |
3,552,981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20freezing | Surface freezing is the appearance of long-range crystalline order in a near-surface layer of a liquid. The surface freezing effect is opposite to a far more common surface melting, or premelting.
Surface freezing was experimentally discovered in melts of alkanes and related chain molecules in the early 1990s independ... | Surface freezing | Physics,Chemistry | 298 |
961,303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier%2034 | Messier 34 (also known as M34, NGC 1039, or the Spiral Cluster) is a large and relatively near open cluster in Perseus. It was probably discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and included by Charles Messier in his catalog of comet-like objects in 1764. Messier described it as, "A cluster of small stars a l... | Messier 34 | Astronomy | 515 |
53,278,977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language%20Server%20Protocol | The Language Server Protocol (LSP) is an open, JSON-RPC-based protocol for use between source code editors or integrated development environments (IDEs) and servers that provide "language intelligence tools": programming language-specific features like code completion, syntax highlighting and marking of warnings and er... | Language Server Protocol | Technology | 1,195 |
442,816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated%20Taxonomic%20Information%20System | The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an American partnership of federal agencies designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species. ITIS was originally formed in 1996 as an interagency group within the US federal government, involving several US federal agenc... | Integrated Taxonomic Information System | Biology,Environmental_science | 989 |
38,664,288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To%20This%20Day | "To This Day" is a 2011 spoken word poem written by Shane Koyczan. In the poem, Koyczan talks about bullying he and others received during their lives and its deep, long-term impact.
Koyczan first came to international notice when he read his poetry at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics' Opening Ceremony.
The poem was firs... | To This Day | Biology | 505 |
40,615,963 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow%20Loom | Rainbow Loom is a plastic tool used to weave colourful rubber and plastic bands (called loom bands) into decorative items such as bracelets and charms. It was invented in 2010 by Cheong Choon Ng in Novi, Michigan.
Description
The Rainbow Loom is a plastic pegboard measuring by . It has push pin-type pegs over which ... | Rainbow Loom | Engineering | 1,693 |
228,900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propylene%20glycol | Propylene glycol (IUPAC name: propane-1,2-diol) is a viscous, colorless liquid. It is almost odorless and has a faintly sweet taste. Its chemical formula is CH3CH(OH)CH2OH.
As it contains two alcohol groups, it is classified as a diol. An aliphatic diol may also be called a glycol. It is miscible with a broad range of... | Propylene glycol | Chemistry | 4,480 |
17,838,802 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight%20on%20bit | Weight on bit (WOB), as expressed in the oil industry, is the amount of downward force exerted on the drill bit and is normally measured in thousands of pounds.
Weight on bit is provided by drill collars, which are thick-walled tubular pieces machined from solid bars of steel, usually plain carbon steel but sometimes ... | Weight on bit | Chemistry | 285 |
63,426,102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PR%20toxin | Penicillin Roquefort toxin (PR toxin) is a mycotoxin produced by the fungus Penicillium roqueforti. In 1973, PR toxin was first partially characterized by isolating moldy corn on which the fungi had grown. Although its lethal dose was determined shortly after the isolation of the chemical, details of its toxic effects ... | PR toxin | Chemistry | 1,545 |
714,053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transduction%20%28genetics%29 | Transduction is the process by which foreign DNA is introduced into a cell by a virus or viral vector. An example is the viral transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another and hence an example of horizontal gene transfer. Transduction does not require physical contact between the cell donating the DNA and the cell rec... | Transduction (genetics) | Chemistry,Biology | 1,637 |
18,500,477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergradation | In zoology, intergradation is the way in which two distinct subspecies are connected via areas where populations are found that have the characteristics of both. There are two types of intergradation: primary and secondary intergradation.
Primary intergradation
This occurs in cases where two subspecies are connected ... | Intergradation | Biology | 233 |
173,493 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20Magellanic%20Cloud | The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a dwarf galaxy near the Milky Way. Classified as a dwarf irregular galaxy, the SMC has a D25 isophotal diameter of about , and contains several hundred million stars. It has a total mass of approximately 7 billion solar masses. At a distance of about 200,000 light-years, the SMC is a... | Small Magellanic Cloud | Astronomy | 2,185 |
76,388,687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%20Flannery | Martin Raymond (Ray) Flannery (January 8, 1941, in Claudy, County Londonderry – May 2, 2013, in Atlanta, Georgia) was Regents’ Professor Emeritus in theoretical physics at Georgia Tech. He was known for his work in atomic, molecular, and optical physics (AMO), and published over 160 papers in that area, 66 as sole aut... | Ray Flannery | Physics | 586 |
7,123,267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static%20web%20page | A static web page, sometimes called a flat page or a stationary page, is a web page that is delivered to a web browser exactly as stored, in contrast to dynamic web pages which are generated by a web application.
Consequently, a static web page displays the same information for all users, from all contexts, subject to... | Static web page | Engineering | 505 |
208,701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Astronomical%20Journal | The Astronomical Journal (often abbreviated AJ in scientific papers and references) is a peer-reviewed monthly scientific journal owned by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and currently published by IOP Publishing. It is one of the premier journals for astronomy in the world.
Until 2008, the journal was publish... | The Astronomical Journal | Astronomy | 524 |
3,749,493 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLI2 | Zinc finger protein GLI2 also known as GLI family zinc finger 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GLI2 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a transcription factor.
GLI2 belongs to the C2H2-type zinc finger protein subclass of the Gli family. Members of this subclass are characterized as transcription... | GLI2 | Chemistry,Biology | 1,510 |
35,534,124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C21H26N2O4 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C21H26N2O4}}
The molecular formula C21H26N2O4 (molar mass: 370.44 g/mol) may refer to:
Ciladopa (AY-27,110)
Samidorphan (ALKS-33)
Scholarine
Molecular formulas | C21H26N2O4 | Physics,Chemistry | 71 |
1,508,809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunes%20%28hotel%20and%20casino%29 | The Dunes was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It opened on May 23, 1955, as the tenth resort on the Strip. It was initially owned by a group of businessmen from out of state, but failed to prosper under their management. It also opened at a time of decreased tourism, while the Strip was s... | Dunes (hotel and casino) | Engineering | 7,571 |
9,330,860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accepted%20and%20experimental%20value | In science, and most specifically chemistry, the accepted value denotes a value of a substance accepted by almost all scientists and the experimental value denotes the value of a substance's properties found in a localized lab.
See also
Accuracy and precision
Error
Approximation error
References
Analytical chemistr... | Accepted and experimental value | Chemistry | 54 |
16,936,858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stackable%20switch | A stackable switch is a network switch that is fully functional operating standalone but which can also be set up to operate together with one or more other network switches, with this group of switches showing the characteristics of a single switch but having the port capacity of the sum of the combined switches.
The... | Stackable switch | Engineering | 1,237 |
13,160,311 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne%20Real-time%20Cueing%20Hyperspectral%20Enhanced%20Reconnaissance | Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Reconnaissance, also known by the acronym ARCHER, is an aerial imaging system that produces ground images far more detailed than plain sight or ordinary aerial photography can.
It is the most sophisticated unclassified hyperspectral imaging system available, according to... | Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Reconnaissance | Physics,Chemistry | 2,169 |
29,184,426 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta%20Sagittae | Beta Sagittae, Latinized from β Sagittae, is a single star in the northern constellation of Sagitta. It is a faint star but visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.38. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.7237 mas as seen from the Gaia satellite, it is located 420 light years from the Sun. T... | Beta Sagittae | Astronomy | 324 |
36,561,481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOBBIES%20%28electromagnetic%20solver%29 | HOBBIES is a general purpose electromagnetic solver for various applications. The name is an acronym for Higher Order Basis Based Integral Equation Solver.
The software is based on the Method of Moments (MoM), and it employs higher order polynomials as the basis functions for the frequency domain integral equation so... | HOBBIES (electromagnetic solver) | Mathematics | 172 |
43,352,180 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3%20Serpentis | 3 Serpentis is a binary star in the constellation Serpens with an orbital period of approximately 66 years. It is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent magnitude of 5.337. Located around distant, it is an orange giant of spectral type K0III, a star that has used up its core hydrogen.
The two components of... | 3 Serpentis | Astronomy | 231 |
50,770,215 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzyl%20isothiocyanate | Benzyl isothiocyanate (BITC) is an isothiocyanate found in plants of the mustard family.
Occurrence
It can be found in Alliaria petiolata, pilu oil, and papaya seeds where it is the main product of the glucotropaeolin breakdown by the enzyme myrosinase.
Activity
Benzyl isothiocyanate, and other isothiocyanates in gen... | Benzyl isothiocyanate | Chemistry | 152 |
45,639,598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Journal%20of%20Greenhouse%20Gas%20Control | The International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control is a monthly scientific journal covering industry research on greenhouse gas control through carbon capture and storage at large stationary emitters in the power sector and in other major resource, manufacturing and production industries.
It is peer-reviewed and pub... | International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control | Environmental_science | 205 |
1,493,053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockayne%20syndrome | Cockayne syndrome (CS), also called Neill-Dingwall syndrome, is a rare and fatal autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by growth failure, impaired development of the nervous system, abnormal sensitivity to sunlight (photosensitivity), eye disorders and premature aging. Failure to thrive and neuro... | Cockayne syndrome | Biology | 3,151 |
50,446,231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogel%20conflict%20test | The Vogel conflict test (VCT) is a conflict based experimental method primarily used in pharmacology. It is used to determine anxiolytic properties of drugs. The VCT predicts drugs that can manage generalized anxiety disorders and acute anxiety states.
Conditioning
Suppressing behaviour through punishment is commonly... | Vogel conflict test | Chemistry | 854 |
8,934,260 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox | Oracle VirtualBox (formerly Sun VirtualBox, Sun xVM VirtualBox and InnoTek VirtualBox) is a hosted hypervisor for x86 virtualization developed by Oracle Corporation. VirtualBox was originally created by InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH, which was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008, which was in turn acquired by Oracle in ... | VirtualBox | Technology | 3,886 |
6,894,253 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger%20leukocyte | In tissue and organ transplantation, the passenger leukocyte theory is the proposition that leucocytes within a transplanted allograft sensitize the recipient's alloreactive T-lymphocytes, causing transplant rejection.
The concept was first proposed by George Davis Snell and the term coined in 1968 when Elkins and Gut... | Passenger leukocyte | Biology | 113 |
5,407,581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucous%20membrane%20of%20the%20soft%20palate | The mucous membrane of the soft palate is thin, and covered with stratified squamous epithelium on both surfaces, except near the pharyngeal ostium of the auditory tube, where it is columnar and ciliated.
According to Klein, the mucous membrane on the nasal surface of the soft palate in the fetus is covered throughout... | Mucous membrane of the soft palate | Chemistry | 190 |
25,887,284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panaeolus%20venezolanus | Panaeolus venezolanus is a species of mushroom in the Bolbitiaceae family. This species of mushroom has a cap with a diameter of 20–35 mm and has a brownish gray to ashy gray color.
See also
List of Psilocybin mushrooms
Psilocybin mushrooms
Psilocybe
References
venezolanus
Fungus species | Panaeolus venezolanus | Biology | 76 |
47,776,323 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phellodon%20confluens | Phellodon confluens, commonly known as the fused cork hydnum, is a species of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. It was originally described in 1825 as Hydnum confluens by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. Czech mycologist Zdenek Pouzar transferred it to the genus Phellodon in 1956. The fungus is found in Asia, Europe, ... | Phellodon confluens | Biology | 133 |
14,200,830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamapin | Tamapin is a toxin from the Indian Red Scorpion (Hottentotta tamulus), which is a selective and potent blocker of SK2 channels.
Etymology
Tamapin is named after the scorpion from which it was isolated.
Sources
Tamapin has been isolated from hottentotta tamulus, the Indian red scorpion.
Chemical structure and metho... | Tamapin | Chemistry | 672 |
45,519,483 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive%20behavior%20interventions%20and%20supports | Positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) is a set of ideas and tools used in schools to improve students' behavior. PBIS uses evidence and data-based programs, practices, and strategies to frame behavioral improvement relating to student growth in academic performance, safety, behavior, and establishing and ... | Positive behavior interventions and supports | Biology | 2,048 |
240,151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%207%20Habits%20of%20Highly%20Effective%20People | The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a business and self-help book written by Stephen R. Covey. First published in 1989, the book goes over Covey's ideas on how to spur and nurture personal change. He also explores the concept of effectiveness in achieving results, as well as the need for focus on character ethic... | The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | Physics,Biology | 1,402 |
1,840,608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/2004%20S%2012 | S/2004 S 12 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on 4 May 2005 from observations taken between 12 December 2004 and 9 March 2005.
S/2004 S 12 is about 5 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 1... | S/2004 S 12 | Astronomy | 225 |
27,385,764 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandal%20%28tanker%29 | Vandal was a river tanker designed by Karl Hagelin and Johny Johnson for Branobel. Russian Vandal and French Petite-Pierre, launched in 1903, were the world's first diesel-powered ships (sources disagree over which of the two, Vandal or Petite-Pierre, was the first). Vandal was the first equipped with fully functional ... | Vandal (tanker) | Engineering | 926 |
17,308,643 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%20speeds | In aviation, V-speeds are standard terms used to define airspeeds important or useful to the operation of all aircraft. These speeds are derived from data obtained by aircraft designers and manufacturers during flight testing for aircraft type-certification. Using them is considered a best practice to maximize aviation... | V speeds | Physics | 860 |
65,829,777 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Wood%20%28mathematician%29 | David Ronald Wood (born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1971) is a Professor in the School of Mathematics at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. His research area is discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, especially structural graph theory, extremal graph theory, geometric graph theory, graph col... | David Wood (mathematician) | Mathematics | 449 |
1,137,384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugelmugel | Kugelmugel, officially the Republic of Kugelmugel (), is a spherical art object located in Vienna, Austria.
It came about as the result of the artist Edwin Lipburger constructing the 8 square meter diameter spherical object without permissions from the authorities in Austria. After the dispute between the artist and a... | Kugelmugel | Physics | 761 |
70,092,623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utroba%20Cave | The Utroba Cave, also known as Womb Cave, is a prehistoric cave sanctuary in Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria. Located in the Eastern Rhodupe Mountains near the Ilinista village, the cave resembles a human vulva and dates to the Thracian period. Historians believe that it was once used as a fertility shrine.
It is known i... | Utroba Cave | Biology | 502 |
39,668,608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon-fiber%20tape | Carbon-fiber tape is a flat material made of carbon fiber. It weighs one-seventh as much as steel for a given strength.
The carbon fiber core lasts longer than conventional steel cable. The material is resistant to wear and abrasion and, unlike steel, does not densify and stretch.
Applications
In June 2013, KONE eleva... | Carbon-fiber tape | Chemistry,Engineering | 201 |
11,304,514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical%20organic%20chemistry | Physical organic chemistry, a term coined by Louis Hammett in 1940, refers to a discipline of organic chemistry that focuses on the relationship between chemical structures and reactivity, in particular, applying experimental tools of physical chemistry to the study of organic molecules. Specific focal points of study ... | Physical organic chemistry | Chemistry | 6,076 |
74,760,455 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purpureocillium%20roseum | Purpureocillium roseum is a species of fungus in the genus Purpureocillium in the order of Hypocreales.
References
Ophiocordycipitaceae
Fungi described in 2020
Fungus species | Purpureocillium roseum | Biology | 48 |
58,507,279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus%20heyangensis | Aspergillus heyangensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aenei section. The species was first described in 1994. It has been reported to produce a decaturin.
Growth and morphology
A. heyangensis has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and Malt Extract Agar Oxo... | Aspergillus heyangensis | Biology | 115 |
62,306,648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratl | A ratl (رطل ) is a medieval Middle Eastern unit of measurement found in several historic recipes. The term was used to measure both liquid and weight (around a pound and a pint in 10th century Baghdad, but anywhere from 8 ounces to 8 pounds depending on the time period and region).
While there were a variety of names ... | Ratl | Mathematics | 448 |
48,415,829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qcells | Hanwha Qcells (commonly known as simply Qcells) is a manufacturer of photovoltaic cells. The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, after being founded in 1999 in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany, where the company still has its engineering offices. Qcells was purchased out of bankruptcy in August 2012 by the Hanwha... | Qcells | Engineering | 1,403 |
2,479,157 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte%20Carlo%20N-Particle%20Transport%20Code | Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport (MCNP) is a general-purpose, continuous-energy, generalized-geometry, time-dependent, Monte Carlo radiation transport code designed to track many particle types over broad ranges of energies and is developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Specific areas of application include, but ... | Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code | Physics | 1,283 |
21,504,556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrance%20Tests%20of%20Creative%20Thinking | The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, formerly the Minnesota Tests of Creative Thinking, is a test of creativity built on J. P. Guilford's work and created by Ellis Paul Torrance, the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking originally involved simple tests of divergent thinking and other problem-solving skills, which we... | Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking | Biology | 1,801 |
33,587,105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese%20293 | L 97-12 (or WD 0752-676, or LHS 34, or Gliese 293) is a nearby degenerate star (white dwarf), located in the constellation Volans, the single known component of the system.
Distance
Possibly, L 97-12 is the ninth-closest white dwarf after Sirius B, Procyon B, van Maanen's star, Gliese 440, 40 Eridani B, Stein 2051 B, ... | Gliese 293 | Astronomy | 374 |
2,419,630 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorinated%20polyvinyl%20chloride | Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) is a thermoplastic produced by chlorination of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin. CPVC is significantly more flexible than PVC, and can also withstand higher temperatures. Uses include hot and cold water delivery pipes and industrial liquid handling. CPVC, like PVC, is deemed safe for... | Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride | Physics | 1,008 |
24,078,726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost%20crack | Frost crack or Southwest canker is a form of tree bark damage sometimes found on thin barked trees, visible as vertical fractures on the southerly facing surfaces of tree trunks. Frost crack is distinct from sun scald and sun crack and physically differs from normal rough-bark characteristics as seen in mature oaks, pi... | Frost crack | Biology | 906 |
25,646,409 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle%20rank | In graph theory, the cycle rank of a directed graph is a digraph connectivity measure proposed first by Eggan and Büchi . Intuitively, this concept measures how close a
digraph is to a directed acyclic graph (DAG), in the sense that a DAG has
cycle rank zero, while a complete digraph of order n with a self-loop at
eac... | Cycle rank | Mathematics | 1,018 |
25,776,254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Astronomical%20Society%20215th%20meeting | The 215th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) took place in Washington, D.C., Jan. 3 to Jan. 7, 2010. It is one of the largest astronomy meetings ever to take place as 3,500 astronomers and researchers were expected to attend and give more than 2,200 scientific presentations. The meeting was actually b... | American Astronomical Society 215th meeting | Astronomy | 2,487 |
7,706,010 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional%20organizing | Decluttering means removing unnecessary items, sorting and arranging, or putting things back in place. This article deals with the clearing of places of residence, such as in homes and commercial buildings, but the principles can also be applied to other areas. The activity can be done independently, or with help from ... | Professional organizing | Physics | 2,085 |
74,925,213 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational%20harm | Systems cause representational harm when they misrepresent a group of people in a negative manner. Representational harms include perpetuating harmful stereotypes about or minimizing the existence of a social group, such as a racial, ethnic, gender, or religious group. Machine learning algorithms often commit represent... | Representational harm | Technology,Engineering | 1,170 |
75,868,083 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20802.11bn | IEEE 802.11bn, dubbed Ultra High Reliability (UHR), is to be the next IEEE 802.11 standard. It is also designated Wi-Fi 8. As its name suggests, 802.11bn aims to improve the reliability of Wi-Fi.
Notes
References
Wi-Fi | IEEE 802.11bn | Technology | 61 |
48,164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximal%20ideal | In mathematics, more specifically in ring theory, a maximal ideal is an ideal that is maximal (with respect to set inclusion) amongst all proper ideals. In other words, I is a maximal ideal of a ring R if there are no other ideals contained between I and R.
Maximal ideals are important because the quotients of rings b... | Maximal ideal | Mathematics | 1,505 |
46,871,288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlegmacium%20balteaticlavatum | Phlegmacium balteaticlavatum is a species of fungus in the family Cortinariaceae.
Taxonomy
It was originally described in 2014 and placed in the large mushroom genus Cortinarius (subgenus Phlegmacium).
In 2022 the species was transferred from Cortinarius and reclassified as Phlegmacium balteaticlavatum based on geno... | Phlegmacium balteaticlavatum | Biology | 189 |
106,164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globular%20protein | In biochemistry, globular proteins or spheroproteins are spherical ("globe-like") proteins and are one of the common protein types (the others being fibrous, disordered and membrane proteins). Globular proteins are somewhat water-soluble (forming colloids in water), unlike the fibrous or membrane proteins. There are mu... | Globular protein | Chemistry | 928 |
45,696,106 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UW%20Coronae%20Borealis | UW Coronae Borealis, also known as MS 1603.6+2600, is a low-mass X-ray binary star system in the constellation Corona Borealis. Astronomer Simon Morris and colleagues discovered the X-ray source in 1990 and were able to match it up with a faint star with an average visual magnitude of 19.4. The system is thought to be ... | UW Coronae Borealis | Astronomy | 199 |
3,805,460 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardent%20spirit | Ardent spirits (ethyl alcohol), in alchemy, are those liquors obtained after repeated distillations from fermented vegetables. They are thus called because they will take fire and burn. Examples include brandy, spirits of wine, etc.
References
Alchemical substances | Ardent spirit | Chemistry | 58 |
11,421,976 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20RNA%20SNORD37 | In molecular biology, SNORD37 (also known as U37) is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which is a major site of snRNA biogenesis. It is known as a small nucleo... | Small nucleolar RNA SNORD37 | Chemistry | 262 |
47,106,648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei-Shou%20Hu | Wei-Shou Hu (born November 5, 1951) is a Taiwanese-American chemical engineer. He is currently the Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Chemical Engineering and Material Science at the University of Minnesota.
Education
He earned his B.S. in agricultural chemistry from National Taiwan University in 1974 and... | Wei-Shou Hu | Chemistry,Engineering,Biology | 478 |
39,739,775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed%20M.%20Atalla | Mohamed M. Atalla (; August 4, 1924 – December 30, 2009) was an Egyptian-American engineer, physicist, cryptographer, inventor and entrepreneur. He was a semiconductor pioneer who made important contributions to modern electronics. He is best known for inventing, along with his colleague Dawon Kahng, the MOSFET (metal–... | Mohamed M. Atalla | Chemistry,Engineering | 4,057 |
51,546,400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasynaptic%20NMDA%20receptor | Extrasynaptic NMDA receptors are glutamate-gated neurotransmitter receptors that are localized to non-synaptic sites on the neuronal cell surface. In contrast to synaptic NMDA receptors that promote acquired neuroprotection and synaptic plasticity, extrasynaptic NMDA receptors are coupled to activation of death-signali... | Extrasynaptic NMDA receptor | Chemistry | 254 |
22,025,044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagix%204D | Imagix 4D is a source code analysis tool from Imagix Corporation, used primarily for understanding, documenting, and evolving existing C, C++ and Java software.
Applied technologies include full semantic source analysis. Software visualization supports program comprehension. Static data flow analysis-based verificatio... | Imagix 4D | Mathematics,Engineering | 151 |
2,433,102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouillon%20cube | A bouillon cube (also known as a stock cube) is dehydrated broth or stock formed into a small cube or other cuboid shape. The most common format is a cube about wide. It is typically made from dehydrated vegetables or meat stock, a small portion of fat, MSG, salt, and seasonings, shaped into a small cube. Vegetarian ... | Bouillon cube | Technology | 707 |
67,685,236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haline%20contraction%20coefficient | The Haline contraction coefficient, abbreviated as β, is a coefficient that describes the change in ocean density due to a salinity change, while the potential temperature and the pressure are kept constant. It is a parameter in the Equation Of State (EOS) of the ocean. β is also described as the saline contraction co... | Haline contraction coefficient | Physics,Environmental_science | 882 |
53,718,775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIDO-2 | DIDO-2 (COSPAR 2017-008BE) is a nano-satellite of the Israeli / Swiss company SpacePharma. The nano-satellite is part of a research project whose goal is to test a miniaturized end-to-end pharmaceutical laboratory (called ) in space under microgravity conditions. The project includes two satellites called DIDO-1 and DI... | DIDO-2 | Astronomy | 233 |
1,967,838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiosensitivity | Radiosensitivity is the relative susceptibility of cells, tissues, organs or organisms to the harmful effect of ionizing radiation.
Cells types affected
Cells are least sensitive when in the S phase, then the G1 phase, then the G2 phase, and most sensitive in the M phase of the cell cycle. This is described by the 'la... | Radiosensitivity | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Biology | 972 |
67,886,971 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%20Ghotki%20train%20crash | On 8 June 1991, a train crash killed over 100 people in Ghotki, Sindh, Pakistan. A passenger train carrying 800 passengers from Karachi to Lahore crashed into a parked freight train.
See also
List of railway accidents and incidents in Pakistan
References
1991 in Pakistan
1991 disasters in Pakistan
1991 train cras... | 1991 Ghotki train crash | Technology | 66 |
161,804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized%20bee | The Africanized bee, also known as the Africanized honey bee (AHB) and colloquially as the "killer bee", is a hybrid of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera), produced originally by crossbreeding of the East African lowland honey bee (A. m. scutellata) with various European honey bee subspecies such as the Italian hon... | Africanized bee | Biology | 5,243 |
44,997,732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differentiation%20%28journal%29 | Differentiation is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering cell differentiation and cell development. It was established in 1973 and is published 10 times per year by Elsevier, on behalf of the International Society of Differentiation. The editor-in-chief are Loydie Jerome-Majewska (McGill University), Crystal Rogers... | Differentiation (journal) | Chemistry | 129 |
455,344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances%20Glessner%20Lee | Frances Glessner Lee (March 25, 1878 – January 27, 1962) was an American forensic scientist. She was influential in developing the science of forensics in the United States. To this end, she created the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, twenty true crime scene dioramas recreated in minute detail at dollhouse scale... | Frances Glessner Lee | Physics | 1,849 |
60,166,827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortho%20effect | Ortho effect is an organic chemistry phenomenon where the presence of a chemical group at the at ortho position or the 1 and 2 position of a phenyl ring, relative to the carboxylic compound changes the chemical properties of the compound. This is caused by steric effects and bonding interactions along with polar effe... | Ortho effect | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science | 1,219 |
367,867 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citron | The citron (Citrus medica), historically cedrate, is a large fragrant citrus fruit with a thick rind. It is said to resemble a 'huge, rough lemon'. It is one of the original citrus fruits from which all other citrus types developed through natural hybrid speciation or artificial hybridization. Though citron cultivars t... | Citron | Chemistry | 3,631 |
73,160,662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalepella | Nalepella, the rust mites, is a genus of very small Trombidiform mites in the family Phytoptidae. They are commonly found on a variety of conifers, including hemlock, spruce, balsam fir, and pine. They sometimes infest Christmas trees in nurseries. Nalepella mites are vagrants, meaning they circulate around the tree; f... | Nalepella | Biology | 1,004 |
33,193,885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical%20Mechanics%20%28Kibble%20and%20Berkshire%29 | Classical Mechanics is a well-established textbook written by Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble and Frank Berkshire of the Imperial College Mathematics Department. The book provides a thorough coverage of the fundamental principles and techniques of classical mechanics, a long-standing subject which is at the base of all... | Classical Mechanics (Kibble and Berkshire) | Physics,Mathematics | 558 |
23,974,535 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnivore | An omnivore () is an animal that regularly consumes significant quantities of both plant and animal matter. Obtaining energy and nutrients from plant and animal matter, omnivores digest carbohydrates, protein, fat, and fiber, and metabolize the nutrients and energy of the sources absorbed. Often, they have the ability ... | Omnivore | Biology | 1,988 |
58,959,426 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20brightest%20natural%20objects%20in%20the%20sky | This is a list of the brightest natural objects in the sky. This list orders objects by apparent magnitude from Earth, not anywhere else. This list is with reference to naked eye viewing; all objects are listed by their visual magnitudes, and objects too close together to be distinguished are listed jointly. Objects ar... | List of brightest natural objects in the sky | Astronomy | 141 |
77,921,803 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemipholiota%20populnea | Hemipholiota populnea is a mushroom-forming fungus commonly known as destructive Pholiota, although separate from the genus Pholiota. It is saprobic and fruits on the wood of hardwood logs, especially cottonwood.
References
Strophariaceae
Fungus species
Fungi described in 1828
Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon | Hemipholiota populnea | Biology | 72 |
1,409,609 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson%20series | In scattering theory, a part of mathematical physics, the Dyson series, formulated by Freeman Dyson, is a perturbative expansion of the time evolution operator in the interaction picture. Each term can be represented by a sum of Feynman diagrams.
This series diverges asymptotically, but in quantum electrodynamics (QE... | Dyson series | Physics,Chemistry | 657 |
1,010,567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflected-wave%20switching | Reflected-wave switching is a signalling technique used in backplane computer buses such as PCI.
A backplane computer bus is a type of multilayer printed circuit board that has at least one (almost) solid layer of copper called the ground plane, and at least one layer of copper tracks that are used as wires for the si... | Reflected-wave switching | Technology,Engineering | 727 |
31,533,033 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morchella%20semilibera | Morchella semilibera, commonly called the half-free morel, is an edible species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae native to Europe and Asia.
DNA analysis has shown that the half-free morels, which appear nearly identical on a macroscopic scale, are a cryptic species complex, consisting of at least three geographic... | Morchella semilibera | Biology | 274 |
16,083,822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baily%E2%80%93Borel%20compactification | In mathematics, the Baily–Borel compactification is a compactification of a quotient of a Hermitian symmetric space by an arithmetic group, introduced by .
Example
If C is the quotient of the upper half plane by a congruence subgroup of SL2(Z), then the Baily–Borel compactification of C is formed by adding a finite n... | Baily–Borel compactification | Mathematics | 102 |
59,131,452 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logeion | Logeion is an open-access database of Latin and Ancient Greek dictionaries. Developed by Josh Goldenberg and Matt Shanahan in 2011, it is hosted by the University of Chicago. Apart from simultaneous search capabilities across different dictionaries and reference works, Logeion offers access to frequency and collocation... | Logeion | Technology | 910 |
38,365,166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-COM | E-COM, short for Electronic Computer Originated Mail, was a hybrid mail process used from 1982 to 1985 by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to print electronically originated mail, and deliver it in envelopes to customers within two days of transmission.
Description
The E-COM service allowed customers to transmit messag... | E-COM | Technology | 756 |
40,328,783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundidesulfovibrio%20putealis | Fundidesulfovibrio putealis is a bacterium. It is sulfate-reducing. Its cells are motile by means of a polar flagellum and contain desulfoviridin. The type strain is B7-43T (=DSM 16056T =ATCC BAA-905T).
Originally described under Desulfovibrio, it was reassigned to Fundidesulfovibrio by Waite et al. in 2020.
Referenc... | Fundidesulfovibrio putealis | Biology | 180 |
2,526,857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes%20of%20uranium | Uranium (U) is a naturally occurring radioactive element (radioelement) with no stable isotopes. It has two primordial isotopes, uranium-238 and uranium-235, that have long half-lives and are found in appreciable quantity in Earth's crust. The decay product uranium-234 is also found. Other isotopes such as uranium-233 ... | Isotopes of uranium | Chemistry | 5,973 |
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