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3,641,488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%20Albania%20%28statue%29 | Mother Albania () is a statue located at the National Martyrs' Cemetery of Albania () in Albania, dedicated in 1972.
The statue represents the country as a mother guarding over the eternal slumber of those who gave their lives for her. There are up to 28,000 graves of Albanian partisans in the cemetery, all of whom ... | Mother Albania (statue) | Physics,Mathematics | 257 |
70,855,438 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxungen | A toxungen comprises a secretion or other bodily fluid containing one or more biological toxins that is transferred by one animal to the external surface of another animal via a physical delivery mechanism with or without direct contact between the secreting animal and the victim. Toxungens can be delivered through spi... | Toxungen | Biology,Environmental_science | 1,254 |
56,993,176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%20Trujillo | Lady Diana Trujillo Pomerantz (born 1983) is a Colombian-American aerospace engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She currently leads the engineering team at JPL responsible for the robotic arm of the Perseverance rover. On February 18, 2021, Trujillo hosted the first ever Spanish-language NASA transmission o... | Diana Trujillo | Engineering | 959 |
75,152,655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parochial%20altruism | Parochial altruism is a concept in social psychology, evolutionary biology, and anthropology that describes altruism towards an in-group, often accompanied by hostility towards an out-group. It is a combination of altruism, defined as behavior done for the benefit of others without direct effect on the self, and paroch... | Parochial altruism | Biology | 3,097 |
9,613,870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Solomon | Susan Solomon is an American atmospheric chemist, working for most of her career at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In 2011, Solomon joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she serves as the Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry & Climate Sc... | Susan Solomon | Chemistry | 2,291 |
32,682,492 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FPGA%20Mezzanine%20Card | FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) is an ANSI/VITA (VMEbus International Trade Association) 57.1 standard that defines I/O mezzanine modules with connection to an FPGA or other device with re-configurable I/O capability. It specifies a low profile connector and compact board size for compatibility with several industry standard... | FPGA Mezzanine Card | Technology | 638 |
5,536,187 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topopolis | A topopolis is a proposed tube-shaped space habitat, rotating to produce artificial gravity via centrifugal force on the inner surface, which is extended into a loop around the local planet or star. The concept was invented by writer Patrick Gunkel.
Varieties of topopolises and similar fictional structures
A topopolis... | Topopolis | Technology | 334 |
52,596,516 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML%20log | XML log or XML logging is used by many computer programs to log the programs operations. An XML logfile records a description of the operations done by a program during its session. The log normally includes: timestamp, the programs settings during the operation, what was completed during the session, the files or dire... | XML log | Technology | 279 |
997,579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14%20Herculis | 14 Herculis or 14 Her is a K-type main-sequence star away in the constellation Hercules. It is also known as HD 145675. Because of its apparent magnitude, of 6.61 the star can be very faintly seen with the naked eye. As of 2021, 14 Herculis is known to host two exoplanets in orbit around the star.
Stellar components ... | 14 Herculis | Astronomy | 484 |
44,595,611 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hj%C3%A4rtats%20hj%C3%A4ltar | Hjärtats hjältar ("The Heroes of the Heart") was the 2004 edition of Sveriges Radio's Christmas Calendar.
Plot
Julius and Juliana are twins. Julius wants to become a better ice hockey player. He practices a lot, not even caring for Christmas. Worried, Juliana visits the school nurse Vera, who says practicing to hard i... | Hjärtats hjältar | Physics,Mathematics | 134 |
4,746,264 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium%20pentafluoride | Uranium pentafluoride is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula UF5. It is a pale yellow paramagnetic solid. The compound has attracted interest because it is related to uranium hexafluoride, which is widely used to produce uranium fuel. It crystallizes in two polymorphs, called α- and β-UF5.
Synthesis and... | Uranium pentafluoride | Physics,Chemistry | 317 |
7,202,520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium%E2%80%93lithium%20alloys | Aluminium–lithium alloys (Al–Li alloys) are a set of alloys of aluminium and lithium, often also including copper and zirconium. Since lithium is the least dense elemental metal, these alloys are significantly less dense than aluminium. Commercial Al–Li alloys contain up to 2.45% lithium by mass.
Crystal structure
All... | Aluminium–lithium alloys | Chemistry | 1,515 |
2,842,330 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential%20complexity | Essential complexity is a numerical measure defined by Thomas J. McCabe, Sr., in his highly cited, 1976 paper better known for introducing cyclomatic complexity. McCabe defined essential complexity as the cyclomatic complexity of the reduced CFG (control-flow graph) after iteratively replacing (reducing) all structured... | Essential complexity | Mathematics,Engineering | 1,345 |
59,129,761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prothrombin%20fragment%201%2B2 | Prothrombin fragment 1+2 (F1+2), also written as prothrombin fragment 1.2 (F1.2), is a polypeptide fragment of prothrombin (factor II) generated by the in vivo cleavage of prothrombin into thrombin (factor IIa) by the enzyme prothrombinase (a complex of factor Xa and factor Va). It is released from the N-terminus of pr... | Prothrombin fragment 1+2 | Chemistry,Biology | 498 |
74,751,551 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoRoT-26b | CoRoT-26b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a G-type star, CoRoT-26. It has a mass of 0.52 Jupiters, takes 4.2 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.0526 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2013.
References
Exoplanets discovered in 2013
Exoplanets discovered by CoRoT
Transiting exoplanets
... | CoRoT-26b | Astronomy | 96 |
40,276,418 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LitSat-1 | LitSat-1 was one of the first two Lithuanian satellites (other one being Lituanica SAT-1). It was launched aboard the second Cygnus spacecraft along with 28 Flock-1 CubeSats aboard an Antares 120 carrier rocket flying from Pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island. The launch was scheduled to occu... | LitSat-1 | Astronomy | 229 |
911,658 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve%20requirement | Reserve requirements are central bank regulations that set the minimum amount that a commercial bank must hold in liquid assets. This minimum amount, commonly referred to as the commercial bank's reserve, is generally determined by the central bank on the basis of a specified proportion of deposit liabilities of the ba... | Reserve requirement | Mathematics | 2,393 |
36,338,734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium%20hydride | Chromium hydrides are compounds of chromium and hydrogen, and possibly other elements. Intermetallic compounds with not-quite-stoichometric quantities of hydrogen exist, as well as highly reactive molecules. When present at low concentrations, hydrogen and certain other elements alloyed with chromium act as softening a... | Chromium hydride | Chemistry | 1,624 |
39,859,865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salford%20Acoustics | Salford Acoustics offers acoustics and audio engineering courses undertakes public and industrial research in acoustics, carries out commercial testing and undertakes activities to engage the public in acoustic science and engineering. It is based in two locations: (i) 3 km west of Manchester city centre, UK, in the Ne... | Salford Acoustics | Physics,Engineering | 1,334 |
446,836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/360%20%28number%29 | 360 (three hundred [and] sixty) is the natural number following 359 and preceding 361.
In mathematics
360 is the 13th highly composite number and one of only seven numbers such that no number less than twice as much has more divisors; the others are 1, 2, 6, 12, 60, and 2520 .
360 is also the 6th superior highly co... | 360 (number) | Mathematics | 710 |
24,107,029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C15H12O5 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C15H12O5}}
The chemical formula C15H12O5 (molar mass : 272.25 g/mol, exact Mass 272.068473 u) may refer to :
Butein, a chalcone
Butin (molecule), a flavanone
Garbanzol, a flavanonol
Glycinol (pterocarpan)
Griseoxanthone C, a xanthone
Naringenin, a flavanone
Naringenin chalcone, a chalcone
Pinoban... | C15H12O5 | Chemistry | 161 |
2,561,743 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balm%20of%20Gilead | Balm of Gilead was a rare perfume used medicinally that was mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and named for the region of Gilead, where it was produced. The expression stems from William Tyndale's language in the King James Bible of 1611 and has come to signify a universal cure in figurative speech. The tree or shrub produ... | Balm of Gilead | Physics | 3,806 |
1,216,779 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geranic%20acid | Geranic acid, or 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienoic acid, is a pheromone used by some organisms. It is a double bond isomer of nerolic acid.
Pharmacology
Choline geranate (also described as Choline And Geranic acid, or CAGE) has been developed as a novel biocompatible antiseptic material capable of penetrating skin and aid... | Geranic acid | Chemistry | 454 |
17,430,761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt%20ratio | The debt ratio or debt to assets ratio is a financial ratio which indicates the percentage of a company's assets which are funded by debt. It is measured as the ratio of total debt to total assets, which is also equal to the ratio of total liabilities and total assets:
Financial analysts and financial managers use th... | Debt ratio | Mathematics | 194 |
52,631,552 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20pillar%20of%20Delhi | The iron pillar of Delhi is a structure high with a diameter that was constructed by Chandragupta II (reigned c. 375–415 CE), and now stands in the Qutb complex at Mehrauli in Delhi, India.
The metals used in its construction have a rust-resistant composition. The pillar weighs more than six tonnes and is thought t... | Iron pillar of Delhi | Chemistry,Materials_science | 4,139 |
23,795,049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological%20indicator%20evaluation%20resistometer | A Biological Indicator Evaluation Resistometer (BIER) vessel is a piece of equipment used to determine the time taken to reduce survival of a given organism by 90% (also known as a log 1 reduction). The name derives from how the equipment is used.
A BIER vessel evaluates the resistance of biological indicators to mois... | Biological indicator evaluation resistometer | Chemistry,Biology | 164 |
370,644 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20toll%20collection | Electronic toll collection (ETC) is a wireless system to automatically collect the usage fee or toll charged to vehicles using toll roads, HOV lanes, toll bridges, and toll tunnels. It is a faster alternative which is replacing toll booths, where vehicles must stop and the driver manually pays the toll with cash or a c... | Electronic toll collection | Technology,Engineering | 5,684 |
6,314,958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/1847%20T1%20%28Mitchell%29 | Miss Mitchell's Comet, formally designated as C/1847 T1, is a non-periodic comet that American astronomer Maria Mitchell discovered in 1847.
The discovery was initially credited to Francesco de Vico. Vico, observing from Rome, was the first to report the comet's discovery in Europe. However, Mitchell observed the com... | C/1847 T1 (Mitchell) | Astronomy | 140 |
99,610 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20intestine | The small intestine or small bowel is an organ in the gastrointestinal tract where most of the absorption of nutrients from food takes place. It lies between the stomach and large intestine, and receives bile and pancreatic juice through the pancreatic duct to aid in digestion. The small intestine is about long and f... | Small intestine | Biology | 3,853 |
1,227,824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift%20jet | A lift jet is a lightweight jet engine installed only for upward thrust.
An early experimental program using lift engines was the Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig (TMR), nicknamed the "Flying Bedstead", first run in 1955.
In the early 1960s both the Soviet Union and Western nations considered lift engines to provide ... | Lift jet | Technology | 277 |
1,082,784 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epson | Seiko Epson Corporation, commonly known as Epson, is a Japanese multinational electronics company and one of the world's largest manufacturers of printers and information- and imaging-related equipment. Headquartered in Suwa, Nagano, Japan, the company has numerous subsidiaries worldwide and manufactures inkjet, dot ma... | Epson | Technology | 2,609 |
16,065,330 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudin | Pseudin is a peptide derived from Pseudis paradoxa. Pseudins have some antimicrobial function.
There are several different forms:
pseudin-1
pseudin-2 -- has been proposed as a treatment for type 2 diabetes.
pseudin-4
Pseudin-2
Pseudin-2 is the most abundant version of the pseudins found on the skin of the paradox... | Pseudin | Chemistry,Biology | 423 |
1,193,525 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal%20order | In quantum field theory a product of quantum fields, or equivalently their creation and annihilation operators, is usually said to be normal ordered (also called Wick order) when all creation operators are to the left of all annihilation operators in the product. The process of putting a product into normal order is ca... | Normal order | Physics | 2,256 |
9,756,443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Goeddel | David V. Goeddel (born 1951) is an American molecular biologist who, employed at the time by Genentech, successfully used genetic engineering to coax bacteria into creating synthetic human insulin, human growth hormone, and human tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for use in therapeutic medicine.
Recruited by Bob Swan... | David Goeddel | Biology | 328 |
4,157,661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20rhombidodecahedron | In geometry, the great rhombidodecahedron is a nonconvex uniform polyhedron, indexed as U73. It has 42 faces (30 squares, 12 decagrams), 120 edges and 60 vertices. Its vertex figure is a crossed quadrilateral.
Related polyhedra
It shares its vertex arrangement with the truncated great dodecahedron and the uniform com... | Great rhombidodecahedron | Physics | 160 |
25,958,783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GetJar | GetJar is an independent mobile phone app store founded in Lithuania in 2004, with offices in Vilnius, Lithuania and San Mateo, California.
History
The company was founded by Ilja Laurs in 2004, who is currently its Executive Chairman, and Chris Dury, who is the CEO. Accel Partners and Tiger Global Management are amo... | GetJar | Technology | 310 |
3,193,758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumping%20lemma%20for%20context-free%20languages | In computer science, in particular in formal language theory, the pumping lemma for context-free languages, also known as the Bar-Hillel lemma, is a lemma that gives a property shared by all context-free languages and generalizes the pumping lemma for regular languages.
The pumping lemma can be used to construct a ref... | Pumping lemma for context-free languages | Mathematics | 909 |
49,638,158 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microseminoprotein%2C%20prostate%20associated | Microseminoprotein, prostate associated is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MSMP gene.
Function
This gene encodes a member of the beta-microseminoprotein family. Members of this protein family contain ten conserved cysteine residues that form intra-molecular disulfide bonds. The encoded protein may play a r... | Microseminoprotein, prostate associated | Chemistry | 85 |
27,621,214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highly%20hazardous%20chemical | A highly hazardous chemical, also called a harsh chemical, is a substance classified by the American Occupational Safety and Health Administration as material that is both toxic and reactive and whose potential for human injury is high if released. Highly hazardous chemicals may cause cancer, birth defects, induce gene... | Highly hazardous chemical | Physics,Chemistry | 96 |
232,345 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butyric%20acid | Butyric acid (; from , meaning "butter"), also known under the systematic name butanoic acid, is a straight-chain alkyl carboxylic acid with the chemical formula . It is an oily, colorless liquid with an unpleasant odor. Isobutyric acid (2-methylpropanoic acid) is an isomer. Salts and esters of butyric acid are known a... | Butyric acid | Chemistry,Biology | 5,007 |
56,079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krull%20dimension | In commutative algebra, the Krull dimension of a commutative ring R, named after Wolfgang Krull, is the supremum of the lengths of all chains of prime ideals. The Krull dimension need not be finite even for a Noetherian ring. More generally the Krull dimension can be defined for modules over possibly non-commutative ri... | Krull dimension | Physics,Mathematics | 1,660 |
1,157,842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasse%E2%80%93Weil%20zeta%20function | In mathematics, the Hasse–Weil zeta function attached to an algebraic variety V defined over an algebraic number field K is a meromorphic function on the complex plane defined in terms of the number of points on the variety after reducing modulo each prime number p. It is a global L-function defined as an Euler product... | Hasse–Weil zeta function | Mathematics | 1,392 |
796,412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental%20evolution | Experimental evolution is the use of laboratory experiments or controlled field manipulations to explore evolutionary dynamics. Evolution may be observed in the laboratory as individuals/populations adapt to new environmental conditions by natural selection.
There are two different ways in which adaptation can arise... | Experimental evolution | Biology | 2,975 |
65,954,033 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Blockhouse%20of%20Boston | The Blockhouse of Boston was a pioneering art and design cooperative of alumni from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, Massachusetts that opened its doors in 1947. Blockhouse artisans, primarily the then-recent art school graduate Janet Doub Erickson, designed and produced original textiles including draperies... | The Blockhouse of Boston | Engineering | 1,405 |
41,100,981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam%20Kastner | Miriam Kastner (born January 22, 1935) is a Bratislavan born, (former Czechoslovakia) Israeli raised, American oceanographer and geochemist. Kastner is currently a distinguished professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. She is still recognized by her fundamental contri... | Miriam Kastner | Chemistry | 3,707 |
15,182,568 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cihuacalli | Cihuacalli was an Aztec word that referred to buildings known as "women-house" which was a place for women's work. This likely included prostitution, but was not limited to that. It likely included kitchens or other areas for the drugery of woman's work. Under Montezuma I these buildings were also used as part of the c... | Cihuacalli | Biology | 299 |
1,126,592 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporally%20ordered%20routing%20algorithm | The Temporally Ordered Routing Algorithm (TORA) is an algorithm for routing data across Wireless Mesh Networks or Mobile ad hoc networks.
It was developed by Vincent Park and Scott Corson at the University of Maryland and the Naval Research Laboratory. Park has patented his work, and it was licensed by Nova Engineeri... | Temporally ordered routing algorithm | Technology,Engineering | 1,171 |
36,985,868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frobenioid | In arithmetic geometry, a Frobenioid is a category with some extra structure that generalizes the theory of line bundles on models of finite extensions of global fields. Frobenioids were introduced by . The word "Frobenioid" is a portmanteau of Frobenius and monoid, as certain Frobenius morphisms between Frobenioids ar... | Frobenioid | Mathematics | 483 |
30,117,312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilk%20Elektronik | Wilk Elektronik is a Polish manufacturer of computer memory under the brand name "GOODRAM" based in Łaziska Górne. After the bankruptcy of Qimonda it remains the only European producer of RAM modules.
History
The company was established in Tychy in 1991 as a RAM distributor. In 1996 it became the leader in the Polish... | Wilk Elektronik | Technology | 261 |
51,141,372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalliferous%20Mines%20Regulations%201961 | The Metalliferous Mines Regulations 1961 replaces both the Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1926 and the Mysore Gold Mines Regulations, 1953 to prevent possible dangers, accidents and deaths from mining in India.
Important regulations
9: Notice of Accident.
10: Notice of disease
60, 61, 63, & 64: Mine plans and Sect... | Metalliferous Mines Regulations 1961 | Engineering | 136 |
43,135,272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Society%20of%20Biomechanics | The International Society of Biomechanics, commonly known as the ISB, is a society dedicated to promoting biomechanics in its various forms. It promotes the study of all areas of biomechanics at the international level, although special emphasis is given to the biomechanics of human movement. The Society encourages i... | International Society of Biomechanics | Physics | 1,110 |
8,562,026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroluminescent%20wire | Electroluminescent wire (often abbreviated as EL wire) is a thin copper wire coated in a phosphor that produces light through electroluminescence when an alternating current is applied to it. It can be used in a wide variety of applications—vehicle and structure decoration, safety and emergency lighting, toys, clothin... | Electroluminescent wire | Chemistry,Engineering | 1,328 |
5,480,019 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunochemistry | Immunochemistry is the study of the chemistry of the immune system. This involves the study of the properties, functions, interactions and production of the chemical components (antibodies/immunoglobulins, toxin, epitopes of proteins like CD4, antitoxins, cytokines/chemokines, antigens) of the immune system. It also ... | Immunochemistry | Biology | 380 |
41,716,790 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NdhF | The chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase F (ndhF) gene is found in all vascular plant divisions and is highly conserved. Its DNA fragment resides in the small single-copy region of the chloroplast genome, and is thought to encode a hydrophobic protein containing 664 amino acids and to have a mass of 72.9 kDa.
Application ... | NdhF | Chemistry,Biology | 156 |
7,247,692 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security%20and%20safety%20features%20new%20to%20Windows%20Vista | There are a number of security and safety features new to Windows Vista, most of which are not available in any prior Microsoft Windows operating system release.
Beginning in early 2002 with Microsoft's announcement of its Trustworthy Computing initiative, a great deal of work has gone into making Windows Vista a more... | Security and safety features new to Windows Vista | Technology | 6,892 |
5,658 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20cannibalism | Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. The meaning of "cannibalism" has been extended into zoology to describe animals consuming parts of individuals of the same species as food.
Anatomically... | Human cannibalism | Biology | 9,629 |
22,076,861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choke%20pear%20%28plant%29 | A choke pear or chocky-pear is an astringent fruit. The term is used for the fruit of any variety of pear which has an astringent taste and is difficult to swallow.
Varieties
One variety of choke pear is poire d'Angoisse, a variety of pear that was grown in Angoisse, a commune in the Arrondissement of Nontron in Do... | Choke pear (plant) | Biology | 382 |
24,144,656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C21H30N2O | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C21H30N2O}}
The molecular formula C21H30N2O (molar mass: 326.484 g/mol, exact mass: 326.2358 u) may refer to:
Bunaftine
FT-104
Hydroxystenozole, also known as 17α-methylandrost-4-eno[3,2-c]pyrazol-17β-ol
Molecular formulas | C21H30N2O | Physics,Chemistry | 99 |
67,218,332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying%20Laptop | The German Flying Laptop satellite, launched on 14 July 2017 on a Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, hosts the OSIRISv1 laser communications experiment. The satellite has a total mass of 110 kg. It operates at a Sun-synchronous orbit with an inclination of 97.6 degrees.
The satellite is... | Flying Laptop | Astronomy | 272 |
10,031,328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric%20sail | An electric sail (also known as an electric solar wind sail or an E-sail) is a proposed form of spacecraft propulsion using the dynamic pressure of the solar wind as a source of thrust. It creates a "virtual" sail by using small wires to form an electric field that deflects solar wind protons and extracts their momentu... | Electric sail | Astronomy | 1,639 |
60,478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abort%20%28computing%29 | In a computer or data transmission system, to abort means to terminate, usually in a controlled manner, a processing activity because it is impossible or undesirable for the activity to proceed or in conjunction with an error. Such an action may be accompanied by diagnostic information on the aborted process.
In addi... | Abort (computing) | Technology | 474 |
60,936,591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed%20Nasser%20Al%20Ahbabi | Mohammed Nasser Al Ahbabi is the Director General of United Arab Emirates Space Agency. Before joining the UAE Space Agency, Ahbabi was part of a UAE Armed Forces think tank project, where he worked alongside military and government stakeholders, on concepts and technologies in Smart Defense and Cyber Warfare, amongst ... | Mohammed Nasser Al Ahbabi | Astronomy | 304 |
17,782,532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susceptibility%20weighted%20imaging | Susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI), originally called BOLD venographic imaging, is an MRI sequence that is exquisitely sensitive to venous blood, hemorrhage and iron storage. SWI uses a fully flow compensated, long echo, gradient recalled echo (GRE) pulse sequence to acquire images. This method exploits the suscepti... | Susceptibility weighted imaging | Chemistry | 1,725 |
31,258,710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycetophagites | Mycetophagites is an extinct fungal genus of mycoparasitic in the order Hypocreales. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Mycetophagites atrebora.
The genus is solely known from the Lower Cretaceous, Upper Albian stage (about 100 Ma), Burmese amber deposits in Myanmar. Mycetophagites is one of only two kn... | Mycetophagites | Biology | 1,055 |
37,869,238 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C24H18O12 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C24H18O12}}
The molecular formula C24H18O12 (molar mass: 498.39 g/mol, exact mass: 498.07982598 u) may refer to :
Tetrafucol A, a fucol-type phlorotannin
Tetraphlorethol C, a phlorethol-type phlorotannin
Molecular formulas | C24H18O12 | Physics,Chemistry | 95 |
66,980,580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Security%20Commission%20on%20Artificial%20Intelligence | The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) was an independent commission of the United States of America established in 2018 to make recommendations to the President and Congress to "advance the development of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and associated technologies to comprehensi... | National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence | Technology | 1,281 |
21,727,808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeLQAS | TeLQAS (Telecommunication Literature Question Answering System) is an experimental question answering system developed for answering English questions in the telecommunications domain.
Architecture
TeLQAS includes three main subsystems: an online subsystem, an offline subsystem, and an ontology. The online subsystem a... | TeLQAS | Technology | 210 |
230,944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsprung%20mass | The unsprung mass (colloquially unsprung weight) of a vehicle is the mass of the suspension, wheels or tracks (as applicable), and other components directly connected to them. This contrasts with the sprung mass (or weight) supported by the suspension, which includes the body and other components within or attached to... | Unsprung mass | Physics,Mathematics | 1,142 |
63,686,596 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe%20plug | A pipe plug is a tool or material for the temporary sealing of pipelines in sewerage and other liquid and gas transportation systems; typically for maintenance or non-pressurized line testing. A pipe plug is also known as an inflatable plug, mechanical pipe plug, pipe test plug, pipeline isolation plug, expandable plug... | Pipe plug | Engineering | 730 |
2,976,291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1%20mortar | The M1 mortar is an American 81 millimeter caliber mortar. It was based on the French Brandt mortar. The M1 mortar was used from before World War II until the 1950s when it was replaced by the lighter and longer ranged M29 mortar.
General data
Weight:
Tube 44.5 lb (20 kg)
Mount 46.5 lb (21 kg)
Base plate 45 lb (20 kg)... | M1 mortar | Chemistry | 1,573 |
43,974,356 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual%20of%20the%20Higher%20Plants%20of%20Oregon | Manual of the Higher Plants of Oregon was an early flora of plants of Oregon written by Morton Peck.
It was praised for its format, portability, phylogenetic keys, having new species recorded, and completeness of both descriptions of plants and physiographic provinces. The second edition (1961) includes many changes... | Manual of the Higher Plants of Oregon | Biology | 106 |
1,561,771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/79%20Ceti | 79 Ceti, also known as HD 16141, is a binary star system located 123 light-years from the Sun in the southern constellation of Cetus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of +6.83, which puts it below the normal limit for visibility with the average naked eye. The star is drifting closer to the Earth with a heliocentric... | 79 Ceti | Astronomy | 422 |
5,065,696 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%2084810 | HD 84810, also known as l Carinae (l Car), is a star in the southern constellation of Carina. Its apparent magnitude varies from about 3.4 to 4.1, making it readily visible to the naked eye and one of the brightest members of Carina. Based upon parallax measurements, it is approximately from Earth.
From the character... | HD 84810 | Astronomy | 456 |
7,666,034 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosorba%20column | The Prosorba Column is a plasma filtering device used to treat severe cases of rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis. Its active element is Protein A bonded to a diatomaceous earth/clay bead. The effect of the Protein A is to remove circulating immune complexes responsible for the autoimmune joint deterioration p... | Prosorba column | Biology | 135 |
3,792,917 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy%20of%20technology | The philosophy of technology is a sub-field of philosophy that studies the nature of technology and its social effects.
Philosophical discussion of questions relating to technology (or its Greek ancestor techne) dates back to the very dawn of Western philosophy. The phrase "philosophy of technology" was first used in... | Philosophy of technology | Technology | 1,798 |
2,620,525 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brocard%27s%20conjecture | In number theory, Brocard's conjecture is the conjecture that there are at least four prime numbers between (pn)2 and (pn+1)2, where pn is the nth prime number, for every n ≥ 2. The conjecture is named after Henri Brocard. It is widely believed that this conjecture is true. However, it remains unproven as of 2024.
T... | Brocard's conjecture | Mathematics | 179 |
10,282,619 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20electronics%20brands | This list of electronics brands is specialized as the list of brands of companies that provide electronics equipment.
Categories
Electronics equipment includes the following categories (abbreviations used in parentheses):
audio system (AS) (includes home audio)
avionics (AV)
car audio (CA)
car navigation (CN)
copy ma... | List of electronics brands | Engineering | 1,755 |
25,208,580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar%20eclipse%20of%20May%2011%2C%202078 | A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, May 11, 2078, with a magnitude of 1.0701. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon... | Solar eclipse of May 11, 2078 | Astronomy | 860 |
50,670,667 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USBKill | USBKill is anti-forensic software distributed via GitHub, written in Python for the BSD, Linux, and OS X operating systems. It is designed to serve as a kill switch if the computer on which it is installed should fall under the control of individuals or entities against the desires of the owner. It is free software, av... | USBKill | Engineering | 1,633 |
35,656,106 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin%20Gabathuler | Erwin Gabathuler (16 November 1933 – 29 August 2016) was a particle physicist from Northern Ireland.
Early life
Erwin Gabathuler was born in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland on 16 November 1933, a son of the manager of the Swiss embroidery factory. He attended Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt, and then... | Erwin Gabathuler | Physics | 799 |
42,783,108 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted%20projective%20space | In algebraic geometry, a weighted projective space P(a0,...,an) is the projective variety Proj(k[x0,...,xn]) associated to the graded ring k[x0,...,xn] where the variable xk has degree ak.
Properties
If d is a positive integer then P(a0,a1,...,an) is isomorphic to P(da0,da1,...,dan). This is a property of the Proj co... | Weighted projective space | Mathematics | 380 |
54,513,789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen%20Gehrels | Jürgen Carlos Gehrels FIET (born 24 July 1935) is a German businessman, and a former Chief Executive and Chairman of Siemens UK (Siemens Holdings plc).
Early life
He was the son of Dr Hans Gehrels and Ursula da Rocha. He attended the Technical University of Munich and Technische Universität Berlin.
Career
Siemens
Fr... | Jürgen Gehrels | Engineering | 279 |
546,635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncapping | Uncapping, in the context of cable modems, refers to a number of activities performed to alter an Internet service provider's modem settings. It is sometimes done for the sake of bandwidth (i.e. by buying a 512 kbit/s access modem and then altering it to 10 Mbit/s), pluggable interfaces (as by using more than one publi... | Uncapping | Technology | 441 |
47,330,621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus%20caerulescens | Suillus caerulescens, commonly known as the douglas-fir suillus is an edible species of bolete fungus in the family Suillaceae. It was first described scientifically by American mycologists Alexander H. Smith and Harry D. Thiers in 1964. It can be found growing with Douglas fir trees. Its stem bruises blue, which somet... | Suillus caerulescens | Biology | 232 |
22,842,718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban%20theory | Urban theory describes the economic, political, and social processes which affect the formation and development of cities.
Overview
Theoretical discourse has often polarized between economic determinism and cultural determinism with scientific or technological determinism adding another contentious issue of reificatio... | Urban theory | Engineering | 944 |
36,734,773 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miner%27s%20habit | A miner's habit ( or Bergmannshabit) is the traditional dress of miners in Europe. The actual form varies depending on the region, the actual mining function, and whether it is used for work or for ceremonial occasions.
Elements
At work, the miner of the Middle Ages in Europe wore the normal costume for his local reg... | Miner's habit | Engineering | 560 |
530,691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucocorticoid | Glucocorticoids (or, less commonly, glucocorticosteroids) are a class of corticosteroids, which are a class of steroid hormones. Glucocorticoids are corticosteroids that bind to the glucocorticoid receptor that is present in almost every vertebrate animal cell. The name "glucocorticoid" is a portmanteau (glucose + cort... | Glucocorticoid | Chemistry | 5,620 |
41,498,619 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatron%20Technology | Albatron Technology Co. Ltd. () is a Taiwan-based company, primarily known for being a major manufacturer of graphics cards and motherboards based on NVIDIA chipsets in the 2000s that were marketed under the brand Albatron.
History
The company began in 1984 as Chun Yun Electronics, TVs and markets. It was renamed "Alb... | Albatron Technology | Technology | 252 |
329,877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taijitu | In Chinese philosophy, a taijitu () is a symbol or diagram () representing taiji () in both its monist (wuji) and its dualist (yin and yang) forms in application is a deductive and inductive theoretical model. Such a diagram was first introduced by Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhou Dunyi of the Song Dynasty in his Taijit... | Taijitu | Physics,Mathematics | 2,346 |
3,036,289 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weil%27s%20conjecture%20on%20Tamagawa%20numbers | In mathematics, the Weil conjecture on Tamagawa numbers is the statement that the Tamagawa number of a simply connected simple algebraic group defined over a number field is 1. In this case, simply connected means "not having a proper algebraic covering" in the algebraic group theory sense, which is not always the top... | Weil's conjecture on Tamagawa numbers | Mathematics | 460 |
14,822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreducible%20fraction | An irreducible fraction (or fraction in lowest terms, simplest form or reduced fraction) is a fraction in which the numerator and denominator are integers that have no other common divisors than 1 (and −1, when negative numbers are considered). In other words, a fraction is irreducible if and only if a and b are copri... | Irreducible fraction | Mathematics | 1,004 |
56,127,644 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlight%20%28interstellar%20probe%29 | Project Starlight is a research project of the University of California, Santa Barbara to develop a fleet of laser beam-propelled interstellar probes and sending them to a star neighboring the Solar System, potentially Alpha Centauri. The project aims to send organisms on board the probe.
Overview
Starlight aims to ac... | Starlight (interstellar probe) | Astronomy | 509 |
12,744,480 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamil%20Hornoch | Kamil Hornoch (; born 5 December 1972) is a Czech astronomer who discovered dozens of novae in nearby galaxies. The main belt asteroid 14124 Kamil is named in his honour.
Astronomy
Kamil Hornoch became interested in astronomy in 1984. One year later he started with his scientific observations of comets, meteors, the ... | Kamil Hornoch | Astronomy | 538 |
2,069,663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUNMOS | SUNMOS (Sandia/UNM Operating System) is an operating system jointly developed by Sandia National Laboratories and the Computer Science Department at the University of New Mexico. The goal of the project, started in 1991, is to develop a highly portable, yet efficient, operating system for massively parallel-distributed... | SUNMOS | Technology | 444 |
6,563,205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20A.%20Gurshtein | Alexander Aronovich Gurshtein (, Aleksandr Aronovich Gurshteyn; February 21, 1937 – April 3, 2020) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer and historian of science.
Early life
Gurshtein was born Jewish in Moscow (former USSR) on February 21, 1937. His father, Aron Sheftelevich Gurshtein, was a literary critic and writer, whi... | Alexander A. Gurshtein | Astronomy | 1,204 |
53,043,810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon%20Mountain%20%28Denver%29 | Silicon Mountain, also known as the "Silicon Flatirons" is a nickname given to the tech hub in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area and Colorado Springs, Colorado metropolitan area. The name is analogous to Silicon Valley, but refers to the Rocky Mountains beyond the skyline. Denver startups raised $401 million in 2... | Silicon Mountain (Denver) | Technology | 169 |
41,411,624 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%2C%20Women%20%26%20Children%20%28film%29 | Men, Women & Children is a 2014 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and co-written with Erin Cressida Wilson, based on a novel of the same name written by Chad Kultgen that deals with online addiction. The film stars Rosemarie DeWitt, Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Dean Norris, Adam Sandler, Ansel Elgort... | Men, Women & Children (film) | Technology | 1,542 |
2,026,889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage%20disposal%20unit | A garbage disposal unit (also known as a waste disposal unit, food waste disposer (FWD), in-sink macerator, garbage disposer, or garburator) is a device, usually electrically powered, installed under a kitchen sink between the sink's drain and the trap. The device shreds food waste into pieces small enough—generally l... | Garbage disposal unit | Physics,Chemistry,Technology,Engineering | 1,862 |
25,120,907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch-bark%20roof | A birch-bark roof (in Finnish: malkakatto or tuohikatto) is a roof construction traditional in Finland and Norway for farmhouses and farm buildings built from logs. The birch-bark roof was the prevailing roof type in rural Finland up until the 1860s, when it was replaced by the use of other materials such as metal shee... | Birch-bark roof | Technology,Engineering | 379 |
29,199,909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stf0%20sulfotransferase | Stf0 sulfotransferases are essential for the biosynthesis of sulfolipid-1 in prokaryotes. They adopt a structure that belongs to the sulfotransferase superfamily, consisting of a single domain with a core four-stranded parallel beta-sheet flanked by alpha-helices.
References
EC 2.8.2
Protein families | Stf0 sulfotransferase | Biology | 79 |
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