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30,030,151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight%20dynamics | Flight dynamics in aviation and spacecraft, is the study of the performance, stability, and control of vehicles flying through the air or in outer space. It is concerned with how forces acting on the vehicle determine its velocity and attitude with respect to time.
For a fixed-wing aircraft, its changing orientation w... | Flight dynamics | Chemistry,Engineering | 742 |
58,817,314 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma%20Kowal | Emma Kowal is an Australian cultural and medical anthropologist, physician and scholar of science and technology studies. She is most well known for her books Trapped in the Gap: Doing Good in Indigenous Australia, and the co-edited volumes of Force, Movement, Intensity: The Newtonian Imagination in the Humanities and... | Emma Kowal | Technology | 356 |
21,241,734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20J.%20Wood | Richard J. Wood is a mathematics professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He graduated from McMaster University in 1972 with his M.Sc. and then later went on to do his Ph.D. at Dalhousie University. He is interested in category theory and lattice theory.
References
Publications
External lin... | Richard J. Wood | Mathematics | 87 |
6,222,875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20governance | Data governance is a term used on both a macro and a micro level. The former is a political concept and forms part of international relations and Internet governance; the latter is a data management concept and forms part of corporate data governance.
Macro level
Data governance at the macro level involves regulating... | Data governance | Technology | 1,400 |
70,758,621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20Xperia%201%20IV | The Sony Xperia 1 IV is an Android smartphone manufactured by Sony. Launched on May 11, 2022, it succeeds the Xperia 1 III as the latest flagship of Sony's Xperia series. The device was announced along with the mid-range Xperia 10 IV, with expected release dates by June 2022 (Asian markets) and as late as September 202... | Sony Xperia 1 IV | Technology | 1,502 |
49,312,984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-angled%20stone | The twelve-angled stone is an archeological artifact in Cusco, Peru. It was part of a stone wall of an Inca palace, and is considered to be a national heritage object. The stone is currently part of a wall in the palace of the Archbishop of Cusco.
Characteristics
The twelve-angled stone is composed of a formation of ... | Twelve-angled stone | Physics | 250 |
27,211,191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrodeionization | Electrodeionization (EDI) is a water treatment technology that utilizes DC power, ion exchange membranes, and ion exchange resin to deionize water. EDI is typically employed as a polishing treatment following reverse osmosis (RO), and is used in the production of ultrapure water. It differs from other RO polishing meth... | Electrodeionization | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering,Environmental_science | 1,620 |
73,081,028 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia%20BH2 | Gaia BH2 (Gaia DR3 5870569352746779008) is a binary system consisting of a red giant and what is very likely a stellar-mass black hole. Gaia BH2 is located about 3,800 light years away ( away) in the constellation of Centaurus, making it the third-closest known black hole system to Earth. Gaia BH2 is the second black ... | Gaia BH2 | Physics,Astronomy | 286 |
58,446,396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratinophyton%20durum | Keratinophyton durum is a keratinophilic fungus, that grows on keratin found in decomposing or shed animal hair and bird feathers. Various studies conducted in Canada, Japan, India, Spain, Poland, Ivory Coast and Iraq have isolated this fungus from decomposing animal hair and bird feathers using SDA and hair-bait techn... | Keratinophyton durum | Biology | 1,432 |
11,420,764 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripavirus%20internal%20ribosome%20entry%20site | The Cripavirus internal ribosome entry site (CrPV IRES) is an RNA element required for the production of capsid proteins through ribosome recruitment to an intergenic region IRES (IGR IRES).
See also
Cricket paralysis virus
Internal ribosome entry site (IRES)
References
External links
Cis-regulatory RNA element... | Cripavirus internal ribosome entry site | Chemistry | 79 |
36,953,973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20residue%20symbol | In algebraic number theory the n-th power residue symbol (for an integer n > 2) is a generalization of the (quadratic) Legendre symbol to n-th powers. These symbols are used in the statement and proof of cubic, quartic, Eisenstein, and related higher reciprocity laws.
Background and notation
Let k be an algebraic numb... | Power residue symbol | Mathematics | 589 |
50,244,489 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotomization | Scotomization is a psychological term for the mental blocking of unwanted perceptions, analogous to the visual blindness of an actual scotoma.
Controversies
This term initially was used by Charcot in connection with hysteria.
Psychoanalysis
Reviving in the 1920s this term, Rene Laforgue and Edouard Pichon introduced... | Scotomization | Biology | 356 |
23,395,389 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden%207 | Walden 7 is an apartment building designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura and located in Sant Just Desvern near Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It was built in 1975.
Name
The name of the building is inspired by B. F. Skinner's novel, Walden Two, which depicts a utopian community and itself is a reference to... | Walden 7 | Engineering | 562 |
7,454,585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epideme | "Epideme" is the seventh episode of science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf VII and the 43rd in the series run. It was first broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 28 February 1997. Written by Paul Alexander and Doug Naylor, and directed by Ed Bye, the episode involves Lister contracting an intelligent, bu... | Epideme | Biology | 983 |
23,156,336 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camber%20thrust | Camber thrust and camber force are terms used to describe the force generated perpendicular to the direction of travel of a rolling tire due to its camber angle and finite contact patch. Camber thrust is generated when a point on the outer surface of a leaned and rotating tire, that would normally follow a path that is... | Camber thrust | Engineering | 550 |
56,398,645 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%20Diner | A Valentine Diner was a prefabricated mail order small diner produced in Wichita, Kansas after the Great Depression. The concept was created by Arthur Valentine in the 1930s, who had experience operating lunch rooms. Originally the diners were manufactured by the Ablah Hotel Supply Company.
In 1947, manufacturing was ... | Valentine Diner | Engineering | 246 |
18,819,901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research%20Institute%20for%20Symbolic%20Computation | The Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (RISC Linz) is a research institute in the area of symbolic computation, including automated theorem proving and computer algebra. It is located in Schloß Hagenberg in Hagenberg near Linz in Austria. RISC was founded in 1987 under Bruno Buchberger and moved to Hagenberg i... | Research Institute for Symbolic Computation | Technology | 95 |
27,561,554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulae%20%28computer%29 | Nebulae () is a petascale supercomputer located at the National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Built from a Dawning TC3600 Blade system with Intel Xeon X5650 processors and Nvidia Tesla C2050 GPUs, it has a peak performance of 1.271 petaflops using the LINPACK benchmark suite. Nebulae was ranked t... | Nebulae (computer) | Technology | 251 |
20,716,195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt%20well | A salt well (or brine well) is used to mine salt from caverns or deposits. Water is used as a solution to dissolve the salt or halite deposits so that they can be extracted by pipe to an evaporation process, which results in either a brine or a dry product for sale or local use. In the United States during the 19th ce... | Salt well | Chemistry | 415 |
35,766,545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-Methylcytidine | 5-Methylcytidine is a modified nucleoside derived from 5-methylcytosine. It is found in ribonucleic acids of animal, plant, and bacterial origin.
References
Nucleosides
Pyrimidones
Hydroxymethyl compounds | 5-Methylcytidine | Chemistry | 58 |
47,135,293 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20monuments%20damaged%20by%20conflict%20in%20the%20Middle%20East%20during%20the%2021st%20century | This is a list of monuments suffering damage from conflict in the Middle East during the 21st century. It is sorted by country.
Egypt
The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo is home to one of the world's most impressive collections of Islamic art. It includes over 100,000 pieces that cover the entirety of Islamic history.... | List of monuments damaged by conflict in the Middle East during the 21st century | Engineering | 2,576 |
447,151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dividend%20yield | The dividend yield or dividend–price ratio of a share is the dividend per share divided by the price per share. It is also a company's total annual dividend payments divided by its market capitalization, assuming the number of shares is constant. It is often expressed as a percentage.
Dividend yield is used to calcula... | Dividend yield | Mathematics | 1,678 |
76,390,348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ytterbium%28III%29%20iodate | Ytterbium(III) iodate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Yb(IO3)3. Its dihydrate can be prepared by reacting ytterbium sulfate and iodic acid in water at 200 °C. It crystallizes in the P21/c space group, with unit cell parameters a=8.685, b=6.066, c=16.687 Å, β=115.01°.
References
Ytterbium(III) comp... | Ytterbium(III) iodate | Chemistry | 109 |
52,171,006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Baldwin | Nicholas Peter Baldwin (born 17 December 1952) is a British businessman, and the Chairman of the Office for Nuclear Regulation, and a former Chief Executive of Powergen (E.ON UK since July 2004)
Early life
He was born in Gosport.
He gained a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from City University (now City, University of... | Nick Baldwin | Engineering | 509 |
49,055,689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20802.11ay | IEEE 802.11ay, Enhanced Throughput for Operation in License-exempt Bands above 45 GHz, is a follow-up to IEEE 802.11ad WiGig standard which quadruples the bandwidth and adds MIMO up to 8 streams. Development started in 2015 and the final standard IEEE 802.11ay-2021 was approved in March 2021.
Technical details
802.11a... | IEEE 802.11ay | Technology,Engineering | 537 |
2,970,014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beam%20emittance | In accelerator physics, emittance is a property of a charged particle beam. It refers to the area occupied by the beam in a position-and-momentum phase space.
Each particle in a beam can be described by its position and momentum along each of three orthogonal axes, for a total of six position and momentum coordinates.... | Beam emittance | Physics | 3,384 |
390,335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20computer%20term%20etymologies | This is a list of the origins of computer-related terms or terms used in the computing world (i.e., a list of computer term etymologies). It relates to both computer hardware and computer software.
Names of many computer terms, especially computer applications, often relate to the function they perform, e.g., a compil... | List of computer term etymologies | Technology | 6,353 |
49,185,980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission%20channeling | Emission channeling is an experimental technique for identifying the position of short-lived radioactive atoms in the lattice of a single crystal.
When the radioactive atoms decay, they emit fast charged particles (e.g., α-particles and β-particles). Because of their charge, the emitted particles interact in character... | Emission channeling | Physics,Chemistry | 241 |
43,309,086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeMZ-965 | The MeMZ-965 was a Soviet automobile engine, built by the Melitopolski Motor Plant (MeMZ).
Originally known as the NAMI-G (for the Soviet National Automotive Institute), the MeMZ-965 was designed for use in the LuAZ-967. It was a air-cooled 90° V4, producing . It had had characteristics not common for automobile engi... | MeMZ-965 | Technology | 418 |
29,580,777 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxol%20fast%20blue%20stain | Luxol fast blue stain, abbreviated LFB stain or simply LFB, is a commonly used stain to observe myelin under light microscopy, created by Heinrich Klüver and Elizabeth Barrera in 1953. LFB is commonly used to detect demyelination in the central nervous system (CNS), but cannot discern myelination in the peripheral nerv... | Luxol fast blue stain | Chemistry,Biology | 280 |
45,449,726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungistatics | Fungistatics are anti-fungal agents that inhibit the growth of fungus (without killing the fungus). The term fungistatic may be used as both a noun and an adjective. Fungistatics have applications in agriculture, the food industry, the paint industry, and medicine.
Anti-fungal medicines
Fluconazole is a fungistatic a... | Fungistatics | Chemistry,Biology | 368 |
28,343,292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentinus%20brumalis | Lentinus brumalis is an inedible species of fungus in the family Polyporaceae. Its common name is the winter polypore. The epithet brumalis means "occurring in the winter", describing how this species tends to fruit during winter. It causes white rot on dead hardwood, and is distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphe... | Lentinus brumalis | Biology | 1,345 |
32,848,672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual%20q-Krawtchouk%20polynomials | In mathematics, the dual q-Krawtchouk polynomials are a family of basic hypergeometric orthogonal polynomials in the basic Askey scheme. give a detailed list of their properties.
Definition
The polynomials are given in terms of basic hypergeometric functions by
where
References
Orthogonal polynomials
Q-analogs... | Dual q-Krawtchouk polynomials | Mathematics | 67 |
47,735,568 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/92P/Sanguin | 92P/Sanguin, also called Sanguin's Comet or Comet Sanguin, is a Jupiter-family comet discovered on October 15, 1977, by Juan G. Sanguin at Leoncito Astronomical Complex. It completes a single rotation approximately every 6 days.
The nucleus of the comet has a radius of about 1.2 kilometers based on observations by Kec... | 92P/Sanguin | Astronomy | 104 |
7,633,216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long%20terminal%20repeat | A long terminal repeat (LTR) is a pair of identical sequences of DNA, several hundred base pairs long, which occur in eukaryotic genomes on either end of a series of genes or pseudogenes that form a retrotransposon or an endogenous retrovirus or a retroviral provirus. All retroviral genomes are flanked by LTRs, while t... | Long terminal repeat | Chemistry,Biology | 1,159 |
17,244,108 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algol%20paradox | In stellar astronomy, the Algol paradox is a paradoxical situation when elements of a binary star seem to evolve in discord with the established theories of stellar evolution. A fundamental feature of these theories is that the rate of evolution of stars depends on their mass: The greater the mass, the faster this e... | Algol paradox | Astronomy | 258 |
59,568,204 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%203585 | NGC 3585 is an elliptical or a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. It is located at a distance of circa 60 million light-years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 3585 is about 80,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 9, 1784.
NGC 3585 ... | NGC 3585 | Astronomy | 376 |
5,161,826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaType1 | MetaType1, also stylized as METATYPE1, is a tool for creating Type 1 fonts using MetaPost, developed by the Polish JNS team (Bogusław Jackowski, Janusz Marian Nowacki and Piotr Strzelczyk).
Since Metafont cannot produce outline fonts (vector-based), a new tool was needed to help creating such fonts, primarily for use ... | MetaType1 | Technology | 253 |
1,279,412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caulerpa%20taxifolia | Caulerpa taxifolia is a species of green seaweed, an alga of the genus Caulerpa, native to tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Caribbean Sea. The species name taxifolia arises from the resemblance of its leaf-like fronds to those of the yew (Taxus).
A strain of the species bred for use in aquarium... | Caulerpa taxifolia | Biology | 1,299 |
5,407,968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubroboletus%20satanas | Rubroboletus satanas, commonly known as Satan's bolete or the Devil's bolete, is a basidiomycete fungus of the bolete family (Boletaceae) and one of its most infamous members. It was known as Boletus satanas before its transfer to the new genus Rubroboletus in 2014, based on molecular phylogenetic data. Found in broad-... | Rubroboletus satanas | Biology,Environmental_science | 2,006 |
16,781,967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%2047536%20b | HD 47536 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 400 light-years away. Its inclination and thereby true mass is being calculated via astrometry with Hubble. The astrometricians expect publication by mid-2009.
See also
HD 47536 c
References
External links
Canis Major
Giant planets
Exoplanets discovered in... | HD 47536 b | Astronomy | 75 |
47,360,281 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild-type%20transthyretin%20amyloid | Wild-type transthyretin amyloid (WTTA), also known as senile systemic amyloidosis (SSA), is a disease that typically affects the heart and tendons of elderly people. It is caused by the accumulation of a wild-type (that is to say a normal) protein called transthyretin. This is in contrast to a related condition called ... | Wild-type transthyretin amyloid | Chemistry | 876 |
521,267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflection%20%28physics%29 | Reflection is the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated. Common examples include the reflection of light, sound and water waves. The law of reflection says that for specular reflection (for example at a mirro... | Reflection (physics) | Physics | 2,496 |
7,622,915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parry%E2%80%93Daniels%20map | In mathematics, the Parry–Daniels map is a function studied in the context of dynamical systems. Typical questions concern the existence of an invariant or ergodic measure for the map.
It is named after the English mathematician Bill Parry and the British statistician Henry Daniels, who independently studied the map i... | Parry–Daniels map | Physics,Mathematics | 113 |
576,635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20scanner | A port scanner is an application designed to probe a server or host for open ports. Such an application may be used by administrators to verify security policies of their networks and by attackers to identify network services running on a host and exploit vulnerabilities.
A port scan or portscan is a process that send... | Port scanner | Technology,Engineering | 2,677 |
1,699,718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exon%20trapping | Exon trapping is a molecular biology technique to identify potential exons in a fragment of eukaryote DNA of unknown intron-exon structure. This is done to determine if the fragment is part of an expressed gene.
The genomic fragment is inserted into the intron of a 'splicing vector' consisting of a known exon - intron... | Exon trapping | Chemistry,Biology | 259 |
11,422,126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20RNA%20snR71 | In molecular biology, snoRNA snR71 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 nucleolar RNA (snoRNA)... | Small nucleolar RNA snR71 | Chemistry | 223 |
37,974,295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus%20X%20%28star%20complex%29 | Cygnus-X is a massive star formation region located in the constellation of Cygnus at a distance from the Sun of 1.4 kiloparsecs (4,600 light years).
As it is located behind the Cygnus Rift and its light is heavily absorbed by the Milky Way's interstellar dust, it is better studied in other wavelengths of the electrom... | Cygnus X (star complex) | Astronomy | 442 |
1,842,281 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20River%20Bridge%20War | The Red River Bridge War was a boundary conflict between the U.S. states of Oklahoma and Texas over an existing toll bridge and a new free bridge crossing the Red River.
The Red River Bridge Company, a private firm owned by Benjamin Colbert, had been operating a toll bridge that carried U.S. Route 69 and U.S. Route 75... | Red River Bridge War | Physics | 718 |
47,836,983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuxiang | Yuxiang () is a seasoning mixture in Chinese cuisine, and also refers to the resulting sauce in which meat or vegetables are cooked. It is said to have originated in Sichuan cuisine, and has since spread to other regional Chinese cuisines.
Despite the term literally meaning "fish fragrance" in Chinese, yuxiang contai... | Yuxiang | Technology | 405 |
483,877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Computer%20Music%20Conference | The International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) is a yearly international conference for computer music researchers and composers. It is the annual conference of the International Computer Music Association (ICMA).
History
In 1986, the Institute of Sonology institute was moved to the Royal Conservatory of The Hague... | International Computer Music Conference | Technology | 384 |
18,229,656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial%20mat | A microbial mat is a multi-layered sheet or biofilm of microbial colonies, composed of mainly bacteria and/or archaea. Microbial mats grow at interfaces between different types of material, mostly on submerged or moist surfaces, but a few survive in deserts. A few are found as endosymbionts of animals.
Although only a... | Microbial mat | Chemistry,Biology | 4,167 |
29,025,999 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terbequinil | Terbequinil (SR-25776) is a stimulant and nootropic drug which acts as a partial inverse agonist at benzodiazepine sites on the GABAA receptor. In human trials it was found to partially reverse the sedative and amnestic effects of the hypnotic drug triazolam with only slight effects when administered by itself.
See al... | Terbequinil | Chemistry | 125 |
838,719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLAC | OLAC, the Open Language Archives Community, is an initiative to create a unified means of searching online databases of language resources for linguistic research. The information about resources is stored in XML format for easy searching. OLAC was founded in 2000, and is hosted at the Linguistic Data Consortium webser... | OLAC | Technology | 293 |
52,452,333 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%205927 | NGC 5927 is a globular cluster in the constellation Lupus. NGC 5927 has a diameter of about 12 arcminutes and an apparent magnitude of +8.86. Its Shapley–Sawyer Concentration Class is VIII, and it contains stars of magnitude 15 and dimmer.
The globular cluster was discovered by the astronomer James Dunlop in 1826 and ... | NGC 5927 | Astronomy | 127 |
46,586,008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weyl%27s%20tile%20argument | In philosophy, Weyl's tile argument, introduced by Hermann Weyl in 1949, is an argument against the notion that physical space is "discrete", as if composed of a number of finite sized units or tiles. The argument purports to show a distance function approximating Pythagoras' theorem on a discrete space cannot be defin... | Weyl's tile argument | Physics,Mathematics | 437 |
3,628,901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex%20lift | Vortex lift is that portion of lift due to the action of leading edge vortices. It is generated by wings with highly sweptback, sharp, leading edges (beyond 50 degrees of sweep) or highly-swept wing-root extensions added to a wing of moderate sweep. It is sometimes known as non-linear lift due to its rapid increase wit... | Vortex lift | Chemistry,Mathematics,Engineering | 802 |
13,209,748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adder%20Technology | Adder Technology is a manufacturer of information technology hardware based in Cambridge, England, UK. It is the largest producer of keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) controllers in Europe.
History
The company began in 1984 as Adder Publishing and was rebranded as Adder Technology in 1986. It relocated to Bar Hill in 201... | Adder Technology | Technology | 236 |
29,358,961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyDLP | MyDLP is a data loss prevention solution originally available released as free and open source software. Supported data inspection channels include web, mail, instant messaging, file transfer to removable storage devices and printers. The MyDLP development project originally made its source code available under the ter... | MyDLP | Engineering | 474 |
901,260 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-packing%20of%20equal%20spheres | In geometry, close-packing of equal spheres is a dense arrangement of congruent spheres in an infinite, regular arrangement (or lattice). Carl Friedrich Gauss proved that the highest average density – that is, the greatest fraction of space occupied by spheres – that can be achieved by a lattice packing is
.
The same p... | Close-packing of equal spheres | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Mathematics,Engineering | 2,367 |
34,381,785 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-42 | Kepler-42, formerly known as KOI-961, is a red dwarf located in the constellation Cygnus and approximately 131 light years from the Sun. It has three known extrasolar planets, all of which are smaller than Earth in radius and orbit very close to the star.
Characteristics
Kepler-42's mass is estimated to be 0.13 times ... | Kepler-42 | Astronomy | 545 |
41,578,185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadly%20neutralizing%20HIV-1%20antibodies | Broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibodies (bNAbs) are neutralizing antibodies which neutralize multiple HIV-1 viral strains. bNAbs are unique in that they target conserved epitopes of the virus, meaning the virus may mutate, but the targeted epitopes will still exist. In contrast, non-bNAbs are specific for individual vira... | Broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibodies | Chemistry,Biology | 978 |
28,915,919 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiroindolone | The spiroindolones are a class of compounds in which an indolone ring is substituted with another ring in a spiro arrangement.
Alkaloids in this class include horsfiline, rhynchophylline, gelsemine, carapanaubine, and maremycin E.
Spiroindolones are also an emerging class of antimalarial drugs
whose mode of action is... | Spiroindolone | Chemistry | 128 |
396,631 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Josephson | Brian David Josephson (born 4 January 1940) is a Welsh physicist and was professor emeritus of physics at the University of Cambridge. Best known for his pioneering work on superconductivity and quantum tunnelling, he shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Leo Esaki and Ivar Giaever for his discovery of the Joseph... | Brian Josephson | Physics,Chemistry | 5,402 |
5,736,656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20advertising | Space advertising is the practice of advertising in space. This is usually done with product placements during crewed space missions.
Space advertising falls into two categories: obtrusive and non-obtrusive.
Obtrusive space advertising is advertising in outer space that is visible to individuals on the Earth's surfa... | Space advertising | Astronomy | 2,603 |
38,484,030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplicative%20noise | In signal processing, the term multiplicative noise refers to an unwanted random signal that gets multiplied into some relevant signal during capture, transmission, or other processing.
An important example is the speckle noise commonly observed in radar imagery. Examples of multiplicative noise affecting digital pho... | Multiplicative noise | Technology,Engineering | 114 |
2,922,091 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda%20Canis%20Majoris | Lambda Canis Majoris (λ Canis Majoris) is a solitary, blue-white hued star in the constellation Canis Major. Lambda CMa is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.48. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.70 mas as seen from Earth, this star is located about 424 light years from the Sun. At ... | Lambda Canis Majoris | Astronomy | 213 |
36,477,688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C20H32N2O | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C20H32N2O}}
The molecular formula C20H32N2O (molar mass: 316.48 g/mol, exact mass: 316.2515 u) may refer to:
JNJ-5207852
Methyldiazinol, or 3-azi-17α-methyl-DHT
Molecular formulas | C20H32N2O | Physics,Chemistry | 81 |
2,239,740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltaretrovirus | Deltaretrovirus is a genus of the Retroviridae family. It consists of exogenous horizontally transmitted viruses found in several groups of mammals. , ICTV lists under this genus the Bovine leukemia virus and three species of primate T-lymphotropic virus.
The genus of viruses is known for its propensity to target immu... | Deltaretrovirus | Biology | 324 |
61,079,121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macropodid%20alphaherpesvirus%202 | Macropodid alphaherpesvirus 2 (MaHV-2) is a species of herpesvirus in the genus Simplexvirus. It was officially accepted as a valid species by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses in 2004.
Hosts
Macropodid alphaherpesvirus 2 has been detected in two species of captive macropods: grey dorcopsis (Dorcopsi... | Macropodid alphaherpesvirus 2 | Biology | 112 |
41,116,218 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial%20biogeography | Microbial biogeography is a subset of biogeography, a field that concerns the distribution of organisms across space and time. Although biogeography traditionally focused on plants and larger animals, recent studies have broadened this field to include distribution patterns of microorganisms. This extension of biogeogr... | Microbial biogeography | Biology | 1,909 |
3,484,419 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating%20factorial | In mathematics, an alternating factorial is the absolute value of the alternating sum of the first n factorials of positive integers.
This is the same as their sum, with the odd-indexed factorials multiplied by −1 if n is even, and the even-indexed factorials multiplied by −1 if n is odd, resulting in an alternation o... | Alternating factorial | Mathematics | 511 |
62,770,515 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20engineering%20awards | This list of engineering awards is an index to articles about notable awards for achievements in engineering. It includes aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering, structural engineering and systems science awards. It excludes computer-related awards... | List of engineering awards | Technology | 160 |
24,495,502 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega%20v.%20Accolade | Sega Enterprises Ltd. v. Accolade, Inc., 977 F.2d 1510 (9th Cir. 1992), is a case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit applied American intellectual property law to the reverse engineering of computer software. Stemming from the publishing of several Sega Genesis games by video game publis... | Sega v. Accolade | Engineering | 3,630 |
11,576,886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adactylidium | Adactylidium is a genus of mites known for its unusual life cycle. An impregnated female mite feeds upon a single egg of a thrips, rapidly growing five to eight female offspring and one male in her body. The single male mite mates with all his sisters when they are still inside their mother. The new females, now impreg... | Adactylidium | Biology | 173 |
31,430,439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MedChemComm | MedChemComm (in full: Medicinal Chemistry Communications) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original (primary) research and review articles on all aspects of medicinal chemistry, including drug discovery, pharmacology and pharmaceutical chemistry. Until December 2019, it was published monthly by the Roya... | MedChemComm | Chemistry | 247 |
5,340,853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triethyloxonium%20tetrafluoroborate | Triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate is the organic oxonium compound with the formula . It is often called Meerwein's reagent or Meerwein's salt after its discoverer Hans Meerwein. Also well known and commercially available is the related trimethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate. The compounds are white solids that dissolve in ... | Triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate | Chemistry | 478 |
451,268 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive%20attack | A passive attack on a cryptosystem is one in which the cryptanalyst cannot interact with any of the parties involved, attempting to break the system solely based upon observed data (i.e. the ciphertext). This can also include known plaintext attacks where both the plaintext and its corresponding ciphertext are known.
... | Passive attack | Technology | 446 |
25,800,675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatibility%20%28mechanics%29 | In continuum mechanics, a compatible deformation (or strain) tensor field in a body is that unique tensor field that is obtained when the body is subjected to a continuous, single-valued, displacement field. Compatibility is the study of the conditions under which such a displacement field can be guaranteed. Compatib... | Compatibility (mechanics) | Physics,Materials_science | 1,836 |
55,754,701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20J.%20Carter | Lee Jin Carter (born June 2, 1987) is an American former politician who represented the 50th district in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2018 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he defeated Jackson Miller, the Republican House Majority Whip, to win the seat. Born in North Carolina, Carter is an IT specialis... | Lee J. Carter | Technology | 1,887 |
34,974,169 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oko | Oko (Old ) is a Russian (previously Soviet) missile defence early warning programme consisting of satellites in Molniya and geosynchronous orbits. Oko satellites are used to identify launches of ballistic missiles by detection of their engines' exhaust plume in infrared light, and complement other early warning facilit... | Oko | Technology | 801 |
48,498,882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management%20interface | In computing, a management interface is a network interface dedicated to configuration and management operations. Management interfaces are typically connected to dedicated out of band management networks (either VPNs or physical networks), and non-management interfaces are not allowed to carry device or network manage... | Management interface | Technology,Engineering | 123 |
31,160,031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurotus%20purpureo-olivaceus | Pleurotus purpureo-olivaceus is a gilled fungus native to Australia and New Zealand. It is found on dead wood of Nothofagus trees. Although morphologically similar to some other Pleurotus fungi, it has been shown to be a distinct species incapable of cross-breeding and phylogenetically removed from other species of P... | Pleurotus purpureo-olivaceus | Biology | 178 |
63,993,718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonia | Kryptonia is a bacterial phylum with candidate status. It is a member of the FCB group.
The phylum was first proposed in 2016 following the recovery of genomes from a large-scale effort to mine metagenomic and single-cell genomic datasets for novel bacterial diversity. Extensive analysis of 5.2 Tb of metagenomic data ... | Kryptonia | Biology | 616 |
3,488,365 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja%20rocks | Ninja rocks is a colloquial term for an improvised weapon or tool consisting of the extremely sharp porcelain or ceramic shards recovered from smashing or crushing the alumina insulator of a commercial spark plug. When thrown, ninja rocks are known to exploit the tensile stress present in the side windows on most cars ... | Ninja rocks | Engineering | 921 |
73,263,652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyptotrama%20pauper | Cyptotrama pauper also known as Cyptotrama pauperum is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae.
Taxonomy
It was described in 1989 by the German mycologist Rolf Singer who classified it as Cyptotrama pauperum however this is now regarded as an orthographic variant and the species is now calle... | Cyptotrama pauper | Biology | 402 |
57,430,554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baiting%20crowd | Baiting crowd is a form of collective aggression; this is a situation where a group of individuals unify their aggression, while they may not even know each other, towards another individual or group.
Deindividuation
It is a typical situation where a person is about to jump from a high building while there are people ... | Baiting crowd | Biology | 1,073 |
31,548,988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LogMAR%20chart | A logMAR chart (Logarithm of the Minimum Angle of Resolution) is a chart consisting of rows of letters that is used by ophthalmologists, orthoptists, optometrists, and vision scientists to estimate visual acuity. The chart was developed at the National Vision Research Institute of Australia in 1976, and is designed to ... | LogMAR chart | Mathematics | 945 |
48,573,622 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%204388 | NGC 4388 is an active spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. It was discovered April 17, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel. This galaxy is located at a distance of 57 million light years and is receding with a radial velocity of 2,524km/s. It is one of the brightest galaxies of the Virgo Cluster due to its lum... | NGC 4388 | Astronomy | 548 |
22,981,287 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroscopic%20quantum%20self-trapping | In quantum mechanics, macroscopic quantum self-trapping is when two Bose–Einstein condensates weakly linked by an energy barrier which particles can tunnel through, nevertheless end up with a higher average number of bosons on one side of the junction than the other. The junction of two Bose–Einstein condensates is mos... | Macroscopic quantum self-trapping | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science | 414 |
36,740,294 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma%20Crateris | Gamma Crateris is a binary star system, divisible with a small amateur telescope, and located at the center of the southern constellation of Crater. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.06. With an annual parallax shift of 39.62 mas as seen from Earth, this star is located 82.3 light ye... | Gamma Crateris | Astronomy | 443 |
46,211,250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%E2%80%93lion%20conflict | Human–lion conflict refers to the pattern of problematic interactions between native people and lions. Conflict with humans is a major contributor of the decline in lion populations in Africa. Habitat loss and fragmentation due to conversion of land for agriculture has forced lions to live in closer proximity to huma... | Human–lion conflict | Biology | 1,096 |
11,471,245 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptosporella%20umbrina | Cryptosporella umbrina is a plant pathogen.
References
External links
Index Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Gnomoniaceae
Fungi described in 1918
Fungus species | Cryptosporella umbrina | Biology | 42 |
11,174,725 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volumetric%20concrete%20mixer | A volumetric concrete mixer (also known as volumetric mobile mixer) is a concrete mixer mounted on a truck or trailer that contains separate compartments for sand, stone, cement and water.
On arrival at the job site, the machine mixes the materials to produce the exact amount of concrete needed.
How It Works
Volumet... | Volumetric concrete mixer | Engineering | 501 |
1,138,327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Cornforth | Sir John Warcup Cornforth Jr., (7 September 1917 – 8 December 2013) was an AustralianBritish chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975 for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions, becoming the only Nobel laureate born in New South Wales.
Cornforth investigated enzymes that catalyse ch... | John Cornforth | Chemistry | 2,059 |
75,937,036 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkelium%28II%29%20oxide | Berkelium(II) oxide is a binary inorganic compound of berkelium and oxygen with the chemical formula .
Physical properties
The compound is described to be a brittle gray solid.
References
Oxides
Berkelium compounds
Oxygen compounds | Berkelium(II) oxide | Chemistry | 47 |
58,528,288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9%20Medal | The Henri Poincaré Medal (Médaille Henri Poincaré) is a mathematics award from the Institut de France, Academie des Sciences, Fondation Henri Poincaré. The medal recognizes an eminent mathematician and is awarded only on exceptional occasions. It was established in 1914 and was eliminated in 1997 in favor of the Grande... | Poincaré Medal | Technology | 165 |
17,719,366 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGLE-TR-211b | OGLE-TR-211b is a transiting planet in Carina constellation. Its radius is about 36% more than Jupiter and has mass 3% more than Jupiter, which is considered an “inflated Hot Jupiter”. The planet takes 3.7 days at about the same distance as 51 Pegasi b orbits around 51 Pegasi.
See also
OGLE-TR-182b
Optical Gravitat... | OGLE-TR-211b | Astronomy | 112 |
23,571,585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C24H34O5 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C24H34O5}}
The molecular formula C24H34O5 (molar mass: 402.52 g/mol) may refer to:
Bufagin, a toxic steroid obtained from toad's milk
Cortexolone 17α-propionate
Dehydrocholic acid
Molecular formulas | C24H34O5 | Physics,Chemistry | 73 |
24,321,121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopiety | Geopiety is "the belief and worship of powers behind nature or the human environment". It was coined by the American geographer John Kirtland Wright for geographical piety.
The term "geopiety" comes from a combination of the Greek root geo, for earth, and the Latin root "pietas". As Wright explained when coining the t... | Geopiety | Environmental_science | 136 |
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