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597,244 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon%20star | A carbon star (C-type star) is typically an asymptotic giant branch star, a luminous red giant, whose atmosphere contains more carbon than oxygen. The two elements combine in the upper layers of the star, forming carbon monoxide, which consumes most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, leaving carbon atoms free to form oth... | Carbon star | Astronomy | 2,225 |
28,367,322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-flake | An n-flake, polyflake, or Sierpinski n-gon, is a fractal constructed starting from an n-gon. This n-gon is replaced by a flake of smaller n-gons, such that the scaled polygons are placed at the vertices, and sometimes in the center. This process is repeated recursively to result in the fractal. Typically, there is also... | N-flake | Mathematics | 1,772 |
40,333,670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-Hydroxyoctanoic%20acid | 3-Hydroxyoctanoic acid is a beta-hydroxy acid that is naturally produced in humans, other animals, and plants.
3-Hydroxyoctanoic acid is the primary endogenous agonist of hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 3 (HCA3), a G protein-coupled receptor protein which is encoded by the human gene HCAR3. In plants, signalling che... | 3-Hydroxyoctanoic acid | Chemistry | 123 |
37,811,633 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky%20City%20%28Changsha%29 | Sky City (), or Sky City One, was an planned skyscraper in the city of Changsha, Hunan in south-central China. The prospective builders, Broad Sustainable Building, estimated it would take just 90 days to construct. Including the 120 days required for prefabrication before on-site work commenced, the sum of time neede... | Sky City (Changsha) | Technology,Engineering | 2,353 |
32,960,675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser-assisted%20water%20condensation | Laser-assisted water condensation is an experimental technique for artificially causing rainfall. This technique was developed in 2011 by scientists from the University of Geneva. It is related to cloud seeding.
The technique works by creating nitric particles in the clouds that cause condensation with laser pulses.
... | Laser-assisted water condensation | Engineering | 64 |
6,252,791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marconi%20Plaza | Marconi Plaza is an urban park square located in South Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The plaza was named to recognize the 20th-century cultural identity in Philadelphia of the surrounding Italian American enclave neighborhood and became the designation location of the annual Columbus Day Para... | Marconi Plaza | Engineering | 2,038 |
15,317,831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic%20reconstruction%20technique | The algebraic reconstruction technique (ART) is an iterative reconstruction technique used in computed tomography. It reconstructs an image from a series of angular projections (a sinogram). Gordon, Bender and Herman first showed its use in image reconstruction; whereas the method is known as Kaczmarz method in numeric... | Algebraic reconstruction technique | Technology | 367 |
2,358,470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxi%20%28DVR%29 | Moxi was a line of high-definition digital video recorders produced by Moxi Digital Digeo and Arris International. Moxi was originally released only to cable operators, but in December 2008 it was released as a retail product. Moxi was removed from the market in November 2011. The former retail product, the Moxi HD DVR... | Moxi (DVR) | Technology | 898 |
1,832,436 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase%20synchronization | Phase synchronization is the process by which two or more cyclic signals tend to oscillate with a repeating sequence of relative phase angles.
Phase synchronisation is usually applied to two waveforms of the same frequency with identical phase angles with each cycle. However it can be applied if there is an integer re... | Phase synchronization | Physics,Engineering | 373 |
229,073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congestion%20pricing | Congestion pricing or congestion charges is a system of surcharging users of public goods that are subject to congestion through excess demand, such as through higher peak charges for use of bus services, electricity, metros, railways, telephones, and road pricing to reduce traffic congestion; airlines and shipping com... | Congestion pricing | Technology | 10,032 |
47,993,889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20tris%28dimethyldithiocarbamate%29 | Iron tris(dimethyldithiocarbamate) is the coordination complex of iron with dimethyldithiocarbamate with the formula Fe(S2CNMe2)3 (Me = methyl). It is marketed as a fungicide.
Synthesis, structure, bonding
Iron tris(dithiocarbamate)s are typically are prepared by salt metathesis reactions.
Iron tris(dimethyldithioc... | Iron tris(dimethyldithiocarbamate) | Chemistry,Biology | 502 |
24,624,589 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunoglobulin%20C2-set%20domain | The basic structure of immunoglobulin (Ig) molecules is a tetramer of two light chains and two heavy chains linked by disulphide bonds. There are two types of light chains: kappa and lambda, each composed of a constant domain (CL) and a variable domain (VL). There are five types of heavy chains: alpha, delta, epsilon, ... | Immunoglobulin C2-set domain | Biology | 532 |
2,650,504 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rho1%20Sagittarii | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Rho1 Sagittarii}}
Rho1 Sagittarii, Latinized from ρ1 Sagittarii, is a single, variable star in the southern constellation of Sagittarius. It has a white hue and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 3.93. The distance to this star is approximately 127 light... | Rho1 Sagittarii | Astronomy | 311 |
2,352,659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips%20circle%20pattern | The Philips circle pattern (also referred to as the Philips pattern or PTV Circle pattern) refers to a family of related electronically generated complex television station colour test cards. The content and layout of the original colour circle pattern was designed by Danish engineer (1939–2011) in the Philips TV & Te... | Philips circle pattern | Engineering | 6,935 |
2,065,886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BET%20theory | Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) theory aims to explain the physical adsorption of gas molecules on a solid surface and serves as the basis for an important analysis technique for the measurement of the specific surface area of materials. The observations are very often referred to as physical adsorption or physisorption.... | BET theory | Physics,Chemistry | 2,921 |
8,656,285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night%20hunting | "Night hunting", known in Bhutan as Bomena, is a traditional courtship custom that is practiced in some parts of Bhutan.
Similar customs have also existed in other cultures, namely in Japan.
Practice
"Night hunting" is a traditional culture of nightly courtship and romance that is practiced mostly in eastern and cent... | Night hunting | Biology | 1,109 |
72,023,462 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observability%20%28software%29 | In software engineering, more specifically in distributed computing, observability is the ability to collect data about programs' execution, modules' internal states, and the communication among components. To improve observability, software engineers use a wide range of logging and tracing techniques to gather telemet... | Observability (software) | Technology,Engineering | 1,276 |
9,528,907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleic%20acid%20quantitation | In molecular biology, quantitation of nucleic acids is commonly performed to determine the average concentrations of DNA or RNA present in a mixture, as well as their purity. Reactions that use nucleic acids often require particular amounts and purity for optimum performance. To date, there are two main approaches used... | Nucleic acid quantitation | Physics,Chemistry,Biology | 2,092 |
1,496,209 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multistorey%20car%20park | A multistorey car park (Commonwealth English) or parking garage (American English), also called a multistorey, parking building, parking structure, parkade (Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck, or indoor parking, is a building designed for car, motorcycle, and bicycle parking in which parking takes place on more than... | Multistorey car park | Technology,Engineering | 4,522 |
47,742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn%20Bridge | The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. It was also the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time of its o... | Brooklyn Bridge | Engineering | 14,006 |
25,687,934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20transport%20megaprojects | This is a list of megaprojects within the transport sector. Take care in comparing the cost of projects from different times—even a few years apart—due to inflation; comparing nominal costs without taking this into account can be highly misleading. Note that inflation-calculated values are current .
According to the O... | List of transport megaprojects | Physics,Engineering | 153 |
2,475,889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial%20%28measurement%29 | A dial is generally a flat surface, circular or rectangular, with numbers or similar markings on it, used for displaying the setting or output of a timepiece, radio, clock, watch, or measuring instrument. Many scientific and industrial instruments use dials with pointers to indicate physical properties. Examples includ... | Dial (measurement) | Technology,Engineering | 334 |
23,355,975 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denomination%20effect | The denomination effect is a form of cognitive bias relating to currency, suggesting people may be less likely to spend larger currency denominations than their equivalent value in smaller denominations. It was proposed by Priya Raghubir, professor at the New York University Stern School of Business, and Joydeep Srivas... | Denomination effect | Biology | 1,552 |
24,589,706 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep%20Green%20Resistance | Deep Green Resistance (DGR) is a radical environmental movement that perceives the existence of industrial civilization itself as the greatest threat to the natural environment, and calls for its dismantlement and a return to a pre-agricultural level of technology. Although DGR operates as an aboveground group, it call... | Deep Green Resistance | Biology,Environmental_science | 1,197 |
410,419 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overpass | An overpass, called an overbridge or flyover (for a road only) in the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth countries, is a bridge, road, railway or similar structure that is over another road or railway. An overpass and underpass together form a grade separation. Stack interchanges are made up of several overpass... | Overpass | Engineering | 445 |
23,853,172 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bike%20Arc | Bike Arc LLC, located in downtown Palo Alto, California, is a Silicon Valley startup that designs secure bicycle parking racks and systems. It was founded by Joseph Bellomo and Jeff Selzer in 2008. Jeff Selzer sits on the board of directors of the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition and is the General Manager of Palo Alto... | Bike Arc | Engineering | 545 |
5,497,461 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Bate%20Hardy | Sir William Bate Hardy, FRS (6 April 1864 – 23 January 1934) was a British biologist and food scientist. The William Bate Hardy Prize is named in his honour.
Life
He was born in Erdington, a suburb of Birmingham, the son of William Hardy of Llangollen and his wife Sarah Bate. Educated at Framlingham College, he gradu... | William Bate Hardy | Materials_science | 542 |
53,551,430 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISCB%20Fellow | ISCB Fellowship is an award granted to scientists that the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) judges to have made “outstanding contributions to the fields of computational biology and bioinformatics”. , there are 76 Fellows of the ISCB including Michael Ashburner, Alex Bateman, Bonnie Berger, Steven... | ISCB Fellow | Engineering,Biology | 217 |
29,501,475 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kik%20Messenger | Kik Messenger, commonly called Kik, is a freeware instant messaging mobile app from the Canadian company Kik Interactive, available on iOS and Android operating systems.
The application uses a smartphone's internet connection to transmit and receive messages, photos, videos, sketches, mobile web pages, and other conte... | Kik Messenger | Technology | 3,180 |
3,246,393 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex%20beam%20parameter | In optics, the complex beam parameter is a complex number that specifies the properties of a Gaussian beam at a particular point z along the axis of the beam. It is usually denoted by q. It can be calculated from the beam's vacuum wavelength λ0, the radius of curvature R of the phase front, the index of refraction n (n... | Complex beam parameter | Physics,Chemistry | 532 |
38,353,349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20open-access%20journals | This is a list of open-access journals by field. The list contains notable journals which have a policy of full open access. It does not include delayed open access journals, hybrid open access journals, or related collections or indexing services.
True open-access journals can be split into two categories:
diamond o... | List of open-access journals | Technology | 1,155 |
54,287,754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mott%E2%80%93Schottky%20plot | In semiconductor electrochemistry, a Mott–Schottky plot describes the reciprocal of the square of capacitance versus the potential difference between bulk semiconductor and bulk electrolyte. In many theories, and in many experimental measurements, the plot is linear. The use of Mott–Schottky plots to determine system ... | Mott–Schottky plot | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 872 |
55,330,205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proper%20generalized%20decomposition | The proper generalized decomposition (PGD) is an iterative numerical method for solving boundary value problems (BVPs), that is, partial differential equations constrained by a set of boundary conditions, such as the Poisson's equation or the Laplace's equation.
The PGD algorithm computes an approximation of the solut... | Proper generalized decomposition | Mathematics | 1,407 |
487,529 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search/Retrieve%20Web%20Service | Search/Retrieve Web service (SRW) is a web service for search and retrieval. SRW provides a SOAP interface to queries, to augment the URL interface provided by its companion protocol Search/Retrieve via URL (SRU). Queries in SRU and SRW are expressed using the Contextual Query Language (CQL).
Standards for SRW, SRU, ... | Search/Retrieve Web Service | Technology | 191 |
69,404,632 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipole%20glass | A dipole glass is an analog of a glass where the dipoles are frozen below a given freezing temperature Tf introducing randomness thus resulting in a lack of long-range ferroelectric order. A dipole glass is very similar to the concept of a spin glass where the atomic spins don't all align in the same direction (like in... | Dipole glass | Physics,Engineering | 501 |
75,782,080 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism%20on%20social%20media | Antisemitism on social media can manifest in various forms such as emojis, GIFs, memes, comments, and reactions to content. Studies have categorized antisemitic discourse into different types: hate speech, calls for violence, dehumanization, conspiracy theories and Holocaust denial.
Up to 69% of Jews in the U.S. havin... | Antisemitism on social media | Technology | 3,732 |
9,968,336 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XCL2 | Chemokine (C motif) ligand 2 (XCL2) is a small cytokine belonging to the XC chemokine family that is highly related to another chemokine called XCL1. It is predominantly expressed in activated T cells, but can also be found at low levels in unstimulated cells. XCL2 induces chemotaxis of cells expressing the chemokine ... | XCL2 | Chemistry | 108 |
52,363,707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaetocladium%20elegans | Chaetocladium elegans is a species of fungus in the family Mucoraceae.
References
Fungi described in 1890
Mucoraceae
Taxa named by Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf
Fungus species | Chaetocladium elegans | Biology | 40 |
38,992 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological%20constant | In cosmology, the cosmological constant (usually denoted by the Greek capital letter lambda: ), alternatively called Einstein's cosmological constant,
is a coefficient that Albert Einstein initially added to his field equations of general relativity. He later removed it; however, much later it was revived to express t... | Cosmological constant | Physics,Astronomy | 3,377 |
6,451,387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-block | V-Blocks are precision metalworking jigs typically used to hold round metal rods or pipes for performing drilling or milling operations. They consist of a rectangular steel or cast iron block with a 120 degree channel rotated 45-degrees from the sides, forming a V-shaped channel in the top. A small groove is cut in the... | V-block | Chemistry | 162 |
3,175,947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingbox | The Slingbox was a TV streaming media device made by Sling Media that encoded local video for transmission over the Internet to a remote device (sometimes called placeshifting). It allowed users to remotely view and control their cable, satellite, or digital video recorder (DVR) system at home from a remote Internet-co... | Slingbox | Technology | 1,123 |
16,851,522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NMD3 | 60S ribosomal export protein NMD3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NMD3 gene.
Interactions
NMD3 has been shown to interact with XPO1.
References
Further reading | NMD3 | Chemistry | 42 |
5,592,497 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Nuclear%20Association | World Nuclear Association is the international organization that promotes nuclear power and supports the companies that comprise the global nuclear industry. Its members come from all parts of the nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium mining, uranium conversion, uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel fabrication, plant manuf... | World Nuclear Association | Engineering | 1,314 |
18,482,886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sussex%20Manifesto | The Sussex Manifesto was a report on science and technology for development written at the request of the United Nations and published in 1970.
History
In the late 1960s the United Nations asked for recommendations on science and technology for development from a team of academics at the Institute of Development St... | Sussex Manifesto | Technology | 529 |
46,256,827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen%20Jining | Chen Jining (born 4 February 1964) is a Chinese environmental scientist and politician who has been serving as Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai and member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party since October 2022.
Chen graduated from the Imperial College London with a PhD in environmental systems an... | Chen Jining | Chemistry,Engineering | 1,318 |
38,793,054 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum%20commons%20theory | The Spectrum Commons theory states that the telecommunication radio spectrum should be directly managed by its users rather than regulated by governmental or private institutions. Spectrum management is the process of regulating the use of radio frequencies to promote efficient use and gain a net social benefit. The th... | Spectrum commons theory | Physics,Technology,Engineering | 1,505 |
2,170,017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20Policy%20Act%20of%202005 | The Energy Policy Act of 2005 () is a federal law signed by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005, at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The act, described by proponents as an attempt to combat growing energy problems, changed US energy policy by providing tax incentives and loan guarantees ... | Energy Policy Act of 2005 | Environmental_science | 3,139 |
40,918,274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIOP | DIOP (2,3-O-isopropylidene-2,3-dihydroxy-1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane) is an organophosphorus compound that is used as a chiral ligand in asymmetric catalysis. It is a white solid that is soluble in organic solvents.
DIOP is prepared from the acetonide of d,l-tartaric acid, which is reduced prior to attachment of... | DIOP | Chemistry | 409 |
28,013,942 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East-East | East-East is a multiplex architectural event jointly held by the Lithuanian and Japanese architects and students of architecture.
History
The concept of the Lithuania-Japan architectural event was conceived and its implementation coordinated by Dainius Kamaitis, a Lithuanian diplomat and former ambassador to Japan. H... | East-East | Engineering | 5,348 |
2,236,341 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematic%20desensitization | Systematic desensitization, or graduated exposure therapy, is a behavior therapy developed by the psychiatrist Joseph Wolpe. It is used when a phobia or anxiety disorder is maintained by classical conditioning. It shares the same elements of both cognitive-behavioral therapy and applied behavior analysis. When used in ... | Systematic desensitization | Biology | 1,694 |
162,654 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9%20Antoine%20Ferchault%20de%20R%C3%A9aumur | René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (; ; 28 February 1683 – 17 October 1757) was a French entomologist and writer who contributed to many different fields, especially the study of insects. He introduced the Réaumur temperature scale.
Life
Réaumur was born in a prominent La Rochelle family and educated in Paris. He learn... | René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur | Physics | 1,830 |
75,458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Me | Windows Me (Millennium Edition) is an operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of Microsoft Windows operating systems. It was the successor to Windows 98, and was released to manufacturing on June 19, 2000, and then to retail on September 14, 2000. It was Microsoft's main operating syste... | Windows Me | Technology | 5,194 |
71,227,625 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamdy%20Doweidar | Hamdy Doweidar Taki El-Din Doweidar (PhD, DSc) was an Egyptian condensed matter physicist whose research topics included inorganic glasses, glass-ceramics, bio-active glasses, and structure-property correlations. He developed the Doweidar Model which is used to correlate density, thermal expansion coefficient, molar re... | Hamdy Doweidar | Physics,Materials_science | 492 |
3,595,658 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narendra%20Nayak | Narendra Nayak (born 5 February 1951) is a rationalist, sceptic, and godman debunker from Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Nayak is the current president of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA). He founded the Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association in 1976 and has been its secretary since then. He als... | Narendra Nayak | Chemistry,Biology | 1,522 |
591,668 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saponin | Saponins (Latin "sapon", soap + "-in", one of) are bitter-tasting, usually toxic plant-derived secondary metabolites. They are organic chemicals and have a foamy quality when agitated in water and a high molecular weight. They are present in a wide range of plant species throughout the bark, leaves, stems, roots and fl... | Saponin | Chemistry | 2,123 |
48,494,934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supra-arcade%20downflows | Supra-arcade downflows (SADs) are sunward-traveling plasma voids that are sometimes observed in the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, during solar flares. In solar physics, refers to a bundle of coronal loops, and the prefix indicates that the downflows appear above flare arcades. They were first described in 1999 u... | Supra-arcade downflows | Physics,Chemistry,Astronomy | 1,239 |
33,882,236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive%20collaborative%20control | Adaptive collaborative control is the decision-making approach used in hybrid models consisting of finite-state machines with functional models as subcomponents to simulate behavior of systems formed through the partnerships of multiple agents for the execution of tasks and the development of work products. The term “c... | Adaptive collaborative control | Engineering | 3,268 |
73,716,999 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torulaspora%20globosa | Torulaspora globosa is a yeast fungus in the genus Torulaspora. This species can be found in the rhizosphere and is beneficial for agricultural activities. Considered a plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, this species helps with plant health maintenance. It is important for biofuel production and is a promising bioco... | Torulaspora globosa | Biology | 572 |
11,548,117 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pycnostysanus%20azaleae | Pycnostysanus azaleae or Seifertia azaleae is an ascomycete fungus that is a plant pathogen infecting azaleas and rhododendrons.
References
External links
Index Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Ornamental plant pathogens and diseases
Enigmatic Ascomycota taxa
Fungus species | Pycnostysanus azaleae | Biology | 79 |
311,916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binge%20eating | Binge eating is a pattern of disordered eating which consists of episodes of uncontrollable eating. It is a common symptom of eating disorders such as binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa. During such binges, a person rapidly consumes an excessive quantity of food. A diagnosis of binge eating is associated with f... | Binge eating | Biology | 1,530 |
32,018,124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino%20acid%20kinase | In molecular biology, the amino acid kinase domain is a protein domain. It is found in protein kinases with various specificities, including the aspartate, glutamate and uridylate kinase families. In prokaryotes and plants the synthesis of the essential amino acids lysine and threonine is predominantly regulated by fee... | Amino acid kinase | Biology | 333 |
3,557,327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canalisation%20%28genetics%29 | Canalisation is a measure of the ability of a population to produce the same phenotype regardless of variability of its environment or genotype. It is a form of evolutionary robustness. The term was coined in 1942 by C. H. Waddington to capture the fact that "developmental reactions, as they occur in organisms submitte... | Canalisation (genetics) | Biology | 1,592 |
22,097,810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai%20MB%20910 | The MB-910 is a tri-band/GPRS watch phone made by Hyundai Mobile Europe in Leitz Austria Vertriebs GmbH.
Its main feature is a 1.5-inch, 132 x 176 pixel, 65k colour touchscreen, which is contained within a plastic watch casing. The screen alternates between a clock mode and phone mode. The MB-910’s features include a... | Hyundai MB 910 | Technology | 249 |
44,297,134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Authority%20for%20Chemical%20Weapons%20Convention | National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention or NACWC is an office in Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, established on 29 April 1997 by a resolution of the Cabinet and was later accorded a statutory status through Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000.
References
Cabinet Secretariat of India
Chemical w... | National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention | Chemistry | 60 |
51,076,996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic%20hexagram | A magic hexagram of order 2 is an arrangement of numbers in a hexagram with triangular cells with 2 cells on each edge, in such a way that the numbers in each row, in all three directions, sum to the same magic constant M.
Magic star hexagram
Magic star hexagram or 6-pointed magic star is a star polygon with Schläfl... | Magic hexagram | Mathematics | 198 |
45,630,702 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentinula%20reticeps | Lentinula reticeps is a species of agaric fungus in the family Omphalotaceae. It was originally described as Agaricus reticeps by French mycologist Camille Montagne in 1856. William Alphonso Murrill transferred it to the genus Lentinula in 1915.
References
External links
Fungi described in 1856
Fungi of North Americ... | Lentinula reticeps | Biology | 82 |
19,392,692 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal%20transfer%20function | The signal transfer function (SiTF) is a measure of the signal output versus the signal input of a system such as an infrared system or sensor. There are many general applications of the SiTF. Specifically, in the field of image analysis, it gives a measure of the noise of an imaging system, and thus yields one assessm... | Signal transfer function | Technology,Engineering | 465 |
21,677,236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizomucor | Rhizomucor is a genus of fungi in the family Lichtheimiaceae. The widespread genus contains six species. Rhizomucor parasiticus, the species originally selected as the type, is now considered synonymous with Rhizomucor pusillus.
References
Fungi
Fungus genera
Taxa described in 1900 | Rhizomucor | Biology | 65 |
1,808,630 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective%20responsibility | Collective responsibility or collective guilt, is the responsibility of organizations, groups and societies. Collective responsibility in the form of collective punishment is often used as a disciplinary measure in closed institutions, e.g., boarding schools (punishing a whole class for the actions of one known or unkn... | Collective responsibility | Biology | 1,801 |
74,142,000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curium%28IV%29%20fluoride | Curium(IV) fluoride is an inorganic chemical compound, a salt of curium and fluorine with the chemical formula .
Synthesis
It is reported that the compound can be prepared by fluorination of with elemental fluorine at 400 °C.
Physical properties
The compound forms brownish-tan solid composed of Cm4+ and F− ions. It ... | Curium(IV) fluoride | Chemistry | 139 |
58,006,182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-Resolution%20Epithermal%20Neutron%20Detector | The Fine-Resolution Epithermal Neutron Detector (FREND) is a neutron detector that is part of the instrument payload on board the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), launched to Mars in March 2016. This instrument is currently mapping hydrogen levels to a maximum depth of beneath the Martian surface, thus revealing shallow wate... | Fine-Resolution Epithermal Neutron Detector | Astronomy,Biology | 656 |
54,149,652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa%20Major%20Filament | Ursa Major Filament is a galaxy filament. The filament is connected to the CfA Homunculus, a portion of the filament forms a portion of the "leg" of the Homunculus.
See also
Abell catalogue
Large-scale structure of the universe
Supercluster
References
Galaxy filaments
Large-scale structure of the cosmos | Ursa Major Filament | Astronomy | 77 |
4,243,381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula%20nobilis | Formerly Russula mairei (Singer), and commonly known as the beechwood sickener, the now re-classified fungus Russula nobilis (Velen.) is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Russula. This group of mushrooms are noted for their brittle gills and bright colours.
Taxonomy
It was previously named in honour of French myco... | Russula nobilis | Biology | 482 |
300,602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20access | Internet access is a facility or service that provides connectivity for a computer, a computer network, or other network device to the Internet, and for individuals or organizations to access or use applications such as email and the World Wide Web. Internet access is offered for sale by an international hierarchy of I... | Internet access | Technology | 12,587 |
40,763,445 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germacrone | Germacrone is a sesquiterpene which has been isolated from Geranium macrorrhizum. It has shown antiviral properties in an animal model of influenza infection.
References
Sesquiterpenes
Ten-membered rings
Cyclic ketones | Germacrone | Chemistry | 58 |
12,601,256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabilly%20patents | The Cabilly patents are two US patents issued to Genentech and City of Hope which relate to the "fundamental technology required for the artificial synthesis of antibody molecules." The name refers to lead inventor Shmuel Cabilly, who was awarded the patent while working at City of Hope in the 1980s. There was ongoing ... | Cabilly patents | Biology | 586 |
876,272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonal | Ammonal is an explosive made up of ammonium nitrate and aluminium powder. TNT is added to create T-ammonal which improves properties such as brisance. The mixture is often referred to as Tannerite, which is a brand of ammonal.
The ammonium nitrate functions as an oxidizer and the aluminium as fuel. The use of the rel... | Ammonal | Chemistry | 670 |
5,235,884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EF%20Johnson%20Technologies | EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. is a two-way radio manufacturer founded by its namesake, Edgar Frederick Johnson, in Waseca, Minnesota, United States in 1923. Today it is a wholly owned subsidiary of JVCKenwood of Yokohama, Japan.
EF Johnson Technologies offers a wide range of equipment for use by law enforcement, firef... | EF Johnson Technologies | Technology,Engineering | 766 |
41,460,482 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula%20mukteshwarica | Russula mukteshwarica is a mushroom closely related to R. violeipes. It has a purple planoconvex cap 65–130 mm in diameter, and gills that are yellow to yellow-green. The type specimen was collected from a forested region in Uttaranchand State in northern India.
See also
List of Russula species
References
External l... | Russula mukteshwarica | Biology | 91 |
764,781 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colander | A colander (or cullender) is a kitchen utensil perforated with holes used to strain foods such as pasta or to rinse vegetables. The perforations of the colander allow liquid to drain through while retaining the solids inside. It is sometimes called a pasta strainer. A sieve, with much finer mesh, is also used for strai... | Colander | Chemistry,Engineering | 260 |
11,460,080 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolaris%20cookei | Bipolaris cookei is a plant pathogen that affects sorghum, infecting leaf veins and lesions and causing target leaf spot. It is found in the United States, Sudan, Israel, Cyprus, South America, and India.
References
External links
Index Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database
Fungi of North America
Fungi of South Ameri... | Bipolaris cookei | Biology | 92 |
52,777,879 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base%20change%20theorems | In mathematics, the base change theorems relate the direct image and the inverse image of sheaves. More precisely, they are about the base change map, given by the following natural transformation of sheaves:
where
is a Cartesian square of topological spaces and is a sheaf on X.
Such theorems exist in different bra... | Base change theorems | Physics,Mathematics | 2,447 |
4,911,272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco%20Corporation | is a Japanese precision tools maker, especially for the semiconductor production industry.
The company makes dicing saws and laser saws to cut semiconductor silicon wafers and other materials; grinders to process silicon and compound semiconductor wafers to ultra-thin levels; polishing machines to remove the grinding ... | Disco Corporation | Engineering | 319 |
373,998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuffing | Stuffing, filling, or dressing is an edible mixture, often composed of herbs and a starch such as bread, used to fill a cavity in the preparation of another food item. Many foods may be stuffed, including poultry, seafood, and vegetables. As a cooking technique stuffing helps retain moisture, while the mixture itself... | Stuffing | Technology | 941 |
7,512,586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardrobe%20supervisor | The wardrobe supervisor is responsible for overseeing all wardrobe related activities during the course of a theatrical run or film shoot. The modern title "wardrobe supervisor" has evolved from the more traditional titles of "wardrobe mistress/master" or "mistress/master of the wardrobe". The wardrobe supervisor may b... | Wardrobe supervisor | Engineering | 738 |
35,471,350 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method%20of%20fundamental%20solutions | In scientific computation and simulation, the method of fundamental solutions (MFS) is a technique for solving partial differential equations based on using the fundamental solution as a basis function. The MFS was developed to overcome the major drawbacks in the boundary element method (BEM) which also uses the fundam... | Method of fundamental solutions | Mathematics | 708 |
23,850,329 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20conference%20on%20Physics%20of%20Light%E2%80%93Matter%20Coupling%20in%20Nanostructures | The International Conference on Physics of Light–Matter Coupling in Nanostructures (PLMCN) is a yearly academic conference on various topics of semiconductor science and nanophotonics.
Topic
The conferences are devoted to the fundamental and technological issues relevant to the realization of a new generation of opto... | International conference on Physics of Light–Matter Coupling in Nanostructures | Materials_science | 934 |
9,664,491 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOMNET | The TOMNET optimization Environment is a platform for solving applied optimization problems in Microsoft .NET. It makes it possible to use solvers like SNOPT, MINOS and CPLEX with one single model formulation. The solvers handle everything from linear programming and integer programming to global optimization.
Externa... | TOMNET | Mathematics | 71 |
1,067,057 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReplayGain | ReplayGain is a proposed technical standard published by David Robinson in 2001 to measure and normalize the perceived loudness of audio in computer audio formats such as MP3 and Ogg Vorbis. It allows media players to normalize loudness for individual tracks or albums. This avoids the common problem of having to manual... | ReplayGain | Technology | 1,026 |
39,254,765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOWAG-AEG |
History and development
In cooperation with AEG built MOWAG 37 aircraft tug named Flz Sch 4x2 for the Swiss Air Force. The vehicles were used primarily to move the Dassault Mirage IIIS and Mirage III RS in and out of the aircraft caverns. A special feature compared to other aircraft tugs (e.g. Bucher aircraft tra... | MOWAG-AEG | Engineering | 208 |
58,838,548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Union%20Observatory%20for%20Nanomaterials | The European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON) is an initiative that aims to increase the transparency and availability of information on nanomaterials to the general public. It was launched in June 2017.
The EUON collects existing information from databases, registries and studies and generates new data thro... | European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials | Materials_science | 657 |
48,334,189 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbell%20Incorporated | Hubbell Incorporated, headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut, is an American company that designs, manufactures, and sells electrical and electronic products for non-residential and residential construction, industrial, and utility applications. Hubbell was founded by Harvey Hubbell as a proprietorship in 1888, and was ... | Hubbell Incorporated | Engineering | 2,177 |
40,807,085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy%20of%20Military%20Engineering%20of%20Guadalajara | The Academy of Military Engineering of Guadalajara () was a military academy of the Spanish Army. It was located in Guadalajara, Spain and operated from 1833 to 1932.
The academy specialized in the training of military engineers and was recognized for its focus on technological and scientific education. In 1932, it w... | Academy of Military Engineering of Guadalajara | Engineering | 1,755 |
2,941,630 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary%20deviance | Primary deviance is the initial stage in defining deviant behavior. Prominent sociologist Edwin Lemert conceptualized primary deviance as engaging in the initial act of deviance. This is very common throughout society, as everyone takes part in basic form violations. Primary deviance does not result in a person interna... | Primary deviance | Biology | 1,663 |
31,636,726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansteatitis | Pansteatitis, or yellow fat disease, is a physiological condition in which the body fat becomes inflamed.
Presentations
The condition has been found in cats, fish, herons, terrapins and Nile crocodiles, piscivores such as otters, cormorants, Pel's fishing-owls and fish eagles. The disorder is also regularly found in c... | Pansteatitis | Chemistry | 591 |
58,319 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial%20number | A serial number is a unique identifier used to uniquely identify an item, and is usually assigned incrementally or sequentially.
Despite being called serial "numbers", they do not need to be strictly numerical and may contain letters and other typographical symbols, or may consist entirely of a character string.
Appl... | Serial number | Mathematics | 1,139 |
55,397,876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%204606 | NGC 4606 is a spiral galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. NGC 4606 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 15, 1784. It has a disturbed stellar disk suggesting the actions of gravitational interactions. NGC 4607 may be a possible companion of NGC 4606. However... | NGC 4606 | Astronomy | 141 |
11,421,382 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Q%20RNA | Anti-Q RNA (formerly Qa RNA) is a small ncRNA from the conjugal plasmid pCF10 of Enterococcus faecalis. It is coded in cis to its regulatory target, prgQ, but can also act in trans. Anti-Q is known to interact with nascent prgQ transcripts to allow formation of an intrinsic terminator, or attenuator, thus preventing tr... | Anti-Q RNA | Chemistry | 251 |
333,088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esalen%20Institute | The Esalen Institute, commonly called Esalen, is a non-profit American retreat center and intentional community in Big Sur, California, which focuses on humanistic alternative education. The institute played a key role in the Human Potential Movement beginning in the 1960s. Its innovative use of encounter groups, a foc... | Esalen Institute | Biology | 5,471 |
77,676,491 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20star%20systems%20within%20450%E2%80%93500%20light-years | This is a list of star systems within 450–500 light years of Earth.
See also
List of star systems within 400–450 light-years
References
Lists by distance
Star systems
Lists of stars | List of star systems within 450–500 light-years | Physics,Astronomy | 40 |
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