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12,219,400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerol%20ester%20of%20wood%20rosin | Glycerol ester of wood rosin (or gum rosin), also known as glyceryl abietate or ester gum, is an oil-soluble food additive (E number E445). The food-grade material is used in foods, beverages, and cosmetics to keep oils in suspension in water, and its name may be shortened in the ingredient list as glycerol ester of ro... | Glycerol ester of wood rosin | Physics | 210 |
17,888,698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugon | Sugon (), officially Dawning Information Industry Company Limited, is a supercomputer manufacturer based in the People's Republic of China. The company is a spin-off from research done at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and still has close links to it.
History
The company is a development of work done at the In... | Sugon | Technology | 1,231 |
19,067,071 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topological%20pair | In mathematics, more specifically algebraic topology, a pair is shorthand for an inclusion of topological spaces . Sometimes is assumed to be a cofibration. A morphism from to is given by two maps and
such that .
A pair of spaces is an ordered pair where is a topological space and a subspace. The use of pa... | Topological pair | Mathematics | 215 |
28,353,830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C3H3NOS | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C3H3NOS}}
The molecular formula C3H3NOS may refer to:
Isothiazolinone
Thiazolone | C3H3NOS | Chemistry | 36 |
14,353,229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral%20shedding | Viral shedding is the expulsion and release of virus progeny following successful reproduction during a host cell infection. Once replication has been completed and the host cell is exhausted of all resources in making viral progeny, the viruses may begin to leave the cell by several methods.
The term is variously use... | Viral shedding | Biology | 831 |
28,436,772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College%20of%20Fisheries%20and%20Ocean%20Sciences | The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, or CFOS, is part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. CFOS offers a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science in fisheries, master’s and doctoral degrees in oceanography, fisheries and marine biology, and a minor in marine science.
The college was established by the Univ... | College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences | Biology | 485 |
73,233,518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic%20curation | Algorithmic curation is the selection of online media by recommendation algorithms and personalized searches. Examples include search engine and social media products such as the Twitter feed, Facebook's News Feed, and the Google Personalized Search.
Curation algorithms are typically proprietary or "black box", leadin... | Algorithmic curation | Technology | 114 |
39,566,174 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbaclofen%20placarbil | Arbaclofen placarbil ( , also known as XP19986) is a prodrug of R-baclofen. Arbaclofen placarbil possesses more favorable pharmacokinetic profile than baclofen, with less fluctuations in plasma drug levels. It was being developed as a potential treatment for patients with GERD and spasticity due to multiple sclerosis; ... | Arbaclofen placarbil | Chemistry | 188 |
4,791,359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendre%27s%20equation | In mathematics, Legendre's equation is a Diophantine equation of the form:
The equation is named for Adrien-Marie Legendre who proved it in 1785 that it is solvable in integers x, y, z, not all zero, if and only if
−bc, −ca and −ab are quadratic residues modulo a, b and c, respectively, where a, b, c are nonzero, squa... | Legendre's equation | Mathematics | 193 |
71,590,725 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socolar%20tiling | A Socolar tiling is an example of an aperiodic tiling, developed in 1989 by Joshua Socolar in the exploration of quasicrystals. There are 3 tiles a 30° rhombus, square, and regular hexagon. The 12-fold symmetry set exist similar to the 10-fold Penrose rhombic tilings, and 8-fold Ammann–Beenker tilings.
The 12-fold til... | Socolar tiling | Physics,Mathematics | 250 |
25,168,088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%27s%20figure%20of%20merit | Johnson's figure of merit is a measure of suitability of a semiconductor material for high frequency power transistor applications and requirements. More specifically, it is the product of the charge carrier saturation velocity in the material and the electric breakdown field under same conditions, first proposed by Ed... | Johnson's figure of merit | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 235 |
76,514,362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entoloma%20cuspidiferum | Entoloma cuspidiferum is a species of fungus in the family Entolomataceae, first described by Machiel Noordeloos.
Distribution and habitat
It appears in North America and Europe. It grows in spruce forests, on peaty ground, among Plagiothecium and Sphagnum mosses.
References
External links
Entolomataceae
Fungi of N... | Entoloma cuspidiferum | Biology | 92 |
76,682,938 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UGC%204881 | UGC 4881 (also known as The Grasshopper) is a pair of interacting galaxies, UGC 4881A and UGC 4881B. They are located in the constellation Lynx, some 500 million light-years away. UGC 4881, the brighter, is a peculiar spiral galaxy. It has been heavily documented by the Hubble Space Telescope, and is cataloged in the A... | UGC 4881 | Astronomy | 329 |
3,458,672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole%E2%80%93zero%20plot | In mathematics, signal processing and control theory, a pole–zero plot is a graphical representation of a rational transfer function in the complex plane which helps to convey certain properties of the system such as:
Stability
Causal system / anticausal system
Region of convergence (ROC)
Minimum phase / non minim... | Pole–zero plot | Technology,Engineering | 958 |
74,109,941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADB-5%27Br-PINACA | ADB-5'Br-PINACA (5'-Br-ADB-PINACA) is an indazole-3-carboxamide based synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist that has been sold as a designer drug. It was first identified in Abu Dhabi in September 2022 but has subsequently been found in the US and Europe. While formal pharmacology studies have not yet been carried out... | ADB-5'Br-PINACA | Chemistry | 407 |
2,906,587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsiventral | A dorsiventral (Lat. dorsum, "the back", venter, "the belly") organ is one that has two surfaces differing from each other in appearance and structure, as an ordinary leaf. This term has also been used as a synonym for dorsoventral organs, those that extend from a dorsal to a ventral surface.
This word is also used to ... | Dorsiventral | Biology | 108 |
2,376,380 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP%20Puppis | CP Puppis (or Nova Puppis 1942) was a bright nova occurring in the constellation Puppis in 1942.
The nova was discovered on 9 November 1942 by Bernhard Dawson at La Plata, Argentina, when it had an apparent visual magnitude of about 2. It was independently discovered at 18:00 10 November 1942 (UT) by a 19-year-old Jap... | CP Puppis | Astronomy | 437 |
971,289 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropsonde | A dropsonde is an expendable weather reconnaissance device created by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), designed to be dropped from an aircraft at altitude over water to measure (and therefore track) storm conditions as the device falls to the surface. The sonde contains a GPS receiver, along with pr... | Dropsonde | Technology,Engineering | 1,033 |
9,258,044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEDCIN | Medcin, is a system of standardized medical terminology, a proprietary medical vocabulary and was developed by Medicomp Systems, Inc. MEDCIN is a point-of-care terminology, intended for use in Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, and it includes over 280,000 clinical data elements encompassing symptoms, history, phy... | MEDCIN | Technology,Biology | 1,463 |
1,272,439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shukhov%20Tower | The Shukhov Radio Tower (), also known as the Shabolovka Tower (), is a broadcasting tower deriving from the Russian avant-garde in Moscow designed by Vladimir Shukhov. The free-standing steel diagrid structure was built between 1920 and 1922, during the Russian Civil War.
History
Design
Vladimir Shukhov invented th... | Shukhov Tower | Technology | 1,416 |
50,986,802 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poxytrin | Poxytrins or dihydroxy-E,Z,E-polyunsaturated fatty acids (dihydroxy-E,Z,E-PUFAs) are PUFA metabolites that possess two hydroxyl residues and three in-series conjugated double bonds in an E,Z,E cis–trans configuration. Poxytrins have platelet-inhibiting properties that are not found in isomers with three conjugated doub... | Poxytrin | Biology | 987 |
15,891,439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit%20wireless | Gigabit wireless is the name given to wireless communication systems whose data transfer speeds reach or exceed one gigabit (one billion bits) per second. Such speeds are achieved with complex modulations of the signal, such as quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) or signals spanning many frequencies. When a signal sp... | Gigabit wireless | Technology,Engineering | 837 |
4,388,550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrovirus | Astroviruses (Astroviridae) are a type of virus that was first discovered in 1975 using electron microscopes following an outbreak of diarrhea in humans. In addition to humans, astroviruses have now been isolated from numerous mammalian animal species (and are classified as genus Mamastrovirus) and from avian species s... | Astrovirus | Biology | 4,431 |
53,787,782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20broadcast%20video%20formats | This list of broadcast formats is a review of the most popular formats used to broadcast video information over cable television, satellite television, the Internet, and other means. Video broadcasting was popularized by the advent of the television during the middle of the twentieth century.
Recently, Internet stream... | List of broadcast video formats | Technology | 1,693 |
53,407,220 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEXO | LEXO is the original version of the upgraded BURNOUT temperature regulating tumbler brand from manufacturer ThermAvant International, LLC, based in Columbia, Missouri.
History
The creator of LEXO, Hongbin "Bill" Ma, is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and director of the Center for Thermal Managemen... | LEXO | Physics,Chemistry | 205 |
193,595 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level%20crossing | A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line or the road etc. crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserve... | Level crossing | Technology | 2,317 |
40,965,675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%88%9E-groupoid | In category theory, a branch of mathematics, an ∞-groupoid is an abstract homotopical model for topological spaces. One model uses Kan complexes which are fibrant objects in the category of simplicial sets (with the standard model structure). It is an ∞-category generalization of a groupoid, a category in which every m... | ∞-groupoid | Mathematics | 1,054 |
56,035,044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Paulson | Barbara Jean Paulson (née Lewis; April 11, 1928 – February 26, 2023) was an American human computer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and one of the first female scientists employed there. Paulson began working as a mathematician at JPL in 1948, where she calculated rocket trajectories by hand. She is among the... | Barbara Paulson | Technology | 1,222 |
31,591,708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel%20catenary%20riser | A steel catenary riser (SCR) is a common method of connecting a subsea pipeline to a deepwater floating or fixed oil production platform. SCRs are used to transfer fluids like oil, gas, injection water, etc. between the platforms and the pipelines.
Description
In the offshore industry the word catenary is used as an a... | Steel catenary riser | Engineering | 1,139 |
57,430,974 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal%20working%20model%20of%20attachment | Internal working model of attachment is a psychological approach that attempts to describe the development of mental representations, specifically the worthiness of the self and expectations of others' reactions to the self. This model is a result of interactions with primary caregivers which become internalized, and i... | Internal working model of attachment | Biology | 2,379 |
21,449,756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20visualization%20reference%20model | The Information visualization reference model is an example of a reference model for information visualization, developed by Ed Chi in 1999, under the name of the data state model. Chi showed that the framework successfully modeled a wide array of visualization applications and later showed that the model was functiona... | Information visualization reference model | Mathematics | 336 |
35,921,294 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicien%20sup%C3%A9rieur%20des%20%C3%A9tudes%20et%20de%20l%27exploitation%20de%20l%27aviation%20civile | In France, the corps of Technicien supérieur des études et de l'exploitation de l'aviation civile (TSEEAC, in English Civil aviation opérations Technicians) of the Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGAC) is a B-class job within the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing.
Enrollment
... | Technicien supérieur des études et de l'exploitation de l'aviation civile | Engineering | 905 |
5,172,638 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omicron%20Centauri | The Bayer designation Omicron Centauri (ο Cen / ο Centauri) is shared by two star systems, in the constellation Centaurus:
ο Centauri
ο Centauri
They are separated by 0.07° on the sky. They may be physically related.
Centauri, Omicron
Centaurus | Omicron Centauri | Astronomy | 69 |
43,751,582 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivalent%20input | Equivalent input (also input-referred, referred-to-input (RTI), or input-related), is a method of referring to the signal or noise level at the output of a system as if it were due to an input to the same system. This input's value is called the Equivalent input. This is accomplished by removing all signal changes (e.g... | Equivalent input | Physics | 326 |
10,545,003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave%20dash | Wave dash () is a character represented in Japanese character encoding mainly used as a dash and chōonpu. The wave dash is similar to, but not the same as, the tilde character (), which is often used interchangeably with it.
The vertical wave dash () is not currently included in Unicode, but there is a similar symbol ... | Wave dash | Mathematics | 174 |
2,398,993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valsartan | Valsartan, sold under the brand name Diovan among others, is a medication used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, and diabetic kidney disease. It belongs to a class of medications referred to as angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs). It is a reasonable initial treatment for high blood pressure. It is taken ... | Valsartan | Chemistry | 2,522 |
7,955,890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowhammer | In music, a bowhammer is a device used when playing a cymbalum to strike, pull across or pick the strings in order to make them vibrate and emit sound. It was devised to replace the mallets that were traditionally used to play the cymbalum. Unlike mallets, which almost exclusively are used for striking, the bowhammer a... | Bowhammer | Technology | 272 |
18,953,009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SucA%20RNA%20motif | The sucA RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure found in bacteria of the order Burkholderiales. RNAs within this motif are always found in the presumed 5' UTR of sucA genes. sucA encodes a subunit of an enzyme that participates in the citric acid cycle by synthesizing succinyl-CoA from 2-oxoglutarate. A part of the ... | SucA RNA motif | Chemistry | 199 |
44,273,187 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interchromatin%20granule | An interchromatin granule is a cluster in the nucleus of a mammal cell which is enriched in pre-mRNA splicing factors. Interchromatin granules are located in the interchromatin regions of the mammalian Cell nuclei. They usually appear as irregularly shaped structures that vary in size and number. They can be observed b... | Interchromatin granule | Biology | 251 |
3,767,155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/168%20%28number%29 | 168 (one hundred [and] sixty-eight) is the natural number following 167 and preceding 169.
It is the number of hours in a week, or 7 x 24 hours. 168 is the fourth Dedekind number, and the 128th composite number.
Mathematics
Number theory
168 is the fourth Dedekind number, and one of sixty-five idoneal numbers. It ... | 168 (number) | Mathematics | 1,075 |
16,691,518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialisterne | Specialisterne (The Specialists) is a Danish social innovator company using the characteristics of neurodivergent people (including autism/Asperger's, ADHD, OCD, and dyslexia) as competitive advantages in the business market.
Specialisterne provides services such as software testing, quality control, metadata manageme... | Specialisterne | Engineering | 1,067 |
46,918,469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai-Sang%20Young | Lai-Sang Lily Young (, born 1952) is a Hong Kong-born American mathematician who holds the Henry & Lucy Moses Professorship of Science and is a professor of mathematics and neural science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of
New York University. Her research interests include dynamical systems, ergodic ... | Lai-Sang Young | Mathematics | 630 |
2,060,183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes%20G-function | In mathematics, the Barnes G-function G(z) is a function that is an extension of superfactorials to the complex numbers. It is related to the gamma function, the K-function and the Glaisher–Kinkelin constant, and was named after mathematician Ernest William Barnes. It can be written in terms of the double gamma functio... | Barnes G-function | Mathematics | 1,048 |
77,827,597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masupirdine | Masupirdine is an investigational new drug that is being evaluated for the treatment of agitation in Alzheimer's dementia. It is a selective 5-HT6 receptor antagonist.
References
Indoles
4-Methylpiperazin-1-yl compounds
Sulfonamides
Bromobenzene derivatives
Methoxy compounds | Masupirdine | Chemistry | 68 |
30,054,770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biham%E2%80%93Middleton%E2%80%93Levine%20traffic%20model | The Biham–Middleton–Levine traffic model is a self-organizing cellular automaton traffic flow model. It consists of a number of cars represented by points on a lattice with a random starting position, where each car may be one of two types: those that only move downwards (shown as blue in this article), and those that ... | Biham–Middleton–Levine traffic model | Physics,Materials_science | 1,297 |
40,333,285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cis-2-Decenoic%20acid | cis-2-Decenoic acid is an unsaturated fatty acid. It is a colorless oil.
Preparation and occurrence
The compound can be prepared from 1-iodonon-1-ene by lithium halogen exchange followed by carbonation.
cis-2-Decenoic acid is produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It may have potential in fighting biofilm implied in in... | Cis-2-Decenoic acid | Chemistry | 106 |
60,998,533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estradiol%20valerate/gestonorone%20caproate | Estradiol valerate/gestonorone caproate (EV/GC), known by the developmental code names SH-834 and SH-8.0834, is a high-dose combination medication of estradiol valerate (EV), an estrogen, and gestonorone caproate (GC; norhydroxyprogesterone caproate), a progestin, which was developed and studied by Schering in the 1960... | Estradiol valerate/gestonorone caproate | Chemistry | 630 |
72,766,444 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchwaldoboletus%20kivuensis | Buchwaldoboletus kivuensis is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae native to Africa.
Taxonomy and naming
Originally described by Paul Heinemann in 1951 as Gyrodon lignicola, it was given its current name by Ernst Both and Beatriz Ortiz-Santana in A preliminary survey of the genus Buchwaldoboletus, publ... | Buchwaldoboletus kivuensis | Biology | 268 |
36,347,343 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf%20Hir%C3%A9my-Hirschl | Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl (1860–1933) was a Hungarian, Jewish artist known for historical and mythological painting, particularly of subjects pertaining to ancient Rome. Some of his major history paintings have been lost, and many of his smaller works were retained by his heirs until the early 1980s. Although he was one of ... | Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl | Engineering | 894 |
1,890,618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action%20spectrum | An action spectrum is a graph of the rate of biological effectiveness plotted against wavelength of light. It is related to absorption spectrum in many systems. Mathematically, it describes the inverse quantity of light required to evoke a constant response. It is very rare for an action spectrum to describe the level... | Action spectrum | Physics,Chemistry,Biology | 466 |
2,758,531 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese%20581 | Gliese 581 () is a red dwarf star of spectral type M3V which hosts a planetary system, away from Earth in the constellation Libra. Its estimated mass is about a third of that of the Sun, and it is the 101st closest known star system to the Sun. Gliese 581 is one of the oldest, least active M dwarfs known. Its low stel... | Gliese 581 | Astronomy | 3,610 |
46,712,786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual%20Reports%20on%20the%20Progress%20of%20Chemistry | Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry was a yearly review journal published by the Royal Institute of Chemistry and after 1980 the Royal Society of Chemistry. It was established in 1904. In 1967 the journal was split into two sections, A and B, covering inorganic and organic chemistry, respectively., In 1980, a t... | Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry | Chemistry | 118 |
74,110,097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleene%20equality | In mathematics, Kleene equality, or strong equality, () is an equality operator on partial functions, that states that on a given argument either both functions are undefined, or both are defined and their values on that arguments are equal.
For example, if we have partial functions and , means that for every :
an... | Kleene equality | Mathematics | 134 |
471,600 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total%20institution | A total institution or residential institution is a residential facility where a great number of similarly situated people, cut off from the wider community for a considerable time, together lead an enclosed, formally administered round of life. Privacy and civil liberties are limited or non-existent in total instituti... | Total institution | Biology | 848 |
52,585,846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial%20furnace | An industrial furnace, also known as a direct heater or a direct fired heater, is a device used to provide heat for an industrial process, typically higher than 400 degrees Celsius. They are used to provide heat for a process or can serve as reactor which provides heats of reaction. Furnace designs vary as to its funct... | Industrial furnace | Chemistry | 2,108 |
52,720,510 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miproxifene%20phosphate | Miproxifene phosphate (former developmental code name TAT-59) is a nonsteroidal selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) of the triphenylethylene group that was under development in Japan for the treatment of breast cancer but was abandoned and never marketed. It reached phase III clinical trials for this indicatio... | Miproxifene phosphate | Chemistry | 235 |
13,629,249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listeria%20Hfq%20binding%20LhrC | Listeria LhrC ncRNA was identified by screening for RNA molecules which co-immunoprecipitated with the RNA chaperone Hfq. However, neither the stability nor the activity of LhrC seem to depend on the presence of Hfq. This RNA is transcribed from an intergenic region between the protein coding genes cysK, a putative cy... | Listeria Hfq binding LhrC | Chemistry | 279 |
51,326,627 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD%201145%2B017%20b | WD 1145+017 b (also known by its EPIC designation EPIC 201563164.01), is a confirmed exoasteroid or minor planet orbiting around and being vaporized by the white dwarf star WD 1145+017, likely one of multiple such objects around this star. It was discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft on its "Second Light" mission. It ... | WD 1145+017 b | Astronomy | 1,337 |
25,994,359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C41H26O26 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C41H26O26}}
The molecular formula C41H26O26 (molar mass: 934.63 g/mol, exact mass: 934.0712 u) may refer to:
Alnusiin, an ellagitannin
Castalagin, an ellagitannin
Molecular formulas | C41H26O26 | Physics,Chemistry | 74 |
34,891,384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen%20Yu-chie | Chen Yu-chie () is a Taiwanese chemist and is a Professor of Chemistry in the National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. She received her Ph.D. from Montana State University (United States).
Research
Chen's research interests include biological mass spectrometry, analytical nanotechnology, and nanobiotechnology... | Chen Yu-chie | Physics,Chemistry | 179 |
5,285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-51-F | STS-51-F (also known as Spacelab 2) was the 19th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the eighth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 29, 1985, and landed eight days later on August 6, 1985.
While STS-51-F's primary payload was the Spacelab 2 laboratory modu... | STS-51-F | Astronomy | 1,853 |
68,238,375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial%20sky | The artificial sky is a daylight simulation device that replicates the light coming from the sky dome. An architectural scale model or 1:1 full-scaled aircraft is placed under an artificial sky to predict daylight penetration within buildings or aircraft that subjects to different situations, complex geometries, or hea... | Artificial sky | Engineering | 3,215 |
19,679,163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum-anchor | In large scale oceanic civil engineering, vacuum-anchors are used to anchor gravity-based structures (such as the Troll A Oil Platform) in the soft bottomed muck found on many oil bearing continental shelves and the world's shallower seas.
This design is modeled on how the webbed feet of aquatic animals increase the s... | Vacuum-anchor | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering,Environmental_science | 204 |
15,030,082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMC6 | Transmembrane channel-like protein 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TMC6 gene. In vivo, TMC6 and its homolog TMC8, interact and form a complex with the zinc transporter 1 (SLC30A1) and localize mostly to the endoplasmic reticulum, but also to the nuclear membrane and Golgi apparatus.
Inactivating mutati... | TMC6 | Chemistry | 168 |
17,857,659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20Control%20Company | Computer Control Company, Inc. (1953–1966), informally known as 3C, was a pioneering minicomputer company known for its DDP-series (Digital Data Processor) computers, notably:
DDP-24 24-bit (1963)
DDP-224 24-bit (1965)
DDP-116 16-bit (1965)
DDP-124 24-bit (1966) using monolithic ICs
It was founded in 1953 by Dr. Loui... | Computer Control Company | Technology | 535 |
67,129,616 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtheimiaceae | Lichtheimiaceae is a family of fungi in the order Mucorales. The family was circumscribed in 2013 after a molecular phylogenetic analysis helped delineate a new family structure for the Mucorales.
Genera
Circinella – 11 spp.
Dichotomocladium – 5 spp.
Fennellomyces – 4 spp.
Lichtheimia – 7 spp.
Phascolomyces – 1 s... | Lichtheimiaceae | Biology | 139 |
11,252,689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitteway%20triangulation | In computational geometry, a Pitteway triangulation is a point set triangulation in which the nearest neighbor of any point p within the triangulation is one of the vertices of the triangle containing p.
Alternatively, it is a Delaunay triangulation in which each internal edge crosses its dual Voronoi diagram edge. Pit... | Pitteway triangulation | Mathematics | 582 |
26,722,761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Elowitz | Michael B. Elowitz is a biologist and professor of Biology, Bioengineering, and Applied Physics at the California Institute of Technology, and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. In 2007 he was the recipient of the Genius grant, better known as the MacArthur Fellows Program for the design of a syntheti... | Michael Elowitz | Biology | 747 |
54,572,000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%207073 | NGC 7073 is a spiral galaxy located about 230 million light-years away in the constellation of Capricornus. NGC 7073 was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on August 25, 1864.
See also
List of NGC objects (7001–7840)
NGC 7019
References
External links
Spiral galaxies
Capricornus
7073
66847
Astronomical objec... | NGC 7073 | Astronomy | 83 |
37,032,551 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%20Geminorum | 1 Geminorum (1 Gem) is a star in the constellation Gemini. Its apparent magnitude is 4.15.
In the 19th century, John Flamsteed numbered the brighter stars, by constellation, from west to east, and 1 Geminorum was the first star listed in Gemini. It is also listed in the Bright Star Catalogue as star 2134, usually desi... | 1 Geminorum | Astronomy | 440 |
39,922,027 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclodisparity | In vision science, cyclodisparity is the difference in the rotation angle of an object or scene viewed by the left and right eyes. Cyclodisparity can result from the eyes' torsional rotation (cyclorotation) or can be created artificially by presenting to the eyes two images that need to be rotated relative to each othe... | Cyclodisparity | Engineering | 494 |
46,743,384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peerio | Peerio was a cross-platform end-to-end encrypted application that provided secure messaging, file sharing, and cloud file storage. Peerio was available as an application for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and Linux. Peerio (Legacy) was originally released on 14 January 2015, and was replaced by Peerio 2 on 15 June 2017.... | Peerio | Mathematics | 926 |
6,231,567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleotidase | A nucleotidase is a hydrolytic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a nucleotide into a nucleoside and a phosphate.
A nucleotide + H2O = a nucleoside + phosphate
For example, it converts adenosine monophosphate to adenosine, and guanosine monophosphate to guanosine.
Nucleotidases have an important function in dige... | Nucleotidase | Chemistry,Biology | 501 |
4,042,270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steering%20ratio | Steering ratio refers to the ratio between the turn of the steering wheel (in degrees) or handlebars and the turn of the wheels (in degrees).
The steering ratio is the ratio of the number of degrees of turn of the steering wheel to the number of degrees the wheel(s) turn as a result. In motorcycles, delta tricycles an... | Steering ratio | Mathematics,Engineering | 620 |
13,530,209 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work%20measurement | Work measurement is the application of techniques which is designed to establish the time for an average worker to carry out a specified manufacturing task at a defined level of performance. It is concerned with the duration of time it takes to complete a work task assigned to a specific job. It means the time taken to... | Work measurement | Engineering | 3,129 |
44,386,524 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manta%20Matcher | Manta Matcher is a global online database for manta rays.
Creation
It is one of the Wildbook Web applications developed by Wild Me, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization in the United States, and was created in partnership with Andrea Marshall of the Marine Megafauna Foundation.
Manta rays have unique spot patterni... | Manta Matcher | Biology,Environmental_science | 271 |
60,705,768 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register%20of%20Antarctic%20Marine%20Species | The Register of Antarctic Marine Species, also known as RAMS, is a taxonomic database that provides a list of marine species found in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica.
Its purpose is to provide authoritative and comprehensive information on the diversity of marine life in the region, which provides a referenc... | Register of Antarctic Marine Species | Biology | 108 |
57,615,200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undecylprodigiosin | Undecylprodigiosin is an alkaloid produced by some Actinomycetes bacteria. It is a member of the prodiginines group of natural products and has been investigated for potential antimalarial activity.
Natural sources
Undecylprodigiosin is a secondary metabolite found in some Actinomycetes, for example Actinomadura madur... | Undecylprodigiosin | Chemistry | 386 |
1,219,391 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampworking | Lampworking is a type of glasswork in which a torch or lamp is used to melt the glass. Once in a molten state, the glass is formed by blowing and shaping with tools and hand movements. It is also known as flameworking or torchworking, as the modern practice no longer uses oil-fueled lamps. Although lack of a precise de... | Lampworking | Materials_science,Engineering | 2,992 |
16,824,055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True%20polar%20wander | True polar wander is a solid-body rotation (or reorientation) of a planet or moon with respect to its spin axis, causing the geographic locations of the north and south poles to change, or "wander". In rotational equilibrium, a planetary body has the largest moment of inertia axis aligned with the spin axis, with the s... | True polar wander | Mathematics | 1,178 |
335,634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turret%20%28architecture%29 | In architecture, a turret is a small circular tower, usually notably smaller than the main structure, that projects outwards from a wall or corner of that structure. Turret also refers to the small towers built atop larger tower structures.
Etymology
The word turret originated in around the year 1300 from touret whic... | Turret (architecture) | Technology,Engineering | 855 |
57,654,857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroeremomycin | Chloroeremomycin is a member of the glycopeptide family of antibiotics, such as vancomycin. The molecule is a non-ribosomal polypeptide that has been glycosylated. It is composed of seven amino acids and three saccharide units. Although chloroeremomycin has never been used in human medicine, oritavancin, a semi-synthe... | Chloroeremomycin | Chemistry | 1,383 |
75,184,823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20sniffing | History sniffing is a class of web vulnerabilities and attacks that allow a website to track a user's web browsing history activities by recording which websites a user has visited and which the user has not. This is done by leveraging long-standing information leakage issues inherent to the design of the web platform,... | History sniffing | Technology | 1,483 |
42,349,471 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dux%20Belgicae%20secundae | The Dux Belgicae secundae ("commander of the second Belgic province") was a senior officer in the army of the Late Roman Empire who was the commander of the limitanei (frontier troops) and of a naval squadron on the so-called Saxon Shore in Gaul.
The office is thought to have been established around 395 AD. At the imp... | Dux Belgicae secundae | Engineering | 1,790 |
13,037,101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichloro%28chloromethyl%29silane | Trichloro(chloromethyl)silane is a compound with formula Si(CH2Cl)Cl3.
See also
Organosilicon#Silyl_halides
Chlorosilanes
Organochlorides | Trichloro(chloromethyl)silane | Chemistry | 51 |
34,153,797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20orbital%20rocket%20engines | This page is an incomplete list of orbital rocket engine data and specifications.
Current, upcoming, and in-development rocket engines
Retired and canceled rocket engines
See also
Comparison of orbital launch systems
Comparison of orbital launchers families
Comparison of crewed space vehicles
Comparison of spac... | Comparison of orbital rocket engines | Astronomy,Technology | 87 |
41,611,387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedelia%20calendulacea | Wedelia calendulacea may refer to:
Wedelia calendulacea (L.) Less., an illegitimate name that is a synonym of Sphagneticola calendulacea
Wedelia calendulacea Rich, an unresolved name in the genus Wedelia
References | Wedelia calendulacea | Biology | 61 |
6,921,893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tight%20closure | In mathematics, in the area of commutative algebra, tight closure is an operation defined on ideals in positive characteristic. It was introduced by .
Let be a commutative noetherian ring containing a field of characteristic . Hence is a prime number.
Let be an ideal of . The tight closure of , denoted by , is an... | Tight closure | Mathematics | 299 |
13,415,343 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular%20matroid | In mathematics, a regular matroid is a matroid that can be represented over all fields.
Definition
A matroid is defined to be a family of subsets of a finite set, satisfying certain axioms. The sets in the family are called "independent sets". One of the ways of constructing a matroid is to select a finite set of vect... | Regular matroid | Mathematics | 753 |
27,420,680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz%20Wegner | Franz Joachim Wegner (born 15 June 1940) is emeritus professor for theoretical physics at the University of Heidelberg.
Education
Franz Wegner attained a doctorate in 1968 with thesis advisor Wilhelm Brenig at the Technical University Munich with the thesis, "Zum Heisenberg-Modell im paramagnetischen Bereich und am kr... | Franz Wegner | Physics | 403 |
39,882,225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epipharyngeal%20groove | The epipharyngeal groove is a ciliated groove along the dorsal side of the inside of the pharynx in some plankton-feeding early chordates, such as Amphioxus. It helps to carry a stream of mucus with plankton stuck in it, through the pharynx into the gut to be digested.
The subnotochordal rod or hypochord is a transie... | Epipharyngeal groove | Biology | 159 |
2,796,232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFREMER | The or Ifremer is an oceanographic institution in Brest, France. A state-run and funded scientific organization, it is France’s national integrated marine science research institute.
Scope of works
Ifremer focuses its research activities in the following areas:
Monitoring, use and enhancement of coastal seas
Mon... | IFREMER | Engineering | 328 |
57,995,304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri%20Burago | Dmitri Yurievich Burago (Дмитрий Юрьевич Бураго, born 1964) is a leading Russian - American mathematician, specializing in differential, Riemannian, Finsler geometry, geometric analysis, dynamical systems and applications to mathematical physics.
He is the son of the celebrated Geometer and Russian mathematician Yur... | Dmitri Burago | Mathematics | 464 |
49,398,834 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metascape | Metascape is a free gene annotation and analysis resource that helps biologists make sense of one or multiple gene lists. Metascape provides automated meta-analysis tools to understand either common or unique pathways and protein networks within a group of orthogonal target-discovery studies.
History
In the "OMICs" a... | Metascape | Biology | 821 |
41,232,267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road%20food | Road food is a cuisine concerning food prepared especially for hungry travelers who arrive by road. Most road food establishments are casual dining restaurants. American road food is associated with "comfort food" such as hamburgers, hot dogs, fried chicken, barbecue, and pizza. Road food establishments can include fa... | Road food | Physics | 162 |
3,885,807 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep%20geological%20repository | A deep geological repository is a way of storing hazardous or radioactive waste within a stable geologic environment, typically 200–1,000 m below the surface of the earth. It entails a combination of waste form, waste package, engineered seals and geology that is suited to provide a high level of long-term isolation an... | Deep geological repository | Chemistry,Technology | 2,647 |
36,570,729 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack%20light | Stack lights (also known as signal tower lights, indicator lights, andon lights, warning lights, industrial signal lights, or tower lights) are commonly used on equipment in industrial manufacturing and process control environments to provide visual and audible indicators of a machine's status to machine operators, tec... | Stack light | Engineering | 1,052 |
18,154 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propositional%20calculus | The propositional calculus is a branch of logic. It is also called propositional logic, statement logic, sentential calculus, sentential logic, or sometimes zeroth-order logic. Sometimes, it is called first-order propositional logic to contrast it with System F, but it should not be confused with first-order logic. It... | Propositional calculus | Mathematics | 8,433 |
14,589,235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zetix | Zetix is a fabric invented by Auxetics Technologies, Ltd., a UK company. Zetix is an auxetic material strong enough to absorb and disperse shockwaves from explosions without breaking.
Usage
Zetix is used in water-activated tape, also referred to as gummed paper tape, a popular form of carton sealing, under the tradin... | Zetix | Physics | 154 |
7,391,012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combes%20quinoline%20synthesis | The Combes quinoline synthesis is a chemical reaction, which was first reported by Combes in 1888. Further studies and reviews of the Combes quinoline synthesis and its variations have been published by Alyamkina et al., Bergstrom and Franklin, Born, and Johnson and Mathews.
The Combes quinoline synthesis is often use... | Combes quinoline synthesis | Chemistry | 1,122 |
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