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49,883,827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhailo%20Lomonosov%20%28satellite%29 | Mikhailo Lomonosov (MVL-300, or Mikhailo, or more commonly Lomonosov; MVL stands for Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov) was an astronomical satellite operated by Moscow State University (MSU) named after Mikhail Lomonosov.
Mission
The objective of the mission was the observation of gamma-ray bursts, high-energy cosmic ray... | Mikhailo Lomonosov (satellite) | Astronomy | 704 |
19,132,640 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold%20Halliday%20Savile | Sir Leopold Halliday Savile, KCB (31 August 1870 – 28 January 1953) was a Scottish civil engineer.
Savile was born at Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Walter Savile and Sarah Emma Stoddart. He was a great grandson of the MP Christopher Atkinson (later Savile). He was educated at Marlborou... | Leopold Halliday Savile | Engineering | 354 |
33,757,605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylopilus%20atronicotianus | Tylopilus atronicotianus, commonly known as the false black velvet bolete, is a bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. First described scientifically in 1998, it is known only from the eastern United States.
Taxonomy
The species was first described scientifically by Ernst Both, curator emeritus in mycology at the Buf... | Tylopilus atronicotianus | Biology | 675 |
33,584,425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleromyograph | An acceleromyograph is a piezoelectric myograph, used to measure the force produced by a muscle after it has undergone nerve stimulation. Acceleromyographs may be used, during anaesthesia when muscle relaxants are administered, to measure the depth of neuromuscular blockade and to assess adequacy of recovery from thes... | Acceleromyograph | Biology | 408 |
73,818,522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bich-Yen%20Nguyen | Bich-Yen Nguyen is a Vietnamese electronics engineer specializing in advanced materials and technologies for integrated circuits. Educated in the US, she works in France as a senior fellow for Soitec, working on silicon on insulator technology.
Education and career
Nguyen is the daughter of a South Vietnamese soldier ... | Bich-Yen Nguyen | Engineering | 375 |
28,633,915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav%20Range%20Front%20Light |
Stanislav Range Front Light or Small Adzhyhol Lighthouse is an active lighthouse and range light, located on a concrete pier on a tiny islet about west northwest of Rybalche, about from Kherson, Ukraine. Together with Adziogol lighthouse, located 109° from it, it serves guiding ships entering the Dnieper River.
T... | Stanislav Range Front Light | Technology | 209 |
55,537,059 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%20240429%20and%20HD%20240430 | HD 240429 (nicknamed Krios) and HD 240430 (Kronos) is a wide binary star system in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Both components of the system are yellow G-type main-sequence stars. HD 240430 is a Sun-like star in appearance, but it seems to have eaten its own planets, for which it is given the nickname Kronos, afte... | HD 240429 and HD 240430 | Astronomy | 308 |
838,142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addressing%20mode | Addressing modes are an aspect of the instruction set architecture in most central processing unit (CPU) designs. The various addressing modes that are defined in a given instruction set architecture define how the machine language instructions in that architecture identify the operand(s) of each instruction. An addres... | Addressing mode | Technology,Engineering | 7,898 |
39,327,628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual%20opportunism | Intellectual opportunism is the pursuit of intellectual opportunities with a selfish, ulterior motive not consistent with relevant principles. The term refers to certain self-serving tendencies of the human intellect, often involving professional producers and disseminators of ideas, who work with idea-formation all th... | Intellectual opportunism | Biology | 1,449 |
3,879,709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions%20on%20surfaces | Reactions on surfaces are reactions in which at least one of the steps of the reaction mechanism is the adsorption of one or more reactants. The mechanisms for these reactions, and the rate equations are of extreme importance for heterogeneous catalysis. Via scanning tunneling microscopy, it is possible to observe reac... | Reactions on surfaces | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 1,544 |
48,657,205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core%20%28architecture%29 | In architecture, a core is a vertical space used for circulation and services. It may also be referred to as a circulation core or service core. A core may include staircases, elevators, electrical cables, water pipes and risers.
A core allows people to move between the floors of a building, and distributes services e... | Core (architecture) | Technology,Engineering | 297 |
64,554,970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical%20Models%20%28Fischer%29 | Mathematical Models: From the Collections of Universities and Museums – Photograph Volume and Commentary is a book on the physical models of concepts in mathematics that were constructed in the 19th century and early 20th century and kept as instructional aids at universities. It credits Gerd Fischer as editor, but its... | Mathematical Models (Fischer) | Mathematics,Technology | 878 |
74,395,207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misskey | Misskey () is an open source, federated, social networking service created in 2014 by Japanese software engineer Eiji "syuilo" Shinoda. Misskey uses the ActivityPub protocol for federation, allowing users to interact between independent Misskey instances, and other ActivityPub compatible platforms. Misskey is generally... | Misskey | Technology | 1,104 |
39,895,265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders%20of%20magnitude%20%28probability%29 | This page lists events in order of increasing probability, grouped by orders of magnitude. These probabilities were calculated given assumptions detailed in the relevant articles and references. For example, the probabilities of obtaining the different poker hands assume that the cards are dealt fairly.
References
P... | Orders of magnitude (probability) | Mathematics | 59 |
40,760,278 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C22H26N2O3 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C22H26N2O3}}
The molecular formula C22H26N2O3 may refer to:
Geissoschizine methyl ether
Hirsuteine
16-Methoxytabersonine
Pseudoakuammigine
Molecular formulas | C22H26N2O3 | Physics,Chemistry | 61 |
12,552,062 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemoine%27s%20conjecture | In number theory, Lemoine's conjecture, named after Émile Lemoine, also known as Levy's conjecture, after Hyman Levy, states that all odd integers greater than 5 can be represented as the sum of an odd prime number and an even semiprime.
History
The conjecture was posed by Émile Lemoine in 1895, but was erroneously at... | Lemoine's conjecture | Mathematics | 536 |
486,392 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resonator%20mode | In the resonator mode, the plasma density does not exceed the
critical density.
A standing electromagnetic wave, which is confined by a
resonator cavity, penetrates the plasma and sustains it in the regions of highest field
intensity. The geometry of this region determines the spatial distribution of the plasma. Pl... | Resonator mode | Physics | 123 |
13,052,312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott%20Organick | Elliott Irving Organick (February 25, 1925 – December 21, 1985) was a computer scientist and pioneer in operating systems development and education. He was considered "the foremost expositor writer of computer science", and was instrumental in founding the ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education.
Car... | Elliott Organick | Technology | 309 |
7,906,661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff-Quik | Diff-Quik is a commercial Romanowsky stain variant used to rapidly stain and differentiate a variety of pathology specimens. It is most frequently used for blood films and cytopathological smears, including fine needle aspirates. The Diff-Quik procedure is based on a modification of the Wright-Giemsa stain pioneered by... | Diff-Quik | Chemistry,Biology | 591 |
78,831,814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM-350S | The AM-350S is a Pakistani S-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) 3-dimensional air search radar developed jointly by NRTC and Blue Surge.
Overview
The AM-350S was revealed to the public during the 2024 IDEAS expo in Karachi based on the Hino 500 truck. It is a gallium nitride (GaN)-based active electronic... | AM-350S | Technology | 222 |
8,122,079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction%20to%20Commutative%20Algebra | Introduction to Commutative Algebra is a well-known commutative algebra textbook written by Michael Atiyah and Ian G. Macdonald. It deals with elementary concepts of commutative algebra including localization, primary decomposition, integral dependence, Noetherian and Artinian rings and modules, Dedekind rings, complet... | Introduction to Commutative Algebra | Mathematics | 125 |
12,479,744 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symobi | Symobi (System for mobile applications) is a proprietary modern and mobile real-time operating system. It was and is developed by the German company Miray Software, since 2002 partly in cooperation with the research team of Prof. Dr. Uwe Baumgarten at the Technical University of Munich. The graphical operating system ... | Symobi | Technology | 985 |
286,064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervaporation | Pervaporation (or pervaporative separation) is a processing method for the separation of mixtures of liquids by partial vaporization through a non-porous or porous membrane.
Theory
The term pervaporation is a portmanteau of the two steps of the process: (a) permeation through the membrane by the permeate, then (b) its... | Pervaporation | Chemistry | 1,044 |
28,544,110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulosesus%20impatiens | Tulosesus impatiens (formerly Coprinellus impatiens) is a species of fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae. First described in 1821, it has been classified variously in the genera Psathyrella, Pseudocoprinus, Coprinarius, and Coprinus, before molecular phylogenetics reaffirmed it as a Coprinellus species in 2001. In 202... | Tulosesus impatiens | Biology | 1,346 |
36,449,886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C16H12Cl2N2O | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C16H12Cl2N2O}}
The molecular formula C16H12Cl2N2O may refer to:
Cloroqualone
Diclazepam (Ro5-3448)
Ro5-4864, or 4'-chlorodiazepam
SL-164
Molecular formulas | C16H12Cl2N2O | Physics,Chemistry | 73 |
76,383,658 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%20195479 | HD 195479, also designated as HR 7839, is a solitary star located in the northern constellation Delphinus, the dolphin. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.20, placing it near the limit for naked eye visibility, even under ideal conditions. The object is located relatively close at a distance of 288 light-years based on ... | HD 195479 | Astronomy | 414 |
2,904,878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading%20blows | Trading blows or trading licks is an endurance test in which the participants (usually two boys or young men) take turns, alternating between administering a blow to an opponent and assuming the agreed exposed position (e.g. bending over an object or grabbing the ankles) to endure the next one, using the same implemen... | Trading blows | Biology | 478 |
67,463,456 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presepsin | Presepsin (soluble CD14 subtype, sCD14-ST) is a 13-kDa-cleavage product of CD14 receptor.
Function
Presepsin is a soluble PRR. Presepsin in the circulation is an indicator of monocyte-macrophage activation in response to pathogens.
Clinical relevance
Several clinical studies have demonstrated that presepsin is a sp... | Presepsin | Biology | 136 |
54,892,406 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%20469 | NGC 469 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. Located approximately 167 million light-years from Earth, it was discovered by Albert Marth in 1864.
See also
List of galaxies
List of spiral galaxies
References
External links
Deep Sky Catalog
SEDS
469
Pisces (constellation)
Spiral galaxies
004753 | NGC 469 | Astronomy | 66 |
8,837,155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakon%20Haugnes | Hakon Haugnes is one of the founders of the .name top-level domain founded and launched by Global Name Registry (GNR) in 2000/2001. Previously Mr Haugnes was a co-founder of Nameplanet.com, which provided personalized email addresses to 1 million users in March 2000.
Hakon Haugnes is CFO/COO of Andurand Capital and re... | Hakon Haugnes | Technology | 320 |
36,452,986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C8H15N3 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C8H15N3}}
The molecular formula C8H15N3 (molar mass: 153.225 g/mol) may refer to:
Impentamine
7-Methyl-1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene
Molecular formulas | C8H15N3 | Physics,Chemistry | 76 |
3,976,441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodemographic%20segmentation | In marketing, geodemographic segmentation is a multivariate statistical classification technique for discovering whether the individuals of a population fall into different groups by making quantitative comparisons of multiple characteristics with the assumption that the differences within any group should be less than... | Geodemographic segmentation | Environmental_science | 1,694 |
73,392,991 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resilience%20%28power%20system%29 | Power resilience refers to a company's ability to adapt to power outages. Frequent outages have forced businesses to take into account the "cost of not having access to power" in addition to the traditional "cost of power". Climate-related issues have intensified the attention on energy sustainability and resilience. I... | Resilience (power system) | Engineering | 1,662 |
71,368,236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phacopsis%20vulpina | Phacopsis vulpina is a species of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungus in the family Parmeliaceae, and the type species of the genus Phacopsis. It was formally described as a new species in 1852 by French mycologist Edmond Tulasne. The fungus is restricted to the genus Letharia as a host and consequently has a Northe... | Phacopsis vulpina | Biology | 156 |
17,887,714 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic%20gas%20separation | Supersonic gas separation is a technology to remove one or several gaseous components out of a mixed gas (typically raw natural gas). The process condensates the target components by cooling the gas through expansion in a Laval nozzle and then separates the condensates from the dried gas through an integrated cyclonic ... | Supersonic gas separation | Chemistry | 1,067 |
4,264,509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovoid%20%28projective%20geometry%29 | In projective geometry an ovoid is a sphere like pointset (surface) in a projective space of dimension . Simple examples in a real projective space are hyperspheres (quadrics). The essential geometric properties of an ovoid are:
Any line intersects in at most 2 points,
The tangents at a point cover a hyperplane (... | Ovoid (projective geometry) | Mathematics | 1,303 |
6,449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock | A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units such as the day, the lunar month, and the year. Devices operating on several physical processes have been used over the millen... | Clock | Physics,Technology,Engineering | 10,644 |
42,753,276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainvillea%20%C3%97%20buttiana | Bougainvillea × buttiana is a flowering plant, a garden hybrid of Bougainvillea glabra and Bougainvillea peruviana.
Growing to tall by broad, It is an evergreen vine, with thorny stems and tiny trumpet shaped white flowers, usually appearing in clusters surrounded by three showy bright magenta-rose papery bracts. Th... | Bougainvillea × buttiana | Biology | 172 |
6,689,642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subclinical%20infection | A subclinical infection—sometimes called a preinfection or inapparent infection—is an infection by a pathogen that causes few or no signs or symptoms of infection in the host. Subclinical infections can occur in both humans and animals. Depending on the pathogen, which can be a virus or intestinal parasite, the host ma... | Subclinical infection | Environmental_science | 913 |
1,765,998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife%20conservation | Wildlife conservation refers to the practice of protecting wild species and their habitats in order to maintain healthy wildlife species or populations and to restore, protect or enhance natural ecosystems. Major threats to wildlife include habitat destruction, degradation, fragmentation, overexploitation, poaching, po... | Wildlife conservation | Biology | 4,710 |
47,564,307 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi%20deauthentication%20attack | A Wi-Fi deauthentication attack is a type of denial-of-service attack that targets communication between a user and a Wi-Fi wireless access point.
Technical details
Unlike most radio jammers, deauthentication acts in a unique way. The IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) protocol contains the provision for a deauthentication frame. S... | Wi-Fi deauthentication attack | Technology | 531 |
71,998,469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/475%20%C2%B0C%20embrittlement | Duplex stainless steels are a family of alloys with a two-phase microstructure consisting of both austenitic (face-centred cubic) and ferritic (body-centred cubic) phases. They offer excellent mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, and toughness compared to other types of stainless steel. However, duplex stainles... | 475 °C embrittlement | Materials_science,Engineering | 1,748 |
239,414 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teasing | Teasing has multiple meanings and uses. In human interactions, teasing exists in three major forms: playful, hurtful, and educative. Teasing can have a variety of effects, depending on how it is used and its intended effect. When teasing is unwelcome, it may be regarded as harassment or mobbing, especially in the wor... | Teasing | Biology | 1,628 |
49,733,699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion%20transporter%20superfamily | The ion transporter (IT) superfamily is a superfamily of secondary carriers that transport charged substrates.
Families
As of early 2016, the currently recognized and functionally defined families that make up the IT superfamily include:
2.A.8 - The Gluconate:H+ Symporter (GntP) Family
2.A.11 - The Citrate-Mg2+:H+ ... | Ion transporter superfamily | Biology | 428 |
61,879,941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminochlorination | In organic synthesis, aminochlorination is a reaction that installs both a chlorine atom and an amino (or amido) group to give an 2-aminoalkyl chloride. The reaction typically is effected by combining alkene substrates with chloramines. An alternative implementation involves Pd(II)-induced nucleophilic attack of the ... | Aminochlorination | Chemistry | 97 |
46,919,344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External%20vision%20system | An external vision system (XVS) refers to any of several methods to provide the pilot of an aircraft with a means to see outside the aircraft where traditional windscreens may not be feasible due to the aircraft configuration. An XVS would consist of external sensors, primarily video imagery, which is provided to the ... | External vision system | Technology | 659 |
74,663,368 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar%3A%20The%20Search%20for%20Extraterrestrial%20Life%20and%20Our%20Future%20in%20the%20Stars | Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars (also known as Interstellar) is a popular science book written by American theoretical physicist and Harvard University astronomer Avi Loeb that was published by Mariner Books on 29 August 2023.
On 24 August 2023, The New York Times publish... | Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars | Astronomy | 641 |
2,010,363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonverbal%20learning%20disorder | Nonverbal learning disorder (NVLD or NLD) is a proposed neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by core deficits in nonverbal skills, especially visual-spatial processing. People with this condition have normal or advanced verbal intelligence and significantly lower nonverbal intelligence. A review of papers found th... | Nonverbal learning disorder | Physics | 1,145 |
16,164,493 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable%20Weapon%20System | The Affordable Weapon System is a US Navy program to design and produce a low cost "off the shelf" cruise missile launchable from a self-contained unit mounted in a standard shipping container.
The need for the US Army to mass-manufacture more affordable, low overhead weapons became a pressing matter during the 1970s,... | Affordable Weapon System | Engineering | 492 |
5,037,034 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P300-CBP%20coactivator%20family | The p300-CBP coactivator family in humans is composed of two closely related transcriptional co-activating proteins (or coactivators):
p300 (also called EP300 or E1A binding protein p300)
CBP (also known as CREB-binding protein or CREBBP)
Both p300 and CBP interact with numerous transcription factors and act to incr... | P300-CBP coactivator family | Chemistry | 1,623 |
57,458,855 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverton%20Medal | The Beverton Medal is a prestigious. international fish biology and/or fisheries science prize awarded annually. It is awarded to a distinguished scientist for a lifelong contribution to all aspects of the study of fish biology and/or fisheries science, with a focus on ground-breaking research. The medal was establishe... | Beverton Medal | Technology | 428 |
4,905,722 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOS%20version%20history | AmigaOS is the proprietary native operating system of the Amiga personal computer. Since its introduction with the launch of the Amiga 1000 in 1985, there have been four major versions and several minor revisions of the operating system.
Initially the Amiga operating system had no strong name and branding, as it was s... | AmigaOS version history | Technology | 3,129 |
14,195,991 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBD | Hemoglobin subunit delta is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HBD gene.
Function
The delta (HBD) and beta (HBB) genes are normally expressed in the adult: two alpha chains plus two beta chains constitute HbA, which in normal adult life comprises about 97% of the total hemoglobin. Two alpha chains plus two d... | HBD | Chemistry | 188 |
28,642,548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SystemsGo | SystemsGo is a classroom program used in the United States promote the study of engineering and the development of work force skills. It is intended to encourage students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mechanics. It is based in Fredericksburg, Texas. It allows students to learn more about th... | SystemsGo | Physics | 385 |
51,614,357 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarangire%20Ecosystem | The Tarangire Ecosystem () is a geographical region in northern Tanzania, Africa. It extends between 2.5 and 5.5 degrees south latitudes and between 35.5 and 37 degrees east longitudes.
The Tarangire Ecosystem hosts the second-largest population of migratory ungulates in East Africa and the largest population of eleph... | Tarangire Ecosystem | Biology | 1,408 |
5,398,628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread%20and%20salt | Bread and salt are offered to guests in a ceremony of welcome in cultures around the world. This pair of foods is particularly significant in Slavic countries, but is also notable in Nordic, Baltic, Balkan and other European cultures as well as in Middle Eastern cultures. Bread and salt as a traditional greeting rema... | Bread and salt | Chemistry | 2,840 |
33,530,940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retraction%20Watch | Retraction Watch is a blog that reports on retractions of scientific papers and on related topics. The blog was launched in August 2010 and is produced by science writers Ivan Oransky (Former Vice President, Editorial Medscape) and Adam Marcus (editor of Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News). Its parent organization is th... | Retraction Watch | Technology | 879 |
67,527,587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TestOps | TestOps (or test operations) refers to the discipline of managing the operational aspects of testing within the software delivery lifecycle.
Software testing is an evolving discipline that includes both functional and non-functional testing. The first mention of this is regarded in March 2019 where, Ditmir Hasani, CEO... | TestOps | Engineering | 948 |
43,275,476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passthrough%20%28electronics%29 | In signal processing, a passthrough is a logic gate that enables a signal to "pass through" unaltered, sometimes with little alteration. Sometimes the concept of a "passthrough" can also involve daisy chain logic.
Examples of passthroughs
Analog passthrough (for digital TV)
Sega 32X (passthrough for Sega Genesis vide... | Passthrough (electronics) | Technology,Engineering | 209 |
31,045,573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods%20to%20investigate%20protein%E2%80%93protein%20interactions | There are many methods to investigate protein–protein interactions which are the physical contacts of high specificity established between two or more protein molecules involving electrostatic forces and hydrophobic effects. Each of the approaches has its own strengths and weaknesses, especially with regard to the sens... | Methods to investigate protein–protein interactions | Chemistry,Biology | 3,687 |
69,444,595 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic%20stratigraphy | Seismic stratigraphy is a method for studying sedimentary rock in the deep subsurface based on seismic data acquisition.
History
The term Seismic stratigraphy was introduced in 1977 by Vail as an integrated stratigraphic and sedimentologic technique to interpret seismic reflection data for stratigraphic correlation a... | Seismic stratigraphy | Physics | 622 |
70,180,977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verticordia%20elizabethiae | Verticordia elizabethiae, named as Elizabeth's featherflower, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. An endemic species of Southwest Australia, it occurs near salt lakes as an erect bushy shrub.
Taxonomy
A species of Verticordia, the featherflowers, assigned to a section of the genus Verticordia sect. V... | Verticordia elizabethiae | Chemistry | 332 |
71,929,531 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse%20lithography | In semiconductor device fabrication, the inverse lithography technology (ILT) is an approach to photomask design. It is basically an approach to solve an inverse imaging problem: to calculate the shapes of the openings in a photomask ("source") so that the passing light produces a good approximation of the desired patt... | Inverse lithography | Materials_science,Mathematics | 258 |
3,603,880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Rectangle%20Nebula | The Red Rectangle Nebula, so called because of its red color and unique rectangular shape, is a protoplanetary nebula in the Monoceros constellation. Also known as HD 44179, the nebula was discovered in 1973 during a rocket flight associated with the AFCRL Infrared Sky Survey called Hi Star. The binary system at the ... | Red Rectangle Nebula | Astronomy | 644 |
44,636,075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monowheel%20tractor | A monowheel tractor or monowheel-drive tractor is a light transport and agricultural vehicle that is driven and controlled by an engine and steering mechanism mounted on a single large wheel, with the load-carrying body trailing behind. Despite the name, they are tricycles.
Development
Monowheel tractors developed i... | Monowheel tractor | Engineering | 861 |
24,028,211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Combustion%20Institute | The Combustion Institute is an educational non-profit, international, scientific and engineering society whose purpose is to promote research in combustion science. The institute was established in 1954, and its headquarters are in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The current president of The Combustion Institu... | The Combustion Institute | Chemistry | 534 |
66,635,300 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%20Burney | Jennifer Burney grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is now professor and the Marshall Saunders Chancellor's Endowed Chair in Global Climate Policy and Research at the University of California, San Diego, as part of the School of Global Policy and Strategy. She studied history and science at Harvard University and e... | Jennifer Burney | Environmental_science | 285 |
16,022,035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary%20mnemonic | A planetary mnemonic refers to a phrase created to remember the planets and dwarf planets of the Solar System, with the order of words corresponding to increasing sidereal periods of the bodies. One simple visual mnemonic is to hold out both hands side-by-side with thumbs in the same direction (typically left-hand faci... | Planetary mnemonic | Astronomy | 919 |
58,646,964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extracorporeal%20life%20support | Extracorporeal life support (ECLS), is a set of extracorporeal modalities that can provide oxygenation, removal of carbon dioxide, and/or circulatory support, excluding cardiopulmonary bypass for cardiothoracic or vascular surgery.
ECLS modalities include:
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) - for temporary su... | Extracorporeal life support | Biology | 152 |
1,967,236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic%20Technology%20Offshore%20Lagoon%20Laboratory | The Antarctic Technology Offshore Lagoon Laboratory (ATOLL) was a floating oceanographic laboratory for in situ observation experiments. This facility also tested instruments and equipment for polar expeditions. The ATOLL hull was the largest fiberglass structure ever built at that time. It was in operation from 1982 t... | Antarctic Technology Offshore Lagoon Laboratory | Physics,Environmental_science | 1,108 |
5,626,777 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Teledemocracy%20Centre | The International Teledemocracy Centre (ITC) was established at Edinburgh Napier University in 1999. The centre is dedicated to researching innovative E-democracy systems that will strengthen public understanding and participation in democratic decision making.
ITC have worked in a number of roles on E-participation ... | International Teledemocracy Centre | Technology | 146 |
23,534,176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless%20triangulation | Wireless triangulation is a method of determining the location of wireless nodes using IEEE 802.11 standards.
It is normally implemented by measuring the RSSI signals strength.
See also
Location awareness
Real-time locating standards
Wireless local area network
Wireless personal area network
References
Radio-fr... | Wireless triangulation | Technology,Engineering | 62 |
618,076 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opticks | Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light is a collection of three books by Isaac Newton that was published in English in 1704 (a scholarly Latin translation appeared in 1706). The treatise analyzes the fundamental nature of light by means of the refraction of light with pr... | Opticks | Physics | 2,411 |
9,463,925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson%E2%80%93Bappu%20effect | The Ca II K line in cool stars is among the strongest emission lines which originates in the star's chromosphere. In 1957, Olin C. Wilson and M. K. Vainu Bappu reported on the remarkable correlation between the measured width of the aforementioned emission line and the absolute visual magnitude of the star. This is k... | Wilson–Bappu effect | Physics,Chemistry | 591 |
73,886,820 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaucin | Abaucin (RS-102895, MLJS-21001) is a compound which has been reported to show useful activity as a narrow-spectrum antibiotic. There is evidence that it is effective against Acinetobacter baumannii, which is one of the three superbugs identified by the World Health Organization as a "critical threat" to humanity. Notab... | Abaucin | Chemistry,Biology | 233 |
2,949,850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical%20access%20control | In computers, logical access controls are tools and protocols used for identification, authentication, authorization, and accountability in computer information systems. Logical access is often needed for remote access of hardware and is often contrasted with the term "physical access", which refers to interactions (... | Logical access control | Engineering | 651 |
19,101,296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20Iceworm | Project Iceworm was a top secret United States Army program of the Cold War, which aimed to build a network of mobile nuclear missile launch sites under the Greenland ice sheet. The goal was to install a vast network of nuclear missile launch sites that could survive a first strike. This was according to documents de... | Project Iceworm | Engineering | 1,294 |
3,116,487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma%20Ceti | Gamma Ceti (γ Ceti, abbreviated Gamma Cet, γ Cet) is a triple star system in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. It has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 3.47. Based upon parallax measurements, this star is located at a distance of about 80 light-years (24.4 parsecs) from the Sun.
The three components are des... | Gamma Ceti | Astronomy | 867 |
2,254,890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervariable | Hypervariable may refer to:
Hypervariable sequence, a segment of a chromosome characterised by considerable variation in the number of tandem repeats at one or more loci
Hypervariable locus, a locus with many alleles; especially those whose variation is due to variable numbers of tandem repeats
Hypervariable region (H... | Hypervariable | Biology | 87 |
10,397,972 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%202535 | NGC 2535 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cancer. It was discovered on 22 January 1877 by French astronomer Édouard Stephan.
NGC 2535 is exhibiting a weak inner ring structure around the nucleus that is interacting with NGC 2536. The interaction has warped the disk and spiral arms of NGC 2535, produci... | NGC 2535 | Astronomy | 238 |
8,027,117 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30th%20century%20BC%20in%20architecture |
Buildings and structures
Buildings
Alvastra pile-dwelling – circa 3000 BC in Neolithic Scandinavia
Barbar Temple – oldest of the three temples built in 3000 BC, in present-day Bahrain
Diraz Temple – circa 3rd millennium BCE, in present-day Bahrain
Tepe Sialk – claimed to be the world's oldest ziggurat built in 3... | 30th century BC in architecture | Engineering | 96 |
65,780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Komarov | Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov (, ; 16 March 1927 – 24 April 1967) was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer, and cosmonaut. In October 1964, he commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member. He became the first Soviet cosmonaut to fly in space twice when he was selected as the solo pil... | Vladimir Komarov | Engineering | 4,704 |
4,810,690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumed%20silica | Fumed silica (CAS number 7631-86-9, also 112945-52-5), also known as pyrogenic silica because it is produced in a flame, consists of microscopic droplets of amorphous silica fused into branched, chainlike, three-dimensional secondary particles which then agglomerate into tertiary particles. The resulting powder has an... | Fumed silica | Engineering | 508 |
4,644,002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proanthocyanidin | Proanthocyanidins are a class of polyphenols found in many plants, such as cranberry, blueberry, and grape seeds. Chemically, they are oligomeric flavonoids. Many are oligomers of catechin and epicatechin and their gallic acid esters. More complex polyphenols, having the same polymeric building block, form the group o... | Proanthocyanidin | Chemistry,Biology | 2,480 |
35,981,107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular-scale%20temperature | The molecular-scale temperature is the defining property of the U.S. Standard Atmosphere, 1962. It is defined by the relationship:
Tm(z) is molecular-scale temperature at altitude z;
M0 is molecular weight of air at sea level;
M(z) is molecular weight of air at altitude z;
T(z) is absolute temperature at altit... | Molecular-scale temperature | Physics,Chemistry | 93 |
38,876,656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truncated%20order-6%20pentagonal%20tiling | In geometry, the truncated order-6 pentagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of t1,2{6,5}.
Uniform colorings
Symmetry
The dual of this tiling represents the fundamental domains of the *553 symmetry. There are no mirror removal subgroups of [(5,5,3)], but this symmetry grou... | Truncated order-6 pentagonal tiling | Physics | 238 |
70,576,296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%20in%20Scientific%20and%20Engineering%20Professions | Women in Scientific and Engineering Professions is a 1984 book co-edited by American authors Violet B. Haas and Carolyn C. Perrucci. It was published through University of Michigan Press. The book was reviewed in several academic journals.
References
1984 non-fiction books
Women in science and technology
University ... | Women in Scientific and Engineering Professions | Technology | 67 |
3,765,417 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook%20rearrangement | In organic chemistry the Brook rearrangement refers to any [1,n] carbon to oxygen silyl migration. The rearrangement was first observed in the late 1950s by Canadian chemist Adrian Gibbs Brook (1924–2013), after which the reaction is named. These migrations can be promoted in a number of different ways, including therm... | Brook rearrangement | Chemistry | 1,182 |
63,346,731 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications%20Earth%20%26%20Environment | Communications Earth & Environment is a peer-reviewed, open-access, scientific journal in environmental science and planetary science published by Nature Portfolio in 2020. The editor-in-chief is Heike Langenberg. Communications Earth & Environment was created as a sub-journal to Nature Communications following the int... | Communications Earth & Environment | Environmental_science | 197 |
2,279,750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propidium%20iodide | Propidium iodide (or PI) is a fluorescent intercalating agent that can be used to stain cells and nucleic acids. PI binds to DNA by intercalating between the bases with little or no sequence preference. When in an aqueous solution, PI has a fluorescent excitation maximum of 493 nm (blue-green), and an emission maximum ... | Propidium iodide | Chemistry,Biology | 294 |
13,735,033 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium%20atom%20scattering | Helium atom scattering (HAS) is a surface analysis technique used in materials science. It provides information about the surface structure and lattice dynamics of a material by measuring the diffracted atoms from a monochromatic helium beam incident on the sample.
History
The first recorded helium diffraction exper... | Helium atom scattering | Physics,Materials_science,Engineering | 2,964 |
1,619,576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain%20jet | Mountain jets are a type of jet stream created by surface winds channeled through mountain passes, sometimes causing high wind speeds and drastic temperature changes.
Central America jets
The North Pacific east of about 120°W is strongly influenced by winds blowing through gaps in the Central American cordillera. Ai... | Mountain jet | Chemistry | 720 |
21,729,425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac%20Newton%20Medal | The Isaac Newton Medal and Prize is a gold medal awarded annually by the Institute of Physics (IOP) accompanied by a prize of £1,000. The award is given to a physicist, regardless of subject area, background or nationality, for outstanding contributions to physics. The award winner is invited to give a lecture at the I... | Isaac Newton Medal | Technology | 194 |
77,955,200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX-2 | MSX-2 is a selective adenosine A2A receptor antagonist used in scientific research. It is a xanthine and a derivative of the non-selective adenosine receptor antagonist caffeine.
The affinities (Ki) of MSX-2 for the human adenosine receptors are 5.38 to 14.5nM for the adenosine A2A receptor, 2,500nM for the adenosine ... | MSX-2 | Chemistry | 370 |
13,624 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20fidelity | High fidelity (often shortened to Hi-Fi or HiFi) is the high-quality reproduction of sound. It is popular with audiophiles and home audio enthusiasts. Ideally, high-fidelity equipment has inaudible noise and distortion, and a flat (neutral, uncolored) frequency response within the human hearing range.
High fidelity co... | High fidelity | Engineering | 2,588 |
68,402,947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event%20shape%20observables | In high energy physics, event shapes observables are quantities used to characterize the geometry of the outcome of a collision between high energy particles in a collider. Specifically, event shapes observables quantify the general pattern traced by the trajectories of the particles resulting from the collision.
The ... | Event shape observables | Physics | 104 |
12,257,662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sever%20Sternhell | Severyn Marcel Sternhell (30 May 1930 – 18 November 2022) was a Polish-born Australian academic and organic chemist. He was professor of Chemistry at the University of Sydney and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. His research focused on the induction of chirality into mesophases, aspects of steric hindran... | Sever Sternhell | Chemistry | 591 |
207,897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window%20%28computing%29 | In computing, a window is a graphical control element. It consists of a visual area containing some of the graphical user interface of the program it belongs to and is framed by a window decoration. It usually has a rectangular shape that can overlap with the area of other windows. It displays the output of and may all... | Window (computing) | Technology | 1,632 |
586,694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signed%20number%20representations | In computing, signed number representations are required to encode negative numbers in binary number systems.
In mathematics, negative numbers in any base are represented by prefixing them with a minus sign ("−"). However, in RAM or CPU registers, numbers are represented only as sequences of bits, without extra symbol... | Signed number representations | Mathematics | 3,000 |
34,475,270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil%20Gordon | Basil Gordon (December 23, 1931 – January 12, 2012) was a mathematician at UCLA, specializing in number theory and combinatorics. He obtained his Ph.D. at California Institute of Technology under the supervision of Tom Apostol. Ken Ono was one of his students.
Gordon is well known for Göllnitz–Gordon identities, gene... | Basil Gordon | Mathematics | 256 |
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