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Synthon (company) Synthon is a Dutch multinational that produces generic human drugs. The company was founded in 1991 by two organic chemists of the Radboud University Nijmegen. Synthon is active in the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Spain, the United States, Argentina, Chile, Russia, Mexico and South Korea with about 1,500 employees. The company is headquartered in Nijmegen. Medications made by Synthon include: The products are marketed by partners of the company. The name Synthon is not mentioned on the packaging. In 2007 the company started developing biopharmaceuticals. In May 2012 Synthon announced that it bought the Biolex LEX System for manufacturing biopharmaceuticals in Lemna | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34948464 | Synthon (company) |
Synthon (company) The sale also included two preclinical biologics made with the LEX System, BLX-301, a humanized and glyco-optimized anti-CD20 antibody for non-Hodgkin's B-cell lymphoma and other B-cell malignancies and BLX-155, a direct-acting thrombolytic. The financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34948464 | Synthon (company) |
Fermi arc In the field of unconventional superconductivity, a is a phenomenon visible in the pseudogap state of a superconductor. Seen in momentum space, part of the space exhibits a gap in the density of states, like in a superconductor. This starts at the antinodal points, and spreads through momentum space when lowering the temperature until everywhere is gapped and the sample is superconducting. The area in momentum space that remains ungapped is called the Fermi Arc. Fermi arcs also appear in some materials with topological properties such as Weyl Semimetals where they represent a surface projection of a two dimensional Fermi contour and are terminated onto the projections of the Weyl fermion nodes on the surface. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34983327 | Fermi arc |
Dynamical horizon In theoretical physics, a dynamical horizon (DH) is a local description (i.e. independent of the global structure of the spacetime) of evolving black hole horizons. In the literature there exist two different mathematical formulations of DHs—the 2+2 formulation developed by Sean Hayward and the 3+1 formulation developed by Abhay Ashtekar and others (see ). It provides a description of a black hole that is evolving (e.g. one that has a non-zero mass-energy influx). A related formalism, for black holes with zero influx, is an isolated horizon. The formal definition of a dynamical horizon is as follows: | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34992536 | Dynamical horizon |
Turbidimetry (the name being derived from "turbidity") is the process of measuring the loss of intensity of transmitted light due to the scattering effect of particles suspended in it. Light is passed through a filter creating a light of known wavelength which is then passed through a cuvette containing a solution. A photoelectric cell collects the light which passes through the cuvette. A measurement is then given for the amount of absorbed light. can be used in biology to find the number of cells in a solution. Immunoturbidimetry is an important tool in the broad diagnostic field of clinical chemistry. It is used to determine serum proteins not detectable with classical clinical chemistry methods. Immunoturbidimetry uses the classical antigen-antibody reaction | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35006277 | Turbidimetry |
Turbidimetry The antigen-antibody complexes aggregate to form particles that can be optically detected by a photometer. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35006277 | Turbidimetry |
Mean High Water (MHW) is a Tidal Datum representing the average of all the daily tidal high water heights observed over a period of several years. In the United States this period spans 19 years and is referred to as the National Tidal Datum Epoch. The most current MHW values are found in the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35006655 | Mean High Water |
NGC 1483 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation of Horologium and member of the Dorado Group. The nebulous galaxy features a bright central bulge and diffuse arms with distinct star-forming regions. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35013151 | NGC 1483 |
Mongolian Natural History Museum The () is a repository and research institution located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The museum was previously known as the Mongolian National Museum or State Central Museum. This change in name has often led to confusion with Ulaanbaatar's other preeminent museum, the National Museum of Mongolia. Although the two museums are located quite close to one another, they contain very different exhibits. The Mongolian National Museum focuses on the archaeology and history of Mongolia, while the is concerned primarily with the flora, fauna, geology and natural history of the country. The museum includes Departments of Geology, Geography, Flora and Fauna, Paleontology, and Anthropology encompassing the natural history of Mongolia | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35021808 | Mongolian Natural History Museum |
Mongolian Natural History Museum The museum's holdings include more than 6000 specimens, 45% of which are on permanent public display. The museum is particularly well known for its dinosaur and other paleontological exhibits, among which the most notable are a nearly complete skeleton of a late Cretaceous "Tarbosaurus" tyrannosaurid and broadly contemporaneous nests of "Protoceratops" eggs. The Museum was established in 1924 as the "National Museum" (). In 1940-1941 the museum became known as the "Rural Research Museum"' () and in 1956 as the "State Central Museum" (). The museum received its current designation after the 1991 democratic revolution | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35021808 | Mongolian Natural History Museum |
Mongolian Natural History Museum The current building was erected in 1953, and was deemed to be highly susceptible to natural disasters such as earthquakes in a study made in 2013. It was scheduled to be replaced by a new building, with budgeting planned to start in 2014. The demolition process started despite public anger early in December 2019. . The structure was demolished in the night around 2a.m. on 7 December 2019. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35021808 | Mongolian Natural History Museum |
NGC 49 is a lenticular galaxy in the Andromeda constellation. The galaxy was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift on September 7, 1885. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35026197 | NGC 49 |
Human HGF plasmid DNA therapy of cardiomyocytes is being examined as a potential treatment for coronary artery disease (a major cause of myocardial infarction (MI)), as well as treatment for the damage that occurs to the heart after MI. After MI, the myocardium suffers from reperfusion injury which leads to death of cardiomyocytes and detrimental remodelling of the heart, consequently reducing proper cardiac function. Transfection of cardiac myocytes with human HGF reduces ischemic reperfusion injury after MI. The benefits of HGF therapy include preventing improper remodelling of the heart and ameliorating heart dysfunction post-MI | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35029495 | Human HGF plasmid DNA therapy |
Human HGF plasmid DNA therapy Human hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is an 80kD pleiotropic protein that is endogenously produced by a variety of cell types from the mesenchymal cell lineage (such as cardiomyocytes and neurons). It is produced and proteolytically cleaved to its active state in response to cellular injury or during apoptosis. HGF binds to c-met receptors found on mesenchymal cell types to produce its many different effects such as increased cellular motility, morphogenesis, proliferation and differentiation. Research has shown that HGF has potent angiogenic, anti-fibrotic, and anti-apoptotic properties. It has also been shown to act as a chemoattractant for adult mesenchymal stem cells via c-met receptor binding | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35029495 | Human HGF plasmid DNA therapy |
Human HGF plasmid DNA therapy Animal research has demonstrated that administration of HGF cDNA plasmids into ischemic cardiac tissue can increase cardiac function (improved left ventricular ejection fraction and fractional shortening compared to control subjects) after induced MI or ischemia. Transfection with HGF plasmids in damaged cardiac tissue also promotes angiogenesis (increased capillary density compared to control subjects), as well as decreasing detrimental remodelling of the tissue at the site of injury (decreased fibrotic deposition). The increased production of HGF by transfected cardiomyocytes during injury has also shown to be a powerful chemo-attractant of adult mesenchymal stem cells via HGF/c-Met binding | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35029495 | Human HGF plasmid DNA therapy |
Human HGF plasmid DNA therapy The mitogenic and morphogenic properties of HGF induce recruited stem cells to take on cardiomyocyte phenotypes, potentially helping in the healing of ischemic tissue. The benefits of HGF in experimental models have led to its investigation in clinical trials. A phase I clinical trial entailed injecting an adenovirus vector with the human HGF (Ad-hHGF) gene into the coronary vessels localized to ischemic tissue. Results demonstrate that it is in fact safe to administer the Ad-hHGF vector into patients with coronary artery disease in hopes of re-vascularizing damaged tissue in patients for which coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are not available or possible. Despite the trial’s limitations ("i.e | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35029495 | Human HGF plasmid DNA therapy |
Human HGF plasmid DNA therapy " no assessment of left ventricular function and sample size was quite small), upon follow up assessments at 12 months, none of the patients receiving the treatment had been readmitted to hospital for MI, angina or aggravated heart failure. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35029495 | Human HGF plasmid DNA therapy |
Eugène Eudes-Deslongchamps (10 March 1830 – 21 December 1889) was a French paleontologist and naturalist born in Caen, the son of paleontologist Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps (1794–1867). He died at Château Matthieu, Calvados. Around 1856 he succeeded his father as professor of zoology at the faculty of sciences at the University of Caen, later becoming a professor of geology and dean (1861). After the death of his father in 1867, he devoted himself to the completion of a memoir on the teleosaurs, the joint labours being embodied in his "Prodrome des Téléosauriens du Calvados". He contributed several of his memoirs to the Société Linnéenne de Normandie. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35030422 | Eugène Eudes-Deslongchamps |
Radio Astronomy Laboratory The Radio Astronomy Lab (RAL) is an Organized Research Unit (ORU) within the Astronomy Department at the University of California, Berkeley. It was founded by faculty member Harold Weaver in 1958. Until 2012, RAL maintained a radio astronomy observatory at Hat Creek, near Mt. Lassen. It continues to support on-campus laboratory facilities in Campbell Hall. From 1998 to 2012, the RAL collaborated with the SETI Institute of Mountain View California to design, build and operate the Allen Telescope Array (ATA). RAL has been central to the creation of several radio observatories, including: | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35035679 | Radio Astronomy Laboratory |
Formate-nitrite transporter The Formate-Nitrite Transporter (FNT) Family belongs to the Major Intrinsic Protein (MIP) Superfamily. FNT family members have been sequenced from Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, archaea, yeast, plants and lower eukaryotes. The prokaryotic proteins of the FNT family probably function in the transport of the structurally related compounds, formate and nitrite. With the exception of the yeast protein (627 amino acyl residues), all characterized members of the family are of 256-285 residues in length and exhibit 6-8 putative transmembrane α-helical spanners (TMSs). In one case, that of the "E. coli" FocA (TC# 1.A.16.1.1) protein, a 6 TMS topology has been established | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35038842 | Formate-nitrite transporter |
Formate-nitrite transporter The yeast protein has a similar apparent topology but has a large C-terminal hydrophilic extension of about 400 residues. FocA of "E. coli" is a symmetriv pentamer, with each subunit consisting of six TMSs. The phylogenetic tree shows clustering according to function and organismal phylogeny. The putative formate efflux transporters (FocA; TC#s 1.A.16.1.1 and 1.A.16.1.3) of bacteria associated with pyruvate-formate lyase (pfl) comprise cluster I; the putative formate uptake permeases (FdhC; TC#s 1.A.16.2.1 and 1.A.16.2.3) of bacteria and archaea associated with formate dehydrogenase comprise cluster II; the nitrite uptake permeases (NirC, TC#s 1.A.16.2.5, 1.A.16.3.1, and 1.A.16.3.4) of bacteria comprise cluster III, and a yeast protein comprises cluster IV | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35038842 | Formate-nitrite transporter |
Formate-nitrite transporter The energy coupling mechanisms for proteins of the FNT family have not been extensively characterized. HCO and NO uptakes may be coupled to H symport. HCO efflux may be driven by the membrane potential by a uniport mechanism or by H antiport. FocA of "E. coli" catalyzes bidirectional formate transport and may function by a channel-type mechanism. FocA, transports short-chain acids. FocA may be able to switch its mode of operation from a passive export channel at high external pH to a secondary active formate/H+ importer at low pH. The crystal structure of "Salmonella typhimurium" FocA at pH 4.0 shows that this switch involves a major rearrangement of the amino termini of individual protomers in the pentameric channel | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35038842 | Formate-nitrite transporter |
Formate-nitrite transporter The amino-terminal helices open or block transport in a concerted, cooperative action that indicates how FocA is gated in a pH-dependent way. Electrophysiological studies show that the protein acts as a specific formate channel at pH 7.0 and that it closes upon a shift of pH to 5.1. The probable transport reactions catalyzed by different members of the FNT family are: (1) RCO or NO (out) ⇌ RCO or NO (in), (2) HCO (in) ⇌ HCO (out), (3) HS (out) ⇌ HS (in). A representative list of the currently classified members belonging to the FNT family can be found in the Transporter Classification Database. Some characterized members include: | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35038842 | Formate-nitrite transporter |
Nucleobase cation symporter-2 The (NCS2) family, also called the Nucleobase ascorbate transporter (NAT) family, consists of over 1000 sequenced proteins derived from gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, archaea, fungi, plants and animals. The NCS2/NAT family is a member of the APC Superfamily of secondary carriers. Of the five known families of transporters that act on nucleobases, NCS2/NAT is the only one that is most widespread. Many functionally characterized members are specific for nucleobases including both purines and pyrimidines, but others are purine-specific | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35039952 | Nucleobase cation symporter-2 |
Nucleobase cation symporter-2 However, two closely related rat/human members of the family, SVCT1 and SVCT2, localized to different tissues of the body, co-transport L-ascorbate (vitamin C) and Na with a high degree of specificity and high affinity for the vitamin. Clustering of NCS2/NAT family members on the phylogenetic tree is complex, with bacterial proteins and eukaryotic proteins each falling into at least three distinct clusters. The plant and animal proteins cluster loosely together, but the fungal proteins branch from one of the three bacterial clusters forming a tighter grouping. "E. coli" possesses four distantly related paralogous members of the NCS2 family. Proteins of the NCS2 family are 414–650 amino acyl residues in length and probably possess 14 TMSs. Lu et al | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35039952 | Nucleobase cation symporter-2 |
Nucleobase cation symporter-2 (2011) have concluded from x-ray crystallography that UraA (2.A.40.1.1) has 14 TMSs with two 7 TMS inverted repeats. Uracil is located at the interface between the two domains. Uracil permease, UraA UraA with bound uracil at 2.8Å resolution . The generalized transport reactions catalyzed by proteins of the NAT/NCS2 family are: Several proteins make up the NCS2/NAT family. A full list of these proteins can be found in the Transporter Classification Database. A few types of proteins that make up the NCS2/NAT family include: | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35039952 | Nucleobase cation symporter-2 |
SPEX (astronomy) The SPEX (Spectropolarimeter for Planetary Exploration) is a single-channel, high-precision polarimeter for the characterization of planetary atmospheres. It is intended for planetary science missions, but it could, with minor modifications, also be used for Earth observation by a microsatellite, such as the Dutch FAST-D project. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35043822 | SPEX (astronomy) |
Abell 133 is a galaxy cluster in the Abell catalogue. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35045841 | Abell 133 |
Abell 262 is a galaxy cluster in the Abell catalogue. It is part of the Perseus-Pisces Supercluster, one of the largest known structures in the universe. Although its central galaxy, NGC 708, is a giant cD galaxy, most of its bright galaxies are spirals, which is unusual for a galaxy cluster. With approximately 200 members it is a comparatively small cluster. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35045866 | Abell 262 |
Abell 478 is a galaxy cluster listed in the Abell catalogue. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35045919 | Abell 478 |
Abell 907 is a galaxy cluster in the Abell catalogue. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35045936 | Abell 907 |
Abell 1413 is a galaxy cluster in the Abell catalogue. The Abell catalogue was published by George O. Abell in 1958 while working on his PhD at California Institute of Technology. The catalogue has two different surveys. The Northern survey was done first by Abell in 1958 with the help of A.G .Wilson. The Northern Survey has 2,712 clusters, and in order for a cluster to be put into the catalogue it must pass four criteria. The first criterion is richness, and Abell divided the clusters into 6 different richness groups. Group 0 was 30-49 galaxies, Group 1 was 50-79 galaxies, Group 2 was 80-129 galaxies, Group 3 was 130 to 199 galaxies, Group 4 was 200-299 galaxies, and Group 5 was more than 299 galaxies. The second criterion was compactness | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35045954 | Abell 1413 |
Abell 1413 To meet this requirement a cluster must have 50 or more members in one counting radius of the cluster's center. The third criterion is distance. A cluster must have a nominal redshift between .02 and .2, which means a recessional velocity is between 6,000 and 60,000 km/s. The fourth and final criterion was galactic latitude. Areas around the milky way were excluded because it was difficult to identify galaxy clusters. The Southern survey was done in 1989 and added 1,361 clusters using the same criteria as the Northern Survey. is located 2 billion light years away from Earth between the constellations of Leo and Coma Berenices. It is one of 4,073 clusters of galaxies at redshift (meaning they are moving away from earth,) that are somewhat close to the Earth | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35045954 | Abell 1413 |
Abell 1413 holds about 300 galaxies together with its strong gravity. Due to the strong interactions in the cluster, the material is heated up to 100 million degrees. Because of this intense heat, strong X-ray radiation is emitted from the cluster. Scientists using the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope observed and built a sample of over 250 galaxies. These scientists consider relaxed even though it has a highly elliptical shape. The scientists also concluded that the cluster ellipticity at large radii is around .35 while the cluster ellipticity at the center is about .8, and that the cluster is aligned in the North-South direction, a few degrees westward. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35045954 | Abell 1413 |
Abell 1795 is a galaxy cluster in the Abell catalogue. In January 2014, Chandra X-Ray Observatory claimed to have made discovery of a new supermassive black hole candidate disrupting star in the Abell 1795. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35046050 | Abell 1795 |
Abell 1991 is a galaxy cluster in the Abell catalogue. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35046060 | Abell 1991 |
Abell 2390 is a galaxy cluster in the Abell catalogue. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35046077 | Abell 2390 |
Cation diffusion facilitator Cation diffusion facilitators (CDFs) are transmembrane proteins that provide tolerance of cells to divalent metal ions, such as cadmium, zinc, and cobalt. These proteins are considered to be efflux pumps that remove these divalent metal ions from cells. However, some members of the CDF superfamily are implicated in ion uptake. All members of the CDF family possess six putative transmembrane spanners with strongest conservation in the four N-terminal spanners. The Cation Diffusion Facilitator (CDF) Superfamily includes the following families: The CDF family (TC# 2.A.4) is a ubiquitous family, members of which are found in bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. They transport heavy metal ions, such as cadmium, zinc, cobalt, nickel, copper and mercuric ions | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35049854 | Cation diffusion facilitator |
Cation diffusion facilitator There are 9 mammalian paralogues, ZnT1 - 8 and 10. Most proteins from the family have six transmembrane helices, but MSC2 of "S. cerevisiae") and Znt5 and hZTL1 of "H. sapiens" have 15 and 12 predicted TMSs, respectively. These proteins exhibit an unusual degree of sequence divergence and size variation (300-750 residues). Eukaryotic proteins exhibit differences in cell localization. Some catalyze heavy metal uptake from the cytoplasm into various intracellular eukaryotic organelles (ZnT2-7) while others (ZnT1) catalyze efflux from the cytoplasm across the plasma membrane into the extracellular medium. Thus, some are found in plasma membranes while others are in organellar membranes such as vacuoles of plants and yeast and the golgi of animals | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35049854 | Cation diffusion facilitator |
Cation diffusion facilitator They catalyze cation:proton antiport, have a single essential zinc-binding site within the transmembrane domains of each monomer within the dimer, and have a binuclear zinc-sensing and binding site in the cytoplasmic C-terminal region. A representative list of proteins belonging to the CDF family can be found in the Transporter Classification Database. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic proteins cluster separately but may function with the same polarity by similar mechanisms. These proteins are secondary carriers which utilize the proton motive force (pmf) and function by H antiport (for metal efflux). One member, CzcD of "Bacillus subtilis" (TC# 2.A.4.1 | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35049854 | Cation diffusion facilitator |
Cation diffusion facilitator 3) "," has been shown to exchange the divalent cation (Zn or Cd ) for two monovalent cations (K and H ) in an electroneutral process energized by the transmembrane pH gradient. Another, ZitB of "E. coli" (TC #2.A.4.1.4), has been reconstituted in proteoliposomes and studied kinetically. It appears to function by simple Me:H antiport with a 1:1 stoichiometry. Montanini et al. (2007) have conducted phylogenetic analysis of CDF family members. Their analysis revealed three major and two minor phylogenetic groups. They suggest that the three major groups segregated according to metal ion specificity: X-ray structure of YiiP of "E. coli" represents a homodimer. Coudray et al | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35049854 | Cation diffusion facilitator |
Cation diffusion facilitator (2013) used cryoelectron microscopy to determine a 13 Å resolution structure of a YiiP homolog from "Shewanella oneidensis" within a lipid bilayer in the absence of Zn. Starting from the x-ray structure in the presence of Zn, they used molecular dynamic flexible fitting to build a model. Comparison of the structures suggested a conformational change that involves pivoting of a transmembrane, four-helix bundle (M1, M2, M4, and M5) relative to the M3-M6 helix pair. Although accessibility of transport sites in the x-ray model indicates that it represents an outward-facing state, their model was consistent with an inward-facing state, suggesting that the conformational change is relevant to the alternating access mechanism for transport | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35049854 | Cation diffusion facilitator |
Cation diffusion facilitator They speculated that the dimer may coordinate rearrangement of the transmembrane helices. Involved in metal tolerance/resistance by efflux, most CDF proteins share a two-modular architecture consisting of a transmembrane domain (TMD) and a C-terminal domain (CTD) that protrudes into the cytoplasm. A Zn and Cd CDF transporter from the marine bacterium, "Maricaulis maris," that does not possess the CTD is a member of a new, CTD-lacking subfamily of CDFs. The generalized transport reaction for CDF family members is: Me (in) H (out) ± K (out) → Me (out) H (in) ± K (in). | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35049854 | Cation diffusion facilitator |
Characteristic number (fluid dynamics) Characteristic numbers are dimensionless numbers used in fluid dynamics to describe a character of the flow. To compare a real situation (e.g. an aircraft) with a small-scale model it is necessary to keep the important characteristic numbers the same. Names of these numbers were standardized in ISO 31, part 12. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35066988 | Characteristic number (fluid dynamics) |
NGC 1721 is a lenticular galaxy (S0) located in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered on the 10th of Nov 1885 by Edward Emerson Barnard. This galaxy is a member of the NGC 1723 Group—consisting of NCG 1723 (the brightest member, 11.7-mag) and a close triplet of NGC 1721, NGC 1725 and NGC 1728. is a Dreyer Object (a now archaic astronomical term), meaning that it was included in the original New General Catalogue by JLE Dreyer. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35081362 | NGC 1721 |
NGC 1723 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy is listed in the New General Catalogue. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35081527 | NGC 1723 |
NGC 1725 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy is listed in the New General Catalogue. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35081616 | NGC 1725 |
NGC 1728 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy is listed in the New General Catalogue. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35081649 | NGC 1728 |
Punga Mare is a lake in the north polar region of Titan, the planet Saturn's largest moon. After Kraken Mare and Ligeia Mare, it is the third largest known body of liquid on Titan. It is composed of liquid hydrocarbons (mainly methane and ethane). Located almost adjacent to the north pole at 85.1° N, 339.7° W, it measures roughly 380 km (236 mi) across, greater than the length of Lake Victoria on Earth. Its namesake is Punga, in Māori mythology ancestor of sharks, rays and lizards and a son of Tangaroa, the god of the sea. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35088019 | Punga Mare |
Endre Krolopp (1935–2010) was a Hungarian malacologist, who published over 200 scientific papers and books, mainly on Quaternary molluscs. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35092504 | Endre Krolopp |
Abell 665 is a galaxy cluster in the Abell catalogue in the constellation Ursa Major. It is also known as the only cluster in his 1989 catalog to receive Abell's highest richness class of 5. This means that it contains "at least" 300 galaxies in the magnitude range of m to m+2, where m is the magnitude of the third-brightest member of the cluster. The clusters in all other richness classes contain less than 300 such galaxies. Abell 665's combination of high brightness and large distance, made it an excellent candidate along with 37 other clusters to help determine the Hubble constant using the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect in 2006 | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35093839 | Abell 665 |
Abell 665 Member velocity, cluster velocity dispersion, and X-ray data suggest that is composed of two similar-mass clusters which are at or very close to core crossing, give or take ≲ 0.5 gigayears. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35093839 | Abell 665 |
Jingpo Lacus is a lake in the north polar region of Titan, the planet Saturn's largest moon. It and similarly sized Ontario Lacus are the largest known bodies of liquid on Titan after the three maria (Kraken Mare, Ligeia Mare and Punga Mare). It is composed of liquid hydrocarbons (mainly methane and ethane). It is west of Kraken Mare at 73° N, 336° W, roughly 240 km (150 mi) long, similar to the length of Lake Onega on Earth. Its namesake is Jingpo Lake, a lake in China. On 8 July 2009, "Cassini"'s Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) observed a specular reflection in 5 µm infrared light off at 71° N, 337° W. (This has sometimes been described less accurately as at the southern shoreline of Kraken Mare | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35105378 | Jingpo Lacus |
Jingpo Lacus ) Specular reflections indicate a smooth, mirror-like surface, so the observation corroborated the inference of the presence of a large liquid body drawn from radar imaging. The observation was made soon after the north polar region emerged from 15 years of winter darkness. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35105378 | Jingpo Lacus |
George Kenneth Green George Kenneth Green, also called Kenneth Green, (1911 – August 1997) was an American accelerator physicist. Green studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where he belonged to the group of Ernest Lawrence. Later, he worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) with Milton Stanley Livingston. After the discovery of Strong focusing by Ernest Courant et al., Green implemented the idea into the design of the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron, collaborating with John Blewett. He was later working on the proposal for the National Synchrotron Light Source, which construction was begun in 1978. Collaborating with Renate Chasman, he developed the Chasman-Green lattice, which was later used for storage rings of synchrotron light sources. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35111617 | George Kenneth Green |
Ananda Chandra Dutta () (8 February 1923 – 16 January 2016) was an Indian botanist of Assam. He was born at Chekonidhara village of Jorhat. He started his career as a teacher in Mariani Middle English High School in 1944-45 and then joined the Tocklai Tea Research Institute in 1947. Dutta played a major role in the establishment of a tea museum at Jorhat in 1977. He has also prepared a list of 10,000 trees for the Tocklai herbarium. He was awarded "Degree of Doctor of Science" by Dibrugarh University. He died on 16 January 2016 at his own residence in Jorhat. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35118873 | Ananda Chandra Dutta |
Aleksander Kosiba (born 18 January 1901 in Libusza — died 18 September 1981 in Wrocław) was a Polish geographer, geophysicist, glaciologist and climatologist. Kosiba's undergraduate tertiary studies were at the then Jan Kazimierz University. He was an honorary member of Norwegian Geographical Society. Kosiba was involved in a Greenland expedition in 1934 by Denmark. There he worked for five months - May to September. In 1978 he published his last scientific work, "The snow, glaciers — ice sheets." | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35123509 | Aleksander Kosiba |
Gibbons–Hawking ansatz In mathematics, the is a method of constructing gravitational instantons introduced by . It gives examples of hyperkähler manifolds in dimension 4 that are invariant under a circle action. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35132005 | Gibbons–Hawking ansatz |
Walter Sidney Metcalf (18 May 1918 – 25 July 2008) was a New Zealand physical chemist. Walter Metcalf gained a bachelor's degree in music in parallel with his first science degree. He studied for a DPhil degree with E. J. Bowen at Oxford University in England. Metcalf initially worked at Victoria University of Wellington and moved to Canterbury University College (now the University of Canterbury) in 1954. He retired as a Reader in 1975. Metcalf mainly worked on photochemistry and was awarded the T. K. Sidey Medal by the Royal Society of New Zealand for his research in 1966. Towards the end of his career, he worked on calcium metabolism. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35139952 | Walter Sidney Metcalf |
JPL Small-Body Database The (SBDB) is an astronomy database about small Solar System bodies. It is maintained by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and NASA and provides data for all known asteroids and several comets, including orbital parameters and diagrams, physical diagrams, and lists of publications related to the small body. The database is updated on a daily basis. As of August 2013 (planetary ephemeris DE431) close-approach data is available for the major planets and the 16 most massive asteroids. Close approach data is available by adding ";cad=1" to the end of the body's URL. A Java applet is available and provided as a 3D orbit visualization tool | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35141200 | JPL Small-Body Database |
JPL Small-Body Database The applet was implemented using unreliable 2-body methods, and hence should not be used for determining accurate long-term trajectories (over several years or decades) or planetary encounter circumstances. For accurate ephemerides use the JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System that handles the n-body problem using numerical integration. The Java applet is available by adding ";orb=1" to the end of the body's URL. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35141200 | JPL Small-Body Database |
Lithospheric flexure The lithospheric flexure (also called regional isostasy) is the process by which the lithosphere (rigid outer layer of the Earth) bends under the action of forces such as the weight of a growing orogen or changes in ice thickness related to (de)glaciations. The lithosphere is the thin, outer, rigid layer of the Earth resting on the asthenosphere, a viscous layer that in geological time scales behaves as a fluid. Thus, when loaded, the lithosphere progressively reaches an isostatic equilibrium, which is the name of the Archimedes principle applied to these geological settings. This phenomenon was first described in the late 19th century to explain the shorelines uplifted in Scandinavia due to the removal of large ice massed during the last glaciation. G. K | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35175245 | Lithospheric flexure |
Lithospheric flexure Gilbert used it to explain the uplifted shorelines of Lake Bonneville. The concept was not retaken until the 1950s by Vening Meinesz. The geometry of the lithospheric bending is often modeled adopting a pure elastic thin plate approach (sometimes by fitting the gravity anomaly produced by that bending rather than more direct data of it). The thickness of such plate that best fits the observed lithospheric bending is called the equivalent elastic thickness of the lithosphere, and is related to the stiffness or rigidity of the lithosphere. These lithospheric bending calculations are typically performed following the Euler-Bernoulli bending formulation, or alternatively the Lagrange equation (Love-Kirchhoff). | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35175245 | Lithospheric flexure |
Max Kleiber (4 January 1893 – 5 January 1976) was a Swiss agricultural biologist, born and educated in Zurich, Switzerland. Kleiber graduated from the Federal Institute of Technology as an Agricultural Chemist in 1920, earned the ScD degree in 1924, and became a private "dozent" after publishing his thesis "The Energy Concept in the Science of Nutrition". Kleiber joined the Animal Husbandry Department of UC Davis in 1929 to construct respiration chambers and conduct research on energy metabolism in animals. Among his many important achievements, two are especially noteworthy | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35178539 | Max Kleiber |
Max Kleiber In 1932 he came to the conclusion that the ¾ power of body weight was the most reliable basis for predicting the basal metabolic rate (BMR) of animals and for comparing nutrient requirements among animals of different size. He also provided the basis for the conclusion that total efficiency of energy utilization is independent of body size. These concepts and several others fundamental for understanding energy metabolism are discussed in Kleiber's book, "The Fire of Life" published in 1961 and subsequently translated into German, Polish, Spanish, and Japanese. He is credited with the description of the ratio of metabolism to body mass, which became Kleiber's law. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35178539 | Max Kleiber |
Mycoplasma haemomuris Mycoplasma haemomuris, formerly known as "Haemobartonella muris" and "Bartonella muris", is a Gram-negative bacillus. It is known to cause anemia in rats and mice. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35184684 | Mycoplasma haemomuris |
Veneneia is the second-largest crater on asteroid 4 Vesta, at 52°S latitude. in diameter, it is 70% of the equatorial diameter of the asteroid, and one of the largest craters in the Solar System. It is at least 2 billion years old. However, it is overlain and partially obliterated by the even larger Rheasilvia. It was discovered by the "Dawn" spacecraft in 2011. It is named after "Venēneia", one of the founding vestal virgins. Vesta has a series of troughs in the northern hemisphere concentric to Veneneia. These are believed to be large-scale fractures resulting from the impact. The largest is Saturnalia Fossa, approx. 39 km wide and > 400 km long. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35191826 | Veneneia |
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. It promotes the red meat sector and markets the Protected Geographical Indication Scotch Beef and Scotch Lamb brands. It was set up in 1990 (originally as the Scottish Quality Beef & Lamb Association) to provide assurance to industry and consumers that animals produced for the food chain met certain standards. It was established on a statutory basis in 2008, replacing the Meat and Livestock Commission. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35207083 | Quality Meat Scotland |
Los Angeles County flood of 2005 The was the first large flood in Los Angeles County since 1938. It affected communities near the Los Angeles River and areas ranging from Santa Barbara County in the north to Orange and San Diego Counties in the south, as well as Riverside and San Bernardino Counties to the east. Large amounts of rain in January caused the Los Angeles River basin to overflow. The Ventura, Santa Ynez, and Santa Clara Rivers also flooded. Over of rain was recorded in downtown Los Angeles for the 2004-2005 rain season, marking the highest rainfall year since 1884. Ski areas in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains also received record amounts of snow | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35210899 | Los Angeles County flood of 2005 |
Los Angeles County flood of 2005 From December 27, 2004 through January 10, 2005, of rain fell on downtown Los Angeles, the wettest 15 day consecutive period on record. Seventeen deaths were attributed to rainfall, and several hundred people were displaced by flooding. The worst incident was a mudslide at La Conchita in Ventura County which destroyed 15 homes and killed 10 people. President Bush declared a state of emergency in Southern California to assist in recovery from flood damages estimated at $300 million or more. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35210899 | Los Angeles County flood of 2005 |
Kathleen C. Taylor (born 1942) is a chemist who won the Garvan–Olin Medal in 1989, and is notable for developing catalytic converters for cars. She currently works at Columbia University and consults for the United States Department of Energy. Taylor attended Douglass College at Rutgers University, earning a bachelor's in chemistry in 1964; she completed her Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1968 at Northwestern University. She did postdoctoral research at the University of Edinburgh and then joined General Motors in 1970. Her work at GM on catalytic converters helped reduce pollution from car exhaust, following work done earlier by Eugene Houdry. Taylor at GM improved on existing catalytic converters to convert nitric oxide into nitrogen, instead of ammonia, a toxin to humans. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35264387 | Kathleen C. Taylor |
Jökull Jökull: The Icelandic Journal of Earth Sciences is an annual peer-reviewed scientific journal published jointly by the Iceland Glaciological Society and the Geoscience Society of Iceland. The journal covers all aspects of the Earth sciences in relation to Iceland, including meteorology, oceanography, petrology and geothermal research. The editor-in-chief is Bryndís Brandsdóttir. It has been a victim of journal hijacking. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35266775 | Jökull |
Raymond John Moore (1918–1988) was a Canadian botanist best known for his researches into "Buddleja" hybridization at the Blandy Experimental Farm in Boyce, Virginia, USA, and later at the Canadian Department of Agriculture Plant Research Institute in Ottawa, where he specialized in cytogenetics. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35272033 | Raymond John Moore |
Discrete debris accumulation (DDA) is a non-genetic term in mountain glacial geology to aid identification of non-lithified sediments on a valley or mountain slope or floor. It is intended that the debris accumulation is discrete such that it can be mapped, in the field and/or from aerial or satellite imagery. The origin or formative process may well not be known clearly or be changed by subsequent investigators it is advisable to have a non-genetic field reference so that discussion can then be used to ascertain, if possible, the origin. Mountain areas may currently have glaciers (glacierized) or have had glaciers (glaciated) or be subject to forms of periglacial activity. A moraine would be an easily identified DDA as would an esker | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35273565 | Discrete debris accumulation |
Discrete debris accumulation Although scree (talus) is generally easily identified and mapped, these deposits may be modified by ice, avalanches or downlope movement to create essentially new landforms. Many small slope failures and landslides can give the appearance of moraines or protalus ramparts on slopes. After mapping as a DDA, further investigation might draw light on the origin of the feature. The term was apparently first used by Sven Lukas for a very specific feature in Svalbard. Independently, it was suggested in the literature in W. B. Whalley and subsequently in Whalley, 2012 as relating to the basic definition and usage as above. This book chapter provides several photographic examples. The 'cirque infills' described by Hätterstrand et al | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35273565 | Discrete debris accumulation |
Discrete debris accumulation (2008) in the Khibiny Mountains, Kola Peninsula could be described as discrete debris accumulations, although their origin is postulated by these authors as being moraine remnants of an ice sheet pushing into these cirques rather than as rock glaciers formed within the cirques. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35273565 | Discrete debris accumulation |
List of biogeographical puzzles This is a list of taxa whose location or distribution is notably difficult to explain; e.g., species which came to occupy a range distant from that of their closest relatives by a process or history that is not understood, or is a subject of controversy. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35277745 | List of biogeographical puzzles |
Transstadial transmission occurs when a pathogen remains with the vector from one life stage ("stadium") to the next. For example, the bacteria "Borrelia burgdorferi", the causative agent for Lyme disease, infects the tick vector as a larva, and the infection is maintained when it molts to a nymph and later develops as an adult. This type of transmission is seen in other parasites like viruses or "Rickettsia". In addition to ticks, mites are another common vector. Some sources consider transstadial transmission a type of horizontal transmission, whereas other sources consider it vertical or partial vertical transmission. Transstadial blockage could be considered the opposite of transstadial transmission, where the parasite cannot be carried over from one life stage to the next | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35291570 | Transstadial transmission |
Transstadial transmission For example, viruses that undergo transstadial blockage will have decreased infectivity in molting insects. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35291570 | Transstadial transmission |
NGC 4980 is a spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Hydra. The shape of appears slightly deformed, something which is often a sign of recent tidal interactions with another galaxy. In this galaxy's case, however, this appears not to be the case as there are no other galaxies in its immediate vicinity. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35300215 | NGC 4980 |
Kai-Ming Ho is a Senior Physicist at Ames Laboratory and distinguished Professor in Department of Physics and Astronomy at Iowa State University. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35314773 | Kai-Ming Ho |
Edwin Hennig (27 April 1882 – 12 November 1977) was a German paleontologist. was one of five children of a merchant who died when Hennig was 10 years old. Starting in 1902, Hennig studied natural sciences, anthropology, and philosophy at the University of Freiburg in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany where earned a doctorate in 1906 with Otto Jaekel. This is where Hennig significantly contributed to research on the extinct genus Gyrodus. Afterwards, he was an assistant to Wilhelm von Branca at Berlin’s Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, where he attained his habilitation and became a private lecturer | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35316733 | Edwin Hennig |
Edwin Hennig During World War I, he was a military geologist until 1917 where he became a professor at the University of Tübingen and later an academic rector and director of the geological paleontology institute. Hennig later joined the National Socialist German Workers' Party in 1937. In 1945, he was relieved of office and submitted to denazification. Hennig retired in 1951. is well known for joining expeditions with Werner Janensch to the Tendaguru Beds in what is now Tanzania, East Africa. He is also known for describing discoveries of Australopithecus afarensis from East Africa, collected by Ludwig Kohl-Larsen. Much like Othenio Abel, Hennig was a supporter of orthogenesis theories of evolution as was his assistant, Karl Beurlen. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35316733 | Edwin Hennig |
Flow meter error In flow measurement, flow meter error is typically reported by a percentage indicating non-linearity of the device. This can be expressed as either a +/- percentage based on either the full range capacity of the device or as a percentage of the actual indicated flow. In practice the flow meter error is a combination of repeatability, accuracy and the uncertainty of the reference calibration. http://www.flowmeters.co.uk/liquid-flow-meter-performance-specification-glossary/ If a meter’s accuracy is based on a percentage of its full reading capability, the error is a fixed value. For example; an error of 0.5% of full scale, in a 100-gallon per minute (gpm) device is +/- 0.5 gpm | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35337586 | Flow meter error |
Flow meter error This is the uncertainty all of the time, so as you move away from the full scale capability, the 0.5 gpm error becomes a much larger percentage. At 50 gpm, you are risking a 1% error. At 10 gpm you have a potential 5% error. If the device has an error expressed as a percentage of the actual flow, then a 0.5% error of 10 gpm is only +/-0.05 gpm; a 10 times better result. | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35337586 | Flow meter error |
Deyrolle During the 20th century, was a Parisian institution for natural sciences and pedagogy. It is one of the best known companies of entomology and taxidermy of Paris. Today, is a shop and a cabinet of curiosities open to the public, a reference in the field of taxidermy, entomology and natural sciences, whose vocation is to show the beauty of Nature. is also involved in pedagogy and art. was created in 1831 by Jean-Baptiste Deyrolle, who was soon succeeded by his son Achille, at 46 rue du Bac in a building constructed in 1697-1699 by Jean-Baptiste Voille for a member of the Bruand family (Libéral Bruand). It was deeply transformed in 1739 by Samuel-Jacques Bernard, son of the banker of Louis XIV, Samuel Bernard (7 arrondissement) | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35353877 | Deyrolle |
Deyrolle Beyond its scientific material, minerals collections, seashells, fossils, mounted animals and prehistoric tools, provides pedagogical charts to schools and universities in France, made to illustrate teacher’s lessons. ("Musée scolaire Deyrolle"). In 1995, the world famous painter Richard Marolle bought before selling it to Louis Albert de Broglie In 2001 Louis Albert de Broglie bought and he restored the shop. On February the 1st 2008, the Cabinet of Curiosities was destroyed by a big fire. The cause was probably a short-circuit. A big part of the rooms and of the collections has been destroyed: butterflies, insects, and animals (zebras, alligators, gazelles, bears, lions, shellfish and turtles) | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35353877 | Deyrolle |
Deyrolle On May the 15th 2008, the building was already cleaned and the two rooms of the first floor reopened. Some artists who contributed to save Deyrolle: Jan Fabre - Nan Goldin - Jacques Grange - Karen Knorr - Marie-Jo Lafontaine - Claude Lalanne - François-Xavier Lalanne - Pierre Alechinsky - Yann Arthus-Bertrand - Miquel Barcelo - Pascal Bernier - Laurent Bochet - Sophie Calle - Johan Creten - Marc Dantan - Nicolas Darrot - Mark Dion - Bettina Rheims - Bernar Venet - Huang Yong Ping. is well known for its pedagogical charts | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35353877 | Deyrolle |
Deyrolle It all starts around 1871, when Emile developed everything that concerns the educational material, anatomical models in staff, biology pieces, and most of all, the creation of coloured wall charts, published under the name "Musée scolaire Deyrolle". They are meant to teach the "Leçons de choses" ("Lessons of things") but also Botany, Zoology, Entomology, Geography, Anatomy, Civics, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Mineralogy, Biology, etc. « "Visual instruction is the least tiring for the mind, but this education can have good results only if the ideas engraved in the children’s mind are rigorously exact | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35353877 | Deyrolle |
Deyrolle " » Émile In 2007, Louis Albert de Broglie restarts the publishing activity with the creation of new educational charts, to tackle contemporary environmental and societal issues. It is the start of a new collection of educational charts published under the name of pour l’Avenir (DPA). There are charts on sustainable development, climate changes, endangered species, renewable energy, etc. is a reference in the field of taxidermy. We can find birds, beasts and mammals from all over the world. At Deyrolle, with only a few exceptions, no animal was killed to be mounted: the non-domestic species come from zoos, parks, where they died of old age or illness | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35353877 | Deyrolle |
Deyrolle They are traceable, and protected species are held and delivered in accordance with the Washington Convention (CITES). is also known for its entomological collections. The drawers of the entomological room are filled with colourful butterflies, beetles, and other insects. It is possible to see the experts of the entomology team working on the mounting of insects. The first aim of was to teach natural sciences to children and students, but was a point of interest also for artists: the surrealists André Breton and Salvador Dalí, the painters Jean Dubuffet and Mathieu, the writers Louise de Vilmorin and Théodore Monod, Raymond Queneau and many others stopped regularly at the shop | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35353877 | Deyrolle |
Deyrolle Today, continues its proximity with artists and the shop welcomes a lot of exhibitions and events during the year: Bettina Rheims, Éric Sander or also Charwei Tsai was exhibited at Deyrolle. Woody Allen used the rooms of in July 2010 for his movie "Midnight in Paris", and Wes Anderson is a huge fan of the shop. also develops collaborations with artists. We can mention Aurèle or Damien Hirst, for example. In 2005, French singer Nolwenn Leroy shot the artwork for her album "Histoires Naturelles" at Deyrolle, as well as the music video for the single "Histoire Naturelle". Some exhibitions: | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35353877 | Deyrolle |
Masao Kitagawa Masao Kitagawa | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35368123 | Masao Kitagawa |
Natural History Society of Northumbria The (NHSN) is a voluntary organization to promote the study of natural history and protect the wildlife of North East England. Its offices and library are in the Great North Museum: Hancock, whose building, land and collections it owns. It leases them to Newcastle University, on whose behalf they are administered by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. It possesses a substantial natural history library and archive and maintains the Gosforth Nature Reserve, one of the oldest designated nature reserves in North East England. It also carries out research and provides talks, field trips and educational courses, as well as publishing scientific papers. NHSN has managed Gosforth Nature Reserve since 1929 | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35372106 | Natural History Society of Northumbria |
Natural History Society of Northumbria This 1 km x 1 km wildlife refuge north of Newcastle upon Tyne includes a shallow lake with extensive reed bed, mixed woodland and small areas of wildflower meadow. The reserve is scientifically important for its uncommon flora and fauna, which includes bittern, kingfisher, otter, red squirrel, coralroot orchid and purple hairstreak butterfly. The reserve has hides and boardwalks that enable visitors to view waterfowl, waders and reed bed birds at one of the most popular birdwatching sites in the Newcastle area. Woodland trails and a feeding station provide an opportunity to see a wide range of woodland birds, mammals and flowers. Access to the reserve is restricted to NHSN members or those who purchase a day-pass from the information hut upon arrival | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35372106 | Natural History Society of Northumbria |
Natural History Society of Northumbria The Northumbrian Naturalist (known as the Transactions until 2009) has been published by NHSN since 1831. This journal contains scientific papers, research and observations about the natural world of Northumbria and is the only journal of its kind in the North East. Northumberland Coastal Wildlife is published in partnership with various conservation organisations who manage designates sites along the Northumberland coast. This annual report records the numbers of pairs of breeding birds on the islands, a bird ringing report and an account of all the rarities observed during the time the wardens are in residence | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35372106 | Natural History Society of Northumbria |
Natural History Society of Northumbria The latter also includes details about cetacean sightings, information on the Farne Islands grey seal colony, and an account of butterfly and moth records. NHSN continues to provide a range of field trips, events and education courses designed to inspire wonder in the natural world, as well as informative public talks throughout the winter period. More recently, the organisation launched its 1829 Talks – delivered by early-career scientists studying at local universities. NHSN remains active in conservation and research in North East England, advising on various committees concerned with the protection of the region's wildlife | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35372106 | Natural History Society of Northumbria |
Natural History Society of Northumbria Through bird ringing, biological recording and the giving of small grants in sponsorship of local environmental studies, it continues to be actively involved in monitoring the fortunes of local wildlife. The organisation continues to support the development of young naturalists through its Student Naturalist Award Scheme and support via its Lantern Fund. The key events in the history of the NHSN are as follows. In chronological order (by date of demise): William Loftus (c.1821–1858) was an English archaeologist and traveller. Joshua Alder (1792–1867) was an amateur zoologist and malacologist specialising in tunicates and gastropods | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35372106 | Natural History Society of Northumbria |
Natural History Society of Northumbria Albany Hancock (1806–1873) was brother of the ornithologist John Hancock and specialised in the anatomy of sea creatures especially sea slugs or nudibranchs, depicting them in minute detail. His watercolour drawings are held in the Society's archives. William Chapman Hewitson (1806–1878) was a wealthy collector, particularly of beetles, lepidopterans, bird's nests and eggs. He built up an extensive collection of butterflies of the world and was an accomplished illustrator. Grace Hickling (1908–1986) had a long association with the Farne Islands as a researcher and conservationist. She became the public face of the islands and played a key role in ensuring that they were recognised nationally for their importance as a habitat for seals and seabirds | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35372106 | Natural History Society of Northumbria |
Natural History Society of Northumbria John Hancock (1808–1890) was an ornithologist, producing his Catalogue of the Birds of Northumberland and Durham in 1874. His greatest talent, however, was taxidermy and his collection of mounted British birds can still be seen today in the Bird Gallery of the Great North Museum: Hancock. Mary Jane Hancock (1810–1896) was an amateur botanist and enthusiastic watercolour painter, and the youngest sister of John and Albany Hancock. The holds over 60 of her paintings and more than 300 botany specimens from her personal collections | Natural_sciences | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35372106 | Natural History Society of Northumbria |