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- Leucine is an α-amino acid that is found in most proteins and is essential in the human diet. It is similar to isoleucine and valine in being ...8 KB (1,156 words) - 22:03, 25 October 2022
- Carl Gustav Hempel (January 8, 1905, Oranienburg, Germany - November 9, 1997, Princeton, New Jersey) was a philosopher of science and a major ...24 KB (3,610 words) - 19:18, 26 November 2023
- Fowl is the common name for any of the gamefowl or landfowl comprising the bird order Galliformes, or any of the waterfowl comprising the order ...11 KB (1,511 words) - 14:35, 22 January 2023
- Phenol, also known under an older name of carbolic acid, is a toxic, colorless crystalline solid with a distinctive sweet tarry odor. Its chemical ...8 KB (1,204 words) - 02:56, 24 November 2022
- Ethyl acetate is an organic compound that is an ester derived from the combination of ethanol and acetic acid. Its chemical formula may be written ...8 KB (1,113 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- Crystallization is the (natural or artificial) process of formation of solid crystals from a homogeneous solution or melt, or more rarely directly ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 06:32, 11 January 2024
- Activated carbon (also called active carbon, activated charcoal, or activated coal) is a form of carbon that has been processed to make it extremely ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 05:41, 15 June 2023
- Metamorphic rock is produced deep beneath the Earth's surface when a pre-existing rock type, called the protolith, is transformed under ...12 KB (1,761 words) - 16:21, 9 November 2022
- The First Italo–Ethiopian War was fought between Italy and Ethiopia in 1895-1896. Ethiopia's military victory over Italy secured it the ...12 KB (1,835 words) - 17:24, 28 March 2024
- Henry Lewis Stimson (September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli (sometimes Paciolo) (1445 – 1517) was an Italian mathematician, educator, and Franciscan friar. He wrote one ...14 KB (2,158 words) - 04:17, 4 November 2022
- In the most general terms, convection refers to the movement of molecules within fluids (that is, liquids, gases, and rheids). It is one of the ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 02:51, 8 January 2024
- The term xylene refers to a group of three benzene derivatives, each of which has two methyl functional groups attached to the benzene ring. ...10 KB (1,443 words) - 09:56, 22 May 2023
- A cult, strictly speaking, is a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies. Used in a more ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 06:44, 11 January 2024
- Crown ethers are heterocyclic chemical compounds that consist of a ring containing several ether groups. The most common crown ethers are oligomers ...6 KB (841 words) - 23:38, 5 May 2022
- Nitric acid (chemical formula HNO3) is one of the most important inorganic acids. Eighth-century alchemists called it aqua fortis (strong water ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 02:25, 16 November 2022
- In mathematics, the parabola (from the Greek word παραβολή) is a conic section generated by the intersection of a right circular conical ...17 KB (2,651 words) - 11:24, 11 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology [[Image:IQ_curve.png|thumb|350px|IQ tests are designed to give approximately this Gaussian ...35 KB (5,016 words) - 12:47, 7 February 2023
- Gas is one of the four major states or phases of matter, along with solid, liquid, and plasma. Each state is characterized by distinct physical ...20 KB (3,107 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military and economic leadership ...26 KB (4,019 words) - 01:19, 17 November 2022
