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- Energy independence is self-sufficiency in terms of the availability ... having useful energy available in adequate amounts to meet the needs ...14 KB (1,937 words) - 20:52, 8 February 2023
- The Common Rule is a federal policy governing the protection of human ... the regulations in 1991, including the Department of Health and Human Services ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 18:58, 25 July 2021
- American statesman, who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of the ... that afforded many contacts for the rest of his life. He graduated from ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- 24, 1966) was an Indian nuclear physicist of Parsi-Zoroastrian heritage ... in Bombay (now Mumbai), in 1909. He was one of two sons. His father was a ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 11:24, 2 February 2024
- The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is the range of all possible electromagnetic ... end), covering wavelengths from thousands of kilometers down to fractions ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 15:55, 13 February 2024
- corresponding applications for the conduct of research involving human subjects; ... crimes, and researchers' abuse of power. Highly publicized cases ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 18:58, 25 July 2021
- businessman notable for the invention of mail order, which he started ... Aaron attended public schools. He was one of a large family, which at that ...7 KB (1,133 words) - 21:15, 9 November 2022
- executive who served as the president of Columbia Broadcasting System ... Stanton was decisive and passionate in his pursuit of the development ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 05:09, 9 April 2024
- to gamma radiation, the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation and ... By comparison, visible light occupies the middle range of the electromagnetic ...16 KB (2,549 words) - 04:20, 18 April 2024
- to Find Out. is an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency ... The World Factbook is prepared by the CIA for the use of U.S. government ...33 KB (4,760 words) - 17:51, 30 April 2023
- ) is the world's fourth-largest non-government energy company ... to develop the Pico Canyon Oilfield north of Los Angeles. It was purchased ...26 KB (3,656 words) - 18:40, 8 December 2023
- L. Kroeber with Ishi, the last known member of the Yahi tribe, (1911).]] was an influential figure in the development of modern American anthropology ...9 KB (1,305 words) - 08:17, 20 July 2023
- Sustainable development is defined as balancing the protection of ... First coined in 1980 by the International Union for the Conservation ...14 KB (1,869 words) - 00:30, 27 February 2023
- ) is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. The nucleus of tritium (sometimes ... Research (IEER) about the United States Department of Energy, only 225 kg ...18 KB (2,638 words) - 16:50, 5 November 2022
- Hattori," a shop in the Ginza district of Tokyo that sold jewelry and ... "reliable quality is the starting point of communication between Seiko ...18 KB (2,543 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- " In North America, the big wheels of wagons were called trucks. ... ==Anatomy of a truck== Trucks are complex machines that generally share ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- Sphagnum is the common name and genus name for a group of mosses ... enhancer or conditioner, or used in potting of plants. Sphagnum moss has also ...14 KB (2,165 words) - 15:20, 27 April 2023
- rule," which predicts the number of phases that a substance can ... Josiah Willard Gibbs was the only son and the fourth of five children ...19 KB (2,808 words) - 20:00, 7 September 2022
- 1869), was an American lawyer, politician, United States Attorney General in ... Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, the eldest of the four children ...16 KB (2,329 words) - 23:57, 12 February 2024
- from its headwaters in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado south into Mexico ... Prior to the construction of major dams along its route, this river ...24 KB (3,618 words) - 22:40, 7 January 2024
- recently and from the metabolic by-products of living organisms. They include ... The United States Department of Energy estimates that if algae fuel ...36 KB (5,134 words) - 17:54, 31 October 2023
- Mitsui Group is one of the largest corporate conglomerates (keiretsu ... shogunate and began operating a system of money exchanges. They received ...22 KB (3,120 words) - 12:54, 10 March 2023
- 29, 1947) was an American economist, one of the early American neoclassical ... living and world peace, an early advocate of the League of Nations. ...18 KB (2,691 words) - 13:25, 6 March 2024
- Saccharin is a synthetic organic compound that tastes hundreds of ... and so forth, which stimulate the sense of taste. However, sweet things ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 00:18, 22 August 2022
- services conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York. ... As of September 30, 2008, GE is the world's tenth largest company ...27 KB (3,816 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- is a gaseous material consisting primarily of methane and deriving from one ... bogs, landfills, sewage, the stomachs of ruminants such as cows, and ...25 KB (3,786 words) - 04:20, 11 March 2023
- about 60,000 per year. The United States Department of Energy estimated that ... geothermal resources.United States Department of Energy (USDOE), [https://www ...43 KB (6,456 words) - 20:26, 13 December 2023
- Food chemistry is the study of chemical processes and interactions ... ==Brief history of food chemistry== The history of food chemistry dates ...10 KB (1,507 words) - 06:16, 1 April 2024
- Coal is a black or brownish-black sedimentary rock composed primarily ... into nearby water courses. The process of burning of coal generates waste ...32 KB (4,888 words) - 22:13, 7 January 2024
- discipline that involves application of the principles of physics for ... The beginnings of mechanical engineering go back to the craftsmen ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 03:49, 9 November 2022
- Nuclear power is a type of nuclear technology involving the controlled ... The use of nuclear power has also engendered much debate. Critics ...49 KB (7,262 words) - 10:10, 11 March 2023
- philosopher, and diplomat, an advocate of peace through education. The ... L. Butler and Mary Murray Butler, daughter of Nicholas Murray, a clergyman ...14 KB (2,044 words) - 23:32, 14 November 2022
- NYSE ticker symbol ENE) was an American energy company based in Houston ... At the end of 2001 it was revealed that Enron’s reports of high ...31 KB (4,550 words) - 18:56, 13 February 2024
- and the second-largest in the world in terms of revenue. While NTT is listed ... services, called “Frontier of Mobile multimedia Access” ...22 KB (3,054 words) - 05:01, 15 November 2022
- to 1874. Elected offices included membership of the New York State Senate and ... He received the Medal of Honor, although very late in his career. ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 18:15, 24 January 2024
- Typha is a genus of perennial herbaceous plants in the Typhaceae family ... margins filter runoff, reducing the flow of nutrients and mud into the ...10 KB (1,542 words) - 15:57, 11 November 2022
- partly inspired by the Walrasian analysis of general equilibrium via inter ... Wassily Leontief, the son of Wassily W. Leontief (professor of economics ...15 KB (2,137 words) - 23:14, 3 May 2023
- The term military-industrial complex (MIC) refers to the combination ... industry, the military services, and the United States government (especially ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 16:24, 13 September 2023
- in an agricultural setting for the purposes of profit or subsistence, whether ... Raising animals (animal husbandry) is an important component of modern ...26 KB (3,786 words) - 07:46, 9 March 2023
- for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements" ... , contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, developed ...29 KB (4,299 words) - 07:54, 24 January 2023
- most noted for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, ... father was Alberto Fermi, a Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Communications ...25 KB (3,781 words) - 18:56, 13 February 2024
- Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources ... The Park's 119 square miles (309 km²) of spire-filled desert forms a ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 06:16, 12 August 2023
- Seventeen. He served as ambassador to the United Kingdom for five years, during ... Ellis Island to begin a life in the United States. Beginning his career ...16 KB (2,264 words) - 22:11, 3 May 2023
- Gus Hall (October 8, 1910 – October 13, 2000) was a leader of the ... organizer in his 20s, helping to found the United Steelworkers of America. ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 08:26, 7 December 2021
- a furnace is usually produced by combustion of a fuel such as oil, wood, or ... for kiln, a device used in the production of ceramics. In British English ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 09:57, 18 October 2022
- Renewable energy is a term for any useable energy that is harnessed ... of which are funded by the United States Department of Energy and supported ...57 KB (8,258 words) - 20:49, 29 April 2020
- born British media proprietor and Member of Parliament (MP), who rose from ... Ian Robert Maxwell was born Ján Ludvík Hoch in the small town of ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 01:42, 16 December 2022
- or healthcare, refers to an active decision of a subject/patient to agree ... * United States Department of Energy, Central DOE Institutional Review ...42 KB (6,238 words) - 14:39, 10 October 2021
- (CIA) is an intelligence-gathering agency of the United States government ... The CIA is restricted from operating inside the United States, although ...26 KB (3,792 words) - 23:54, 3 December 2023
- A kangaroo is any of several large marsupial mammals of the Macropodidae ... great leaping power due to the structure of their hind legs. They are native ...21 KB (3,232 words) - 07:08, 28 February 2023
- Nuclear fission is the splitting of the nucleus of an atom into parts ... Nuclear fission produces energy for nuclear power and to drive the ...31 KB (4,827 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- Agricultural technology refers to technology for the production of ... the most revolutionary and impactful areas of modern technology, driven by ...11 KB (1,529 words) - 06:48, 16 June 2023
- :This article elaborates on the central technology of generating nuclear ... the chain reaction occurs in a fraction of a second and is uncontrolled ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- A ceiling fan is a device suspended from the ceiling of a room, with ... In the summer, the direction of rotation of the blades is set to blow ...35 KB (5,762 words) - 23:44, 3 December 2023
- The State of Florida is located in the southeastern region of the ... United States Department of Energy. [http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/states/sep ...40 KB (5,623 words) - 17:42, 28 March 2024
- for nonviolent social change, and one of the most influential American ... elf," rather than the common image of the austere, serious pacifist ...17 KB (2,608 words) - 06:30, 15 January 2023
- The World Bank Group is a group of five international organizations ... in some areas. By convention, the United States nominates the head ...25 KB (3,686 words) - 00:01, 18 May 2023
- Maple syrup is a sweet syrup (thick, sticky solution of sugar and ... Maple syrup is one of innumerable products that people obtain from ...18 KB (2,816 words) - 11:09, 9 March 2023
- white-spotted black borders. It is a member of the milkweed butterflies (family ... The monarch butterfly is perhaps the most well-known of all the butterflies ...17 KB (2,556 words) - 19:53, 9 November 2022
- insomnia, and help prevent or offset the effects of depression. increases, and as the population in the United States ages links between ...21 KB (3,083 words) - 23:54, 24 March 2024
- nonmetal that belongs to the nitrogen group of chemical elements. Given its ... When purified artificially, several different allotropic forms of ...25 KB (3,622 words) - 22:45, 28 March 2023
- United States Department of Energy. [http://www.eere.energy.gov/states/stat ... United States Department of Energy. [http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/state_e ...50 KB (7,185 words) - 10:30, 11 March 2023
- Industrial engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with ... Industrial engineering draws upon the principles and methods of engineering ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 22:36, 5 February 2023
- |country = United States |coor = ... |free = Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools ...28 KB (3,869 words) - 19:30, 7 February 2024
- Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United ... Colorado is one of only four states in the United States to share ...37 KB (5,383 words) - 22:39, 7 January 2024
- Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America ... in the United States with a population of 5.6 million. Houston was ...38 KB (5,412 words) - 18:57, 7 February 2024
- and author, widely recognized as the founder of Reform Judaism in the United ... Czech Republic before emigrating to the United States in 1846. An early ...16 KB (2,521 words) - 18:59, 7 March 2024
- Salmon is the common name for several species of large food and game ... in freshwater lakes—probably as a legacy of the last period of glaciation—salmon ...27 KB (4,219 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- Denver is the capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the ... arts and performing arts scene, dozens of annual outdoor festivals. More ...37 KB (5,458 words) - 09:46, 29 January 2024
- is a hydrocarbon belonging to the group of alkynes. It is considered to ... who identified it as a "new carburet of hydrogen." It was rediscovered ...14 KB (2,038 words) - 07:36, 14 June 2023
- river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It stretches ... The taming of the river for human use, and the industrial waste that ...40 KB (5,864 words) - 22:44, 7 January 2024
- Black powder is the original gunpowder; it was one of the few known ... is that when fired it produces a cloud of smoke. This smoke obscures ...14 KB (2,154 words) - 14:28, 8 February 2022
- found in formations in the Earth consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons ... (petrol), both important "primary energy" sources. In a typical ...42 KB (6,126 words) - 14:48, 28 March 2023
- Texas is a state located in the south-central United States. Austin ... and has a steadily growing population of 23.9 million. Houston is ...36 KB (5,158 words) - 15:02, 30 April 2023
- :For Science Museum of London, see Science museum (London) ... tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:35, 21 April 2023
- ) is a Japanese trading company and one of the largest sogo shosha ... directly from manufacturers instead of through foreign trading houses ...25 KB (3,645 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- from Maryland, who fatally shot President of the United States Abraham Lincoln ... Booth was a successful professional stage actor of his day and a member ...20 KB (3,092 words) - 08:05, 3 August 2022
- reptiles that belong to the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae and ... mississippiensis in the southern United States and the small Alligator ...15 KB (2,172 words) - 18:37, 21 July 2023
- Carlos Castaneda (December 25, 1925 – April 27, 1998) was the author ... Castaneda's descriptions of psychedelic experiences stood apart ...20 KB (3,067 words) - 15:23, 27 November 2023
- Iowa is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America ... A north central state, it forms a bridge between the forests of the ...28 KB (4,107 words) - 18:56, 7 February 2023
- 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was the wife of former President Richard Nixon ... Nixon was always supportive of her husband even during the troubled ...17 KB (2,707 words) - 09:04, 18 November 2022
- different Republican presidents and is one of only two people to have held ... In 1970, he became the first director of the Office of Management ...47 KB (6,417 words) - 08:10, 23 January 2023
- Alternative energy is a term for any nontraditional energy form, source ... * United States Department of Energy (USDOE). [http://www1.eere.energy ...73 KB (10,796 words) - 08:37, 23 July 2023
- known as soda, pop, or soda pop, in parts of the United States, Canada, ... syrup, the drinks supply an over-abundance of calories. Moreover, the drinks ...25 KB (3,852 words) - 15:05, 27 April 2023
- Capitol Reef National Park is a United States National Park located ... The park, which lies along the northwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau ...19 KB (2,793 words) - 22:09, 25 November 2023
- sixth in population among cities in the United States. In 2007, the population ... metropolitan area was the fifth-largest in the United States. A commercial ...34 KB (4,831 words) - 03:00, 24 November 2022
- known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb," even ... Teller emigrated to the United States in the 1930s, and was an early ...41 KB (6,221 words) - 23:53, 12 February 2024
- and a former four-star general in the United States Army. He was the sixty ... in telling the world that the invasion of Iraq was justified and legal ...38 KB (5,777 words) - 22:30, 7 January 2024
- fuel obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, often called petrodiesel ... Diesel engines are a type of internal combustion engine. Rudolf Diesel ...30 KB (4,446 words) - 14:28, 29 January 2024
- Soil is the mixture of minerals, organic matter, liquids, and gases ... While the general concept of soil is well established, the definition ...27 KB (4,112 words) - 15:59, 14 October 2022
- fruit and vine-like plant (Citrullus lanatus of the family Cucurbitaceae) of ... This flowering plant produces a special type of fruit known by botanists ...20 KB (2,988 words) - 23:18, 3 May 2023
- Pneumatic tires are used on all types of vehicles, from cars to earthmovers ... 1889 – John Boyd Dunlop patented the pneumatic tire in the United Kingdom ...28 KB (4,401 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- Nevada is a state located in the western region of the United States ... largest state. Slightly more than 86 percent of its land is owned by the United ...34 KB (5,052 words) - 04:36, 11 March 2023
- a living human being. The exact parameters of what constitutes human subject ... such as effectiveness and side-effects of vaccines and treatments for ...43 KB (6,319 words) - 17:27, 28 September 2021
- 19, 1881) was the twentieth President of the United States. He was a ... Garfield is the only person in United States history to be a Representative ...23 KB (3,377 words) - 21:14, 20 March 2024
- 28, 1968) was a German chemist and a pioneer of radioactivity and radiochemistry ... 1879, in Frankfurt am Main, the youngest son of the glazier and entrepreneur ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- Prize for non-fiction in 1974, for his The Denial of Death. The thesis of his work was that individuals live in terror of their ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 19:31, 13 February 2024
- in the blood. They are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate ... have no DNA. In comparison, the erythrocytes of nearly all other vertebrates ...16 KB (2,383 words) - 02:30, 8 December 2022
- computing, his role in the development of the atomic bomb and other weapons ... Through his public career, Bush was a proponent of technological innovation ...25 KB (3,736 words) - 14:34, 3 May 2023
- metallic chemical element that is part of the actinide series. It is ... uranium ores. These come about by a process of neutron capture by 238U nuclei ...37 KB (5,382 words) - 08:10, 24 November 2022
