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A centenarian is a person who has reached the age of 100 years. Because life expectancies worldwide are below 100, the term is invariably associated with...

One Laptop per Child (OLPC) was a non-profit initiative that operated from 2005 to 2014 with the goal of transforming education for children around the...

A first responder is a person with specialized training who is among the first to arrive and provide assistance or incident resolution at the scene of...

Manual therapy, or manipulative therapy, is a part of Physiotherapy, it is a physical treatment primarily used by physical therapists (a.k.a. physiotherapists)...

Environmental determinism (also known as climatic determinism or geographical determinism) is the study of how the physical environment predisposes societies...

32°54′04″N 117°14′31″W / 32.901192°N 117.241937°W / 32.901192; -117.241937 Sanford Burnham Prebys is a 501(c)(3) non-profit medical research institute...

There are many methods of birth control (or contraception) that vary in requirements, side effects, and effectiveness. As the technology, education, and...

Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) is a lightweight, precast, cellular concrete building material, eco-friendly, suitable for producing concrete-like blocks...

Bio-mechatronics is an applied interdisciplinary science that aims to integrate biology and mechatronics (electrical, electronics, and mechanical engineering)...

A twincharger refers to a compound forced induction system used on some internal combustion engines. It is a combination of an exhaust-driven turbocharger...

Capture the Flag (CTF) in computer security is an exercise in which participants attempt to find text strings, called "flags", which are secretly hidden...

Papillary tumors of the pineal region were first described by A. Jouvet et al. in 2003 and were introduced in the World Health Organization (WHO) classification...

The Independent Pilots Association (IPA) is a professional association and trade union in the United Kingdom, which promotes the welfare and interests...

Jacob M. Hooker is an American chemist and expert in molecular imaging, particularly in the development and application of simultaneous MRI and PET. He...

The scanning helium microscope (SHeM) is a novel form of microscopy that uses low-energy (5–100 meV) neutral helium atoms to image the surface of a sample...

Green solvents are environmentally friendly chemical solvents that are used as a part of green chemistry. They came to prominence in 2015, when the UN...

Focused-ultrasound-mediated diagnostics or FUS-mediated diagnostics are an area of clinical diagnostic tools that use ultrasound to detect diseases and...