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  2. Liquid-crystal display - Wikipedia

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    Practical problems with this new electro-optical effect made Heilmeier continue to work on scattering effects in liquid crystals and finally the achievement of the first operational liquid-crystal display based on what he called the dynamic scattering mode (DSM). Application of a voltage to a DSM display switches the initially clear transparent ...

  3. List of The New York Times controversies - Wikipedia

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    The New York Times was criticized for the work of reporter Walter Duranty, who served as its Moscow bureau chief from 1922 through 1936.Duranty wrote a series of stories in 1931 on the Soviet Union and won a Pulitzer Prize for his work at that time; however, he has been criticized for his denial of widespread famine, most particularly the Holodomor, the Ukraine famine in the 1930s.

  4. Betelgeuse - Wikipedia

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    Betelgeuse is the brightest near-infrared source in the sky with a J band magnitude of −2.99; [95] only about 13% of the star's radiant energy is emitted as visible light. If human eyes were sensitive to radiation at all wavelengths, Betelgeuse would appear as the brightest star in the night sky.

  5. Fermi paradox - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 September 2024. Discrepancy between lack of evidence of advanced alien life and apparently high likelihood it exists This article is about the absence of clear evidence of extraterrestrial life. For a type of estimation problem, see Fermi problem. Enrico Fermi (Los Alamos 1945) The Fermi paradox is ...

  6. Quantum entanglement - Wikipedia

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    e. Quantum entanglement is the phenomenon of a group of particles being generated, interacting, or sharing spatial proximity in such a way that the quantum state of each particle of the group cannot be described independently of the state of the others, including when the particles are separated by a large distance.

  7. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - Wikipedia

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    A demon chases America Chavez and a version of Stephen Strange in the space between universes while searching for the Book of Vishanti.Strange is killed and Chavez accidentally creates a portal that transports herself and Strange's corpse to Earth-616, [a] where that universe's version of Stephen Strange rescues Chavez from another demon [b] with help from Wong, the Sorcerer Supreme.

  8. Andromeda Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    It was originally named the Andromeda Nebula and is cataloged as Messier 31, M31, and NGC 224. Andromeda has a D 25 isophotal diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs (152,000 light-years) [8] and is approximately 765 kpc (2.5 million light-years) from Earth. The galaxy's name stems from the area of Earth's sky in which it appears, the constellation ...

  9. No Country for Old Men - Wikipedia

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    Box office. $171.6 million [1] No Country for Old Men is a 2007 American neo-Western crime thriller film written, directed, produced and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen, based on Cormac McCarthy 's 2005 novel of the same name. [2] Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin, the film is set in the desert landscape of 1980 West Texas. [3]