Month: December 2021

Mussel foot proteins (MFP) are proteins secreted by mussels that enable them to securely anchor themselves to other mussels and other underwater structures. The proteins form sticky byssal holdfast fibers (BHF).[1] Species from several families of clams have a byssus, including pen shells (Pinnidae), true mussels (Mytilidae), and Dreissenidae. . […]

Famagusta (Turkish: Gazimağusa or Mağusa, Greek: Αμμόχωστος Ammochostos) is a city in Northern Cyprus. Gate of St Nicholas Cathedral at night . . . Famagusta . . . Famagusta is connected through shared taxis and regular bus services to Nicosia (North) and Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus. Bus services are operated […]

Corruption in Romania is considered a major problem. According to Transparency International‘s annual Corruption Perceptions Index, as of 2020, Romania is the 69th least corrupt country out of 180 countries (at par with Senegal and Hungary), up from 70th place in 2018, and the third most corrupt in the European […]

Karl-Heinz Weigang (24 August 1935 – 12 June 2017) was a German professional football coach.[2] Karl-Heinz Weigang Personal information Full name Karl-Heinz Weigang Date of birth (1935-08-24)24 August 1935 Place of birth Germany Date of death 12 June 2017(2017-06-12) (aged 81) Teams managed Years Team 1964–1965 Sri Lanka 1966–1968 South Vietnam […]

Petergof (Russian: Петерго́ф) or Peterhof (an emulation of early modern Dutch “Piterhof”, meaning “Peter’s Court”[5]), known as Petrodvorets (Петродворец) from 1944 to 1997, is a municipal town in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. This article is about […]

The Textilfabrik Cromford in Ratingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany was built in 1783 by Johann Gottfried Brügelmann. It was the first cotton spinning mill on the European mainland. Today it is an industrial museum specialising in textile history. Ratingen, “Industriemuseum Cromford”, Cotton mill Herrenhaus (former villa of the owner) . . […]

The Urocordylidae are an extinct family of nectrideanlepospondylamphibians. Urocordylids lived during the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian in what is now Europe and North America and are characterized by their very long, paddle-like tails. In life, they were probably newt-like and aquatic.[1] Extinct family of amphibians Urocordylidae Temporal range: Late […]

Mario Giovinetto (born 1933, La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) is an Argentineglaciologist, climatologist, and geographer. He is a Canadian citizen with permanent resident status in the US. Mario Giovinetto . . . Mario Giovinetto . . . Mario Giovinetto was active in polar research beginning in 1952. He participated […]

George Johnston (born 21 March 1947) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played more than 150 matches in the English Football League. Scottish footballer George Johnston Personal information Full name George Johnston[1] Date of birth (1947-03-21) 21 March 1947 (age 74) Place of birth Glasgow, […]

Diwakar Vaish (/dɪˈvækər ˈvæʃ/div-AK-ər VASH;[1] born 23 July 1992) is an Indian born robotics researcher and Head of Robotics and Research at A-SET Training and Research Institutes (2010–present).[2] He is the developer of India’s first completely indigenous 3D printed humanoid robot (Manav), India’s first mind controlled robot, and world’s first […]