beam trawl — a trawl with short wings and a head rope attached to a metal or wooden beam 4 12 m long. The beam keeps the net open horizontally while metal frames on each end of the beam keep the net open vertically. The beam has metal runners to support it… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Tractor beam — A tractor beam is a hypothetical device with the ability to attract one object to another from a distance. Tractor beams are frequently used in science fiction. Less commonly, a similar beam that repels is called a pressor beam or repulsor beam … Wikipedia
Electron beam induced deposition — (EBID) is a process of decomposing gaseous molecules by electron beam leading to deposition of non volatile fragments onto a nearby substrate. Process Focused electron beam of scanning electron microscope (SEM) or scanning transmission electron… … Wikipedia
Painkiller (video game) — Infobox VG title = Painkiller developer = People Can Fly publisher = DreamCatcher Interactive designer = composer = Marcin Cedyń Czartyński engine = PAIN Engine using Havok physics version = 1.64 released = vgrelease|North America|NA|April 12,… … Wikipedia
Codex Alera — is a fantasy book series by Jim Butcher. The series chronicles the coming of age of a young man named Tavi in the realm of Alera, an empire similar to Rome, on the world of Carna. Every Aleran has some degree of command over elemental forces or… … Wikipedia
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Rocket engine — RS 68 being tested at NASA s Stennis Space Center. The nearly transparent exhaust is due to this engine s exhaust being mostly superheated steam (water vapor from its propellants, hydrogen and oxygen) … Wikipedia
Giganscudo/Giganscudo Duro — The Giganscudo is a fictional robot in the Super Robot Wars series. Its upgrade is known as the Giganscudo Duro. It appears as a playable unit in the series. The names of the Giganscudo and Giganscudo Duro are of Italian origin, meaning giant… … Wikipedia
Physical Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Scientists discovered a new family of superconducting materials and obtained unique images of individual hydrogen atoms and of a multiple exoplanet system. Europe completed the Large Hadron Collider, and China and India took… … Universalium
Transmission electron microscopy — A TEM image of the polio virus. The polio virus is 30 nm in size.[1] Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a microscopy technique whereby a beam of electrons is transmitted through an ultra thin specimen, interacting with the specimen as it… … Wikipedia