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Yonath, Ada E.

(Encyclopedia)Yonath, Ada E., 1939–, Israeli crystallographer, Ph.D. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovat, Israel, 1968. Yonath has been a researcher and professor at the Weizmann Institute since 1970. She was ...

Helsingborg

(Encyclopedia)Helsingborg or Hälsingborg both: hĕlsĭngbôrˈyə [key], city, Malmöhus co., S Sweden...

Halberstadt

(Encyclopedia)Halberstadt hälˈbərshtät [key], city, Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is an industrial center ...

Harlingen

(Encyclopedia)Harlingen härˈlĭnjən [key], city (2020 pop. 71,829), Cameron co., extreme S Tex.; inc. 1910. It ...

Girga

(Encyclopedia)Girga jĭrˈjă [key], town, central Egypt, on the Nile. It is noted for its pottery; a sugar...

Fort Collins

(Encyclopedia)Fort Collins, city (2020 pop. 169,810), seat of Larimer co., N Colo., on the Cache la Poudre River, at the foot of the Rocky Mts., inc. as a city 1883. ...

Fyn

(Encyclopedia)Fyn fün [key], Ger. Fünen, island, c.1,340 sq mi (3,471 sq km), Fyn co., S central Denmark....

Idaho Falls

(Encyclopedia)Idaho Falls, city (2020 pop. 64,818), seat of Bonneville co., SE Idaho, traversed by the Snake River; inc. 1900. The chief city of the extensively irrig...

Houssay, Bernardo Alberto

(Encyclopedia)Houssay, Bernardo Alberto bārnärˈdō älbārˈtō ouˈsī [key], 1887–1971, Argentine physiologist, b. Buenos Aires. He was a child prodigy, entering college at the age of 9 and becoming a hospit...

dispersion, in chemistry

(Encyclopedia)dispersion, in chemistry, mixture in which fine particles of one substance are scattered throughout another substance. A dispersion is classed as a suspension, colloid, or solution. Generally, the par...