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BICEP / Keck Array

BICEP / Keck Array is a series of cosmic microwave background polarization experiments at the South Pole, searching for primordial gravitational waves from cosmic inflation.

BICEP live

BICEP live, also presented as BICEP LIVE, is the live show of Bicep, the Belfast-born electronic duo of Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar, first performed in 2016.

BICEP presents CHROMA (AV DJ Set)

BICEP presents CHROMA is a hybrid audiovisual DJ and live show by the Northern Irish electronic duo Bicep, debuting in 2023 and touring globally since.

Biceps

Biceps (biceps brachii) is the two-headed upper-arm muscle flexing the elbow and supinating the forearm, innervated by the musculocutaneous nerve (C5-C6), inserting on the radial tuberosity, and highly variable, with accessory heads in 2-5% of people.

Biceps femoris muscle

Biceps femoris (Musculus biceps femoris), the most lateral hamstring muscle of the posterior thigh, has long and short heads with different origins and innervation (tibial vs common fibular divisions of the sciatic nerve) sharing insertion on the fibular head; it extends the hip, flexes the knee, and is the most commonly injured hamstring.

Biceps tenodesis

Biceps tenodesis is a shoulder surgery that reattaches the long head of the biceps tendon to the humerus, treating tears, instability, and inflammation that persist despite conservative care.

Bicesse Accords

The Bicesse Accords, formally the Peace Accords for Angola, were a peace agreement signed in Portugal on 31 May 1991 between Angola's government and UNITA to end the first phase of the Angolan Civil War.

Bích Câu kỳ ngộ

Bích Câu kỳ ngộ is a Vietnamese Nôm verse romance in lục bát meter telling how the poor scholar Trần Tú Uyên meets and marries the fairy Giáng Kiều.

Bích Phương

Bích Phương is a Vietnamese pop singer who finished in the top 7 of Vietnam Idol 2010, known for hits like 'Bùa yêu' and 'Đi đu đưa đi'.

Bicheng Energy / Luoneng Capital new energy M&A fund (新能源并购基金)

The 新能源并购基金 is a RMB 1 billion fund formed in Chengdu in 2026 by Bicheng Energy, Luoneng Capital, and Chengdu state investors to buy solar and storage assets.

Bichhoo (बिछ्छू)

Bichhoo (बिछ्छू, "Scorpion") is a 2000 Hindi action thriller directed by Guddu Dhanoa, starring Bobby Deol, Rani Mukerji, and Ashish Vidyarthi; an adaptation of Léon: The Professional released 7 July 2000.

Bichitr

Bichitr was an Indian Mughal court painter active from about 1610 to 1660 who served the emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan and painted allegorical miniatures.

Bichitra Ramayana

Bichitra Ramayana (ବିଚିତ୍ର ରାମାୟଣ, "the Wonderful Ramayana") is the shared name of two Odia retellings of the Rama story, by Sarala Das and Biswanath Khuntia.

Bichon

Bichon: a family of small white Mediterranean companion dog breeds (Bichon Frise, Maltese, Bolognese, Havanese, Coton de Tulear); the Bichon Frise is a curly-coated, low-shedding lapdog standing 9.5–11.5 inches, weighing 12–18 pounds, living 14–15 years.

Bichon Frisé

Bichon Frisé (Bichon à poil frisé), a small Franco-Belgian companion dog breed with a white curly double coat, 9.5–11.5 inches tall, 12–18 pounds, life expectancy 14–15 years, AKC-recognized 1972, ranked No. 49 in 2025 US registrations.

Bicifadine

Bicifadine (CL 220,075), 1-p-tolyl-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane, is a non-opioid triple monoamine reuptake inhibitor analgesic developed by American Cyanamid and DOV Pharmaceutical, tested in postoperative, low back, and diabetic neuropathy pain, with low preclinical abuse liability.

Bicinchoninic acid assay

The bicinchoninic acid (BCA) assay is a colorimetric biochemical assay measuring total protein concentration, tolerant of detergents and sensitive over a broad range.

Bicircular high-harmonic generation

Bicircular high-harmonic generation (BHHG) is a process where two coplanar, counterrotating, circularly polarized laser pulses are used to study the dynamical rotational symmetries of atoms and molecules.

Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis

Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis (BBE), or Bickerstaff encephalitis, is a rare post-infectious autoimmune brainstem disorder with ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and impaired consciousness, part of the anti-GQ1b antibody syndrome with Miller Fisher syndrome and Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Biclustering

Biclustering is a clustering method that groups rows and columns of a data matrix at the same time, finding submatrices where subsets of samples and features show coherent patterns.

BiCMOS

BiCMOS is an integrated-circuit technology that combines bipolar and CMOS transistors on a single chip, pairing high-speed analog and RF performance with low-power digital logic.

Bicol Region

Bicol Region (Region V, Bicolandia) is a Philippine administrative region of six provinces in southeastern Luzon; 6.08 million people in 2020, Naga City as religious center, services-led economy, and the country's highest regional poverty rate in 2025.

Bicolor cat

Bicolor cat, also called piebald or white-spotted cat: a coat pattern, not a breed, with a primary color plus white spotting caused by a FERV1 retrovirus insertion in the KIT gene; patterns include tuxedo, mitted, harlequin, and van.

Bicomplex number

A bicomplex number is a four-dimensional generalization of the complex number, written with two independent imaginary units; unlike quaternions it is commutative but has zero divisors.

Bicore

A bicore is a two-neuron oscillator circuit in BEAM robotics, developed by Mark W. Tilden and serving as the basis for most intermediate to advanced BEAM robots.

Bicorne

Bicorne (two-cornered hat, French bicorne, also called corsair): late-18th-century cocked hat replacing the tricorne, worn en bataille or en colonne; associated with Napoleon; later ceremonial and naval officer headwear into the 20th century.

Bicornuate uterus

Bicornuate uterus, also called heart-shaped or double uterus, is a congenital Müllerian duct anomaly from incomplete duct fusion, giving two cavities and usually one cervix; distinguished from septate uterus by a >1 cm fundal indentation and linked to preterm birth.

Bictegravir

Bictegravir (BIC), a Gilead HIV-1 integrase strand transfer inhibitor coformulated with emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide as Biktarvy, FDA-approved February 7, 2018; once-daily 50/200/25 mg single-tablet regimen with high resistance barrier.

Bicubic interpolation

Bicubic interpolation, also known as bicubic resampling or bicubic filtering, is a two-dimensional interpolation method using cubic interpolation in each coordinate, standard in image processing.

Bicuculline

Bicuculline is a plant-derived alkaloid isolated in 1933 from Dutchman's breeches that competitively blocks GABAA receptors; a powerful convulsant, it has been the standard pharmacological tool for studying GABA-mediated inhibition since 1970.