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BLUF domain
BLUF (blue light sensing using FAD) domain, also called blue-light-utilizing flavin domain: a ~100–140-residue flavoprotein photoreceptor module first found in AppA of Rhodobacter sphaeroides; blue light red-shifts FAD absorption ~10–15 nm via a Tyr–Gln–FAD hydrogen-bond rearrangement, driving phototaxis, gene regulation, and optogenetic tools like bPAC.
Bluff City Law
Bluff City Law is an American legal drama television series that aired on NBC in 2019, following a Memphis civil rights firm led by Elijah Strait (Jimmy Smits) and his estranged daughter Sydney (Caitlin McGee).
Bluffmaster!
Bluffmaster! (ब्लफ़ मास्टर) is a 2005 Hindi con-comedy directed by Rohan Sippy, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Riteish Deshmukh, and Nana Patekar; released 16 December 2005, it earned ₹31.59 crore worldwide. Distinct from the unrelated 2012 Marathi and 2018 Telugu films of the same name.
Bluing (steel)
Bluing, also known as gun bluing or black oxide coating, is a surface treatment for steel that forms a thin oxide layer, giving a blue-black finish and slight corrosion resistance, best known from firearms.
Blum–Shub–Smale machine
The Blum–Shub–Smale machine (BSS machine) is a model of computation over the real numbers, treating each arithmetic operation as a single step, introduced by Blum, Shub, and Smale in 1989.
Blume Ventures
Blume Ventures is an India-focused early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Karthik Reddy and Sanjay Nath, investing in seed and pre-Series A technology startups with over $900 million under management.
Blume–Capel model
The Blume–Capel model is a spin-1 Ising lattice model introduced in 1966 by Michael Blume and H. W. Capel, known for its first-order transitions and tricritical point.
Blumea
Blumea DC. is a genus of about 100 Asteraceae (daisy) species, herbs and shrubs native to the tropical and subtropical Old World, mainly tropical Asia; disciform heads, tailed anthers; many species used in traditional medicine.
Blumenau
Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil: municipality founded 2 September 1850 by Hermann Bruno Otto Blumenau with 17 colonists; German heritage, Oktoberfest, beer capital, 361,261 people (2022 census), Itajaí-Açu floods.
Blumeria graminis
Blumeria graminis (syn. Erysiphe graminis), cereal powdery mildew: obligate biotrophic ascomycete with formae speciales tritici, hordei, avenae, secalis; 7-day asexual cycle, 166 Mb genome, 7.6–19.9% wheat yield losses.
Blumhouse Games
Blumhouse Games is the video game publishing subsidiary of Blumhouse (Jason Blum's horror studio), launched February 2023. Led by Zach Wood, it funds indie horror games under $10 million; first release Fear the Spotlight (October 2024).
Blumhouse Productions
Blumhouse Productions, Jason Blum's Los Angeles horror studio (merged with James Wan's Atomic Monster, 2024), defined by a micro-budget model behind Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Get Out, and Five Nights at Freddy's.
Blundell's School
Blundell's School is an independent co-educational day and boarding school in Tiverton, Devon, founded in 1604 under the will of clothier Peter Blundell with a £20,000 bequest; it moved to its present site in 1882 and became fully co-educational in 1996.
Blunderbuss
The blunderbuss, from the Dutch Donderbus meaning thunder gun, is a short, large-bore firearm with a flared muzzle, developed in Germany or Holland in the 16th century.
Blunt cardiac injury
Blunt cardiac injury (BCI), formerly myocardial contusion, is heart injury from blunt chest trauma, mainly motor vehicle collisions. Screening uses admission ECG plus troponin I; both normal rule out BCI.
Blunt splenic trauma
Blunt splenic trauma: spleen injury from non-penetrating force, also called blunt splenic injury. Non-operative management is standard in hemodynamically stable patients; failure under 10% overall, up to 75% in grade V; splenic artery embolization is the key adjunct.
Blunt Talk
Blunt Talk is a Starz half-hour comedy (2015-2016, two seasons) created by Jonathan Ames with Seth MacFarlane, starring Patrick Stewart in his first comedy lead as British cable-news host Walter Blunt in Los Angeles; Metacritic season 1 score 56.
Blunt trauma
Blunt trauma, also called blunt force trauma, is injury from forceful impact without skin breach (falls, motor vehicle crashes, blows, blasts). It causes contusions, abrasions, lacerations, and fractures, and accounts for most serious traumatic injuries.
Bluntnose sixgill shark
Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus), a large deepwater cow shark with six gill slits and one dorsal fin, up to 4.8 m, IUCN Near Threatened, Salish Sea pupping grounds.
Blur (band)
Blur are an English rock band formed in London in 1989 by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree, central to the 1990s Britpop movement.
Blur (Blur album)
Blur (1997) is the English rock band Blur's fifth studio album, released by Food Records on 10 February 1997. Recorded in London and Reykjavik with producer Stephen Street, it abandoned Britpop for American lo-fi alt-rock, with the UK number-one single Beetlebum and the US hit Song 2.
Blur (video game)
Blur is a 2010 arcade racing game by Bizarre Creations and Activision for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, mixing licensed cars with Mario Kart-style power-ups; critically acclaimed (Metacritic 82) but a commercial failure that led to the studio's 2011 closure.
Blur Studio
Blur Studio (Blur Studio, Inc.) is a Los Angeles CGI animation and VFX company founded in 1995 by Tim Miller, David Stinnett, and Duane Powell, known for game cinematics and the Emmy-winning Netflix anthology Love, Death + Robots and Prime Video's Secret Level.
Blurb
Blurb: promotional text coined by Gelett Burgess c. 1907; covers back-cover jacket copy and author endorsement quotes; studied as a genre and criticized as reciprocal logrolling.
Blurred Lines
Blurred Lines: 2013 Robin Thicke single featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams, the world's bestselling song of 2013, later found by a US jury to infringe Marvin Gaye's Got To Give It Up.
Blurryface
Blurryface (stylized BLURRYFΛCE) is Twenty One Pilots' fourth studio album, released May 19, 2015 on Fueled By Ramen; a concept record about Tyler Joseph's insecurity alter ego, it hit number one on the Billboard charts and was the first album with every track certified Gold.
Blush (Kevin Abstract album)
Blush is Kevin Abstract's fifth solo studio album, released June 27, 2025 via Juno, X8 Music, and Virgin Records. Named for his open-ended Houston collective, it features Dominic Fike, Danny Brown, JPEGMAFIA, Quadeca, and Ameer Vann.
Blushing
Blushing, or facial blushing, is the involuntary reddening of the face, ears, neck, and upper chest caused by embarrassment, shame, or perceived social scrutiny, and cannot be suppressed.
BluSmart
BluSmart was an Indian all-electric ride-hailing company founded in 2019, which owned its own EV fleet in Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru and suspended operations in April 2025.
Blut Aus Nord
Blut Aus Nord, German for "Blood from North", is a French black metal project founded by the anonymous Vindsval in 1994, known for industrial and atmospheric experimentation.