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Endless Column

The Endless Column (Coloana fără sfârșit) is a 29.33-meter cast-iron sculpture by Constantin Brâncuși, erected in 1938 at Târgu Jiu, Romania, as the centerpiece of his First World War memorial ensemble.

Endless Field

Endless Field (Cánh đồng bất tận) is a 2005 Vietnamese novella by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư about a duck-herding father, Út Vũ, and children Nương and Điền in the Mekong Delta; censored in 2006, it won ASEAN and Liberaturpreis honors and became the 2010 film The Floating Lives.

Endless Forms Most Beautiful (album)

Endless Forms Most Beautiful is Nightwish's eighth studio album (Nuclear Blast, March 2015), the first with vocalist Floor Jansen and Troy Donockley, a Darwin-inspired concept album on evolution featuring Richard Dawkins, which topped the Finnish chart.

Endless knot

The endless knot, or eternal knot (Tibetan dpal be'u, Chinese 盘长), is one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism, a single continuous intertwined line symbolizing interdependence and the Buddha's endless wisdom.

Endless Legend 2

Endless Legend 2 is a fantasy turn-based 4X strategy game by Amplitude Studios, published by Hooded Horse, set on the ocean planet Saiadha. Early Access September 22, 2025; 1.0 September 17, 2026; Tidefall mechanic, six factions plus rogue variants.

Endless Love (1981 film)

Endless Love (1981) is Franco Zeffirelli's romantic drama adapted from Scott Spencer's novel, starring Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt; critically panned but a box-office success, best known for the nine-week Billboard number-one Diana Ross and Lionel Richie title duet.

Endless Love (2014 film)

Endless Love (2014), Shana Feste's romantic drama remake of the 1981 Brooke Shields film based on Scott Spencer's novel, starring Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde; grossed $34.7 million worldwide and was panned by critics.

Endless Love (2015 TV series)

Endless Love (Kara Sevda) is a Turkish Star TV romantic drama (2015–2017, Ay Yapım) starring Burak Özçivit and Neslihan Atagül; it won the 2017 International Emmy for Best Telenovela and sold to 110+ countries.

Endless Love (song)

"Endless Love" (song): 1981 pop-soul duet by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, written and produced by Richie for Franco Zeffirelli's film. Nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the longest Motown run ever, Oscar and Grammy nominated, famously covered by Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey.

Endless Ocean Luminous

Endless Ocean Luminous, known in Japan as Forever Blue Luminous, is a 2024 underwater exploration game for Nintendo Switch and the third Endless Ocean game.

Endless Sky

Endless Sky: free, open-source 2D space trading, exploration, and combat game inspired by Escape Velocity, created by Michael Zahniser, first released v0.7.9 on GitHub in 2015; GPL v3, cross-platform, hundreds of star systems, plugin and galaxy editors.

Endless Summer Vacation

Endless Summer Vacation is Miley Cyrus's eighth studio album, released March 10, 2023 on Columbia. Lead single Flowers spent six weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100; the album hit No. 3 and drew mixed reviews.

Endling

Endling: the last known surviving individual of a species or subspecies, whose death means extinction; also the last of a family line. Coined by Robert Webster and Bruce Erickson in Nature in 1996; famous examples include Martha the passenger pigeon and Lonesome George.

Endling (2025 novel)

Endling is Maria Reva's 2025 debut novel (Doubleday, Virago, Knopf Canada, 352 pp.), a satirical metafiction about a snail scientist, romance tours, kidnapped bachelors, Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and a fake ending; longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize.

Endmember extraction

Endmember extraction is a hyperspectral image analysis method that identifies the pure spectral signatures of materials in a scene, the first step of spectral unmixing.

EndNote

EndNote is a commercial reference management package developed by Clarivate, first released in 1989, that stores references and inserts formatted citations into documents via Cite While You Write.

Endo- and exopeptidase classification

Peptidases are classified on two independent axes: exopeptidases cleave near a chain terminus while endopeptidases act internally, and catalytic mechanism distinguishes serine, cysteine, and other types.

Endo-alpha(1,4)-fucoidanase Mef1

Endo-alpha(1,4)-fucoidanase Mef1 (EC 3.2.1.212, GH107) from Muricauda eckloniae cleaves α(1,4) bonds between C2-sulfated fucose residues in brown-algal fucoidan; Ca2+-dependent, (β/α)8-barrel, His270/Asp187 catalysis, PDB 8BPD.

Endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase

Endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidases (ENGases, EC 3.2.1.96) are GH18 and GH85 glycoside hydrolases from bacteria to humans that cleave the chitobiose core of N-glycans, leaving one GlcNAc on the protein; used in deglycosylation, glycoprotein synthesis, and IgG targeting.

Endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase H

Endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase H (Endo H, EC 3.2.1.96), a GH18 endoglycosidase from Streptomyces plicatus, cleaves core GlcNAc of high-mannose and some hybrid N-glycans, not complex types, a standard deglycosylation reagent.

ENDOA trial

ENDOA (NCT06949176) is a randomized Athens trial comparing 2.5% versus 5% sodium hypochlorite root canal irrigation in necrotic teeth with apical periodontitis, using qPCR bacterial load and one-year Periapical Index outcomes; 44 enrolled, active, not recruiting.

ENDOABG trial

ENDOABG (NCT06959602) is a randomized trial at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens comparing 2.5% sodium hypochlorite alone, with PUI, and with XP-Endo Finisher activation in 66 teeth with pulp necrosis and apical periodontitis, measuring qPCR bacterial reduction and 6- and 12-month healing.

Endoanal ultrasound

Endoanal ultrasound is an imaging technique using a probe in the anal canal to view the anal sphincter muscles, mainly to evaluate fecal incontinence and fistulas.

EndoBarrier trial

EndoBarrier trial: UK multicenter RCT (NCT02459561, ISRCTN30845205) of the EndoBarrier duodenal-jejunal bypass liner versus medical therapy in obese type 2 diabetes; also the US ENDO trial halted 2015 for hepatic abscess.

Endobronchial ultrasound

Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) is a bronchoscopic imaging technique that visualizes structures in and beyond the airway wall and guides biopsy of nearby lymph nodes and lung lesions.

Endocannabinoid system

Endocannabinoid system: lipid signaling network of CB1/CB2 receptors, endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-AG, and FAAH/MAGL enzymes, discovered after THC, regulating pain, appetite, immunity, and neurotransmitter release.

Endocannibalism

Endocannibalism, or mortuary cannibalism, is the ritual consumption of deceased relatives within one's own social group. It was thought to be most widely practiced in lowland South America.

Endocardial cell

Endocardial cell (CL:0002350), also called endocardial endothelial cell: the endothelial cell lining the heart chambers' inner surface, distinct from coronary endothelium in origin, markers (Npr3, Hapln1, Cdh11), and roles in valves, trabeculation, and cardiomyocyte signaling.

Endocardial fibroelastosis

Endocardial fibroelastosis (EFE), also called elastomyofibrosis, is a rare thickening of the heart's endocardium by fibrous and elastic tissue, mainly in infants, usually secondary to other cardiac disease, causing heart failure.

Endocarditis

Endocarditis is inflammation of the heart's inner lining, usually the valves; when caused by bacteria or fungi entering the bloodstream it is called infective endocarditis.