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FDX (GlobalFoundries)

FDX is GlobalFoundries' family of fully depleted silicon-on-insulator process technologies, built on planar transistors for low-power edge and automotive chips, from 22FDX in 2015 to the 7nm-class FDX Fusion announced in 2026.

Fe del Mundo

Fe del Mundo (1911-2011), Filipina pediatrician and first woman National Scientist of the Philippines; founded the country's first pediatric hospital (1957), researched dengue and childhood vaccines, invented a bamboo incubator.

Fe Garay

Fe Garay (Fernanda Garay Rodrigues), Brazilian volleyball outside hitter born 1986 in Porto Alegre; Olympic gold London 2012, silver Tokyo 2020, world silver 2010 and bronze 2014; Superliga champion with Praia Clube 2017/18.

Fe-doped nickel oxyhydroxide oxygen evolution catalysts

Fe-doped nickel oxyhydroxide (Ni(Fe)OOH, Ni1-xFexOOH) is a nickel oxyhydroxide electrocatalyst containing incorporated iron atoms, and the most active earth-abundant catalyst known for the oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline media.

Fe-Mn-Si shape memory alloy

Fe-Mn-Si shape memory alloy is an iron-based alloy that recovers its shape when heated. Discovered in 1982, it costs far less than Ni-Ti and is used in civil engineering.

Fe-N-C cathode for PEM fuel cells

An Fe-N-C cathode is a proton exchange membrane fuel cell electrode whose iron-nitrogen-carbon catalyst, with single iron atoms on nitrogen sites, replaces platinum for oxygen reduction.

Fe(PDP) C–H oxidation

Fe(PDP) C–H oxidation is a catalytic method for selectively oxidizing unactivated aliphatic C–H bonds, reported in 2007 by the White group at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Fe3GaTe2

Fe3GaTe2 is a layered van der Waals ferromagnet, reported in 2022, that stays magnetic above room temperature and shows strong perpendicular anisotropy, making it a leading candidate for spintronic devices.

Fe3GeTe2

Fe3GeTe2 (FGT) is a layered van der Waals itinerant ferromagnet with a bulk Curie temperature near 220 K, which ionic gating raises to room temperature in thin flakes.

Fe3Sn2

Fe3Sn2 is a ferromagnetic iron-tin kagome metal whose bilayer lattice hosts massive Dirac fermions, a flat band, and an anomalous Hall effect about 20 times larger than in iron.

Fe5GeTe2

Fe5GeTe2, often written F5GT, is a layered metallic van der Waals ferromagnet in which Fe-Ge sheets sit between tellurium layers, with a Curie temperature near room temperature.

Fea Fossae

Fea Fossae: a 620-km-wide system of linear troughs (fossae) on Venus at 27.5N, 224E, in quadrangle v15. Named for a Gaelic war goddess; IAU-approved 1997.

Fëanor

Fëanor (Fëanáro, "Spirit of Fire"; also Curufinwë) is the eldest son of Finwë in Tolkien's Silmarillion, maker of the Silmarils and Tengwar, whose oath and rebellion against the Valar doomed the Noldor.

Fear

Fear: an unpleasant, strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger, an adaptive threat response involving the amygdala and related circuits; distinguished from sustained anxiety, though that distinction is scientifically contested.

Fear (1996 film)

Fear is a 1996 American psychological thriller directed by James Foley, starring Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, and William Petersen, about a teenage girl whose possessive boyfriend turns violent.

Fear (2007 film)

Fear (फियर) is a 2007 Hindi supernatural horror film directed by Vikram Bhatt, produced by Ramesh Sippy, starring Alisha Baig as an amnesiac haunted by a spirit; initially titled Rooh, music by Himesh Reshammiya, IMDb 4.1/10.

Fear (2025 TV series)

Fear (2025 TV series): three-part British psychological thriller on Prime Video UK/Ireland, 4 March 2025, starring Martin Compston, Anjli Mohindra, Solly McLeod; adapted from Dirk Kurbjuweit's novel, set in Glasgow, directed by Justin Chadwick.

Fear (band)

Fear (FEAR) is an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977, led by Lee Ving; known for The Record (1982), The Decline of Western Civilization, the infamous 1981 SNL set, and Flea's early bass tenure.

Fear (EP)

Fear (stylized FEAR) is NF's six-track EP released November 14, 2025 via NF Real Music and Capitol Music Group, his first new music since the 2023 album HOPE; features mgk and James Arthur, burning-mansion artwork, and sharply divided reviews.

Fear and Courage

Fear and Courage (Strah in pogum) is a 1951 collection of four novellas by the Slovene writer Edvard Kocbek, examining moral dilemmas in the wartime Partisan movement.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 gonzo journalism book, serialized in Rolling Stone as 'Raoul Duke', published by Random House in 1972, illustrated by Ralph Steadman, and filmed by Terry Gilliam in 1998.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) is Terry Gilliam's film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 gonzo book, starring Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke and Benicio del Toro as Dr. Gonzo, released by Universal with a disputed four-writer screenplay credit.

Fear and Trembling

Fear and Trembling (Frygt og Bæven), Kierkegaard's 1843 'Dialectical Lyric' by Johannes de silentio, examines Abraham's binding of Isaac, the teleological suspension of the ethical, and the knight of faith; not to be confused with other works of the same title.

Fear Below

Fear Below is a 2025 Australian adventure-horror film directed by Matthew Holmes, also known as a period gangster-shark thriller. Set in 1946, it follows divers hired by criminals to recover sunken gold bullion while a bull shark stalks them; 85 minutes, Saban Films.

Fear conditioning

Fear conditioning is a behavioral paradigm in which a neutral stimulus paired with an aversive one, such as a foot shock, comes to elicit defensive fear responses.

Fear Factor

Fear Factor is an American reality competition franchise where contestants face stunts and challenges involving physical danger, disgust, and fear, first airing on NBC in 2001.

Fear Factor: House of Fear

Fear Factor: House of Fear is a 2026 FOX reality competition hosted by Johnny Knoxville, produced by Endemol Shine North America, in which 14 contestants face fear-based stunts in a Vancouver mansion for $200,000; renewed for season two.

Fear Factory

Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band from Los Angeles formed in 1989, formerly Ulceration, known for Demanufacture (1995), Burton C. Bell's scream-and-clean vocals, and the Roboticist single of 2026.

Fear Inoculum

Fear Inoculum is Tool's fifth studio album, released August 30, 2019 on RCA after 13 years. The 85-minute, seven-song progressive metal record debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, set a Hot 100 length record with its title track, and won a Grammy for "7empest."

Fear No Mort

Fear No Mort is the season 7 finale of Rick and Morty, the series' 71st episode, premiered December 17, 2023 on Adult Swim. Written by Heather Anne Campbell, directed by Eugene Huang, it traps Morty in the Fear Hole, where Rick never actually entered.