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Icko Iben

Icko Iben Jr. (1931–2025) was an American astrophysicist who specialized in late stellar evolution, teaching at the University of Illinois and elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1985.

Icky Thump

Icky Thump is the sixth and final studio album by The White Stripes, released June 2007 on Warner Bros./XL. Recorded in three weeks at Nashville's Blackbird Studios with Joe Chiccarelli, it became the duo's first UK Number 1 album, scored Metacritic 80, and spawned the UK top-2 title-track single.

Iclaprim

Iclaprim (Ro 48-2622, AR-100) is an investigational 2,4-diaminopyrimidine dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor active against Gram-positive bacteria including MRSA and trimethoprim-resistant strains; not FDA or EMA approved.

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network of more than 2,500 local and regional governments working on sustainable urban development, climate action, and biodiversity.

iCLIP

iCLIP is a molecular biology method that maps where an RNA-binding protein contacts RNA inside cells, using UV crosslinking and sequencing to resolve each crosslink site to a single nucleotide.

ICloud

iCloud, also known as Apple iCloud, is Apple's consumer cloud service, launched free in 2011 as the successor to MobileMe, storing and syncing photos, files, backups, and passwords across Apple devices.

ICMA Green Bond Principles

The ICMA Green Bond Principles are voluntary guidelines issued by the International Capital Market Association in 2014-era form, updated June 2025, promoting transparency in green bond issuance.

ICO (file format)

ICO is a Microsoft Windows file format that stores several images of one icon at different sizes and color depths, used for icons and website favicons.

Ico (イコ)

Ico (イコ) is a 2001 Team Ico action-adventure for PS2 directed by Fumito Ueda, in which a horned boy escapes a castle hand in hand with Yorda; praised as art, it sold modestly and shaped the Team Ico trilogy.

ICOCA (イコカ)

ICOCA (イコカ) is a contactless IC fare card from West Japan Railway Company, launched in 2003, used on trains and buses and as electronic money.

Icodextrin

Icodextrin (Extraneal) is a starch-derived glucose polymer, average MW 16,000 D, used as a 7.5% colloid-osmotic agent for long-dwell peritoneal dialysis exchanges, first registered 1997, with maltose-based glucose meter interference as its key warning.

Icolo e Bengo Province

Icolo e Bengo Province, a new Angolan province created from Luanda by Law 14/24 (September 2024), effective 1 January 2025, capital Catete, 7 municipalities, 11 communes, governor Auzílio de Oliveira Martins Jacob, population about 1.52 million.

ICOM IC-7110

The Icom IC-7110 is an all-mode amateur radio transceiver covering HF through 430 MHz, unveiled as the successor to the IC-7100 at Ham Fair 2026 in Tokyo.

Icomidocholic acid

Icomidocholic acid (aramchol, arachidyl amido cholanoic acid, C20-FABAC) is Galmed's synthetic cholic acid–arachidic acid conjugate and partial SCD1 inhibitor in phase 3 (ARMOR) for MASH/NASH, not yet approved.

Icon

An icon (Greek: eikōn), or religious icon, is a sacred image of Christ, his Mother, the angels, or the saints, venerated in Eastern Christianity, with honor passing to the person depicted.

Icon (Brent Faiyaz album)

Icon (2026) is the third studio album by American R&B singer Brent Faiyaz, released February 13 on ISO Supremacy/UnitedMasters, executive produced by Raphael Saadiq; a 10-track, 33:38 romantic pivot scrapped once in September 2025 and rebuilt.

Icon (character)

Icon (Augustus Freeman IV, born Arnus) is a DC Comics/Milestone Media superhero, an alien from Terminus crash-landed in 1839, debuting in Icon #1 (1993) by Dwayne McDuffie and M.D. Bright, partnered with Rocket in Dakota City; distinct from the computing icon and Icon programming language.

Icon (computing)

In computing, an icon is a small pictographic image representing a program, file, or command, acted on by clicking rather than typing. It is one of the four elements of the graphical user interface.

Icon (Irish company)

ICON plc is an Irish contract research organization founded in Dublin in 1990, providing outsourced drug development and commercialization services, and trading on NASDAQ as ICLR.

ICON A5

The ICON A5 is a two-seat, single-engine amphibious light sport aircraft built by ICON Aircraft of Vacaville, California, with folding wings, a ballistic parachute, and a spin-resistant airframe.

Icon for Hire

Icon for Hire: American rock band formed in Decatur, Illinois in 2007, led by Ariel Bloomer and Shawn Jump; Tooth & Nail albums Scripted (2011) and Icon for Hire (2013), independent since 2016.

Icon of the Seas

Icon of the Seas is a Royal Caribbean cruise ship delivered in 2023 as the largest cruise ship in the world, sailing year-round from Miami.

Icon Productions

Icon Productions is an independent film production company founded by Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey in 1989 to finance Hamlet, known for Braveheart and The Passion of the Christ.

Icon-class cruise ship

The Icon class is a class of LNG-powered Royal Caribbean cruise ships built in Finland, whose lead ship Icon of the Seas became the world's largest cruise ship in 2024.

ICON1 study

ICON1 (NCT01933581) is a UK prospective observational cohort study of patients aged 75+ with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome undergoing invasive care; it produced the FRAIL-HEART risk score, which outperformed GRACE 2.

Icona Pop

Icona Pop is a Swedish electropop duo of Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo, formed in Stockholm in 2009, known for the 2012 hit "I Love It" with Charli XCX and albums including Ritual (2026).

ICONE trial

ICONE trial (NCT05699005), a French multicenter randomized trial from University Hospital, Lille, comparing individualized ScvO2-triggered versus conventional hemoglobin <9 g/dL red cell transfusion in adults on VA-ECMO for refractory cardiogenic shock; 236 patients, recruiting.

Iconic Events

Iconic Events Releasing (Iconic Releasing) is a Los Angeles event cinema distributor bringing live sports, anime, music, horror, and faith content to over 5,000 U.S. theaters, known for distributing the Terrifier films with Cineverse. Distinct from unrelated event companies of the same name.

ICONICS

ICONICS was a Foxborough, Massachusetts software company founded in 1986 that developed SCADA software and cloud applications for industrial automation and smart buildings; Mitsubishi Electric fully acquired it in 2019.

Iconix Brand Group

Iconix Brand Group is an American brand management company (now Iconix International) owning roughly 30 consumer brands such as Candie's, Starter, Umbro, and Rocawear, licensing them to retailers and wholesalers; it was charged by the SEC in 2019 with accounting fraud, and former CEO Neil Cole was sentenced to prison in 2023.