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Lanthanum nickelate
Lanthanum nickelate (LaNiO3, often abbreviated LNO) is a rare-earth nickelate that remains metallic at all temperatures, making it useful as an oxide electrode, electrocatalyst, and parent compound of nickelate superconductors.
Lanthanum strontium cobalt ferrite
Lanthanum strontium cobalt ferrite (LSCF) is a mixed ionic and electronic conducting perovskite oxide used chiefly as the oxygen electrode of solid oxide fuel cells.
Lanthanum strontium manganite
Lanthanum strontium manganite (LSM) is a strontium-doped perovskite oxide best known as the cathode material for solid oxide fuel cells, and also studied for colossal magnetoresistance.
Lanthanum superhydride
Lanthanum superhydride is a hydrogen-rich compound of lanthanum that superconducts at about 250 kelvin under 170 gigapascals of pressure, reported in 2019 as the highest confirmed critical temperature.
Lanthanum zirconate
Lanthanum zirconate (La₂Zr₂O₇) is a ceramic oxide with the cubic pyrochlore structure, studied as a thermal barrier coating for gas turbine components for its low thermal conductivity.
Lanthanum-doped barium stannate
Lanthanum-doped barium stannate (La:BaSnO3, abbreviated LBSO) is a transparent conducting oxide studied as an indium-free alternative to ITO, with the highest room-temperature electron mobility among wide-band-gap semiconductors.
Lantheus
Lantheus, formally Lantheus Holdings, is an American radiopharmaceutical company headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts. Founded in 1956 as New England Nuclear, it makes imaging and therapeutic agents.
Lanthionine
Lanthionine is a nonproteinogenic sulfur-containing amino acid in which two alanine residues are linked by a thioether bridge, first isolated from alkali-treated wool in 1941.
Lantibiotic, Type A, Bacillales-type
Type A, Bacillales-type (nisin-like, type A(I)) lantibiotics: elongated cationic lanthionine-bridged peptide antibiotics including nisin, subtilin from Bacillus subtilis, epidermin, and gallidermin; they bind lipid II and disrupt Gram-positive membranes.
Lanting Preface
The Lanting Preface (兰亭集序), by Eastern Jin calligrapher Wang Xizhi, is regarded as the finest running script under heaven; the original is lost and survives only in copies.
Lantingji Xu
Lantingji Xu (兰亭集序), also called Lanting Xu or Xitie, is a preface written by Wang Xizhi in 353, honored as the finest running script in Chinese calligraphy.
LANTIRN
LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night) is a two-pod system letting F-15E and F-16 strike aircraft fly low at night and hit targets with precision weapons.
Lantonside
Lantonside: Roman fortlet in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, at the mouth of the River Nith (grid NY010662), about 40 by 35 m, identified from aerial photography, attributed to the Antonine occupation c. AD 139-165.
Lantrani
Lantrani (लंतरानी) is a 2024 Hindi anthology comedy-drama on Zee5 with three stories by Durgesh Singh, directed by Kaushik Ganguly, Bhaskar Hazarika, and Gurvinder Singh, starring Jitendra Kumar, Johny Lever, Jisshu Sengupta, and Nimisha Sajayan.
Lanuéjols
Lanuéjols names two Occitanie communes: Lanuéjols (Gard, 30139) on the Causse Noir at 900 m, attested from 1150, and Lanuéjols (Lozère, 48081), home to a Gallo-Roman mausoleum of the Pomponii, classified Monument Historique since 1840.
Lanugo
Lanugo is the fine, soft, unpigmented fetal hair, the first human hair type, anchoring vernix caseosa and shed around 33-36 weeks. In adults it signals anorexia, malnutrition, or rarely paraneoplastic hypertrichosis lanuginosa.
Lanús
Lanús is a partido of Buenos Aires Province in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded 29 September 1944, with 48 km², 462,051 inhabitants (2022 census), six localities, historic railway workshops at Remedios de Escalada, and the Universidad Nacional de Lanús.
Lanuvium
Lanuvium (modern Lanuvio), ancient Latin city in the Alban Hills about 30 km SE of Rome; Latin League member, captured by Rome 338 BC, famed for the sanctuary of Juno Sospita and as birthplace of Antoninus Pius.
Lanxess
Lanxess is a German specialty chemicals company created in 2005 when Bayer spun off its chemicals business, with 48 production sites in more than 32 countries.
Lanxess Arena
Lanxess Arena (formerly Kölnarena, nicknamed Henkelmännchen) is a multifunctional indoor arena in Cologne-Deutz, Germany, opened 1998, capacity up to 20,000, home of the Kölner Haie, host of EHF FINAL4 and world championships, and among the world's most-visited arenas.
Lanxi Daolong
Lanxi Daolong (蘭渓道隆), known in Japan as Rankei Dōryū, was a Chinese Chan monk who moved to Japan in 1246 and became founding abbot of Kenchōji in Kamakura.
Lanxi power station
Lanxi power station (浙能兰溪发电厂) is a 2,400-megawatt coal-fired power station in Lanxi, Zhejiang, China, operated by Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group; in 2024 it launched China's first full-process carbon capture and mineralization project at a coal plant.
Lanxin Railway
The Lanxin Railway, also called the Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway (兰新铁路), is a 2,423 km railway from Lanzhou through the Hexi Corridor to Urumqi and the Kazakh border, built between 1952 and 1962.
LANY
LANY ("lay-nee", Los Angeles New York) is an American synth-pop band formed in Nashville in 2014, now the duo of Paul Jason Klein and Jake Goss; known for ILYSB (platinum), Malibu Nights, and albums LANY (2017) through Soft (2025).
Lanyard
A lanyard (from Old French laniere, thong) is a short cord to secure or carry an object: a nautical rope, a military shoulder cord distinct from the aiguillette and fourragere, a badge neck strap, or a fall-arrest line.
LanzaJet
LanzaJet is an American sustainable aviation fuel company founded in 2020 as a spinout of LanzaTech, operating Freedom Pines Fuels in Soperton, Georgia, the world's first commercial-scale ethanol-to-jet-fuel plant.
Lanzarote
Lanzarote, easternmost Canary Island (Spain), volcanic island of 845 km² shaped by the 1730–1736 Timanfaya eruption; UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 1993 and Geopark since 2015; tourism-led economy with 8.9M airport passengers in 2025.
Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geopark
Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geopark (Geoparque de Lanzarote y Archipiélago Chinijo), a Spanish geopark designated in 2015 covering Lanzarote and five islets, with the 1730–1736 Timanfaya eruption, the 7.6 km La Corona lava tube, and the EU's largest marine reserve.
Lanzasurf Surf School
Lanzasurf Surf School and Yoga Camps, a surf school in Caleta de Famara, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, founded in 2006 by Evandro Muñoz as a local kids' surf club, offering year-round surf lessons, camps, safaris, and yoga.
LanzaTech
LanzaTech is a carbon capture company that uses gas fermentation to turn carbon-rich waste gases, such as steel mill off-gas, into ethanol, fuels, and chemicals.