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M-theory
M-theory is a proposed eleven-dimensional quantum theory of gravity underlying all five superstring theories, proposed by Edward Witten in a 1995 paper. Its fundamental objects are membranes and five-branes.
M-TRAN
M-TRAN (Modular Transformer) is a self-reconfigurable modular robot developed at Japan's AIST with Tokyo Institute of Technology, introduced in 2002, whose identical modules detach, rotate, and reconnect to change shape and gait.
M-type asteroid
M-type asteroids, also called M-class asteroids, are a class of asteroid with moderate albedo and featureless spectra, interpreted as metallic nickel-iron bodies; the largest member is 16 Psyche.
M-V
The M-V, also written M-5 or Mu-5, was a Japanese three-stage solid-propellant rocket developed by ISAS to launch scientific satellites, flying seven times between 1997 and 2006.
m-Xylene
m-Xylene (1,3-dimethylbenzene, also called meta-xylene) is one of the three isomers of xylene, a colorless flammable liquid oxidized industrially to isophthalic acid for polyester resins.
M-Zee Bella
M-Zee Bella is the stage name of Indian rapper Deepak Singh, who won the first season of the rap reality show MTV Hustle in October 2019.
M–sigma relation
The M–sigma relation, also written M–σ, is an empirical link between a galaxy's central supermassive black hole mass and its stellar velocity dispersion, reported independently in 2000.
M. A. Baby
M. A. Baby, born 1954 in Kollam, is an Indian Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician elected its general secretary in 2025, after serving as Kerala's education minister.
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (எம். ஏ. சிதம்பரம்)
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (எம். ஏ. சிதம்பரம்), or Chepauk, a Chennai cricket stadium established 1916; India's second oldest, home of Tamil Nadu and Chennai Super Kings, site of India's first Test win (1952) and the second Tied Test (1986).
M. A. R. Koehl
M. A. R. Koehl, known as Mimi Koehl, is an American marine biologist at UC Berkeley who studies the biomechanics of how organisms interact with water and air.
M. A. Sumanthiran
M. A. Sumanthiran (Mathiaparanan Abraham Sumanthiran, ம. ஆ. சுமந்திரன்), Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and President's Counsel; TNA/ITAK National List MP 2010–2015 and Jaffna District MP 2015–2024; lost his seat in the 2024 election.
M. A. Wazed Miah (এম এ ওয়াজেদ মিয়া)
M. A. Wazed Miah (এম এ ওয়াজেদ মিয়া) was a Bangladeshi nuclear physicist who chaired the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and was married to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
M. A. Yusuff Ali
M. A. Yusuff Ali (Yusuff Ali Musaliam Veettil Abdul Kader), born 1955 in Nattika, Kerala, is the Indian-born chairman and managing director of LuLu Group International and chairman of Lulu Retail, the largest pan-GCC retailer, which listed on the Abu Dhabi exchange in 2024.
M. Alan Permutt
M. Alan Permutt, full name Marshall Alan Permutt (1939–2012), was an American physician and diabetes geneticist at Washington University in St. Louis who led the identification of the first type 2 diabetes gene.
M. Alfred Haynes
M. Alfred Haynes (died 2016) was an American epidemiologist who built Charles R. Drew University in Los Angeles and co-edited the 1999 report The Unequal Burden of Cancer.
M. Amin Arnaout
M. Amin Arnaout, also known as M A Arnaout, is a nephrologist and structural biologist at Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital known for discovering the β2 integrin family.
M. Andrew Hoyt
M. Andrew Hoyt is an American cell biologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University known for discovering the yeast spindle checkpoint and kinesin-related mitotic spindle motors.
M. Ángela Nieto
M. Ángela Nieto, full name María Ángela Nieto Toledano, is a Spanish developmental biologist in Alicante known for defining the role of EMT and Snail factors in development and cancer.
M. Anil Kumar Yadav
M. Anil Kumar Yadav (Mandadi), born 1982, is an Indian National Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Telangana since April 2024, son of former Secunderabad MP Anjan Kumar Yadav and a former Telangana Youth Congress president.
M. B. Patil
M. B. Patil, born Mallanagouda Basanagouda Patil in 1964, is an Indian National Congress politician serving as Karnataka's industries minister since May 2023, after five terms representing Babaleshwar.
M. Balamuralikrishna (మంగళంపల్లి బాలమురళీకృష్ణ)
M. Balamuralikrishna (మంగళంపల్లి బాలమురళీకృష్ణ, 1930–2016) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who composed in all 72 Melakarta ragas, created new ragas like Lavangi and Mahathi, and received the Padma Vibhushan.
M. Bhojarajan
M. Bhojarajan (எம். போஜராஜன்; born 1946) is a BJP politician, Nilgiris planter and advocate, MLA for Udhagamandalam since 2026, and the BJP's lone legislator in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.
M. Bishr Omary
M. Bishr Omary, also known as Bishr Omary, is a gastroenterologist and cell biologist who identified keratin 8 and 18 variants as genetic risk factors for liver disease.
M. Bison
M. Bison (Vega in Japan, nicknamed Dictator) is Capcom's Street Fighter villain, final boss of Street Fighter II (1991) and leader of Shadaloo, wielding Psycho Power; played by Raúl Juliá in 1994 and David Dastmalchian in 2026.
M. Brian Maple
M. Brian Maple, full name Merrill Brian Maple, is an American experimental condensed matter physicist at UC San Diego known for research on superconductivity and magnetism.
M. Butterfly
M. Butterfly is David Henry Hwang's 1988 Tony-winning play, also staged as a 2022 Huang Ruo opera, about diplomat Rene Gallimard's 20-year affair with the male spy Song Liling, based on the 1986 Boursicot case.
M. Butterfly (film)
M. Butterfly (1993) is David Cronenberg's film of David Henry Hwang's Tony-winning play, starring Jeremy Irons and John Lone as a French diplomat and the male Peking Opera spy he believed was a woman; a critical and commercial disappointment adapted from the Boursicot-Shi Pei Pu affair.
M. C. Armijo
M. C. Armijo, also known as M. Christina Armijo, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.
M. C. Escher
M. C. Escher (Maurits Cornelis Escher, 1898–1972), Dutch graphic artist of impossible buildings, tessellations and metamorphoses; printmaker of Relativity, Day and Night, Circle Limit III; born Leeuwarden, Rome-trained, Baarn-based.
M. C. Gainey
M.C. Gainey (Mike Connor Gainey, born 1948, Jackson, Mississippi) is an American character actor known for tough roles: Tom Friendly on Lost, Bo Crowder on Justified, Swamp Thing in Con Air, Rosco P. Coltrane in The Dukes of Hazzard (2005), and Django Unchained.