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Neocomites
Neocomites is an extinct Early Cretaceous ammonite genus (Berriasian to Hauterivian), type genus of Neocomitidae, with type species Ammonites neocomiensis d'Orbigny, 1841, used in Valanginian biostratigraphy.
Neoconservatism
Neoconservatism is an American political movement of former liberals who moved right in the 1960s and 1970s, associated with Irving Kristol, Commentary, hardline anticommunism, the Iraq War, and later decline within the Republican Party.
Neocortex
Neocortex (isocortex): the six-layered outer cerebral cortex found only in mammals, part of the dorsal pallium, up to about 80% of the human brain, expanded in human prefrontal and language areas.
Neodigital
Neodigital Versicherung AG is a German digital property-and-casualty insurer founded in 2016 and headquartered in Neunkirchen; the first fully digital BaFin-licensed insurer, it sold its portfolio in 2026 and now provides insurance technology.
Neodymium
Neodymium is a chemical element with atomic number 60, a silvery lanthanide metal discovered in 1885 and best known as the key ingredient of the strongest permanent magnets.
Neodymium glass laser
A neodymium glass laser is a solid-state laser in which neodymium ions dissolved in glass emit light near 1.06 µm, first demonstrated by Elias Snitzer in 1961.
Neodymium magnet
The neodymium magnet, also called NdFeB or NIB magnet, is the strongest permanent magnet made, an alloy of neodymium, iron, and boron used in EV motors and wind turbines.
Neodymium-doped fiber
A neodymium-doped fiber is an optical fiber with neodymium ions in its core, used as the gain medium in fiber lasers and amplifiers near 1.06 µm.
Neodymium(III) oxide
Neodymium(III) oxide, also called neodymia or neodymium sesquioxide, is an inorganic compound (Nd₂O₃), a gray to blue powder used in permanent magnets, glass, lasers, and catalysts.
Neoen
Neoen is a French independent renewable energy producer developing solar farms, wind farms, and grid-scale battery storage, best known for building the world's first big battery in Australia in 2017.
Neoenergia
Neoenergia S.A. is a Brazilian integrated electricity company controlled by Spain's Iberdrola, founded in 1997 and the largest power distributor in Brazil, serving more than 40 million people.
Neofelis
Neofelis, the clouded leopard genus (Gray, 1867), Pantherinae felids with two Vulnerable species: mainland N. nebulosa and Sunda N. diardi of Sumatra and Borneo, known for the largest canine-to-body-size ratio among living cats.
Neofit Bozveli
Neofit Bozveli (Неофит Бозвели), born Petrov, was a Bulgarian archimandrite, educator, and writer who led the struggle for a Bulgarian church, dying in exile in 1848.
Neofit Rilski
Neofit Rilski (Неофит Рилски) was a Bulgarian monk, grammarian, and teacher whose Bolgarska gramatika of 1835 was the first Bulgarian grammar and a foundation of modern literary Bulgarian.
Neofolk
Neofolk, also called dark folk or apocalyptic folk, is an experimental folk genre from 1980s European post-industrial and post-punk scenes; founding acts Death in June, Current 93, Sol Invictus; acoustic instrumentation, pagan and occult themes, far-right controversy.
Neofunctionalism
Neofunctionalism: regional integration theory founded by Ernst B. Haas in The Uniting of Europe (1958), explaining European integration through spillover, shifting loyalties, and supranational institutions, contrasted with liberal intergovernmentalism.
Neogastropod biology and ecology
Neogastropod biology and ecology describes the predatory sea snails, a group of over 15,000 mostly marine species that subdue prey with venom glands, drilling, and an extensible proboscis.
Neogastropod fossil record and evolution
The neogastropod fossil record traces predatory marine snails from an abrupt Cretaceous appearance through a Mesozoic rise in drilling predation to a Cenozoic radiation of over 15,000 species.
Neogene
The Neogene, formerly called the Upper Tertiary, is the middle period of the Cenozoic Era, spanning 23.03 to 2.58 million years ago and comprising the Miocene and Pliocene.
Neogene bivalves
Neogene bivalves are the fossil clams, mussels, and scallops that lived between 23.04 and 2.58 million years ago, the interval when today's marine bivalve fauna was assembled.
Neogene Therapeutics
Neogene Therapeutics was a clinical-stage biotechnology company in Amsterdam, founded in 2018 by Carsten Linnemann and Ton Schumacher to develop neoantigen TCR therapies for solid tumors.
Neoglaciation
Neoglaciation is the late Holocene interval, beginning roughly 5,000 years ago, when alpine glaciers regrew after Middle Holocene shrinkage; Porter and Denton formalized the concept in 1967.
Neogobius melanostomus
Neogobius melanostomus, the round goby, a Ponto-Caspian gobiid fish invasive in the Great Lakes, Baltic Sea, and major European rivers; ballast-water introductions since 1990, mussel and fish-egg predation, and temperature-dependent salinity tolerance.
Neohesperidin dihydrochalcone
Neohesperidin dihydrochalcone (NHDC, E 959) is a semisynthetic citrus-derived high-intensity sweetener, 1,000–1,800 times sweeter than sucrose, with slow onset and lingering aftertaste; EU food additive, US GRAS (GRN 902), EFSA ADI 20 mg/kg bw/day.
Neohibolites
Neohibolites is an extinct Early Cretaceous belemnite genus (Stolley, 1911, family Belemnopseidae) whose calcitic rostra define five Albian biozones in north-west Europe; key species include N. minimus, N. strombecki, and N. ewaldi.
Neolamarckia cadamba
Neolamarckia cadamba (kadamba, kadam, jabon, kelempayan, burflower tree) is a fast-growing evergreen Rubiaceae timber tree native from south China to tropical Asia, used for pulp, plywood, pencils, and matches.
Neoleucinodes elegantalis
Neoleucinodes elegantalis (small tomato borer, tomato fruit borer), a Neotropical crambid moth whose larvae bore into Solanaceae fruits, causing up to 90% tomato yield loss; an EPPO A1 quarantine pest absent from Europe.
Neoliberalism
Neoliberalism, also known as neoliberal capitalism, is a doctrine that arose in the 1930s and 1940s. It was shaped by figures like F. A. Hayek and Milton Friedman.
Neolin
Neolin, known as the "Delaware Prophet," was a Lenape spiritual leader who from about 1761 preached rejection of alcohol and European trade, inspiring Pontiac's War of 1763.
Neoliner Origin
Neoliner Origin is a 136-meter French wind-powered roll-on/roll-off cargo ship built in Turkey and launched in 2025, described as the largest sailing cargo ship in the world.