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Nilsix
nilsix is a trance and mainstage project of Norwegian producer Ørjan Nilsen and Dutch producer Mark Sixma, formed after COVID-19 and based in the Netherlands and Norway.
Nilsson model
The Nilsson model is a nuclear shell model describing nucleons in an axially deformed harmonic-oscillator potential, formulated by Sven Gösta Nilsson in his 1955 paper.
Nilsson Schmilsson
Nilsson Schmilsson, Harry Nilsson's November 1, 1971 RCA album produced by Richard Perry in London; his best-selling record, with the worldwide #1 "Without You" plus "Coconut" and "Jump Into the Fire".
Nilssonia
Nilssonia (Gray, 1872), South Asian softshell turtles, a genus of five large freshwater Trionychidae species: formosa, gangetica, hurum, leithii, nigricans; expanded from monotypic by merging Aspideretes; all five threatened.
Nilsu Berfin Aktaş
Nilsu Berfin Aktaş (Nilsu Berfin Aktaş) is a Turkish actress born 1998 in Ankara, trained at Yetenek Evi Sanat Akademisi; known for Kuzey Yıldızı İlk Aşk, Gelsin Hayat Bildiği Gibi, the 2025 film Aşk Sadece Bir An, and a 2022 Altın Kelebek Rising Stars award.
Nilsystem
A nilsystem is a dynamical system on a compact nilmanifold G/Γ of a nilpotent Lie group, with translation dynamics; nilsystems are the characteristic factors in multiple ergodic averages.
Nilüfer
Nilüfer: western central district of Bursa, Türkiye, established 1987 (Law 3391) with Osmangazi and Yıldırım; named for Nilüfer Creek and Nilüfer Hatun; Bursa's most developed district, SEGE rank 8 of 973; population 578,059 (2025).
Nilus Chaos
Nilus Chaos is a 283-km-wide chaos terrain on Mars at 25.34°N, 282.80°E, north of Kasei Vallis, named by the IAU in 1985; blocky mesas and deep valleys formed at the elevation boundary between Kasei Valles and surrounding plains.
Nilus Dorsa
Nilus Dorsa is an IAU-approved ridge system (dorsa) on Mars, 292.90 km across, centered at 20.68N 280.94E in quadrangle mc10. Approved in 1985 and named for the classical albedo feature at 20N, 65W (Nilus, Greek for the Nile), it is distinct from Nilus Chaos and Nilus Mensae.
Nilus Mensae
Nilus Mensae is a mesa region on Mars, IAU-approved in 1985, about 206.84 km across at 22.20°N, 287.77°E, named for the classical albedo feature Nilus at 20N, 65W.
Nilutamide
Nilutamide (Nilandron) is a first-generation nonsteroidal antiandrogen, FDA approved 9 September 1996, used with surgical castration for Stage D2 metastatic prostate cancer; 300 mg/day for 30 days then 150 mg daily, half-life about 56 hours.
Nilvadipine
Nilvadipine (Nivadil), a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker for hypertension, half-life 15-20 h, once-daily dosing; the NILVAD phase III trial found no benefit in mild to moderate Alzheimer disease.
Nily Rozic
Nily Rozic is an American politician, a Democrat representing Queens' 25th district in the New York State Assembly since 2012, chairing the Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee.
Nilza Iraci
Nilza Iraci is a Brazilian Black feminist, a founding member of Geledés – Instituto da Mulher Negra, nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize campaign.
Nim
Nim: ancient two-player impartial take-away game with counters in heaps; solved by Bouton in 1901 via the nim-sum (bitwise XOR). Basis of the Sprague-Grundy theorem; misère and Moore variants; Nimbi computer game, Marienbad.
Nim Chimpsky
Nim Chimpsky (1973–2000) was a chimpanzee in Project Nim, Herbert Terrace's Columbia University experiment teaching American Sign Language; he learned about 125 signs but Terrace concluded his signing was prompted imitation, not language.
Nim's Island
Nim's Island is a 2008 family adventure comedy film directed by Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett, based on Wendy Orr's children's book, starring Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, and Gerard Butler.
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Nima Arkani-Hamed, born 1972, is a Canadian-American theoretical particle physicist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, known for large extra dimensions, split supersymmetry, and the amplituhedron.
Nima Rinji Sherpa (निमा रिन्जी शेर्पा)
Nima Rinji Sherpa (निमा रिन्जी शेर्पा), Nepali Sherpa mountaineer, became the youngest person to summit all 14 eight-thousanders on 9 October 2024 at 18, on Shishapangma, breaking uncle Mingma Gyabu Sherpa's record; leads #SherpaPower and the 14 Peaks Mountaineering Institute.
Nima Rumba
Nima Rumba (निमा रुम्बा) is a Nepali pop singer, songwriter, and actor active since the early 1990s, best known for the hits "Ms. Catwalk" and "Huri Batas".
Nima Sharifi
Nima Sharifi is a prostate cancer medical oncologist and physician-scientist who identified the HSD3B1 mutation driving castration-resistant prostate cancer, leading the Desai Sethi Urology Institute since 2023.
NIMA study
The NIMA study was an observational cohort study sponsored by Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands, testing whether noninvasive atherosclerosis measurements predict cardiovascular disease better than traditional risk factors.
Nima Taleghani
Nima Taleghani (born 1992, North London) is a British actor and playwright: Mr Farouk in Netflix's Heartstopper, Benvolio/Lignière for Jamie Lloyd, and writer of Bacchae, the first debut play staged at the National Theatre's Olivier stage (2025).
Nima Yooshij
Nima Yooshij (نیما یوشیج), pen name of Ali Esfandiari, was an Iranian poet, 1897–1960, regarded as the father of modern Persian poetry and founder of she'r-e now.
Nimaathap
Nimaathap, also rendered Nimaethap, was an Egyptian royal woman of the late Second and early Third Dynasties, probably the wife of King Khasekhemwy and mother of King Djoser.
Nimaathap II
Nimaathap II, also known as Nimaethap II, is the conventional designation for a queen consort of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty in the Old Kingdom, known only from a roster of royal women.
Nimatullahi Sufi order in the Deccan
The Nimatullahi Sufi order in the Deccan (نعمتاللهی) was the Indian branch of a Persian Sufi order founded by Shah Ni'mat Allah Wali, seated at Bidar.
Nimayi poetry
Nimayi poetry (شعر نیمایی, she'r-e Nimā'i), also called Nimaic poetry, is a school of modern Persian verse founded by Nima Yushij, whose landmark poem was Afsaneh in 1922.
Nimba Corona
Nimba Corona is an 88-km-diameter corona, a quasi-circular volcano-tectonic feature, on Venus in the Ganiki Planitia V-14 quadrangle at 32.80°N, 204.50°E, IAU-named in 2006 for a Guinea earth and mother goddess.
Nimba County
Nimba County, Liberia's second most populous county (621,841 in 2022 census), capital Sanniquellie, established 1964, borders Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire, known for Mount Nimba, LAMCO iron-ore mining heritage, Ganta, and Yekepa.