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NMR relaxometry

NMR relaxometry, or nuclear magnetic resonance relaxometry, is a technique measuring spin relaxation times T1 and T2 to characterize molecular motion, usually via field-dependent NMRD profiles.

NMR titration

NMR titration is an analytical chemistry method that records NMR spectra while a binding partner's concentration or pH changes stepwise, best suited to weak interactions other methods struggle to measure.

Nms (private equity firm)

NMS, publicly known as New MainStream Capital, is a New York private equity firm founded in 2010 by former Goldman Sachs bankers Martin Chavez and Kevin Jordan.

NN Group

NN Group is a Dutch insurance and financial services company listed on Euronext Amsterdam, serving about 18 million customers in 10 countries; it became ING Insurance's legal successor in 2014.

NN Ser

NN Ser (NN Serpentis), an eclipsing pre-cataclysmic white dwarf plus M4 dwarf binary with a 3.12-hour period, hosts controversial circumbinary planet candidates NN Ser c and d inferred from eclipse timing variations.

Nnamdi Asomugha

After playing 11 seasons as a premier shutdown defender for teams like the Oakland Raiders, Nnamdi Asomugha transitioned into a second career as an actor and producer.

Nnamdi Azikiwe

Nnamdi Azikiwe, known as Zik of Africa, was a Nigerian journalist and nationalist who led the independence movement and served as Nigeria's first President from 1963 until the 1966 military coup.

Nnamdi Kanu

Nnamdi Kanu (Nwannekaenyi Nnamdi Kenny Okwu Kanu), British-Nigerian founder of IPOB and Radio Biafra, agitates for Biafran secession; convicted of terrorism and sentenced to life imprisonment in Abuja on 20 November 2025, now appealing from Sokoto prison.

Nnedi Okorafor

Nnedi Okorafor, also Nnedimma Nkemdili Okorafor, is a Nigerian-American author of Africanfuturist science fiction and fantasy, known for Who Fears Death, the Binti trilogy, the Akata series, Marvel comics, and coining Africanfuturism.

Nneka

Nneka, also known as Nneka Egbuna, is a Nigerian-German singer and songwriter best known for the 2008 single "Heartbeat", a UK Top 20 hit in 2009.

Nneka Ogwumike

Nneka Ogwumike (Nnemkadi Ogwumike), born 1990, American WNBA forward, No. 1 pick in 2012, 2016 MVP and champion with the Los Angeles Sparks, WNBPA president since 2016, later Seattle Storm and a 2026 Sparks return.

Nnenna Okore

Nnenna Okore (born 1975) is a Nigerian-raised, Chicago-based fiber artist and professor whose large sculptural installations are made by hand from biodegradable materials like burlap and cheesecloth.

Nnewi

Nnewi (Anaedo, "Land of Gold"), city in Anambra State, Nigeria, south of Onitsha; "Japan of Africa" known for Nkwo Nnewi automotive spare parts market, Igbo apprenticeship-driven industry, and Igwe Orizu III's monarchy.

NNK

NNK, or nicotine-derived nitrosamine ketone, is a tobacco-specific nitrosamine formed during curing and one of the principal carcinogens in tobacco smoke, classified by IARC as carcinogenic to humans.

NNN lease

NNN lease (triple net, net-net-net): commercial lease where the tenant pays base rent plus property taxes, insurance, and CAM, versus single (N) and double (NN) net leases; roof/structure allocation depends on lease wording.

NNZ-2591

NNZ-2591 (ercanetide), also called cyclo-L-glycyl-L-2-allylproline, is Neuren Pharmaceuticals' oral IGF-1 metabolite analog in Phase 3 (Koala trial) for Phelan-McDermid syndrome and in development for Pitt Hopkins, Angelman, HIE, and SYNGAP1-related disorder.

No (2012 film)

No (2012 film) by Pablo Larraín: Chilean historical drama starring Gael García Bernal as adman René Saavedra in the 1988 anti-Pinochet plebiscite campaign; Cannes Art Cinema Award winner and Oscar-nominated, shot on U-matic video.

No (Meghan Trainor song)

"No" is a 2016 pop and R&B single by Meghan Trainor, the lead single from Thank You, written with Ricky Reed in 24 hours after label pushback; it peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

No Activity

No Activity is an American comedy series adapted from the Australian Stan original, created by Trent O'Donnell and Patrick Brammall. CBS All Access's first original comedy, it ran four seasons (2017–2021), 32 episodes, becoming animated in season 4 on Paramount+.

No Bad Memories

No Bad Memories is The Avalanches' fourth studio album, released 16 October 2026 on Modular Recordings; a 31-track, 52-minute plunderphonics concept album sampling advertising jingles and obsolete tech, titled after a 1980s floppy-disk ad slogan.

No Broke Boys

No Broke Boys is a song by Tinashe, released in 2024 on the album Quantum Baby. The Disco Lines remix became a major dance hit, accumulating roughly 926 million Spotify streams.

No Ceilings

No Ceilings is Lil Wayne's free mixtape released Halloween, October 31, 2009, on Young Money. Leaked early, then reissued with four extra tracks (21 total); streamed officially in 2020 with a 'Kobe Bryant' bonus; sequel No Ceilings 2 (2015).

No Child Left Behind Act

No Child Left Behind Act (P.L. 107-110, 2002), reauthorization of the ESEA: required grades 3-8 reading and math testing, disaggregated AYP with 95% participation, highly qualified teachers, escalating sanctions; replaced by ESSA in 2015.

No Children

"No Children" is a 2002 Mountain Goats song by John Darnielle from Tallahassee, a bitter divorce song about the childless Alpha Couple, written as a rebuttal to "I Hope You Dance," viral on TikTok in 2021 and later certified gold.

No Clean Singing

No Clean Singing is a United States-based music blog covering extreme metal, founded in November 2009 by three metalheads from the Seattle area, posting daily reviews, premieres, and interviews.

No Code

No Code is Pearl Jam's fourth studio album, released August 27, 1996 on Epic; 13 tracks, 49:37, produced with Brendan O'Brien, first album with drummer Jack Irons, and a deliberate retreat from Ten's arena-rock sound.

No Compass

No Compass is episode 7 of Yellowjackets season 1 (Showtime, December 26, 2021), written by Katherine Kearns and directed by Eva Sørhaug; Taissa leads a starvation-driven expedition while the adult survivors pursue their blackmailer.

No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men: 2007 neo-Western crime film by Joel and Ethan Coen, adapted from Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel; Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones; won four Oscars including Best Picture.

No Country for Old Men (novel)

No Country for Old Men (No es país para viejos) is Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel, first drafted as a 1980s screenplay, about Llewelyn Moss, Anton Chigurh, and Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in 1980 West Texas; adapted into the Coen brothers' 2007 Best Picture film.

No Devotion

No Devotion: Welsh-American alternative rock band formed in 2014 in Pontypridd, Wales, by ex-Lostprophets members with Thursday singer Geoff Rickly; albums Permanence (2015) and No Oblivion (2022), post-punk/New Wave revival style.