All articles starting with N

Noma (disease)

Noma (cancrum oris, gangrenous stomatitis) is a rapidly progressing gangrenous disease of the mouth and face, mainly affecting malnourished children aged 2–6 in extreme poverty; WHO listed it as a neglected tropical disease in December 2023.

Noma (restaurant)

Noma is a Danish gourmet restaurant in Copenhagen, opened in 2003 by Claus Meyer and chef René Redzepi as a leader of the New Nordic Kitchen movement.

Noma Award for Publishing in Africa

The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa was an annual $10,000 prize for outstanding books published by African publishers, established in 1979 and awarded from 1980 to 2009.

Noma Dumezweni

Noma Dumezweni, British actress born 1969 in Swaziland, two-time Olivier Award winner, originated adult Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, starred in The Undoing and plays Dr. Mensah in Apple TV+'s Murderbot.

Noma Literary Prize

The Noma Literary Prize (野間文芸賞, Noma Bungei Shō) is a Japanese literary award founded in 1941 under the will of Kodansha founder Noma Seiji, honoring novels, drama, and criticism.

Nomacopan

Nomacopan, formerly known as Coversin, is an investigational small protein derived from soft tick saliva that inhibits complement C5 and leukotriene B4, developed by Akari Therapeutics for rare inflammatory diseases.

Nomad

Nomad: a mobile pastoralist with no fixed settlement, typically a livestock producer growing no crops. Distinguished from transhumance by irregular movement; about 200 million pastoralists worldwide, mostly in dryland rangelands.

Nomad (motorcycle club membership)

A nomad is a full member of a motorcycle club attached to no specific chapter, wearing a bottom rocker reading "Nomad" instead of a territory.

Nomad (upcoming film)

Nomad (upcoming film), also NOMAD, is Taron Lexton's TXL Films adventure-drama-romance starring Leo Woodall and Sana'a Shaik, shot on IMAX across 26 countries on all seven continents, due for release in 2026.

Oct 15, 2026

Nomad 200

The Nomad 200, also sold as the N200, is a 1990s mobile research robot from Nomadic Technologies, combining a three-wheel synchro-drive base, a rotating sensor turret, and on-board computers.

NOMAD Laboratory

The NOMAD Laboratory, established in 2014 in Berlin, is a German research group operating NOMAD, an open-source platform making materials science data FAIR and reusable.

NOMAD Repository

The NOMAD Repository is an open repository for computational materials-science data, launched in 2014 by the NOMAD Laboratory as the first FAIR storage infrastructure for materials simulations.

Nomada

Nomada (nomad bees) is the largest genus of cleptoparasitic cuckoo bees, Apidae, with about 761 species worldwide except Antarctica; wasp-like bees that lay eggs in Andrena and other solitary bee nests, with disputed Holarctic versus Eastern Mediterranean origin.

Nomadic empire

Nomadic empire: large centralized polities built by Eurasian steppe pastoralists, from the Xiongnu (first, 3rd century BCE, under Maodun) through the Huns, Avars, and Turks to the Mongol Empire, the largest land empire in history.

Nomadic pastoralism

Nomadic pastoralism: constant livestock movement with no fixed base or routes, unlike transhumance. About 200 million pastoralists; productivity 150–188% of ranching in African comparisons; mobility as drought and climate adaptation.

Nomadland

Nomadland (2020) is Chloé Zhao's drama starring Frances McDormand as van-dwelling nomad Fern, adapted from Jessica Bruder's 2017 book; it won the Venice Golden Lion and three Oscars including Best Picture.

NOMADS ground-based air defence system

NOMADS is a highly mobile short-range air defense system developed by Kongsberg for the Norwegian Army, combining radar, command-and-control, and missiles on one tracked vehicle.

Noman Ali

Noman Ali, born 1986 in Sanghar, Pakistan, is a slow left-arm orthodox Test spinner who debuted in 2021 at 34, took Pakistan's first spinner Test hat-trick, and shared all 20 wickets with Sajid Khan.

Nomar Garciaparra

Nomar Garciaparra, MLB shortstop for the Red Sox, Cubs, Dodgers, and A's; two-time AL batting champion (1999, 2000), 1997 Rookie of the Year, traded in 2004, 5.5% Hall of Fame ballot debut.

Sep 19, 2026

Nomarch

A nomarch (haty-a) was the governor of a nome, one of ancient Egypt's provincial districts, whose office peaked from about 2160 to 1850 BCE before Senwosret III curtailed it.

Nomarchía Anatolikís Attikís

Nomarchía Anatolikís Attikís (Ανατολική Αττική, East Attica) is a regional unit of the Attica region, Greece, formerly the East Attica prefecture; about 1,513 km², 13 municipalities, 403,714 residents (2021 census).

Nomarchía Athínas

Nomarchía Athínas (Νομαρχία Αθηνών), the Prefecture of Athens, was a Greek first-level administrative division created in 1833, seat Athens, 361.719 km², 2,664,776 residents (2001), abolished end of 2010 by the Kallikratis reform and succeeded by regional units.

Nomascus

Nomascus, the crested gibbons (genus Nomascus Miller, 1933), are Hylobatidae apes endemic to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and southern China, with 2n=52 chromosomes, seven species, sex-specific songs, and several Critically Endangered members including the Hainan gibbon.

Sep 19, 2026

Nomcebo Zikode

Nomcebo Zikode, born Nomcebo Nkwanyana, is a South African singer from Hammarsdale, KwaZulu-Natal, best known as vocalist and lyricist on "Jerusalema" (2019) and a 2023 Grammy winner for "Bayethe".

Sep 19, 2026

Nome (Egypt)

A nome, called sepat in Egyptian, was the basic provincial division of ancient Egypt, traditionally 42 in number and used from the 2nd Dynasty into the Roman period.

Nome King

Nome King, also Roquat the Red and later Ruggedo, is the underground ruler of the Nomes and the recurring main villain of L. Frank Baum's Oz books, first appearing in Ozma of Oz (1907), wielding the Magic Belt, fearing eggs, and repeatedly defeated by Dorothy, Ozma, and the Water of Oblivion.

Sep 29, 2026

NOMe-seq

NOMe-seq (nucleosome occupancy and methylome sequencing) is a bench biology method, introduced in 2012, that measures nucleosome positioning and DNA methylation on the same DNA molecule.

Nome, Alaska

Nome, Alaska: Bering Sea city on the Seward Peninsula, founded in the 1898–1899 gold rush, Alaska's largest town in 1900, end point of the Iditarod sled dog race, and site of the planned first U.S. Arctic deep-draft port.