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Starstruck (2021 TV series)
Starstruck is a British romantic comedy series created by and starring Rose Matafeo, following a New Zealander's romance with a film star, which ran from 2021 to 2023.
START (tokamak)
START (Small Tight Aspect Ratio Tokamak) was the world's first hot spherical tokamak, a compact, low-cost fusion experiment at Culham, UK, operating from 1991 to 1998.
START 1 trial
START 1 (NCT06419777) is a Thomas Jefferson University randomized trial comparing strict (two or more abnormal glucose values weekly) versus permissive (50% elevated weekly) thresholds for starting pharmacotherapy in gestational diabetes, enrolling 430 participants.
Start codon
A start codon, or initiation codon, is the codon, usually AUG, that begins a gene's coding region and directs protein translation by binding the initiator tRNA.
START I
START I, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty of July 31, 1991, was the first US-Soviet treaty requiring actual strategic nuclear reductions: 1,600 delivery vehicles, 6,000 warheads, sublimits on heavy ICBMs, and 12 on-site inspection types. In force 1994-2009.
START II
START II, the 1993 US-Russia strategic arms reduction treaty signed by Bush and Yeltsin, capped deployed warheads at 3,000-3,500 and banned land-based MIRVed ICBMs, but never entered into force, ending in June 2002 after the US ABM Treaty withdrawal.
Start Me Up
Start Me Up, a 1981 Rolling Stones single from Tattoo You written by Jagger and Richards, a salvaged reggae outtake that reached #2 in the US, #7 in the UK, and soundtracked Windows 95.
Start menu
The Start menu is the launcher element of the Microsoft Windows interface, giving access to applications, files, and settings; it debuted with Windows 95 in 1995.
Start to Finish
"Start to Finish" is the mid-season finale of The Walking Dead season 6 (episode 75 overall), aired November 29, 2015 on AMC; written by Matt Negrete, directed by Michael E. Satrazemis, 13.98 million US viewers, first Negan mention.
START trial (NCT00867048)
START (NCT00867048), the INSIGHT Strategic Timing of AntiRetroviral Treatment trial, randomized 4,685 HIV-positive adults with CD4 >500 cells/mm3 to immediate versus deferred ART; immediate treatment cut serious illness or death by 57% (HR 0.43).
START trial (NCT05902000)
START (NCT05902000), Stent Implantation Versus Balloon Dilation for Acute Anterior Circulation Tandem Occlusion, is a Chinese randomized open-label blinded-endpoint trial (222 patients, Lishui) testing emergency carotid stenting after thrombectomy versus balloon dilation alone for tandem-occlusion stroke.
Start-1
Start-1 (Старт-1) was a Russian four-stage, all-solid-propellant launch vehicle converted from the SS-25 Topol ICBM, which placed small satellites into low Earth orbit from 1993 to 2006.
START-NEW-ERA trial
START-NEW-ERA (NCT05291780; also STARTNEWERA-OM, NCT06207292) is a single-arm phase II trial from Terni, Italy, testing SABR in unresectable locally advanced and oligoprogressive NSCLC unfit for concurrent chemoradiotherapy, reporting 5-year overall survival of 50% without significant toxicity.
START-RUN1 trial
START-RUN1 (NCT06873685) is an Italian, non-controlled interventional trial by Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico testing robotic rehabilitation, nutrition, and quality of life after surgery for localized soft tissue sarcoma; 120 patients, recruiting since March 2025.
Start-stop system
The start-stop system, also called idle stop-start, is automotive technology that shuts off a car's engine at a complete stop and restarts it when the driver moves again.
Start-Up (스타트업) (South Korean TV series)
Start-Up (스타트업) is a 2020 tvN-Netflix Korean drama by Park Hye-ryun and Oh Choong-hwan, starring Bae Suzy, Nam Joo-hyuk, Kim Seon-ho, and Kang Hanna as entrepreneurs at the fictional Sandbox incubator.
Starter (engine)
A starter, also known as a starter motor, is a mechanism that cranks an engine until it reaches self-sustaining speed, ranging from electric motors to air turbines.
Starter for 10 (film)
Starter for 10 (2006 British coming-of-age romantic comedy drama, also Starter For Ten) directed by Tom Vaughan, written by David Nicholls from his 1985-set novel; James McAvoy as Brian Jackson chasing a University Challenge spot at Bristol University, with Tom Hanks and Sam Mendes producing.
Starter-generator
A starter-generator is a single electromechanical machine that first cranks an engine as a motor, then switches to generating electrical power, standard on aircraft gas turbines and used in hybrid automobiles.
Starting 5
Starting 5 is a Netflix sports docuseries (premiered October 9, 2024) following NBA stars Jimmy Butler, Anthony Edwards, LeBron James, Domantas Sabonis, and Jayson Tatum through the 2023-24 season; season 2 (2025) features Durant, Harden, Gilgeous-Alexander, Brown, and Haliburton.
Starting fluid
Starting fluid, also called starter fluid, is a volatile aerosol spray based on diethyl ether that is sprayed into an engine's air intake to help it start in cold weather.
Starting Over
Starting Over is a 1979 American romantic comedy directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, and Candice Bergen. James L. Brooks's first feature screenplay, adapted from Dan Wakefield's novel, earned Clayburgh and Bergen Oscar nominations and grossed $26.5 million in 52 days.
Startle epilepsy
Startle epilepsy, a rare reflex epilepsy (ICD-10 G40.5, ICD-11 8A61.40), causes tonic seizures triggered by sudden startle stimuli, mostly auditory, with falls, spastic plegia, intellectual disability, and refractory seizures.
Startle Reflex
The startle reflex is an automatic whole-body reaction to a sudden intense stimulus, causing muscle contraction, limb flexion, eye blinking, and autonomic changes like accelerated heart rate.
STARTNEWERA-OM trial
STARTNEWERA-OM (NCT06207292), also START-NEW-ERA #OLIGO, is a single-arm Italian phase II trial of SABR for synchronous/metachronous and oligo-progressive NSCLC; 80 patients, median new systemic therapy-free survival 34 months.
Starto Entertainment (スタートエンターテインメント)
STARTO ENTERTAINMENT (スタートエンターテインメント) is the Tokyo talent management company, founded October 2023, that took over Johnny & Associates' entertainment business after the Johnny Kitagawa abuse scandal, with compensation handled separately by SMILE-UP.
Startorus Fusion (星环聚能)
Startorus Fusion (星环聚能) is a Chinese private fusion energy startup founded in 2021 as a Tsinghua University spin-off in Xi'an, developing compact spherical tokamaks heated by magnetic reconnection.
StarTree (company)
StarTree, Inc. is an American data-analytics company founded in 2019 in Mountain View, California, offering StarTree Cloud, a managed database service built on Apache Pinot.
StartUp (TV series)
StartUp is a Crackle crime drama created by Ben Ketai (2016-2018, 3 seasons, 30 episodes), starring Adam Brody, Edi Gathegi, Otmara Marrero, and Martin Freeman, about Miami founders funding the GenCoin cryptocurrency with dirty money.
Startup company
A startup is a young company built to grow fast around a repeatable, scalable business model, distinguished by speed of learning rather than reliance on venture capital.