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Shin-ya Takemura

Shin-ya Takemura is a neuroscientist at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus and a central contributor to the FlyEM project, which builds connectomes of the fruit fly brain.

Shin‐Hyun Kim

Shin-Hyun Kim (김신현) is a South Korean chemical engineer and professor at KAIST known for droplet microfluidics, colloidal assembly, and photonic crystals, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea.

Shin’ichi Nojiri

Shin'ichi Nojiri (野尻 伸一) is a Japanese theoretical physicist known for modified-gravity models of dark energy, including modified Gauss–Bonnet and f(R) gravity, and a Nagoya University emeritus professor.

Shin's Project (신사장 프로젝트)

Shin's Project (신사장 프로젝트) is a 2025 tvN Monday-Tuesday drama, 12 episodes, Sep 15–Oct 28, 2025, written by Ban Gi-ri, directed by Sin Kyeong-soo, starring Han Suk-kyu as a legendary negotiator turned fried chicken shop owner; premiere 5.9%, peak 9.1% Nielsen Korea.

Shina Peters

Sir Shina Peters (Oluwashina Akanbi Peters), born 1958 in Lagos, is a Nigerian juju musician who created Afro-Juju; his albums Ace (1989) and Shinamania (1990) were huge hits.

Shinagawa

Shinagawa (品川区) is a special ward of southern Tokyo on Tokyo Bay, 22.72 km² with about 370,000 residents, centered on Shinagawa Station, Japan's first railway station, now the site of the Greater Shinagawa redevelopment and the future Linear Chuo Shinkansen terminus.

Shinagawa Aquarium

Shinagawa Aquarium (しながわ水族館) is a Tokyo public aquarium opened in 1991 in Shinagawa Kumin Park near Omori-Kaigan Station, distinct from Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa, with a 22-meter tunnel tank, dolphin and seal shows, and 1,844 tons of water.

Shinagawa thermal power station

Shinagawa thermal power station (品川火力発電所) is a 1,140 MW city-gas-fired power station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, operated by JERA and built in 2001–2003 on the site of an older oil-fired plant.

Shinai (竹刀)

Shinai (竹刀), the four-slat bamboo training sword of kendo, evolved from the leather-wrapped fukuro shinai in late-Edo Japan; FIK rules cap adult length at 120 cm and set minimum weights of 510 g (men) and 440 g (women).

Shinan Dadohae Biosphere Reserve

Shinan Dadohae Biosphere Reserve (신안다도해 생물권보전지역), a UNESCO MAB reserve in Shinan County, South Korea, designated May 26, 2009 and expanded in 2016 to the whole county (3,238.7 km²), known for tidal flats, sun-dried salt, and migratory birds.

Shinan Oil and Gas Field

Shinan Oil and Gas Field (石南油田) is an operating conventional oil and gas field in the Gurbantünggüt Desert of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China, producing since 1998.

Shinar (שִׁנְעָר)

Shinar (Hebrew שִׁנְעָר, Šinʿār; Septuagint Sennaar) is the biblical name for Babylonia, used eight times in the Old Testament, cognate with Egyptian Sngr and Hittite šanhar(a); its etymology remains undetermined.

Shinbun shōsetsu

Shinbun shōsetsu (新聞小説, "newspaper novel") is a novel serialized in daily installments on a Japanese newspaper's pages, a form dating from the early Meiji period.

Shinbutsu Bunri Edict

The Shinbutsu Bunri Edict (神仏分離令) is the collective name for 1868 Meiji government ordinances ordering Buddhist elements removed from Shinto shrines, ending centuries of combined kami and Buddhist worship.

Shinbutsu-shūgō

Shinbutsu-shūgō, also called shinbutsu konkō (神仏混淆), is the syncretic fusion of Japan's native kami worship with Buddhism, ended by the Meiji shinbutsu bunri edicts of 1868.

Shincheonji Church of Jesus

Shincheonji, also spelled Shinchonji, is a Korean new religious movement founded by Lee Man-hee in 1984, teaching that the Book of Revelation was fulfilled in twentieth-century Korea.

Shinchi power station

Shinchi power station (新地発電所, Shinchi Hatsudensho) is a coal-fired power station in Shinchi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, with two 1,000 MW units operating since 1994 and 1995.

Shinchō

Shinchō (新潮, "New Tide") is a Japanese monthly literary magazine published by Shinchosha since 1904, the oldest of the five major literary magazines and a frequent source of Akutagawa Prize winners.

Shinchō kōki

Shinchō kōki (信長公記) is a chronicle of Oda Nobunaga's life written by his former retainer Ōta Gyūichi, regarded as the most important source on Nobunaga's career.

Shinchō Newcomer Award

The Shinchō Newcomer Award (新潮新人賞) is a Japanese open-submission literary prize for unpublished pure-literature fiction, run by the publisher Shinchosha through its magazine Shinchō since 1968 and serving as a debut gateway for prominent novelists.

Shinda Grewal

Shinda Grewal, born Gurfateh Grewal, is a young Punjabi singer and actor and the son of Gippy Grewal, debuting with the single "Ice Cap" in 2021.

Shinda Kahlon

Shinda Kahlon (ਸ਼ਿੰਦਾ ਕਾਹਲੋਂ; Satinderpal Singh Kahlon) is a Punjabi-Canadian rapper and lyricist in British Columbia and co-founder of Run-Up Records, known for AP Dhillon's "Brown Munde".

Shindand SuperCobra incident

Shindand SuperCobra incident: label for a reported 26 September 1988 Soviet shootdown of two Iranian AH-1 SuperCobras near Shindand, Herat Province, unconfirmed by authoritative sources; article documents the well-sourced 2007 and 2008 Shindand strikes often conflated with it.

Shindong (신동희)

Shindong (신동), real name Shin Dong-hee (신동희), born 1985, is a Super Junior rapper, dancer, MC and video director under SM's Label SJ; debuted November 2005 after winning the 9th SM Youth Best Competition.

Shine (film)

Shine is a 1996 Australian biographical drama directed by Scott Hicks, tracing pianist David Helfgott's life from a domineering father through mental breakdown to comeback; Geoffrey Rush won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Shine (TV series)

Shine (ชาย, Chai) is a 2025 Thai BL historical drama by Be On Cloud on WeTV and Channel 7, 8 episodes, set in 1969 Bangkok; economist Trin meets hippie Thanwa amid political turmoil.

Shine Again

"Shine Again" is a 2026 alternative rock single by Weezer, written by drummer Patrick Wilson, produced by Kenny Beats and Klas Åhlund, released April 1, 2026 on Reprise/Warner Records as lead single for an unannounced album.

Shine Capital

Shine Capital is a New York-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Mo Koyfman, leading seed and Series A investments in consumer, AI, fintech, and healthcare.

Shine on Me (骄阳似我)

Shine on Me (骄阳似我) is a 2025 Tencent Video urban romance drama adapted from Gu Man's novel, written by Gu Man, directed by Chen Zhoufei, starring Song Weilong and Zhao Jinmai; 36 episodes, peak heat 30130, Douban 7.4.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Shine On You Crazy Diamond is Pink Floyd's nine-part, about 25-minute tribute to Syd Barrett, bookending the 1975 album Wish You Were Here; a 2025 James Guthrie stereo mix first joined all parts continuously.