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Zinpentraxin alfa
Zinpentraxin alfa (PRM-151, RO7490677), recombinant human pentraxin-2, an investigational intravenous antifibrotic; phase III STARSCAPE IPF trial stopped for futility with no benefit over placebo.
Zintl phase
A Zintl phase is a polar intermetallic compound in which an electropositive metal transfers electrons to main-group elements that bond covalently as polyanions, typically yielding semiconductors; the class is named for German chemist Eduard Zintl.
Zintl phase thermoelectrics
Zintl phase thermoelectrics are thermoelectric materials based on Zintl phases, polar intermetallics whose electropositive cations donate electrons to covalent polyanion frameworks, with Mg3Sb2-based compounds reaching zT near 2.
Zinwa Q25
The Zinwa Q25, also sold as the Q25 Pro, is an Android smartphone by Zinwa Technologies of Xiamen, China, that fits modern internals into a BlackBerry Classic body.
Zinzan Brooke
Zinzan Valentine Brooke, born 1965, New Zealand rugby union number eight and flanker; All Black 1987-1997 (58 or 60 tests), 1987 World Cup winner, Blues captain 1996-1997, famed for the 47-metre 1995 drop goal.
Zion (צִיּוֹן)
Zion (צִיּוֹן) is the biblical name of the Jebusite stronghold David captured and renamed the City of David on Jerusalem's southeastern ridge; the name later shifted to the western hill, then to the Temple, all Jerusalem, and a national-religious symbol.
Zion & Lennox
Zion & Lennox are a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo from Carolina, formed in 2000, known for their melodic, semi-romantic style and the 2004 debut album Motivando a la Yal.
Zion Christian Church
The Zion Christian Church (ZCC), also called the Zion Christian Church of South Africa, is an African-initiated church founded by Engenas Lekganyane and headquartered at Moria near Polokwane.
Zión Moreno
Zión Moreno, Mexican-American trans actress and model born in El Paso, Texas, raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico; known for Isabela in Netflix's Control Z and Luna La in HBO Max's Gossip Girl reboot (2021–2023), plus K-12 and Prom Dates.
Zion National Park
Zion National Park, southwestern Utah: 148,732-acre park where the Virgin River cut a deep canyon through Navajo Sandstone. Utah's most-visited national park, over 4.9 million visits in 2024, second in the US; mandatory shuttle, Angels Landing permits, The Narrows.
Zion Nuclear Power Station
The Zion Nuclear Power Station was a two-unit nuclear plant in Zion, Illinois, north of Chicago, that operated from 1973 to 1998 and was decommissioned by 2023.
Zion Williamson
Zion Williamson (born 2000) is an American NBA forward for the New Orleans Pelicans, drafted first overall in 2019 after one Duke season. Two-time All-Star known for elite scoring efficiency and repeated injuries.
Zion Young
Zion Young (born 2004) is a Baltimore Ravens edge defender, drafted 45th overall in 2026 out of Missouri after starting at Michigan State; a power-based, All-SEC run defender.
Zion, Illinois
Zion (formerly Zion City), Lake County, Illinois: a theocratic utopian city founded in 1900 by faith healer John Alexander Dowie, ruled by Wilbur Glenn Voliva until the mid-1930s, later home to shuttered nuclear plants; 2020 population 24,655.
Zion, Will You Not Ask
"Zion, Will You Not Ask" (Tziyon halo tishali) is a Hebrew poem of longing for Zion by Judah Halevi, whose opening line ranks among his most famous compositions.
Zion.T (자이언티)
Zion.T (자이언티), stage name of Kim Hae-sol, born 1989, is a South Korean R&B and hip-hop singer-songwriter and producer. Debuted 2011 with "Click Me"; known for "Yanghwa BRDG," "Eat," albums Red Light, OO, and Zip, and his label Standard Friends.
Ziona
Ziona, also Ziona Chana or Pu Ziona, was an Indian religious leader in Mizoram who headed the sect Chana Pawl and its record-setting family of dozens of wives.
Zionism (ציונות)
Zionism (ציונות) is the late 19th-century Jewish nationalist movement seeking a homeland in the Land of Israel, founded politically by Theodor Herzl, organized at Basel, and culminating in Israel's 1948 statehood.
Zionist Home – The Reservists
Zionist Home – The Reservists (בית ציוני – המילואימניקים), formerly Yesodot Yisrael, was an Israeli center-right alliance founded July 7, 2026 by Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel for the 26th Knesset election; it demanded a conscription law and dissolved September 6, 2026.
Zionist Occupation Government conspiracy theory
ZOG, Zionist Occupation Government or Zionist Occupied Government, is a white supremacist antisemitic conspiracy theory, originating in 1970s America and popularized by The Turner Diaries, falsely claiming Jews secretly control the U.S. and Western governments.
Zionist political violence
Zionist political violence: organized violence by Zionist militias (Haganah, Irgun, Lehi), later Jewish terrorism in Israel and Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, from the 1930s anti-British campaign to the present.
Ziopharm Oncology
Ziopharm Oncology was a Boston-based, Nasdaq-listed biotech developing cell- and gene-based immuno-oncology therapies, including Controlled IL-12 and Sleeping Beauty T-cell engineering, before renaming itself Alaunos Therapeutics in 2022.
Zior Park
Zior Park (지올팍), real name Park Ji-won, born 1994, is a Seoul-based South Korean singer, rapper, producer, and music video director on the Beautiful Noise label whose narrative "drama pop" albums include SYNDROMEZ and Where Does Sasquatch Live?, with the 2023 single CHRISTIAN as his breakthrough.
ZIP (file format)
ZIP, also known as the PKZIP format, is an archive file format created by Phil Katz at PKWARE in 1989 that packages files into a single file.
Zip (musician)
Zip is the performing name of Thomas Franzmann, a German DJ who co-founded the minimal house label Perlon in 1997 and holds residencies at Berlin's Panorama Bar.
Zip bomb
A zip bomb, or decompression bomb, is a small archive file crafted to exhaust a computer's disk space or memory when extracted, like 42.zip's 4.5 petabytes.
Zip Co (Australian company)
Zip Co is a Sydney-based Australian financial services company, founded in 2013, known for its buy-now-pay-later installment products in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
ZIP Code
A ZIP Code, or Zone Improvement Plan code, is the code assigned by the United States Postal Service to addresses for mail delivery, introduced in 1963.
Zip drive
The Zip drive, also known as the Iomega Zip drive, is a removable magnetic disk system introduced by Iomega in 1994, holding 100 MB per cartridge.
Zip fuel
Zip fuel was the nickname for boron-based high-energy aviation fuels developed in the United States in the 1950s under the Navy's Project Zip to boost jet fuel energy.