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SOD1 mouse
The SOD1 mouse, most commonly the SOD1-G93A strain, is a transgenic laboratory mouse expressing a mutant human SOD1 gene, created in 1994 as the standard animal model of ALS.
SOD2
SOD2 (MnSOD, manganese superoxide dismutase) is the human mitochondrial matrix enzyme, gene at 6q25.3, that dismutates superoxide into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen; knockout mice are nonviable.
Soda
Soda, in trade known as soda ash and historically as washing soda, is sodium carbonate, an alkali refined from trona and used chiefly in glassmaking.
Soda bread
Soda bread: quick bread leavened with baking soda and an acid, usually buttermilk, no yeast. An Irish staple since the 1840s; traditional four-ingredient loaf, Americanized sweet raisin version.
Soda Core
Soda Core (SodaCL) is an open-source Python library and CLI by Soda of Brussels for data quality testing and, since v4 (January 2026, Elastic License 2.0), data contracts, running YAML-defined checks against 18+ sources including Snowflake, Databricks, and BigQuery.
Soda fountain
A soda fountain is a dispensing apparatus that mixes flavored syrup, carbon dioxide, and chilled water to serve carbonated soft drinks, historically in drugstores and now common in quick-service restaurants.
Soda geyser
A soda geyser, also called a Mentos and coke geyser, is a fountain of carbonated liquid produced when dissolved carbon dioxide erupts from a soda, famously after Mentos candy is dropped in.
Soda lake
Soda lake (alkaline lake): a closed-basin lake dominated by sodium carbonates, typically pH 9–12 and often hypersaline. Examples include Lake Van, Mono Lake, and Lake Magadi; habitats of haloalkaliphilic microbes and sources of soda ash.
Soda lime
Soda lime, sold in forms such as Sofnolime, is a granular mixture of calcium hydroxide with sodium and potassium hydroxides that removes carbon dioxide from gas in anesthesia circuits and diving rebreathers.
Soda Pop (song)
Soda Pop (song) covers two tracks: Britney Spears's 1999 reggae-flavored album cut from ...Baby One More Time, and the 2025 Saja Boys K-pop hit from KPop Demon Hunters that reached the Billboard Hot 100 top 10.
Soda pulping
Soda pulping is the oldest chemical pulping process, cooking fiber in sodium hydroxide alone to dissolve lignin, and it remains in commercial use mainly for nonwood fibers such as straw and bagasse.
Soda Stereo
Soda Stereo, Argentine rock trio formed in Buenos Aires in 1982 by Gustavo Cerati, Zeta Bosio, and Charly Alberti, a defining band of rock en español across Latin America; split in 1997, reunited 2007, Cerati died 2014, ECOS hologram tour since 2026.
Soda–lime glass
Soda–lime glass, more fully soda–lime–silica glass, is the most common commercial glass, made from sand, soda, and lime and used for windows, bottles, and jars.
Sodalite
Sodalite is a sodium-rich, chlorine-bearing feldspathoid mineral, Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄Cl₂, best known for its blue color and use as an ornamental stone. Discovered in Greenland in 1806, it usually forms massive material despite its cubic structure.
Sodankylä
Sodankylä is a municipality of about 8,000 people in central Finnish Lapland, known for the Kevitsa Mine, Midnight Sun Film Festival, and the FMI Arctic Space Centre research station.
Sodapoppin
Sodapoppin, real name Thomas Chance Morris (born 1994), is an American Twitch streamer who began in 2012 on World of Warcraft and co-owns the media company One True King.
SODAR
SODAR (sound detection and ranging), also called an acoustic sounder, is a ground-based remote sensing instrument that profiles wind and turbulence in the lower atmosphere, first described in 1969.
SodaStream (סודהסטרים)
SodaStream (סודהסטרים), Israeli home carbonation company founded 1903 in London, acquired by PepsiCo in 2018 for $3.3 billion; makes sparkling water makers using CO2 cylinders and reusable bottles.
Sodder children disappearance
Sodder children disappearance: 1945 Fayetteville, West Virginia house fire after which Maurice, Martha, Louis, Jennie, and Betty Sodder were never seen again; no remains were found, and the parents' four-decade abduction campaign remains unresolved.
Soddy–Fajans displacement law
The Soddy–Fajans displacement law, formulated independently by Frederick Soddy and Kasimir Fajans in 1913, states how alpha and beta decay shift an element's place in the periodic table.
Sodegaura LNG Terminal
Sodegaura LNG Terminal (袖ヶ浦工場), operated by Tokyo Gas and TEPCO, is an LNG import terminal in Sodegaura, Chiba, on Tokyo Bay; opened in 1973, it was Japan's first LNG-dedicated plant.
Sodegaura thermal power station
Sodegaura thermal power station (袖ケ浦火力発電所) is an LNG-fired power station operated by JERA in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, Japan; its four 1970s units total 3,600 MW and will be replaced by combined cycle units.
Södermalm
Södermalm (Söder) is a central Stockholm island district, once a poor working-class area, now known for vintage shops, SoFo, nightlife, Tantolunden park, the 1680 City Museum building, and documented gentrification.
Södermanland County
Södermanland County (Södermanlands län), Swedish county, code 04, seat Nyköping, nine municipalities including Eskilstuna; about 300,440 inhabitants on 6,097 km², density 49 per km², established 1634.
Söderskär and Långören Archipelago
Söderskär and Långören Archipelago (Söderskärin ja Långörenin saaristo): a Porvoo outer archipelago area in the Gulf of Finland, Natura 2000 site FI0100077 and Ramsar site no. 3 (1974), 18,219 ha, with an 1862 lighthouse, seabird research, and grey seal protection.
Sodeshi Shimizu LNG Terminal
The Sodeshi Shimizu LNG Terminal is a liquefied natural gas import terminal at Shimizu Port in Shizuoka City, Japan, operated by Shimizu LNG, a Shizuoka Gas group company.
Sodexo
Sodexo (formerly Sodexho) is a Paris-headquartered food services and facilities management group founded by Pierre Bellon in Marseille in 1966, with 430,000 employees in 43 countries, €23.7 billion Fiscal 2023 revenues, and the 2024 Pluxee benefits spin-off.
Sodha clan of Amarkot
The Sodha clan of Amarkot (सोढ़ा) was a Rajput dynasty ruling Amarkot fort in Sindh, best known for sheltering Humayun in 1542, when Akbar was born there.
Sodick Co., Ltd.
Sodick Co., Ltd. (株式会社ソディック) is a Japanese machine-tool maker headquartered in Yokohama, founded by Toshihiko Furukawa in 1976, best known for electrical discharge machines, machining centers, and metal 3D printers.
Sodiê Doces
Sodiê Doces is a Brazilian franchise chain of artisanal cakes founded in 1997 by Cleusa Maria da Silva, with about 400 stores in Brazil and two in Orlando.