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Sputnik virophage
Sputnik virophage (Mimivirus-dependent virus Sputnik), discovered 2008 in a water-cooling tower, is the first virophage: an 18,343 bp dsDNA virus that parasitizes Mamavirus and mimivirus replication factories in Acanthamoeba, impairing giant virus infectivity.
Sputter deposition
Sputter deposition, also called vacuum sputtering, is a physical vapor deposition technique that ejects atoms from a target to form thin films on a substrate.
Sputter yield
Sputter yield, also called sputtering yield, is the mean number of target atoms removed from a solid surface per incident ion during sputtering; it peaks near 10 keV ion energy.
Sputtering
Sputtering is the removal of atoms from a solid target by energetic ion bombardment; in vacuum the ejected atoms condense on a substrate as thin films, a method foundational to semiconductor manufacturing since the 1850s.
Sputum
Sputum (phlegm) is saliva and mucus coughed up from the respiratory tract, used to diagnose TB (smear, culture, Xpert MTB/RIF), pneumonia, and COPD exacerbations; color alone is a weak bacterial marker.
Sputum culture
A sputum culture is a laboratory test that grows mucus coughed up from the lungs to identify bacteria or fungi causing pneumonia, tuberculosis, or bronchiectasis infections.
Sputum cytology
Sputum cytology is a noninvasive, inexpensive diagnostic test that examines cells from coughed-up sputum under the microscope to detect lung cancer, though it is no longer recommended for screening.
Spuyten Duyvil Creek
Spuyten Duyvil Creek was a tidal waterway in New York City connecting the Hudson and Harlem rivers around northern Manhattan, replaced by the Harlem River Ship Canal.
Spuzzle
Spuzzle is a 2011 solitaire ball-placement puzzle by Néstor Romeral Andrés for the Shibumi set: fill a 4×4 board with white, black, and red balls without forming a same-color group of three. Distinct from a 2012 Amigo children's jigsaw game of the same name.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth (SpVgg Fürth), German football club in Fürth, Bavaria, founded 1903; three German titles (1914, 1926, 1929), home at Sportpark Ronhof since 1910, 2. Bundesliga side with two one-season Bundesliga spells (2012/13, 2021/22).
Spy (2015 film)
Spy is a 2015 American action comedy film written and directed by Paul Feig, starring Melissa McCarthy as a CIA analyst on her first undercover mission.
Spy (magazine)
Spy (1986–1998) was a New York satirical monthly founded by Kurt Andersen and Graydon Carter, known for the "short-fingered vulgarian" epithet for Trump, the Spy Notes/Cliffs Notes parody case, and dense, influential layouts.
Spy × Family
Spy × Family (SPY×FAMILY) is Tatsuya Endo's action-comedy manga serialized on Shonen Jump+ since 2019, about fake family of spy Loid, assassin Yor, telepath Anya; over 38 million copies, Wit Studio/CloverWorks anime since 2022.
Spy × Family (TV series)
Spy × Family (スパイファミリー) is the WIT STUDIO × CloverWorks anime of Tatsuya Endo's manga: spy Twilight builds a fake family with an assassin wife and telepathic daughter; three seasons since April 2022 plus the CODE: White film.
Spy × Family Code: White
Spy × Family Code: White (劇場版 SPY×FAMILY CODE: White) is a 2023 Japanese animated spy comedy film and the first theatrical film of the Spy × Family franchise.
Spy × Family season 3
Spy × Family season 3 (スパイファミリー) is the 2025 WIT Studio × CloverWorks anime season, 13 episodes aired October 4 to December 27, 2025 on TV Tokyo, adapting the bus hijacking, Twilight's backstory, and Mole Hunt arcs, with ending theme "Actor" by Lilas Ikuta.
Spy fiction
Spy fiction (espionage fiction): a fiction genre whose central character engages in espionage, from Cooper's The Spy (1821) and the Edwardian boom to le Carré's spy realism versus Fleming's Bond romance.
Spy film
Spy film: the espionage film genre, also called cloak-and-dagger or secret agent cinema. Defined by spies, confidential information, and borders; landmarks include Lang's Spione (1928), Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935), Bond, and the 1960s Cold War boom.
Spy Game
Spy Game (2001) is a Tony Scott espionage thriller starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt as CIA mentor Nathan Muir and captured protégé Tom Bishop, released November 21, 2001, 127 minutes, R-rated, a mixed-review Universal/Beacon production.
Spy Hard
Spy Hard is a 1996 American spy-movie parody starring Leslie Nielsen as Agent WD-40. He is called out of retirement to stop General Rancor, played by Andy Griffith.
Spy Hunter
Spy Hunter (スパイ・ハンター) is a 1983 Bally Midway arcade driving-shooter where a spy in the G-6155 car uses machine guns, oil slicks, smoke, and missiles, converts to a boat, and plays to the Peter Gunn theme.
Spy Kids
Spy Kids is Robert Rodriguez's family spy-action franchise about the Cortez children rescuing their ex-spy parents, spanning four films (2001-2011), the Netflix series Mission Critical (2018), and the reboot Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023).
Spy Kids (film)
Spy Kids (2001) is Robert Rodriguez's family spy-adventure film in which Carmen and Juni Cortez rescue their ex-spy parents from Fegan Floop; it grossed $112.7M in the US, scored 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, and entered the National Film Registry.
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) is Robert Rodriguez's sequel in the Spy Kids franchise, following Carmen and Juni Cortez as OSS agents recovering the Transmooker Device on a volcanic island of mutant creatures and rival spy kids, shot on early high-definition digital video.
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over is a 2003 American family action film, the third Spy Kids installment, written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and presented in anaglyph 3-D.
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, also known as Spy Kids 4, is a 2011 American family spy comedy directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Jessica Alba.
Spy Kids: Armageddon
Spy Kids: Armageddon is a 2023 Netflix reboot of Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids franchise, directed and co-written with his son Racer, starring Zachary Levi, Gina Rodriguez, and child newcomers against villain Rey Kingston.
Spy vs. Spy
Spy vs. Spy is Mad magazine's wordless comic strip, created by Cuban exile cartoonist Antonio Prohias and debuting in Mad #60 (January 1961), pitting the Black Spy against the White Spy; drawn by Peter Kuper since 1997.
Spy vs. Spy (1984 video game)
Spy vs. Spy (1984) is First Star Software's MAD Magazine-licensed action-strategy game by Michael Riedel for Atari 8-bit, C64, and Apple II, known for its Simulvision split-screen simultaneous two-player trap-setting gameplay and two sequels.
Spy/Master
Spy/Master is a 2023 HBO Max Romanian-German Cold War espionage series created by Adina Sădeanu and Kirsten Peters, directed by Christopher Smith, about fictional KGB double agent Victor Godeanu, inspired by Ion Mihai Pacepa's defection.