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Staythorpe C power station

Staythorpe C power station is a gas-fired combined cycle power station at Staythorpe, near Newark in Nottinghamshire, England, operated by RWE and connected to the grid in 2010.

STC Orlan-10

The Orlan-10 is a Russian tactical reconnaissance UAV produced by the Special Technology Centre of St Petersburg and used to locate targets for artillery in Syria and Ukraine.

Oct 20, 2026

Stc1 domain, also called the stanniocalcin family domain (pfam03298, InterPro IPR004978/IPR043069), is the conserved cysteine-rich region of stanniocalcin proteins: ten conserved cysteines, an 11th dimerization cysteine, and an N-glycosylation motif, found from fish to humans.

Std1/Mth1

Std1/Mth1, paralogous Rgt1 corepressors in Saccharomyces cerevisiae glucose sensing (MTH1, YDR277C). Glucose triggers Yck1/2 phosphorylation, SCF-Grr1 ubiquitination, and proteasomal degradation of both, derepressing HXT transporter genes; Mth1 is the primary regulator, Std1 a buffer.

Oct 22, 2026

sTDA

sTDA (simplified Tamm–Dancoff approximation) is a semiempirical method developed by Stefan Grimme at the University of Bonn that computes electronic excitation energies and UV/Vis spectra cheaply.

Ste-Cécile Paleochristian Church

Ste-Cécile Paleochristian Church (église paléochrétienne de Sainte-Cécile), Loupian, Hérault: early 5th-century single-vessel church, 35 m long with hexagonal baptistery, 800 m from the villa des Prés-Bas; excavated 1987-1989, distinct from the 14th-century Gothic Sainte-Cécile church beside it.

Ste-Lucie

Ste-Lucie (Sainte-Lucie, Île de Sainte-Lucie) is a limestone island and peninsula at Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude, France, quarried since Roman times for the pierre de Sainte-Lucie used in Narbo Martius, and now a 825-hectare regional nature reserve created in 2009.

Ste-Marguerite-sur-Mer

Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer, formerly Caprimont and Quievremont, is a Normandy cliff-top commune on the Côte d'Albâtre 13 km from Dieppe, with a major Gallo-Roman villa and the 1942 No. 4 Commando Orange beach landing.

Steacie Ice Cap

Steacie Ice Cap, a 5,100 km2 ice cap on southwestern Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada, one of the island's two major ice caps with Müller Ice Cap, drained by the advancing Good Friday Glacier.

Steadicam

Steadicam, invented by Garrett Brown and patented in 1974, is a body-worn vest, iso-elastic arm, and counterweighted sled camera stabilizer with a three-axis gimbal; it debuted in Bound for Glory (1976), was famed in Rocky and The Shining, and is now owned by Tiffen.

Steady state

A steady state is a condition of a system in which properties of interest do not change with time, even though it exchanges matter or energy with its surroundings.

Steady-Hand Eye Robot

The Steady-Hand Eye Robot (SHER) is a cooperatively controlled surgical robot developed at Johns Hopkins University for retinal microsurgery, in which surgeon and robot jointly hold the tool.

Steady-state approximation

The steady-state approximation, also called the quasi-steady-state approximation (QSSA), is a chemical kinetics method that sets a reactive intermediate's rate of change to zero, simplifying the rate law.

Steady-state economy

A steady-state economy, or steady-state economics, is an economy with constant stocks of people and artifacts, formulated by Herman Daly in his 1977 book Steady-State Economics.

Steady-state error

Steady-state error is the difference between a control system's reference input and its output after transients die away, governed by input shape and system type.

Sep 29, 2026

Steady-state free precession imaging

Steady-state free precession (SSFP) is an MRI pulse sequence that uses rapid repeated radiofrequency pulses to maintain steady transverse magnetization, producing high-signal images with bright-fluid contrast.

Steady-state model

The steady-state model is a cosmological theory proposed in 1948 by Bondi, Gold, and Hoyle, in which continuous matter creation keeps the expanding universe constant.

Steady-state visually evoked potential

The steady-state visually evoked potential (SSVEP) is the brain's periodic electrical response to a flickering visual stimulus, recorded from the scalp and easy to isolate in the frequency domain.

Steagles

Steagles: 1943 NFL team formed by the wartime merger of the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers (officially the Phil-Pitt Combine); co-coached by Neale and Kiesling, finished 5-4-1.

Steak

Steak: thick beef slice cut across the muscle fibers for high-heat cooking. Key cuts include ribeye, strip, tenderloin, and sirloin; USDA grades Prime, Choice, and Select rest on ribeye marbling, which drives tenderness, juiciness, and flavor.

Steak 'n Shake

Steak 'n Shake, American burger chain founded 1934 in Normal, Illinois by Gus Belt, known for Steakburgers, hand-dipped milkshakes, and beef tallow fries; owned by Biglari Holdings since 2008, with kiosk ordering and about 400 US locations in 2026.

Steak and Blowjob Day

Steak and Blowjob Day, also Steak & BJ Day, is a satirical unofficial internet holiday on March 14, one month after Valentine's Day, credited to Boston radio DJ Tom Birdsey in 2002. Not an official holiday; widely criticized as sexist.

Steak and kidney pie

Steak and kidney pie, a traditional British baked pie of diced beef and kidneys in gravy, related to the suet-steamed steak and kidney pudding; first recipe 1694, modern form from 1851, Mrs Beeton 1861, British Pie Awards class.

Steak Diane

Steak Diane is a pan-fried beefsteak finished with a pan sauce of shallots, mustard, Worcestershire, cream, and cognac, often flambéed tableside. Disputed origins involve Tony Clerici in 1938 London and Beniamino Schiavon of New York's Drake Hotel.

Steak frites

Steak frites, also written steak-frites, is the classic French and Belgian bistro dish of a seared beef steak (entrecôte, bavette, onglet) with crisp fried potatoes and a sauce such as béarnaise or au poivre, with contested Franco-Belgian origins.

Steak tartare

Steak tartare (tartare de bœuf) is a French dish of raw, finely chopped or minced beef seasoned and served cold with egg yolk, capers, and shallots; first written down in 1896 as Hamburg steak, its Tatar saddle origin story is folklore.

Steal (2026 TV series)

Steal is a 2026 British heist thriller series on Prime Video, created by Sotiris Nikias, starring Sophie Turner as Zara Dunne, caught in a £4 billion pension-fund robbery at Lochmill Capital; six episodes premiered January 21, 2026.

Steal a Brainrot

Steal a Brainrot (Steal A Brainrot) is a Roblox PvP tycoon by BRAZILIAN SPYDER, released May 16, 2025, where players collect Italian-brainrot meme characters, steal them from bases, and rebirth for multipliers; it peaked at ~25.4 million concurrent players.

Steal Away (film)

Steal Away is Clement Virgo's 2025 Canadian-Belgian psychological thriller, adapted with Tamara Faith Berger from Karolyn Smardz Frost's Steal Away Home, starring Angourie Rice and Mallori Johnson; premiered at TIFF 2025, released theatrically in Canada July 17, 2026. Distinct from the Realm Studios Fisk Jubilee Singers project and other same-titled films.