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All-optical reconstruction of crystal band structure
All-optical reconstruction of crystal band structure is a technique that measures a solid's momentum-dependent band gaps from its high-harmonic laser emission, demonstrated on zinc oxide in 2015.
All-optical switching
All-optical switching (AOS) is the reversal of a magnetic material's magnetization using femtosecond laser pulses alone, with no applied magnetic field, first shown in GdFeCo films in 2007.
All-optical switching in GdFeCo
All-optical switching in GdFeCo is the reversal of magnetization in gadolinium-iron-cobalt ferrimagnetic alloys using ultrashort laser pulses with no magnetic field, first shown in 2007, a candidate for ultrafast memory.
All-or-none law
The all-or-none law, also called the all-or-none principle, is the rule that a nerve or muscle cell fires either a full-sized action potential or none.
All-perovskite multi-junction solar cells
All-perovskite multi-junction solar cells are photovoltaic devices that stack perovskite absorbers with different bandgaps to split the solar spectrum, with two-terminal tandems reaching 30.1% efficiency.
All-perovskite tandem solar cell
An all-perovskite tandem solar cell is a photovoltaic device that stacks two perovskite absorbers of different bandgaps to beat single-junction efficiency limits, reaching a certified 30.1%.
All-points bulletin
An all-points bulletin, also known as a BOLO or all ports warning, is an internal police broadcast asking all nearby units to help locate a suspect, vehicle, or missing person.
All-polymer solar cell
An all-polymer solar cell is an organic solar cell in which both the donor and acceptor materials of the active layer are polymers, first reported in 1995.
All-Pro
All-Pro: annual NFL honor naming the best players at each position, chosen by independent selectors, chiefly the Associated Press 50-member media panel (first and second team), plus PFWA, Sporting News, PFF, and the NFLPA Players' All-Pro.
All-Russia People's Front (Общероссийский народный фронт)
The All-Russia People's Front (ONF, Общероссийский народный фронт) is a Russian pro-Kremlin social movement and coalition founded by Vladimir Putin in May 2011, originally to elect non-party members on United Russia's Duma ticket, later a war-support and Putin-campaign vehicle.
All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (Всероссийская государственная телевизионная и радиовещательная компания)
VGTRK (ВГТРК, Всероссийская государственная телевизионная и радиовещательная компания), founded 1990, is Russia's largest state broadcasting holding, operating Russia-1, Russia-24, Russia-K, RTR-Planeta, five radio channels, and 79 regional branches under a government-founded, presidentially directed structure.
All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions
The All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions (VTsSPS) directed all Soviet trade unions from its 1918 election in Petrograd until its abolition in 1990, renamed All-Union in 1924.
All-Russian Constituent Assembly
The All-Russian Constituent Assembly (Всероссийское учредительное собрание) was the popularly elected body of the former Russian Empire, elected in November 1917 and dispersed by the Bolsheviks after its only session in January 1918.
All-Russian Railway Union
The All-Russian Railway Union (Всероссийский железнодорожный союз) was a professional-political organization of Russian railway workers, founded in Moscow in April 1905, whose October 1905 strike drove the general political strike.
ALL-SIL
ALL-SIL (SIL-ALL, CVCL_1805, DSMZ ACC 511) is a human T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line from a 17-year-old male at relapse, carrying NUP214-ABL1 fusion and NOTCH1 mutations, TLX1-positive, GSI-sensitive.
All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae
The All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN), nicknamed "Assassin," is an automated survey imaging the entire visible sky nightly, begun in 2011, to find bright supernovae and variable events.
All-star
All-star: term for elite selected players and the exhibition games or honorific teams built around them, from the 1933 MLB All-Star Game to the NBA All-Star Game, NFL Pro Bowl, and NHL All-Star Game, covering selection methods, formats, and viewership.
All-Star Superman
All-Star Superman is a 12-issue DC Comics limited series (2005–2008) by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, telling of a dying Superman completing twelve challenges, adapted as a 2011 animated film and a key influence on James Gunn's 2025 Superman movie.
All-Star Superman (film)
All-Star Superman (2011) is a Warner Bros. Animation direct-to-video film adapting Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's 12-issue comic, directed by Sam Liu, written by Dwayne McDuffie, starring James Denton, standalone in DC animation.
All-Star Weekend (film)
All-Star Weekend is Jamie Foxx's unreleased 2016 directorial debut comedy with Jeremy Piven, Robert Downey Jr., and Benicio del Toro; shelved since 2018 despite three missed release dates and no distributor.
All-terrain vehicle
An all-terrain vehicle (ATV), also called a quad bike or four-wheeler, is a motorized off-highway vehicle with three or four low-pressure tires, a straddle seat, and handlebar steering.
All-time Asian Games medal table
All-time Asian Games medal table: cumulative Summer Asian Games (1951–2023) ranking by NOC. China leads with 1,875 gold, 3,953 total; Japan second (3,430), South Korea third (2,615); China first every edition since 1982.
All-time Commonwealth Games medal table
All-time Commonwealth Games medal table: cumulative gold, silver, and bronze counts by country since the 1930 British Empire Games, ranked gold-first; Australia leads, England second, Canada third.
All-time FISU World University Games medal table
All-time FISU World University Games (Universiade) medal table: cumulative national medal rankings since the 1959 Torino Summer and 1960 Winter editions; record single-edition tallies include Russia's 287 medals at Kazan 2013 and China's 178 at Chengdu 2023.
All-time Olympic Games medal table
All-time Olympic Games medal table: unofficial aggregation of medals by country across Summer and Winter Games. US leads (about 3,100-3,150 medals), USSR second, Germany third; Norway leads Winter; IOC recognises no global ranking.
All-time Pan American Games medal table
The all-time Pan American Games medal table shows the United States leading with 4,173 total medals from 1951 to 2011. Cuba ranks second with 1,932 total medals.
All-time Paralympic Games medal table
The all-time Paralympic Games medal table aggregates medals won by National Paralympic Committees across every Summer and Winter Paralympic Games since Rome in 1960, compiled from International Paralympic Committee archives.
All-time Summer Universiade medal table
The all-time Summer Universiade medal table is the cumulative record of medals won by nations at the Summer Universiade, the university games first held in Torino in 1959.
All-time tennis records – Men's singles
All-time men's singles tennis records: Djokovic's 24 Grand Slam titles and triple Career Grand Slam, Connors' 1,274 match wins and 109 titles, Nadal's 112-4 Roland Garros record, and the Open Era's Career and Golden Slam benchmarks.
All-time Universiade athletics medalists
All-time Universiade athletics medalists lists athletes and countries that won track and field medals at the World University Games, first staged in Turin in 1959.