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AlScN
AlScN, or aluminum scandium nitride, is a wurtzite-structure ferroelectric semiconductor in which scandium substitutes for aluminum in aluminum nitride; its switchable ferroelectricity was first reported in 2019, and it enables CMOS-compatible memory and high-temperature devices.
AlScN ferroelectric memory
AlScN ferroelectric memory is nonvolatile memory based on aluminum scandium nitride, a III-V semiconductor ferroelectric demonstrated in 2019 and developed into capacitors, diodes, and transistors.
Alshaya Group
Alshaya Group, also known as M.H. Alshaya Co., is a family-owned retail franchise operator headquartered in Kuwait, founded there in 1890 and operating Starbucks, H&M, and Primark across the Middle East.
Alshe
Alshe (Alše) was a Hurrian land on the Upper Tigris in the 2nd millennium BC, known from the mid-14th-century BC treaty in which Šuppiluliuma I conquered it and gave it to Antaratli.
Alshon Jeffery
Alshon Jeffery, NFL wide receiver (South Carolina Gamecocks), drafted 45th overall 2012 by Chicago Bears; 475 catches, 6,786 yards, 46 TD; won Super Bowl LII with Philadelphia Eagles.
AlSi10Mg
AlSi10Mg is a castable aluminum alloy containing about 10% silicon and 0.3% magnesium, widely used for high-pressure die casting and as the powder in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing.
Alsin
Alsin, encoded by the human ALS2 gene at 2q33.1, is a 1,657-amino-acid Rab5 and Rac1 guanine nucleotide exchange factor; its loss causes recessive IAHSP, JPLS, and JALS motor neuron diseases.
Also sprach Zarathustra
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, is Richard Strauss's 1896 tone poem "freely after" Nietzsche's book, premiered in Frankfurt on 27 November 1896, famous for its sunrise fanfare used in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
also 爸爸，你凶我我也爱你 (护崽计划)
爸爸，你凶我我也爱你 (护崽计划) is a 2025 Chinese vertical micro short drama by Beijing Dianzhong Kuankan, starring Cui Xiuzi and Sun Feixiang, 92 episodes, released 13 July 2025; it topped DataEye charts and reached 900 million combined Douyin plays under its two cut titles.
also 顶级偏爱！妈咪，我找到爹地了 (好孕甜妻被钻石老公宠上天)
顶级偏爱！妈咪，我找到爹地了 (好孕甜妻被钻石老公宠上天) is Yuewen's 2025 80-episode vertical sweet-romance short drama starring Zhan Ni and Wang Zhaoyang; 20 million yuan revenue in 24 hours, No. 4 in Yunhe's 2025 ranking.
Alsop Louie Capital
Alsop Louie Capital, operating as Alsop Louie Partners, is a San Francisco early-stage venture capital firm founded by Stewart Alsop and Gilman Louie, focused on security and data analytics.
Alsophila australis
Alsophila australis (rough tree fern, formerly Cyathea australis) is an Australian tree fern of Cyatheaceae, native to eastern and southeastern Australia, with a trunk to 10 m, tripinnate fronds to 3.5 m, and frequent horticultural confusion with Cyathea cooperi.
Alsophila bryophila
Alsophila bryophila (syn. Cyathea bryophila), helecho gigante de la sierra, a slow-growing tree fern endemic to Puerto Rico's montane forests at 700-1325 m, with an erect trunk to 7 m, fronds to 2 m, and growth of about 5 cm per year.
Alsophila cunninghamii
Alsophila cunninghamii (slender tree fern, gully tree fern, pūnui; basionym Cyathea cunninghamii) is a Cyatheaceae tree fern with a trunk to 20 m, native to southeastern Australia and New Zealand, in wet forest gullies; NZTCS Not Threatened.
Alsophila cuspidata
Alsophila cuspidata (Kunze) D.S.Conant, basionym Cyathea cuspidata Kunze, is a scaly tree fern (Cyatheaceae) from Nicaragua to southern tropical America, wet tropical biome, used for food, CITES Appendix II.
Alsophila dregei
Alsophila dregei (syn. Cyathea dregei), the grassland tree fern, is a Cyatheaceae tree fern of streambanks in African montane grassland and Madagascar, 3–7 m tall, Least Concern but protected and CITES Appendix II listed.
Alsophila manniana
Alsophila manniana (spiny tree fern, syn. Cyathea manniana Hook. 1865), Africa's largest tree fern, grows streamside in wet montane tropical Africa to over 12 m, spreads by stolons, reproduces rarely by spores, least concern.
Alsophila of Africa and the Indian Ocean islands
The Alsophila tree ferns of Africa and the Indian Ocean islands grow on mainland Africa, Madagascar, the Comoros, Seychelles, and Mascarenes, with most taxa endemic to Madagascar.
Alsophila of Malesia and New Guinea
Alsophila of Malesia and New Guinea is the group of scaly tree ferns of the genus Alsophila native to the Malay Archipelago, the Philippines, and New Guinea.
Alsophila of South and Southeast Asia
Alsophila of South and Southeast Asia are tree ferns of the family Cyatheaceae, ranging from India and the Himalaya through southern China to mainland Southeast Asia.
Alsophila smithii
Alsophila smithii (kātote, soft tree fern; formerly Cyathea smithii) is a small New Zealand endemic tree fern of Cyatheaceae with soft 2.5 m fronds, a skirt of dead stipes, trunks to 8 m, and Not Threatened status.
Alsophila spinulosa
Alsophila spinulosa (syn. Cyathea spinulosa), the spiny tree fern of Cyatheaceae, native from the Indian subcontinent to East Asia; an endangered Jurassic relict with 6 m trunks, protected as a national second-class plant in China.
Alsos Asklepiou
Alsos Asklepiou (grove of Asclepius), a sacred grove of the healing god Asclepius in Phoenicia, placed by Strabo between Berytus and Sidon by the river Tamyras; catalogued as a site on the river Bostrenos, Lebanon, and linked with the Temple of Eshmun.
Alsou
Alsou (Алсу), Alsou Ralifovna Abramova (née Safina), Russian pop singer born 1983 in Bugulma, Tatarstan. Eurovision 2000 runner-up with "Solo" (155 points), hosted Eurovision 2009, records in Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, and English.
Alstake
Alstake (アルステイク) is a three-piece Japanese rock band from Okayama, formed in 2017, whose members are Hidaka Yoshiaki, Non, and Amu, releasing on Orange Owl Records.
Alstom
Alstom SA, formed in 1928 as Alsthom, is a French rail company that builds trains, metros, and signaling systems including the TGV, and acquired Bombardier Transportation in 2021.
Alstom Citadis
The Alstom Citadis is a family of modular low-floor trams built by Alstom, first entering service in 2000 and now running in over 140 cities worldwide.
Alstom Coradia LINT
The Alstom Coradia LINT is a family of diesel multiple-unit regional trains built by Alstom in Germany since 1999, in versions named for their length in meters.
Alston Scott Householder
Alston Scott Householder (1904–1993) was an American mathematician at Oak Ridge National Laboratory whose Householder transformation is the main technique for QR factorization and least-squares problems.
Alston Wise
Alston Wise (Joseph Alston "Stoney" Wise, 1904–1984) was a Canadian ice hockey left wing who won the 1930–31 Allan Cup with the Winnipeg Hockey Club and Olympic gold for Canada at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games.