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  2. BLAST (biotechnology) - Wikipedia

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    While BLAST is faster than any Smith-Waterman implementation for most cases, it cannot "guarantee the optimal alignments of the query and database sequences" as Smith-Waterman algorithm does. The Smith-Waterman algorithm was an extension of a previous optimal method, the Needleman–Wunsch algorithm , which was the first sequence alignment ...

  3. Blast furnace - Wikipedia

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    Blast furnaces differ from bloomeries and reverberatory furnaces in that in a blast furnace, flue gas is in direct contact with the ore and iron, allowing carbon monoxide to diffuse into the ore and reduce the iron oxide. The blast furnace operates as a countercurrent exchange process whereas a bloomery does not.

  4. Detonator - Wikipedia

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    Encrypted radio signals are used to communicate the blast signal to each detonator at the correct time. While currently expensive, wireless detonators can enable new mining techniques as multiple blasts can be loaded at once and fired in sequence without putting humans in harm's way.

  5. Underwater explosion - Wikipedia

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    Expansion rate of blast bubble as a function of water pressure Bubble oscillation period as a function of water pressure and blast size Pressure distribution in water near the blast bubble Unless it breaks the water surface while still a hot gas bubble, an underwater nuclear explosion leaves no trace at the surface but hot, radioactive water ...

  6. Air burst - Wikipedia

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    A blast wave reflecting from a surface and forming a mach stem. The air burst is usually 100 to 1,000 m (330 to 3,280 ft) above the hypocenter to allow the shockwave of the fission or fusion driven explosion to bounce off the ground and back into itself, combining two wave fronts and creating a shockwave that is more forceful than the one resulting from a detonation at ground level.

  7. Blast wave - Wikipedia

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    Blast waves cause damage by a combination of the significant compression of the air in front of the wave (forming a shock front) and the subsequent wind that follows. [15] A blast wave travels faster than the speed of sound, and the passage of the shock wave usually lasts only a few milliseconds. Like other types of explosions, a blast wave can ...

  8. If a nuclear bomb goes off, this is the most important thing ...

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    If a nuclear detonation were to occur, and you somehow avoided the searing bright flash, crushing blast wave, and incendiary fireball, Buddemeier says one simple thing could increase your odds of ...

  9. Blast - Wikipedia

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    BLAST (biotechnology), Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, an algorithm used in bioinformatics; Blast cell or precursor cell, in cytology, a type of partially differentiated, usually unipotent cell; Blast disease, a disease of cereal crops; Blast injury, a complex type of physical trauma resulting from direct or indirect exposure to an explosion