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- NACA cowlingThe NACA cowling is a type of aerodynamic fairing used to streamline radial engines instal
- Nadine IvanitzkyUkrainian sociologist and cultural anthropologist
- Nambu mechanicsIn mathematics, Nambu mechanics is a generalization of Hamiltonian mechanics involving mul
- Named data networkingNamed Data Networking (NDN) (related to content-centric networking (CCN), content-based ne
- Nancy BayleyAmerican psychologist
- Nancy Coover AndreasenAmerican neuroscientist
- Nancy DickeyAmerican physician
- Nancy Farley WoodAmerican mathematician
- Nancy Grace RomanAmerican astronomer (1925–2018)
- Nancy MakriGreek physicist
- Nancy RabalaisAmerican marine ecologist
- Nancy SottosAmerican materials scientist
- Nancy T. ChangBiochemist
- Nancy WexlerAmerican geneticist
- Naoko YamazakiJapanese astronaut and engineer (born 1970)
- Naomi GinsbergNaomi Shauna Ginsberg (born 1979) is a Canadian electrical engineer, physicist, and scient
- Naomi McClure-GriffithsAmerican astrophysicist and radio astronomer
- Naomi OreskesAmerican historian of science
- Napierian logarithmThe term Napierian logarithm or Naperian logarithm, named after John Napier, is often used
- NASA Astronaut Group 12NASA Astronaut Group 12 (the GAFFers) was a group of 15 astronauts announced by NASA on Ju
- NASA Astronaut Group 9NASA Astronaut Group 9 was a group of 19 NASA astronauts announced on May 29, 1980, and co
- NASA Group Achievement AwardThe NASA Group Achievement Award (GAA) is an award given by NASA to groups of government o
- NASA Space Flight MedalThe NASA Space Flight Medal is a decoration of the National Aeronautics and Space Administ
- Nash embedding theoremsThe Nash embedding theorems (or imbedding theorems), named after John Forbes Nash Jr., sta
- Natalia BekhterevaRussian neuroscientist and psychologist
- Natalia BerloffRussian mathematician
- Natalie RoeExperimental particle physicist
- Natan AndreiNatan Andrei is an American theoretical physicist who deals with solid state physics and p
- Natasha FalleCanadian academic
- Nathalie Elgrably-LévyCanadian economist
- Nathan IsgurNathan Isgur (May 25, 1947 – July 24, 2001) was a theoretical physicist from the U.S. and
- National Academy of MedicineAmerican medical society
- National Academy of SciencesScience branch of the US National Academies
- National Academy of Sciences of ArgentinaThe National Academy of Sciences of Argentina main task is to promote and support Argentin
- National Academy of Sciences, IndiaThe National Academy of Sciences, India, established in 1930, is the oldest science academ
- National Advisory Committee for AeronauticsPredecessor to NASA (1915-1958)
- National Center for Healthy HousingThe National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) is a national nonprofit organization dedica
- National Institutes of HealthUS government medical research agency
- National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer AwardNational Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award is a research initiative first anno
- National Inventors Hall of FameThe National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) is an American not-for-profit organization, fou
- National Medal of ScienceUS science award
- National Medal of Technology and InnovationTechnology award given by the US President
- National Research Council (Italy)The National Research Council (Italian: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR) is the la
- Nature's 10Annual listicle of ten "people who mattered" in science
- Necla KelekTurco-German feminist and social scientist (born 1957)
- Néel effectIn superparamagnetism (a form of magnetism), the Néel effect appears when a superparamagne
- Neil deGrasse TysonAmerican astrophysicist (born 1958)
- Nellie May NaylorAmerican chemist
- Nerilie AbramAustralian scientist
- Nernst–Planck equationThe Nernst–Planck equation is a conservation of mass equation used to describe the motion
- Neta BahcallIsraeli astrophysicist and cosmologist
- Nettie StevensAmerican geneticist (1861–1912)
- Neutral currentWeak neutral current interactions are one of the ways in which subatomic particles can int
- Neutron triple-axis spectrometryTriple-axis spectrometry (TAS, three axis spectroscopy) is a technique used in conjunction
- Neutron–proton ratioRatio of neutrons to protons in an atomic nucleus
- Nevill MottBritish theoretical physicist (1905–1996)
- New Jersey Historical SocietyThe New Jersey Historical Society is a historical society and museum located in Newark, Es
- New York Academy of MedicineThe New York Academy of Medicine (the Academy) is a health policy and advocacy organizatio
- Nexus for Exoplanet System ScienceThe Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS) initiative is a National Aeronautics and Sp
- Ngô Bảo ChâuVietnamese math professor (born 1972)
- Nial O'GlacanIrish physician (c. 1563 – 1653)
- Nick ScovilleNicholas Zabriskie "Nick" Scoville is the Francis L. Moseley Professor of Astronomy at Cal
- Nicky ClaytonProfessor of Comparative Cognition
- Nicola FoxHeliophysicist
- Nicolaas BloembergenDutch–American physicist (1920–2017)
- Nicolaas KuiperNicolaas Hendrik Kuiper (Dutch pronunciation: ; 28 June 1920 – 12 December 1994) was a Dut
- Nicolas AppertFrench confectioner and inventor (1749–1841)
- Nicolas BourbakiPseudonym of a group of mathematicians
- Nicolas DesmarestFrench geologist (1725–1815)
- Nicolas StenoDanish scientist and Catholic bishop (1638 – 1686)
- Nicolas-Louis de LacailleFrench astronomer and geodesist (1713–1762)
- Nicole-Reine LepauteFrench astronomer
- Nieves López MartínezSpanish paleontologist
- NigeriansPeople of Nigeria
- Nike AkandeNigerian economist and industrialist (born 1944)
- Niklaus WirthSwiss computer scientist (1934–2024)
- Nikolaas TinbergenDutch zoologist and ethologist (1907–1988)
- Nikolai VavilovRussian botanist and geneticist (1887–1943)
- Nikolaos BourbakisNikolaos G. Bourbakis (Νικόλαος Μπουρμπάκης; born 1950 in Chania, Crete) is a Greek comput
- Nikolay BasovSoviet physicist (1922–2001)
- Nikolay Makarov (firearms designer)Soviet firearms designer (1914–1988)
- Nikolay PirogovRussian medical scientist (1810–1881)
- Nikolay Zhukovsky (scientist)Russian scientist (1847–1921)
- Nina FedoroffAmerican biologist
- Nine ChoucrounFrench biochemist and chemist (1896–1978)
- Nobel FoundationPrivate institution managing the finances and administration of the Nobel Prizes
- Noel CorngoldNoel Robert David Corngold (1929 – January 23, 2022) was an American physicist. He was a p
- Noël OakeshottBritish art historian and archaeologist
- Noelle W. ArnoldAmerican educator
- Noether LectureThe Noether Lecture is a distinguished lecture series that honors women "who have made fun
- Non-squeezing theoremThe non-squeezing theorem, also called Gromov's non-squeezing theorem, is one of the most
- NoordwijkerhoutNoordwijkerhout (Dutch pronunciation: ) is a town and former municipality in the western p
- Norah OlemboKenyan biochemist and policy advocate (1941–2021)
- Norbert WienerAmerican mathematician and philosopher (1894–1964)
- Nordfriedhof (Munich)The Nordfriedhof ("Northern Cemetery"), with 34,000 burial plots, is one of the largest ce
- Noreen MurrayBritish molecular biologist (1935–2011)
- Norman BethuneCanadian physician (1890–1939)
- Norman Ramsey Jr.American physicist (1915–2011)
- Novodevichy CemeteryCemetery in Moscow, Russia
- Nuclear acoustic resonanceNuclear acoustic resonance is a phenomenon closely related to nuclear magnetic resonance.
- Nuria OliverSpanish computer scientist
- Nyquist ISI criterionIn communications, the Nyquist ISI criterion describes the conditions which, when satisfie