PRB
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PRB is short for:
- PRB (car)PRB (car)PRB is an Australian builder of Clubman-style sportscars , the PRB Clubman was created by Peter Raymond Bladwell in 1978...
, the Australian Automotive Manufacturer - PRB (vessel)PRB (vessel)PRB is a 60’ monohull designed by Bruce Farr and built by CDK technologies in La Foret Fouesnant, France. It was put to water in September 2006. In 2007 the monohull has won three of the five events in which it has participated...
- The unofficial ISO 4217 code for the Transnistrian rubleTransnistrian rubleThe ruble is the official currency of Transnistria. It is divided into 100 kopecks. Since Transnistria is a state with limited international recognition, its currency has no ISO 4217 code. However, unofficially some Transnistrian organisations such as Agroprombank and Gazprombank used the code PRB...
PRB is short for:
- Powder River BasinPowder River BasinThe Powder River Basin is a geologic region in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming, about east to west and north to south, known for its coal deposits. The region supplies about 40 percent of coal in the United States. It is both a topographic drainage and geologic structural basin...
, a major coal producing geologic basin in the USA - Brazilian Republican PartyBrazilian Republican PartyThe Brazilian Republican Party is a Brazilian political party. Its electoral number is 10 and it became a registered political party on August 25, 2005. The Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus uses the party to elect its bishops in Brazilian elections...
, (Partido Republicano Brasileiro, in Portuguese) - Benin Rebirth PartyBenin Rebirth PartyThe Benin Rebirth Party is an oppositional, more or less liberal party in Benin. The party is led by Nicéphore Soglo, who was President of Benin from 1991 to 1996....
(Parti de la Renaissance du Bénin, in French) - Pre-Raphaelite BrotherhoodPre-Raphaelite BrotherhoodThe Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti...
, a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt - Population Reference BureauPopulation Reference BureauThe Population Reference Bureau is a private, nonprofit organization which informs people around the world about population, health and the environment for research or academic purposes...
- Parti Rakyat Brunei, a now extinct political party in Brunei
- Retinoblastoma proteinRetinoblastoma proteinThe retinoblastoma protein is a tumor suppressor protein that is dysfunctional in the majority types of cancer. One highly studied function of pRb is to prevent excessive cell growth by inhibiting cell cycle progression until a cell is ready to divide...
pRb or Rb, is a tumor suppressor protein found to be dysfunctional in a number of types of cancer - The People's Republic of Berkeley, a common nickname for Berkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
- The People's Republic of Boulder, a parallel nickname for Boulder, ColoradoBoulder, ColoradoBoulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Physical ReviewPhysical ReviewPhysical Review is an American scientific journal founded in 1893 by Edward Nichols. It publishes original research and scientific and literature reviews on all aspects of physics. It is published by the American Physical Society. The journal is in its third series, and is split in several...
B, a top journal in condensed matter physics - Permeable Reactive BarrierPermeable reactive barrierA permeable reactive barrier , also referred to as a permeable reactive treatment zone , is a developing technology that has been recognized as being a cost-effective technology for in situ groundwater remediation. PRBs are barriers which allow some—but not all—materials to pass through...
, a system for groundwater remediationGroundwater remediationGroundwater remediation is the process that is used to remove pollution from groundwater. Groundwater is water present below the ground surface that saturates the pore space in the subsurface. At least one half of the population of the United States depends upon groundwater as a source of... - Poudreries Réunies de BelgiquePoudreries Réunies de BelgiquePoudreries Réunies de Belgique SA was one of Belgium's oldest and largest manufacturers of munitions and at a time the second largest Belgium armaments manufacturer. The Company indirectly started in 1778 in Wetteren as a powder factory...
SA, a defunct Belgium defence manufacturer