Science, Mathematics, Technology, Biology, and Medicine
- Nicking Enzyme Amplification Reaction, a method for in vitro DNA amplification
- Near-Earth object, an object in the Solar System whose orbit brings it close to the Earth
- Near-Earth asteroid
- Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
- NEAR Shoemaker, a spacecraft that studied the near-Earth asteroid Eros
- Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer, a scientific instrument for infrared astronomy
- Near Field Communication (NFC), a short-range wireless communication technology
- N.E.A.R. (National Emergency Alarm Repeater), an obsolete civilian warning device in the United States
- Nearness defined as it relates to Point-Set Topology, also known as proximity space
- "Near", an interactive city browser application developed by NearGlobal
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