Vitamin E


Vitamin E:  needed to protect against damage to DNA   Discovered by: Herbert Evans and Katherine Bishop at: University of...

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Vanderbilt University


Some significant discoveries from the list: Fetal Surgery Drs.Joseph Bruner and Noel Tulipan were determined to find a way to do...

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University of Arizona


Top University of Arizona Discoveries: Pima S-1Cotton was developed by Walker Bryan and standardized by Robert Peebles and has...

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Café Humanities


American research universities are the greatest in the world today. What has determined their greatness? What is needed to create a...

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The Ideas Economy


This entry was initially published at http://ideas.economist.com/blog/ America’s research universities represent 80 percent of the...

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Physical Sciences, Engineering...


Discoveries in The Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Information and Computer Sciences That Have Changed Our...

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Biological & Biomedical S...


Discoveries in The Biological & Biomedical That Have Changed Our Lives Biological and Biomedical Discoveries year instit

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University of Michigan


Top University of Michigan Discoveries: Francis S. Collins, his UM colleagues, and researchers at 8 other collaborating...

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Anomie


  Merton is also responsible for the modern usage of the term “anomie.” Drawing upon the 19th century work of the great...

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