Physostigmine & Hydrocort...


Percy Julian, an African American chemist who had two fingers severed when he was punished for learning to read, was born in...

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Plastics


In 1900, a University of Michigan chemist, Moses Gomberg achieved what had been believed to be impossible – to isolate an...

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Google


Larry Page and Sergey Brin were graduate students at Stanford University working on their doctoral degrees when they...

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The Motion Picture


In 1922, engineers and scientists at the University of Illinois, Urban- Champaign invented the sound motion picture. ...

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FM Radio


Edwin Howard Armstrong was only 11 years old when Guglielmo Marconi made the first wireless trans-Atlantic radio transmission.  His...

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Folic Acid


Folic Acid:  a B vitamin that today is recommended as a supplement for pregnant women to prevent neural tube defects such as spina...

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