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Posted by admin on Oct 10, 2010

Posted by admin on Oct 10, 2010

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

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

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

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

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