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

Robert K. Merton (1936) was responsible for many other sociological ideas captured in phrases that became widely used in...

One of the leading American sociologists of the 20th century, Robert K. Merton was a theorist who believed deeply in...

These are notable discoveries selected by presidents and provosts of leading universities in the United States. Click on a school belo

Josh Lederberg, Edward Tatum discovered bacterial recombination, which was then harnessed as a technique to explore biochemical...

In 1974, UCSF scientists co-discovered recombinant DNA techniques, the fundamental first step in the creation of the biotechnology...

The field of bioengineering was pioneered at UCSD. Y.C. Fung, is the father of biomechanics, and was awarded the President’s...

Dan Nathans invents gene splicing using restriction enzymes Hamilton Smith invents gene splicing using restriction enzymes John...

In late 1998, a UW-Madison group led by James Thomson was the first to isolate and culture human embryonic stem cells, master...

In 1949 Dr. Benedict Cassen of the UCLA Department of Radiology developed the rectilinear scintillation scanner, an instrument that...

1988 Developed the first transgenic mouse, now in use worldwide for cancer research. Experiments with the mouse at Harvard led to a...