University of Southern California
Solar astronomer and USC professor Darrell L. Judge heads a team that developed equipment to measure extreme ultraviolet (EUV) that has been included in instrument packages aboard NASA Space Shuttle...
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Corrected sun path diagrams: Discovered that the Olgyay sun path diagrams used by architects throughout the United States in the design of energy efficient structures were incorrect. These diagrams had...
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In the 1960’s when University of Virginia was considered a world hub for cardiovascular physiology, Dr. Robert Berne developed a drug to treat cardiac arrhythmia, using the naturally occurring chemical...
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The field of bioengineering was pioneered at UCSD. Y.C. Fung, is the father of biomechanics, and was awarded the President’s National Medal of Science for his pioneering work in this field. UCSD...
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Josh Lederberg, Edward Tatum discovered bacterial recombination, which was then harnessed as a technique to explore biochemical genetics. This in turn became one of the cornerstones of molecular...
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Top University of Arizona Discoveries: Pima S-1Cotton was developed by Walker Bryan and standardized by Robert Peebles and has become the highest quality cotton. The science of Dendrochronology (study...
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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 surgery sooner when the baby had a better chance ofrecovery,even...
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In 1900, a University of Michigan chemist, Moses Gomberg achieved what had been believed to be impossible – to isolate an organic free radical (a carbon compound with an unpaired electron).[i] The...
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Gerty Cori’s father, suffering from diabetes near the end of his life, said to his daughter, “Find me a cure.” In a brilliant collaboration that spanned many decades, Gerty and Carl Cori explored how...
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Selman Waksman was born in 1888 into a Jewish family in Czarist Russia when there were few opportunities for Jewish children to pursue higher education. He emigrated with his family in 1910 to the...
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