And in the 1930s nylon took centre stage— a polymer designed to mimic silk, but with many times its strength. Starting in 1933, polyethylene became one of the most versatile plastics, still used today to make everything from groce...
Dunkerque's history was not filled with epic victories in combat or spectacular achievements; nonetheless, she participated in two major historic events that changed the balance of power in the Mediterranean, making her an important vessel from an h
In 1929, E. A. Murphy invented foam rubber, Edwin S. Lowe created the game of bingo, and Sam Foster invented and mass-produced the first sunglasses. Likewise, Clarence Birdseye developed frozen foods, and Charles Midgley Jr. and Charles Kettering co-invented freon, a non-combustible gas that...
in the face of all this horrible stuff. 86 00:03:55,485 --> 00:03:59,113 There's black heroes everywhere. Harriet Tubman, five foot even. 87 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:01,616 Sammy Davis, Junior, five foot five. 88...
DNA methylation is a quintessential epigenetic mechanism. Widely considered a stable regulator of gene silencing, it represents a form of “molecular
of them is exempt-must change before the coming rush of facts.” The way genetics impacted on plant breeding turned out to depend upon the mating system of the crop species, as might have been anticipated from Darwin’s book of 1876 onThe Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the ...
“(Mule) Haas is a retiring sort of fellow. He never has much to say, but he’s trying all the time. If he’s in a slump, he doesn’t worry. If he’s going good, he doesn’t get overconfident. I’d set him down as a good, steady ball player. Perhaps he’s slowed down ...
Introduction Bioelectromagnetics (BEMs) is the study of the effect of electromagnetic fields on biological systems. 1 Though electromagnetic fields have sometimes been associated with potential for...
That’s a far cry from those born in the late 1930s, some 70% of whom did better than their parents. The rate has drifted downward since, but millennials are the first to fall below 50%. Another study found that only half of those born in 1984 earned more than their parents at ab...
Applied initially to drawings for Badovici’s houses at Vézelay, the method can be applied to the many other drawings in the archives of the V&A, the Pompidou Centre, the Eileen Gray archive in the National Museum of Ireland, and the Badovici archive in the Getty Research Institute. The ...