UCLA
In 1949 Dr. Benedict Cassen of the UCLA Department of Radiology developed the rectilinear scintillation scanner, an instrument that made possible the construction of a chart to accurately pinpoint the...
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In late 1998, a UW-Madison group led by James Thomson was the first to isolate and culture human embryonic stem cells, master undifferentiated cells that arise at the earliest stages of development and...
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Dan Nathans invents gene splicing using restriction enzymes Hamilton Smith invents gene splicing using restriction enzymes John Gearhart Isolates human stem cells Landed a satellite (NEAR) on an...
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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...
View ArticleThe Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
One of the leading American sociologists of the 20th century, Robert K. Merton was a theorist who believed deeply in formulating questions in a way that they could be empirically tested – theories of...
View ArticleThe Law of Unintended Consequences
Robert K. Merton (1936) was responsible for many other sociological ideas captured in phrases that became widely used in ordinary conversation. A further example is the now famous Law of...
View ArticleAnomie
Merton is also responsible for the modern usage of the term “anomie.” Drawing upon the 19th century work of the great French sociologist, Émile Durkheim, Merton applied the idea of anomie to the...
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Top University of Michigan Discoveries: Francis S. Collins, his UM colleagues, and researchers at 8 other collaborating institutions announced that they had identified the gene defect responsible for...
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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...
View Article“The Lonely Crowd”
In the 1950s you did not have to be living in Levittown or in other New York suburbs to hear cocktail party conversation about national character and about conformity and individuality. David Reisman,...
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