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Columbia University, Finding a Cure for Huntington's Disease, Columbia University, None

For her groundbreaking work in the scientific and public arenas towards finding a cure for Huntington's disease and for increasing awareness of all…

Tags: Diseases, Genetics, Huntington's Disease, Nancy Wexler, Science

Imperial War Museum, Penicillin, Imperial War Museum, Between 1939 and 1945 - first photo, July 20 2009 - second photo

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Tags: Antibiotics, Diseases, Penicillin, Science, Syphilis, World War II

Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklyn as Scientist and Innovator, Library of Congress, 1776 - first photo, 1744 - second photo

Benjamin Franklin is considered an American patriot and founding father, but his careers and influence took him much further. As a "man of science"…

Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Electricity, Fireplace, Glasses, Inventions, Science

UC Santa Barbara, National Institute of Justice, UC Santa Barbara, 2019

Mission The National Institute of Justice — the research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice — is dedicated to…

Tags: Crime Reduction, Department of Justice, DOJ, National Institute of Justice, NIJ, Research, Science

National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation Celebrating 50 Years 1950-2000, National Science Foundation, No date

The U.S. national Science Foundation promotes the progress of science to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare and to secure the…

Tags: National Defense, National Science Foundation, Nifty50, Science, US

Samuel D. Ehrhart, Peter Cooper's Generous Example, Library of Congress, 1902

"If you haven’t got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble." - Bob Hope Peter Cooper (February 12, 1791 – April 4, 1883)…

Tags: Education, Locomotive, Peter Cooper, Philanthropy, Science, Steam