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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

City College of New York, Ruth E. Stark, Ph.D. - 2012 Sloan Public Service Award Winner, City College of New York, None

Dr. Ruth Stark, distinguished professor of chemistry and acting dean of science at The City College of New York, is one of six extraordinary city…

Tags: Awards, Chemistry, Ruth E. Stark, Science, Sloan Public Service, Women

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

Douglas A. Lockard, Herbert Boyer, Science History Institute, June 9 2005

Herbert Wayne "Herb" Boyer (born July 10, 1936) is a researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg he…

Tags: Bacteria, Biotech, Genetic Engineering, Herbert Boyer, 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

Michael J. Ermarth, FDA Lab 3000, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, February 5 2009

Feb. 5, 2009; Irvine, CA An FDA microbiologist tests seafood samples for the presence of Salmonella.

Tags: FDA, Food Safety, Salmonella, Science, Seafood, Testing

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

Oboznenko, D., It fits!, Rutgers, Continuum, None

As Chubarov (2001) put it, in a rapidly changing world, it was the “revolution of the microchip and the computer” taking place in the West that…

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Computers, Microchip, Satire, Science, Soviet Union

Pete J. Souza, Obama signs FSMA into Law, Executive Office of the President of the United States, January 4 2011

Obama signs FSMA into Law. The law grants the FDA a number of new powers, including mandatory recall authority, which the agency has sought for many…

Tags: Food Safety, FSMA, Law, Obama, Science

Sam Ogden, Rudolf Jaenisch, Whitehead Institute, June 2003

Rudolf Jaenisch (born 22 April 1942) is a Professor of Biology at MIT and a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He is…

Tags: Biology, Cancer, Diseases, Genetic Engineering, Rudolf Jaenisch, Science, Transgenic Science

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

Shealah Craighead, INSPIRE Women Act, White House, February 28 2017

The Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers Act (H.R. 321), or INSPIRE Women Act, was introduced by Representative…

Tags: Education, Law, Mentorship, NASA, Science, STEM, US Congress, Women

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Inspecting a Candy Factory, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 1911

John Earnshaw, an early food and drug inspector working in and around Baltimore, inspects a clean and sanitary candy factory around 1911/12. Candy in…

Tags: Candy, FDA, Inspection, Science, Women, Workers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Harvey Wiley, Chief Chemist of the Department of Agriculture's Division of Chemistry, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 1883

Harvey Wiley, Chief Chemist of the Department of Agricultures Division of Chemistry (third from the right) with his staff, not long after he joined…

Tags: Department of Agriculture, FDA, Food and Drugs Act, Harvey Wiley, 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

White House, INSPIRE Women Act, Wikimedia Commons, 2/28/2017

The Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers Act (H.R. 321), or INSPIRE Women Act, was introduced by Representative…

Tags: Congress, Education, Legislation, Science, Women