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Inventions
Fasha Mahjoor headshot

Science History Institute and Pittsburgh Conference to Present Pittcon Heritage Award to Fasha Mahjoor
Press Release
Black bear crossing road with cars

The Roadside Apocalypse

Distillations Podcast
Color illustration, hand in clouds holding silver ingot with wings

Magnesium, from the Sea to the Stars

Distillations Article
Shiny underside of a shaped CD 1990s

There Are More Fish in the C
Black and white photo portrait of woman

The Dark Stars of Marietta Blau

Distillations Article
C.C. Dennis using mortar and pestle at Dearborn laboratory

Science History Institute Debuts ‘Mechanochemistry: The Science of Crush’ Digital Exhibition
Press Release
David Cole headshot

Institute President David Cole Delivers Talk on History of Inventions at Imagine Solutions Conference
Press Release
David Cole headshot

Institute President David Cole to Speak at Imagine Solutions Conference 2021
Press Release
The Instrumental Chemist video title image

The Instrumental Chemist
Research
Illustration of sirens on rocks with phonograph

The Inventions That Made Us Who We Are

Distillations Article
Painting of shipwreck in rough seas

Reginald Fessenden and the Invention of Sonar

Distillations Article
Photograph of an operation in a surgical amphitheater

The Nurse Who Introduced Gloves to the Operating Room

Distillations Article
Edison wax cylinder phonograph

Distilled #12: Edison’s Record Player

Distillations Video
Sangeeta Bhatia

Interview: Sangeeta Bhatia

Distillations Article
Artificial leaf illustration

Can Science Build a Better Leaf?

Distillations Article
Jennifer Doudna at the 2018 Ullyot lecture

Interview: Jennifer Doudna

Distillations Article
Painting of William and Caroline Herschel standing in a study, surrounded by star charts and telescopes

Making Space for Women in Astronomy

Distillations Article
composite image of Mendeleev, Meyer, and their periodic systems

An Element of Order

Distillations Article
A giant leg, 35 feet high, advertised nylons to the Los Angeles area.

Nylon: A Revolution in Textiles

Distillations Article
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