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river blindness
Society: ACSMain Category: ChemicalSub Category: MedicalDateCreated: 1987Merck & Co., Inc.RockvilleState: MDCountry: USAWebsite: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/ivermectin-mectizan.htmlCreator: Merck Research Labs

The story is so improbable it defies belief: a soil sample from Japan stops suffering in Africa. It starts when a scientist discovers a lowly bacterium near a golf course outside Tokyo. A team of scientists in the United States finds that the bacterium produces compounds that impede the activity of nematode worms. It is developed into a drug that wards off parasites in countless pets and farm animals, averting billions of dollars in losses worldwide.

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Image Credit: Courtesy Wikicommons/현태웅 (CC BY-SA 4.0)Image Caption: A young man affected by onchocerciasis - river blindness
Society: ASMEMain Category: MechanicalEra: 1980-1989DateCreated: 19873D Systems, Inc.Rock HillState: SCZip: 29730Country: USAWebsite: https://www.asme.org/about-asme/engineering-history/landmarks/261-stereolithographyCreator: Kodama, Dr. Hideo

Although the origins of three-dimensional printing date back to the mid 19th century, and the first patent application for rapid prototyping technology was filed by Dr.

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Image Credit: Scopigno R., Cignoni P., Pietroni N., Callieri M., Dellepiane M. (2017). "Digital Fabrication Techniques for Cultural Heritage: A Survey". Computer Graphics Forum 36 (1): 6–21. DOI:10.1111/cgf.12781.Image Caption: Schematic representation of Stereolithography. A light-emitting device a) (a laser or DLP) selectively illuminates the transparent bottom c) of a tank b) filled with a liquid photo-polymerizing resin. The solidified resin d) is progressively dragged up by a lifting platform e)
Liverpool Manchester Railway & Site of Rainhill Trials
Society: ASMEMain Category: MechanicalEra: 1830-1839DateCreated: 1830RainhillMerseysideCountry: UKWebsite: https://www.asme.org/about-asme/engineering-history/landmarks/263-liverpool-manchester-railway-site-rainhillCreator: Stephenson, Robert

The Rainhill Trials were an important competition in the early d

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Image Credit: Public DomainImage Caption: Rolling stock on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831
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river blindness

The story is so improbable it defies belief: a soil sample from Japan stops suffering in Africa. It starts when a scientist discovers a lowly bacterium near a golf course outside Tokyo. A team of scientists in the United States finds that the bacterium produces compounds that impede the activity…

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