 Interesting Insights 
Medicine on the Move
- nuclear medicine, including radiation and cancer therapy [Cancer Therapy]
- what drives muscle and nerve activity [MacKinnon]
- G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) [Kobilka]
- development of medical X-rays, scanning equipment, and imaging [Cormack, Purcell, CAT, MRI, PET]
- groundbreaking research in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) [Rabi]
- batteries for use in medical devices [Thin-film Batteries]
Energy Wow
- battery that powered the lunar lander module and other spacecraft [RTG]
- advancement and use of solar energy [Solar Energy]
- hydrocarbons and energy conversion [Olah]
- leadership in the development of nuclear energy [Wigner]
- peaceful uses of nuclear energy [Seaborg]
- peaceful uses of fusion [Teller]
- using the crossed molecular beams techniques [Y.T. Lee]
It's Out There
- secrets powering the stars [Bethe]
- Synthesis of the Elements in the Stars [Fowler]
- blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation [Smoot]
- the first binary pulsar [Hulse]
Making It Happen
- invented cathode materials used in cell phones [Goodenough]
- developed the Eightfold Way, a theory of Strong Interaction Symmetry [Gell-Mann]
- conducted key research on graphite, carbon, and thermoelectrics and made significant contributions to the advancement of women in science [Dresselhaus]
- crafted the Renormalization Group (RG) theory [Wilson]
- established an international computer communication in 1970 [AEC Experiment]
- developed the 'electroweak' theory [Glashow]
- invented the cyclotron (an early accelerator) [Lawrence]
- developed the nuclear shell model [Goeppert-Mayer]
- invented the bubble chamber [Glaser]
- developed a host of particle detectors [Charpak]
- developed the neutron diffraction technique [Shull]
- created host molecules in his host-guest research [Cram]
- developed Ultra Violet Waterworks (UVW)
- invented the calutron (an isotope separator) [Lawrence]
- developed the hydrogen maser and the cesium atomic clock [Ramsey]
- contributed to plutonium metallurgy and nuclear nonproliferation [Hecker]
Science in Action
- created the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction [Fermi]
- contributed to the science that won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize [climate change]
- formulated the process for adenosine triphosphate (ATP) [Boyer]
- discovered asymptotic freedom in the theory of strong interaction [Politzer, Wilczek]
- first proposed the concept of 'type-II superconductors' [Abrikosov]
- contributed to the theory of electron transfer reactions [Marcus]
- developed metathesis method in organic synthesis [Schrock/Grubbs]
- provided the theoretical explanation of the fractional quantum Hall effect [Laughlin]
- developed the Source Theory [Schwinger]
- provided detailed understanding of how chemical reactions take place [Herschbach]
- developed details of redox reactions [Taube]
- developed the concept of 'dissipative structures' [Prigogine]
- found that CFCs were thinning the ozone layer [Rowland]
It's Named After
- the Lamb Shift phenomenon [Lamb]
- the concept of the Cooper pairs [Cooper]
- the Bloch Equations [Bloch]
- the Feynman Diagrams [Feynman]
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