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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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811 |
John William Strutt won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904. |
Science > Physics |
07/05/09 |
|
812 |
Gabriel Lippmann won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908. |
Science > Physics |
07/05/09 |
|
813 |
Jean Baptiste Perrin won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1926. |
Science > Physics |
07/05/09 |
|
814 |
Wilhelm Wien won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1911. |
Science > Physics |
07/05/09 |
|
815 |
Hendrik Lorentz won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1902. |
Science > Physics |
07/04/09 |
|
816 |
Antoine Henri Becquerel won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. |
Science > Physics |
07/04/09 |
|
817 |
Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. |
Science > Physics |
07/04/09 |
|
818 |
Pieter Zeeman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1902. |
Science > Physics |
07/04/09 |
|
819 |
Pierre Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. |
Science > Physics |
07/03/09 |
|
820 |
Dr. Edward Alexander Bouchet, physicist, was the first African American/Black person to receive a PhD from an American university. |
Science > Physics |
04/21/09 |
|
821 |
Progeria is a genetic disorder that is characterized by premature aging in a child. |
Science > Biology |
04/02/09 |
|
822 |
Progeria is caused by a small point mutation in a single gene, referred to as lamin A (LMNA). |
Science > Biology |
04/02/09 |
|
823 |
Tay Sachs Disease is a genetic disorder that destroys the nervous system. |
Science > Biology |
04/01/09 |
|
824 |
Turner Syndrome only affects females. |
Science > Biology |
04/01/09 |
|
825 |
Children affected with Progeria usually die at an average of 13 years. |
Science > Biology |
04/01/09 |
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