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The "radical concept" was invented in Rugby by scientist Dennis Gabor, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics for his idea in 1971. Gabor was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1900 and developed an interest ...

Discover the history of Steiff teddy bears, from Margarete Steiff's first creations to today's collectibles. See why Steiff ...

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We explore twenty remarkable inventions from the early 1900s, a period when bold ideas pushed the limits of technology and ...

The first true battery, the Voltaic Pile, was invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800. Key milestones include the rechargeable lead-acid battery (1859) and the lithium-ion battery (1991).

Kool-Aid, the reuben, Dorothy Lynch. Yep, they all were the concoctions of a Nebraskan.

Today, X-rays are the source of many experiments and medical tests, but it took a long time for humanity to develop proper protections against the powerful energy source. One of the earliest recorded ...

On this day in history, the first US Patent was licensed for an invention that would change the face of farming in Nebraska and the U.S., a new method of making potash to Samuel Hopkins. Potash was a ...

Almost six years have passed since the first manned landing and the return of lunar soils and rocks to the Earth … [S]amplings have amassed some hundreds of kilograms of lunar samples, many thousands ...