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Discovering an Antimalarial Drug in Mao’s China

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Discovery During the Vietnam War, malaria was a major health concern for soldiers. Qinghao , the plant from which artemisinin is derived, had already been identified by the Project as one of the important subjects of the study. which generally contained a very low concentration of artemisinin. Photo taken in 1951.

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The history of the central processing unit (CPU)

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Processing styles are also subject to tweaking. ENIAC: Marching off to war It seems overly dramatic, but in 1943, the fate of the world truly was hanging in the balance. But when that conflict ended, the Cold War began and ENIAC was given new marching orders. ENIAC was used by the US Army during the rest of WWII.

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A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics

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It was a subtle story of quantum field theory, time reversal violation, General Relativity—and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. In January I’d been asked to write an article for the then-top popular science magazine Scientific American on the subject of “ Computers in Science and Mathematics ”. I wrote about SMP.