... deep-tank fermentation by Pfizer --- which enabled the mass production of penicillin for use in World War II --- was designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark by the American Chemical Society ( ...
(AP) -- An online collection of World War II documents, billed as the world's largest, debuted last week. Footnote.com, which archives historical documents on the Web, ...
Nearly 3,700 World War II shipwrecks lie submerged in the Pacific, some containing oil, chemicals, and unexploded ordnance. Concern about corrosion is prompting increased investigation.
... lead a three-week research expedition in August to study World War II shipwrecks sunk in 1942 off the coast of North Carolina during the Battle of the Atlantic. The shipwrecks are ...
... the YP-389, a U.S. Navy patrol boat sunk approximately 20 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC, by a German submarine during World War II.
A judge has finished interrogating Radovan Karadzic, the first step in a procedure aimed at handing the accused mastermind of Europe's worst massacre since World War II to a war crimes court.
The Kilroy character became a legend among the millions of military men and women who served during World War II.
A team of "nuclear archaeologists" has identified a sample of discarded plutonium left over from the worlds first nuclear bomb test in 1945. Their cutting-edge techniques could help keep such weapons ...
A rare collection of more than 2,000 species of Chinese fungi, sent to Cornell University for safekeeping after the outbreak of World War II, will soon be on its way back to its native land.
... among the most advanced of their time, but
neither saw action in WWII. The U.S. captured the subs at war's end
and sank them off Oahu after gleaning their scientific secrets.
U.S. researchers said ...
Research involving a parachuting dog helped develop technology that was key to World War II's Allied victory in the air.
... increases in drinking and alcohol dependence among women. Increases were particularly notable among white and Hispanic women -- beginning with those born in the United States after World War II.
... of Trichoderma reesei, the target of the published analysis, dates back to World War II, when it was identified as the culprit responsible for the deterioration of fatigues and tents in the South ...
LEIPZIG , Germany, May 20 (UPI) -- A study of Germans who lived through World War II has found a high instance of survivors suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
... 's administrative and industrial centre Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky. After World War II, the region was declared a military zone and was closed to foreigners until 1990.
Among the diverse ...
