A Root Beer-Based Discovery that Saved Lives
Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 16:21
in Mathematics & Economics
Science can do more than improve people’s lives; sometimes it can save them. Consider the contributions of the late Allene Rosalind Jeanes, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) chemist at what is now the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, Illinois. Her efforts are particularly worth celebrating this Veteran’s Day. Jeanes studied polymers (large […]