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• Chloroquine
  ...r a decade because it was considered too toxic for human use. During World War II United States government-sponsored clinical trials for anti-malarial dru ...anta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 2001.</ref>
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• Aspirin
  ...veness in the wake of the [[Spanish flu pandemic]] of 1918. However recent research suggests that the high death toll of the 1918 flu was partly due to aspirin ...1919 [[Treaty of Versailles]] following Germany's surrender after [[World War I]], Aspirin (along with [[heroin]]) lost its status as a registered tradem
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• Nitrous oxide
  The technique was used during [[World War II]] by ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' aircraft with the [[GM-1]] system to boost the po ...Drug and Alcohol Addiction]. NY, Marcel Dekker, 1991 ISBN 082478474X</ref> Research has also found that it increases [[suggestibility]] and [[imagination]].<re
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• Mercury (element)
  .... It remains in use in a number of other ways in scientific and scientific research applications, and in [[amalgam (dentistry)|amalgam]] material for [[dental ...WJbBMd7wC|title = Toxicological effects of methylmercury|author = National Research Council (U.S.) - Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology| publisher =
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• Zidovudine
  ...a universal cure for cancer. These efforts eventually culminated in the "[[War on Cancer]]" in the 1970s. ...hil Furman, Marty St. Clair, Janet Rideout, Sandi Lehman and others. Their research efforts focused on the viral enzyme [[reverse transcriptase]]. Reverse tran
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• Airspeed Oxford
  |status= Out of production, out of service ...ting, bombing and gunnery roles throughout the [[World War II|Second World War]].
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• Harry Ashmore
  ...h Infantry Division]], part of the [[United States Third Army]]. After the war, Harry Ashmore became the [[editorial]] writer at the ''Charlotte News'' (i ...he ''Arkansas Gazette'' won the [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]], ''For demonstrating the highest qualities of civic leadership, journalis
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...rly 19th-century editions of ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' included seminal research such as [[Thomas Young (scientist)|Thomas Young's]] article on Egypt, which ...he 2005 [[Codie awards|Codie award]] for "Best Online Consumer Information Service";<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.siia.net/codies/2005/winners.asp#Conten
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...eenth-century editions of the ''Britannica'' regularly included high-level research works from its authors; by contrast, the 20th century editions are notable ...5–1916, sales dropped significantly when the United States entered World War I.
  61 KB (8,890 words) - 13:32, 19 September 2010
• Depleted uranium
  ...military used DU penetrator rounds in the [[1991 Gulf War]], the [[Bosnia war]],<ref>{{cite web ...fore DU had become an item of interest, more than 20 years before the Gulf War.
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• Iron
  ...veal that mechanical properties of iron crucially depend on purity: Purest research-purpose single crystals of iron are softer than aluminium. Addition of only ...type of [[stainless steel]] used for making cutlery, and hospital and food-service equipment.<ref name="Metallo"/>
  67 KB (9,808 words) - 10:24, 20 September 2010
• Optacon
  ...the EE Department. The Optacon was developed with researchers at Stanford Research Institute (now [[SRI International]]). Linvill was one of Telesensory's fou ...l, developed the concept further with the support of the [[Office of Naval Research]]. A key aspect of Linvill's concept was to use vibrating [[Piezoelectric_
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• Dry cleaning
  ...is maid spilled [[kerosene]] (paraffin) on it. He subsequently developed a service cleaning people's clothes in this manner, which became known as "nettoyage After [[World War I]], dry cleaners began using chlorinated solvents. These solvents were muc
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• Asbestos
  ...orney.com/pilot3-1.htm "Shipyards, a Crucible for Tragedy: Part 1: How the war created a monster"] ''Virginian-Pilot'' Norfolk, Virginia (newspaper)</ref> ...idolite asbestos in its "Micronite" filter from 1952 to 1956.<ref>[[Cancer Research]]</ref>
  77 KB (11,403 words) - 21:32, 20 September 2010
• Air safety
  Following the development of [[radar]] in [[World War II]], it was deployed as a landing aid for civil aviation in the form of [[ ...before certification authorities will permit these aircraft in commercial service.
  53 KB (7,764 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Benzene
  Until [[World War II]], most benzene was produced as a by-product of [[coke (fuel)|coke]] pro In laboratory research, [[toluene]] is now often used as a substitute for benzene. The solvent-pro
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• Emergency management
  ...[[civil defense]] or within the conventional structure of the [[emergency service]]s. However, emergency management actually starts at the lowest level and o ...o protect the civilian population in times of peace as well as in times of war. Another current term, ''Civil Protection'' is widely used within the [[Eur
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• Arsenic
  ...wn. Many were initially prepared for use in chemical warfare during World War I. Representative compounds have the formulae R_3-xAsCl_{x</s ...5 = Lavoie| first5 = P.| last6 = Viallet| first6 = A.}}</ref> Recently new research has been done in locating tumours using arsenic-74 (a positron emitter). Th
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• Chromium
  ...xidation of superalloys, refractory metals, and graphite|author = National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Coatings|publisher = National Academy of Scien ...}) ore.<ref name="NRC">{{cite book|title = Chromium|author = National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Biologic Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants|pub
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• Wildfire
  ...ildfire management experts encourage further development of technology and research.<ref>{{vancite web|title=International Experts Study Ways to Fight Wildfire ...s.fs.fed.us/mapterms.htm|title=Definition of Map Terms|publisher=US Forest Service [http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/ MODIS Active Fire Mapping Program]|access
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