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Nucleic Acid and Protein Chemistry Research at Rockefeller University
Society: ACS Main Category: Chemical Sub Category: Cradles of Chemistry Era: 1900-1909 DateCreated: 1901 Rockefeller University New York State: NY Zip: Country: USA Website: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/rockefelleruniversity.html Creator: Rockefeller, John , Levene, Phoebus

For more than a century, scientists at Rockefeller University have enhanced our understanding of the molecular basis of life — specifically the relationship between the structure and function of nucleic acids and proteins. They showed that DNA transfers genetic information and that the sugars ribose and deoxyribose are the key building blocks of the nucleic acids RNA and DNA.

YearAdded:
2000
Image Credit: Courtesy Flickr/S Shepherd (CC BY 2.0) Image Caption: Nucleic Acid and Protein Chemistry Research at Rockefeller University Era_date_from: 1901
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant
Society: ASCE Main Category: Civil Sub Category: Water Supply & Control Era: 1910-1919 DateCreated: 1919 Lake Freeway Milwaukee State: WI Zip: 53207 Country: USA Website: http://www.asce.org/Project/Milwaukee-Metropolitan-Sewage-Treatment-Plant/ Creator:

This was America's first large-scale activated sludge plant. The successful operation of Milwaukee's sewage treatment plant led the way for many other American municipalities to adopt its methods of efficient environmental recycling.

Prior to 1925, sewage and industrial waste from the City of Milwaukee and its suburbs (then population 500,000) was discharged to the Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic rivers, which converge in Milwaukee and flow together through a single outlet into Lake Michigan.

YearAdded:
1974
Image Credit: Public Domain (National Park Service) Image Caption: Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant Era_date_from: 1919
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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant

This was America's first large-scale activated sludge plant. The successful operation of Milwaukee's sewage treatment plant led the way for many other American municipalities to adopt its methods of efficient environmental recycling.

Prior to 1925, sewage and industrial waste from the…

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Nucleic Acid and Protein Chemistry Research at Rockefeller University

For more than a century, scientists at Rockefeller University have enhanced our understanding of the molecular basis of life — specifically the relationship between the structure and function of nucleic acids and proteins. They showed that DNA transfers genetic information and that the sugars…

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