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Angier, R. B.; Boothe, J. H.; Hutchings, B. L.; Mowat, J. H.; Semb, J.; Stokstad, E. L. R.; Subbarow, Y.; Waller, C. W.; Cosulich, D. B.; Fahrenbach, M. J.; Hultquist, M. E.; Kuh, E.; Northey, E. H.; Seeger, D. R.; Sickels, J. P.; Smith Jr, J. M. (1945). "Synthesis of a Compound Identical with the L.
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November – Assembly of the world's first general purpose electronic computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and Computer (
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and its military and civilian applications, and emphasizing the role played by physics in the development of the atomic bomb.
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High-altitude west-to-east winds across Pacific, discovered by Japanese in 1942 and by Americans in 1944, are dubbed "
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is the first manned rocket, developed as an anti-aircraft weapon. The launch fails and the pilot dies.
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and C. H. (Harry) Carlisle publish the first three-dimensional molecular structure of a
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Carlisle, C. H.; Crowfoot, D. (1945). "The crystal structure of cholesteryl iodide".
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is released by the United States government, informing the public of the basics of
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February – Raymond L. Libby of American Cyanamid's research laboratories at
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Ganea, Constanþa (2009). "Ruxandra Sireteanu-Constantinescu (1945-2008)".
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and instruction data stored in the same address space within the memory (
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Hoffbrand, A. V.; Weir, D. G. (2001). "The history of folic acid".
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Stigler, George J. (May 1945). "The Cost of Subsistence".
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make the world aware of the power of nuclear weapons.
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