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With this Ruby Laser, George Porter Sped up Photochemistry

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In 1954 he left Cambridge to become assistant director of the British Rayon Research Association, but he soon realized he was better suited to academia than industry. In 1966 Porter became director of the RI’s Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory, otherwise known as the DFRL, and permanently moved his research from Sheffield to the institution.

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10 Gifts For Retrocomputing Fans

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But while the industry continues to look forward, more and more people are looking backward over those 45 years, and further, to the systems of the past. Chris Davis makes a terrific replica kit, the Altair-Duino.

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