Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050000812 | Apparatus for electrophoresis separation on microchannels and for laser-induced fluorescence detection An integrated apparatus includes a miniaturized flattened support having a planar surface whereon are formed wells and a microchannel, elements for projecting exciting light locally on an excitation zone of the microchannel along a direction forming an angle (α) greate... | 01/06/2005 |
