1932 in science

type of reactivity in which individuals modify an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed

Prontosil is an antibacterial drug of the sulfonamide group. It has a relatively broad effect against gram-positive cocci but not against enterobacteria. One of the earliest antimicrobial drugs, it was widely used in the mid-20th century but is little used today because better options now exist. The discovery and development of this first sulfonamide-containing drug opened a new era in medicine, because it greatly widened the success of antimicrobial chemotherapy in an era when many physicians doubted its still largely untapped potential. At the time, disinfectant cleaners and topical antisept

modified form of the Michelson–Morley experiment, testing special relativity

impact craters in Saudi Arabia

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overview of natural science-related events during the year of 1932

20th-century total solar eclipse

20th-century annular solar eclipse