Stem Cell. By definition, all stem cells: have the ability to divide and create an identical copy of themselves, a process called self-renewal; and. can also divide to form cells that mature into cells that make up every type of tissue and organ in the body.
Spandex is a synthetic fiber invented in 1959 at DuPont's Benger Laboratory in Waynesboro, Virginia. The word âspandexâ is an anagram of the word âexpandsâ. Spandex has become quite well known as a wonder fibre that has literally transformed the textile industry, for one.
1907: It's All in the Name. American Vogue uses the word brassiere for the first time. A few years later, in 1911, it appears in the Oxford English Dictionary. 1914: Hand Me a Hanky. Mary Phelps Jacob, a New York City socialite, receives a patent for inventing the modern bra.