In 1867, a Swedish inventor turned a terrifying explosive into a tool that built the modern world

A deadly industrial challenge in the 1860s, the unpredictable nature of nitroglycerin, was overcome by Alfred Nobel's 1866 ...
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Nitroglycerin: How An Explosive Became a Cardiac Drug

Nitrate medications are notorious for being able to trigger airport bomb detection scanners and to alert explosive-sniffing dogs, a reminder of the origins of this extremely useful medication. Let's ...