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Paul Christian Lauterbur (May 6, 1929 – March 27, 2007) was an American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to generate pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes inside the body. MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields , magnetic field gradients, and radio waves to form images of the organs in the body.
The Hamilton County Courthouse is a historic building in Aurora, Nebraska, and the courthouse for Hamilton County, Nebraska. [2] It replaced the 1877 courthouse, which in turn replaced the 1870 courthouse. [2] This third courthouse was built in 1894, and designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by architect William Gray. [2]
In 1861, David Millspaw became the first permanent settler in the area of what was to become Aurora. Hamilton County was formed in 1870. [4] Aurora was laid out as a town in 1871 by David Stone who named it after his former hometown of Aurora, Illinois. [5] [6] The county seat was transferred from Orville City (an extinct town) to Aurora in ...
The Platte River flows northeastward along the northwest side of Hamilton County, forming the northwestern boundary line with Merrick County.. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 547 square miles (1,420 km 2), of which 543 square miles (1,410 km 2) is land and 4.1 square miles (11 km 2) (0.8%) is water.
The Plainsman Museum is a museum located in Aurora, Nebraska, focusing on the history of the settlers and their descendants in the central Nebraska plains region.It was officially dedicated on July 4, 1976, as a part of the American national bicentennial, and consists of a complex of buildings housing various items demonstrating the everyday life of the plains settlers, along with agricultural ...
As of 2018, Harlem Avenue is the 106th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 451 weekday boardings. [1] A station building is on the south side of the three-track main. According to the Dynamic Depot Maps website, Harlem Avenue station was originally built in 1890 by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. [3]
Aurora Municipal Airport - Al Potter Field covers an area of 171 acres (69 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (16/34) measuring 4,301 x 75 ft (1,311 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending July 27, 2021, the airport had 20,550 aircraft operations, an average of 56 per day: 99% general aviation and <1% military.