Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs Of 2008
Science magazine names top 10 breakthroughs of 2008
As the writers at Science spin the opening sentence, the breakthrough of the year is “a long-sought feat of cellular alchemy.” Whereas the ancient alchemists sought to transmute mundane metals into gold or silver, modern scientific wizards have found ways to convert human skin cells—the base metal—into induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS)—the modern biological equivalent of gold. These iPS cells are capable of growing into a variety of tissues, which could ultimately lead to the capacity to cure certain diseases with a patient’s own cells.
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The runners-up are: Direct Views of Exoplanets; The DNA of Cancer; New Class of High-T Superconductors; Protein flopping and folding; Splitting Water; Beginning of Life, the Movie; Color Coded Fat; Computing the Basics; and DNA on the Cheap.
The article also has a link to last year’s top 10 for an interesting comparison.
Also, at New Science:
Nanotechnology’s biggest stories of 2008
And:
TOP TEN GREEN ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS OF 2008!
Last but not least:
Using a Prius as an Emergency Generator
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"Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs Of 2008"
