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The Nobel Show

Commentable: October 3, 2011
There is nothing else like it in science, the annual awarding of the Nobel Prizes for physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry and economics. I wish the awards were as eagerly anticipated by the world’s populations as say the Super Bowl or the World Cup; but this is the biggest show in science. I also wish [...]
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Nobels for trend setting: Graphene and IVF

Impact: Nanotechnology    October 5, 2010
Nobel Prizes are sometimes perfunctory – lifetime achievement, arcane fields. Not this year. The Nobel committees seem to have their brains operating with a vision; they’re seeing a larger context and signaling their awareness. This year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology went to Robert Edwards the founding father of in-vitro fertilization (IVF). This is [...]
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The Human Genome Project: Ten years later

Impact: DNA Decoding    June 20, 2010
Ten year retrospectives are a popular form of gazing at near history. So it is with looking at the results of the first complete sequencing of the human genome (first draft released June 26, 2000). The Human Genome Project was a three billion dollar multi-year program that finally achieved the long sought genome-wide catalog of [...]
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A heart monitor planted in an artery

News: Body Implants    June 2, 2010
The idea of implanting electronics in the human body has its disturbing side, but if anybody had any question what will drive the use of body implants – medical uses – then here’s a confirming story. As reported on ABC World News (May 31, 2010), a device called the EndoSure Wireless AAA Pressure Management System, [...]
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