All Hail the Innovators

Dec 18, 2007

Scientific American has named its SciAm 50, the awards given out for leading research and innovation. The X Prize Foundation won for policy leader, and of course stem cell guru Shinya Yamanaka was a shoo-in. And proteomics expert Dick Smith from Pacific Northwest National Labs was honored in the neurological insights category.

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