NATURE’S 10 HIGHLIGHTS INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD A ROLE IN SOME OF THE YEAR’S MOST SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE |
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Ricardo Galvão: Science defender As chaos spiked in the Amazon, the physicist became a national hero by challenging Brazil's government. Victoria Kaspi: Sky sleuth An astrophysicist chased mysterious fast radio bursts with an innovative radio telescope. Nenad Sestan: Brain rebooter A neuroscientist revived disembodied pig brains and challenged definitions of life and death. Sandra Díaz: Biodiversity guardian An ecologist and her colleagues assess Earth's ecosystems and call for drastic action. Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum: Ebola fighter The co-discoverer of Ebola faces his tenth battle with the virus in the DRC — his toughest yet. Yohannes Haile-Selassie: Origin seeker A palaeontologist shook up the human family tree with the discovery of a remarkably preserved 3.8-million-year-old skull. Wendy Rogers: Transplant ethicist An academic revealed ethical failures in China's studies on organ transplants. Hongkui Deng: CRISPR translator A Chinese scientist shows that CRISPR gene editing can be used safely in adults with HIV. John Martinis: Quantum builder A physicist led Google's first demonstration of a quantum computer that could outperform conventional machines. Greta Thunberg: Climate catalyst A Swedish teenager brought climate science to the fore as she channelled her generation's rage. (F: Nature Briefing dic. 19)
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