Top 10 scientific breakthroughs of 2007

Wired online magazine did an article on the top 10 scientific breakthroughs of 2007 recently.

Welcome to the first annual Wired News rundown of the year’s 10 most important scientific breakthroughs. 2007 was an amazing year for science. Unlike recent years, there were no high-profile cases of scientific fraud — none that went uncovered, anyway. Journal publishers took extra care, requiring scientists to duplicate results in an effort to avoid scientific, not to mention public relations, fiascoes. And while those are entertaining, we’ll take solid science over Sturm und Drang any day. Here we count down the top 10 scientific discoveries that rocked our Wired world the hardest this year.

Essentially, 2007 saw further progress on computer chip materials and manufacturing technology, and thus continuing Moore’s Law of computing. Connected to this, we see further advancement in materials technology, opening up improvements in lightweight structures and materials. We also saw a number of medical science breakthroughs in the exciting area of stem cell research, progress in curing Rett Syndrome, and enzymes to address blood type compatabilities.

Also from the nature point of view we saw greater understanding of the evolution of life of the dinosaurs and primates, and new habitable planets.

I look forward to more promising scientific discoveries that would improve our understanding of life and make our lives a whole lot better.

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