https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-017-07763-y/index.html
1. DAVID LIU: Gene corrector
A biologist developed gene-editing tools that are new to nature, and that could one day save lives. (we hope !)
By Heidi Ledford
2. MARICA BRANCHESI: Merger maker
An astronomer helped scientists make the most of a historic gravitational-wave event. (significant event!)
By Davide Castelvecchi
3.EMILY WHITEHEAD: Living testimonial
A young girl’s battle against leukaemia inspired a new generation of cancer therapy. (New horizons ?)
By Elie Dolgin
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4. SCOTT PRUITT: Agency dismantler
A political appointee chipped away at the US Environmental Protection Agency — and science — with ruthless efficiency. (Controversy !?)
By Sara Reardon
5.PAN JIANWEI: Father of quantum
A physicist took quantum communication to space and back. (It should be significant!)
By Elizabeth Gibney
6.JENNIFER BYRNE: Error sleuth
A researcher on a mission to expose flawed papers helped build a tool to detect them. (Interesting !)
By Nicky Phillips
7.LASSINA ZERBO: Test-ban tracker (CTBTO :Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban-Treaty Organization)
In the face of destabilizing threats, a geophysicist fights for nuclear non-proliferation. (Non-proliferation?)
By Davide Castelvecchi
8.VÍCTOR CRUZ-ATIENZA: Quake chaser (UNAM)
When a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Mexico City in September, a seismologist’s predictions came true. (Great work !)
By Alexandra Witze
9.ANN OLIVARIUS: Legal champion
As sexual-harassment cases surged, a lawyer worked to hold academic institutions accountable. (Courageous and Priceless!!!)
By Alexandra Witze
10.KHALED TOUKAN: Opening SESAME
Through twists, turns and setbacks, a physicist kept the Middle East’s first synchrotron light source on track. (Some were sceptical the project would succeed, he says. “But now there is momentum. SESAME is real.”…and NOW ?)
By Elizabeth Gibney
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