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Which innovation do you think deserved recognition the most in 2009?

Every year, scientists and engineers get awards for their mental prowess in the lab. Some get the prizes for recent innovations; others for discoveries made decades ago. These innovations were so cool they won awards in 2009.

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Results with 14 short comments
Total of 715 votes - click on the "Display Comments" bar below to sort comments

8.4%
Gold disease-hunting nanoparticles
60 votes
2%
Software for health surveys
14 votes
55.1%
Gold cancer-destroying nanorods
394 votes
12%
Invention of DRAM
86 votes
17.2%
Fermentation of anitbiotics
123 votes
5.3%
Other
38 votes
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Gold cancer-destroying nanorods

Cancer is pure evil. It must be eradicated!

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    #1
     - kzood
     - 9:44 am EST on Tue Nov 10, 2009
    Invention of DRAM

    Without this, technology would have been surpressed for another 20 years.

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      #2
       - BigPaul
       - 10:02 am EST on Tue Nov 10, 2009
      Fermentation of anitbiotics

      Where would we be without antibiotics?

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        #3
         - concerned-memphian
         - 12:13 pm EST on Tue Nov 10, 2009
        Other

        Charles Kao development of fiber optic communications.

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        • 1 vote
        #4
         - Tony in Chicago
         - 12:19 pm EST on Tue Nov 10, 2009
        Gold cancer-destroying nanorods

        The bulk of information that was needed to be researched and deciphered to reach this biological mechanism must be hugh and more complicate

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          #5
           - Oaktree-1217860
           - 12:53 pm EST on Tue Nov 10, 2009
          Invention of DRAM

          This invention made the other inventions possible.

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            #6
             - Thomas-416832
             - 5:13 pm EST on Tue Nov 10, 2009
            Other

            fiber optics!

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              #7
               - asteroidboy
               - 8:08 pm EST on Tue Nov 10, 2009
              Gold cancer-destroying nanorods

              Think about what this could do for patients of pancreatic cancer. That cancer is alomost impossible to treat with today's chemo drugs.

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                #8
                 - Jim Payne
                 - 11:13 pm EST on Tue Nov 10, 2009
                Other

                Fiber optics made possible much of the research for these, including the gold/cancer choice, but it's relegated to "other" ??? Ridiculous!!

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                  #9
                   - Wayne-1025787
                   - 1:30 am EST on Wed Nov 11, 2009
                  Other

                  The Transistor. As important to electronics as atoms are to the rest of the universe.

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                    #10
                     - Capn-1
                     - 9:10 am EST on Wed Nov 11, 2009
                    Gold cancer-destroying nanorods

                    A cure for cancer!!! Are you kidding? This has to be #1. Taking nothing away from the other great inventions, this one is a sure winner!

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                      #11
                       - Jim Apple
                       - 11:22 am EST on Wed Nov 11, 2009
                      Gold cancer-destroying nanorods

                      It's the end of the world as we know it...And I feel fine. :) Finally! We may have won one of the "wars on..." type declarations.

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                        #12
                         - M.Fisher
                         - 11:41 am EST on Wed Nov 11, 2009
                        Fermentation of anitbiotics

                        Large scale production of drugs will make health care more affordable, and new drugs will be available sooner.

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                          #13
                           - BoomerPA
                           - 12:05 pm EST on Wed Nov 11, 2009
                          Fermentation of anitbiotics

                          Imagine how many millions of lives were saved by his process.

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                            #14
                             - Cygnus_X-1
                             - 2:19 pm EST on Fri Nov 13, 2009