Nanotechnology & materials
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
Demonstrated the first-ever two-qubit logic gate in a solid-state device, an advance crucial to building an ultrafast quantum computer.
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Verena Graf
Develops fuel cells that are practical for powering cars.
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Marcel Bruchez
Cofounded Quantum Dot to market the new imaging tool to biologists and drug developers
Global
William Taylor
Spearheads efforts to commercialize the "plasmatron," a pollution control device that converts diesel fuel to hydrogen, cutting nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 90 percent.
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Molly Stevens
Shown that she can control the behavior of gold nanoparticles.