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Nanotechnology & materials

Yuankai Zheng

Simplified the production of magnetic RAM
Year Honored
2004
Organization
Research scientist, Data Storage Institute (Singapore)
Region
Global

"Simplified the production of magnetic RAM, making this fast, nonvolatile form of computer memory cheaper and more practical. A thumbnail-sized magnetic-RAM chip could store 32 gigabytes of data."

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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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Shu Yang

Designs "smart" photonic devices for lightning-fast computers and communications networks.
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