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Top Scientific Breakthroughs of 2009

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the still-can't-cure-stupid dept.

Wired has posted their favorite scientific breakthroughs of the past year. The feats include things like the confirmation of element 114, a cancer-detecting breathalyzer, the power of jellyfish and more. What other discoveries should have made the list and what might we look forward to in 2010? "Also this year, researchers at the University of Washington cured two adult monkeys of colorblindness by giving them injections of a gene that produces pigments necessary for color vision. After the treatment, the animals scored higher on a computerized color blindness test. In the coming years, gene therapy will be tested as a remedy for all sorts of inherited diseases, cancer, viral infections and even high cholesterol."

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  1. Re:Non-reversing mirrors! by Feminist-Mom · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The non-reversing mirror is cute, but the driver-side mirror with no blindspot actually has applications. I'd buy one now if they were selling them.

  2. Re:What an amazing breakthrough! by Telecommando · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Petulance is far too abundant to be a rare element like #115.

    It's more likely to be something extremely rare like peace, reason or sarcasm-detection.

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  3. Re:Normal mirrors do not reverse! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, sure, what ever you want to call it, this mirror in the link makes it so that text appears normal. It doesn't appear "normal" in a regular mirror, to the observer. Do you, or do you not have trouble reading text that appears reflected in a conventional mirror?

  4. Re:Prebiotic Ribonucleotides by khallow · · Score: 2, Insightful

    MMM, how dare they use long words on YOUR internet! Long live Finland!