The Serotonin Surprise
"I think you have to accept that there's a structural change in your brain when you take drugs like Prozac."
Victim of Geology
Whatever you do, don't get started on fossils
Program Advisers/Evaluators
Discover Magazine Innovation Awards
Winner - $100,000 Christopher Columbus Foundation Award
Richard Craig, PhD; Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Richland, Washington
Winner - Transportation
Eric Olofsson; Combustion and Gas Exchange Manager, Saab Automotive AB; Södertälje, Sweden
Winner - Health
Robert Wind, PhD; Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Richland, Washington
Winner - Environment
Patrick Gruber, PhD; Vice President & Chief 4 Officer, Cargill Dow LLC; Minnetonka, Minnesota
Winner - Entertainment
Mark Billinghurst; Research Associate, Human Interface 4 Laboratory, University of Washington; Seattle, Washington
Winner - Electronics
Joseph M. Jacobson, PhD; Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab; Cambridge, Massachusetts
Winner - Editor's Choice
Laurence M. Corash, M.D.; Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer, Cerus Corporation; Concord, California
Winner - Communications
Aharon Agranat, PhD; Founder & Director, Trellis Photonics; Columbia, Maryland
Winner - Aerospace
Robert Winglee, PhD; Associate Chair, Department of Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington
Finalists
Discover Magazine Innovation Awards
Saving The Children
Discover Magazine Innovation Awards
Environment: Pat Gruber
Discover Magazine Innovation Awards
Communications: Aharon Agranat
Discover Magazine Innovation Awards
Entertainment: Mark Billinghurst
Discover Magazine Innovation Awards
Health: Robert Wind
Discover Magazine Innovation Awards
Transportation: Eric Olofsson
Discover Magazine Innovation Awards
Electronics: Joseph M. Jacobson
Discover Magazine Innovation Awards
Blood Without Fear
Discover Magazine Innovation Awards
Aerospace: Robert Winglee
Discover Magazine Innovation Awards
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Discover Awards
The 12th Annual Discover Magazine Awards for Innovation in 2 Science and 4
Tuxedo Junction
Half a million penguins pull up to this bleak shore in Patagonia every year, after one of the most astonishing migrations in all of nature. One woman is trying to keep it that way.
Virtual You
That guy to the right of this headline is Dr. Sid, star of a major motion picture to be released this month. He's not real. No actor played his part. Which is all well and good until you realize that the people who made him could make a copy of you next
Brothers with Heart
Four brothers, close since childhood, are collaborating on the development of organs made from a patient's own tissue. before long, custom-grown body parts may replace transplants