A fraud buster, a nuclear-clock maker and a virus hunter. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for this year’s Nature’s 10.
The Nature’s 10 list recognizes key developments in science over the past year, and tells the stories of some of the people behind them. It is compiled by Nature’s editors to highlight important trends in science, technology, engineering and medicine, as well as to acknowledge how researchers are shaping our world. Achievements this year range from reimagining how weather is forecast to leading a nation.
- Ekkehard Peik: Father time
A physicist made key discoveries that could lead to nuclear clocks that outperform the best atomic ones.
Read Ekkehard Peik’s full profile
- Kaitlin Kharas: Fair-pay champion
A PhD student helped to lead a campaign to get Canadian graduate students and postdocs their biggest pay rise in 20 years.
Read Kaitlin Kharas’s full profile
- Li Chunlai: Moon-rock guardian
A geologist is leading efforts to study the rock samples that China’s Chang’e-6 mission collected from the Moon’s far side.
Read Li Chunlai’s full profile
- Anna Abalkina: Fraud buster
This Russian science sleuth spots fake papers and hijacked journals.
Read Anna Abalkina’s full profile
- Huji Xu: Daring doctor
A physician and researcher took a chance on a revolutionary approach to treating autoimmune disease.
- Wendy Freedman: Cosmic ranger
A long-standing tension over the Universe’s expansion rate might be put to rest — thanks to this astronomer’s efforts.
Read Wendy Freedman’s full profile
- Muhammad Yunus: Nation builder
An economist and Nobel peace laureate is now the interim leader of Bangladesh. He has the expectations of his country’s students on his shoulders.
Read Muhammad Yunus’s full profile
- Placide Mbala: Virus hunter
He has been sounding the alarm about deadly mpox outbreaks. But when will the world truly listen?
Read Placide Mbala’s full profile
- Cordelia Bähr: Climate crusader
A lawyer and an army of older women in Switzerland won a historical legal battle against their government over its climate policies.
Read Cordelia Bähr’s full profile
- Rémi Lam: AI weather sleuth
This researcher is developing machine-learning techniques to vastly improve weather forecasts.
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Source: Nature’s 10.
