Scientists May Berenbaum, Nergis Mavalvala, Janet Rossant, and Venkatraman Ramakirshnan reflect on how breakthroughs in science have led to new industries and new knowledge, and enhanced human life.

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In this video, Nergis Mavalvala reflects on the moment her team first detected gravitational waves and how it broadened the scope of research for the field. Nergis Mavalvala is the Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the 2010 recipient of the MacArthur “Genius” Grant. Her work involves the detection…

Venkatraman Ramakirshnan is a Nobel Prize-winning structural biologist and the president of the Royal Society. His research focuses on the atomic structure of the ribosome. This research has led to subsequent studies that can help improve antibiotics. Recently, his work has involved using electron microscopy to visualize the actions of ribosomes in higher organisms, which…