The Code War
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Beyond Discovery™: The Path from Research to Human Benefit is a series of articles that trace the origins of important recent technological and medical advances. Each story reveals the crucial role played by basic science, the applications of which could not have been anticipated at the time the original research was conducted.

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The Bidding Game
Many successful auctions are being designed using principles from the field of game theory. Learn how basic research into strategies of games like poker has become big business and even made its way into the daily lives of ordinary people.
 
Agriculture
Designer Seeds10.07.1998View this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Insect Pheromones01.22.2003
Biology
Curing Childhood Leukemia10.13.1997View this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Designer Seeds10.07.1998View this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Disarming a Deadly Virus02.06.2000View this article in GermanView this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
From Explosives to the Gas that Heals05.01.2000View this article in GermanView this article in Spanish
Human Gene Testing12.17.1996View this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Insect Pheromones01.22.2003
Magnetic Resonance Imaging03.09.2001View this article in Spanish
Polymers and People11.04.1999View this article in GermanView this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Preserving the Miracle of Sight08.17.1998View this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Sound From Silence08.03.1998View this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Sounding Out the Ocean's Secrets03.22.1999View this article in Spanish
The Hepatitis B Story02.27.2000View this article in GermanView this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Unraveling the Enigma of Vitamin D10.12.2000View this article in GermanView this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Chemistry
From Explosives to the Gas That Heals 05.01.2000View this article in GermanView this article in Spanish
Insect Pheromones01.22.2003
Polymers and People11.04.1999View this article in GermanView this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Unraveling the Enigma of Vitamin D10.12.2000View this article in GermanView this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Earth Sciences
Sounding Out the Ocean's Secrets03.22.1999View this article in Spanish
The Ozone Depletion Phenomenon04.15.1996View this article in ChineseView this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
When the Earth Moves10.02.1999View this article in GermanView this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Economics
The Bidding Game03.26.2003
Environmental Issues
Insect Pheromones01.22.2003
Sounding Out the Ocean's Secrets03.22.1999View this article in Spanish
The Ozone Depletion Phenomenon04.15.1996View this article in ChineseView this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Health
Curing Childhood Leukemia10.13.1997View this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Disarming a Deadly Virus02.06.2000View this article in GermanView this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
From Explosives to the Gas That Heals 05.01.2000View this article in GermanView this article in Spanish
Human Gene Testing12.17.1996View this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Magnetic Resonance Imaging03.09.2001View this article in Spanish
Preserving the Miracle of Sight08.17.1998View this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Sound from Silence08.03.1998View this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
The Hepatitis B Story02.27.2000View this article in GermanView this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Unraveling the Enigma of Vitamin D10.12.2000View this article in GermanView this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Mathematics
The Bidding Game03.26.2003
The Code War02.12.2003
Wavelets: Seeing the Forest and the Trees02.25.2002View this article in Spanish
Physics
Magnetic Resonance Imaging03.09.2001View this article in Spanish
Modern Communication12.28.1996View this article in SpanishView this article in JapaneseView this article in Croatian
Preserving the Miracle of Sight08.17.1998View this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
The Global Positioning System04.20.1997View this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
When the Earth Moves10.02.1999View this article in GermanView this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Technology
Modern Communication12.28.1996View this article in SpanishView this article in JapaneseView this article in Croatian
The Code War02.12.2003
The Global Positioning System04.20.1997View this article in SpanishView this article in Japanese
Wavelets: Seeing the Forest and the Trees02.25.2002View this article in Spanish
 

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