Forbes January 1, 2025
From transforming coal to computing with DNA to pharmaceutical manufacturing in space, these are the discoveries that will set the stage for the next decade’s technology.
When you think of Albert Einstein, the first thing that probably comes to mind is the Theory of Relativity, which he played a key role in developing. So it may come as a surprise to learn that this isn’t what he won the Nobel Prize for. That honor went to his discovery of the photoelectric effect. You may not have heard of that one, but you see its impact every day–it underlays technology ranging from solar panels to medical imaging to digital cameras.
Many of the technologies we rely upon today stem from smaller...