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2012★★★★★

CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing described

Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier show how CRISPR-Cas9 can cut DNA at chosen sites, launching a revolution in gene editing.

Science· United States
July 4, 2012★★★★★

Discovery of the Higgs boson announced

CERN announces that the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider have observed a particle consistent with the Higgs boson.

Science· Switzerland, France