10 early-career scientists tackling a few of the largest issues of right now

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Scientists are drawback solvers. They devise methods to faucet new assets for constructing electrical autos and to trace stealth actions of environmental contaminants. Scientists are additionally detectives. They examine how guidelines of physics govern cells’ actions and the way darkish matter may have formed the early universe.

These are just a few examples of how the researchers acknowledged by this yr’s SN 10: Scientists to Watch listing are tackling a few of the world’s thorniest challenges and most puzzling mysteries. For the ninth yr, Science Information is highlighting 10 early- and mid-career scientists whose expertise and curiosity know no bounds — as acknowledged by their nominators. Anybody can advocate a researcher for subsequent yr’s SN 10. If you recognize of somebody who’s definitely worth the honor, please ship their title, affiliation and some sentences about their work to sn10@sciencenews.org. — Karen Kwon, Analysis and Particular Initiatives Editor

Andrea Gomez is standing in an office, softly smiling and staring at the camera. She has dark hair that comes just above her shoulders and is wearing off-white button-up jacket.
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Andrea Gomez

Molecular and cell biologist Andrea Gomez desires to know what makes the mind versatile, however not too versatile.

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Bhavin Shastri stares into the camera while smiling widely. He's sitting in front of a laser table that has a microscope and other optical equipment on top. He is wearing a half-zip navy sweatshirt over a gray t-shirt. He is also wearing glasses.
Queen’s College

Bhavin Shastri

Physicist and engineer Bhavin Shastri is constructing a light-based pc modeled after the human mind.

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Chong Liu is standing to the right, facing the camera, in a lab. She is wearing a navy jacket and blue nitrile gloves. She has long black hair and wears glasses.
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Chong Liu

Supplies scientist Chong Liu develops methods to faucet unconventional sources of lithium.

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Dionna Williams is smiling at the camera. They have short, dark hair and are wearing orange-rimmed eyeglasses and white lab coat. They are standing in a lab with their arms crossed.
Jack Kearse

Dionna Williams

Neuroscientist Dionna Williams seems past prejudices to hunt organic explanations of why HIV and illicit medication are a nasty combine.

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Freek van Ede is facing the camera with a slight smile on his face. He has brown hair and full brown beard. He appears to be wearing a collared button up shirt, but we can't quite tell because the photo cuts off at his shoulders.
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Freek van Ede

Cognitive neuroscientist Freek van Ede tracks folks’s eyes to know how the mind selects info to plan for the longer term.

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Hawa Racine Thiam smiles at the camera. She has short, dark hair and is wearing blue rimmed eyeglasses, a turquoise shirt and a white necklace.
Michaela Go

Hawa Racine Thiam

Biophysicist Hawa Racine Thiam explores the mechanics of cell motion, which can permit scientists to sometime manipulate immune cells.

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Jacqueline Gerson is staring at the camera with a wide smile. She has her dark brown hair pulled back in a half-up half-down. She's wearing earrings where each one has two spheres dangling on chains. The background is blurry, but it looks like she's standing in front of white and purple flowers.
Sam Wilson

Jacqueline Gerson

Biogeochemist Jacqueline Gerson uncovers the hidden actions of mercury to assist scale back human publicity.

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Nicole Yunger Halpern is looking at the camera while smiling widely. She has long brown hair and wears glasses.
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Nicole Yunger Halpern

Physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern connects thermodynamics to trendy quantum applied sciences.

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Tracy Slatyer is staring at the camera, smiling. There is a black board with equations written on in the background. Slatyer is wearing a black jacket and silver watch. Her light brown (or dark blonde) hair is pulled back in a ponytail.
Bryce Vickmark

Tracy Slatyer

Theoretical physicist Tracy Slatyer proposes methods through which darkish matter may present up in observations.

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Yotam Ophir looks at the camera with a slight smile. He is standing in front of a bookcase full of books of different sizes and colors. Ophir has short, dark hair and has short beard and mustache.
Douglas Levere

Yotam Ophir

Communications researcher Yotam Ophir investigates the disconnect between folks’s beliefs and proof.

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