2008 scientists and their inventions

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1. Harry
   

    Kevin Tetz and colleagues in the Ultrafast and Nanoscale Optics Group at the University of California, San Diego, have designed a system to exploit that to test for any surface contamination. Their idea uses a thin layer of metal drilled with nanoscale holes, laid onto the surface being tested. When the perforated plate is zapped with laser light, the surface plasmons that form emit light with a frequency related to the materials touching the plate. The team says devices using this approach can be small and portable, will work on very low power, and could detect everything from explosives to bacteria. James Sabatier, a physicist at the University of Mississippi, has almost designed Bat-style footsteps detectors, which involves estimating someone’s speed, footwear and perhaps build from the sound of their steps. Andrew Marks at Columbia University, New York, has developed Muscle fatigue blocker, which is a drug that can switch those receptors back to their stable state, making it harder for fatigue to set in. Steve Larter, co-director of the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy at the University of Calgary, and colleagues, propose a way to "upgrade" oil sands while they are still in the ground, starting the refining process early, and making them flow more easily. Their method is to pump hydrogen and particles of a catalyst down into a well while simultaneously heating the oil sands. Michael Nanowski and Umed Panu at Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada, have developed a pair of skis that can replace the front wheels of an ATV. So Seng Chu Tan and colleagues at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia, have developed a device that can hear when graffiti is being carved into surfaces.

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2. Guest10480680
   

   who are the latest scientist in this year

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