PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
The Malaria Parasite/Mosquito Genome Projects
Unraveled the genetic information of the parasite that causes malaria and of the mosquito that spreads it.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR
Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota City, Japan
Commercialized affordable hybrid cars.

AEROSPACE
Burt Rutan
President, Scaled Composites, Mojave, Calif.
Designed a reusable suborbital passenger spacecraft.

AGRICULTURE
Fernando de Castro Reinach
General partner, Votorantim Ventures, Sa¿ Paulo, Brazil
Started biotechnology companies that are trying to improve Brazilian crops.

AUTOMOTIVE
DaimlerChrysler
Stuttgart, Germany
Pushed fuel-cell cars toward the commercial marketplace.

CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS
Novozymes
Bagsvaerd, Denmark
Launched a program to reduce by an order of magnitude the cost of enzymes for making ethanol.

COMMUNICATIONS
Steven Jobs
CEO, Apple Computer, Cupertino, Calif.
Started an online music service that serves as a model for the rest of the record industry.

COMPUTING
Intel Corporation
Santa Clara, Calif.
Crafted possible solutions for Internet bottlenecks and constructed chip sets that make wireless networking easier.

DEFENSE
Cepheid
Sunnyvale, Calif.
Enabled some post offices to track anthrax through use of biodetectors.

ENERGY
Changing World Technologies
West Hempstead, N.Y.
Devised a method for turning solid waste into oil.

ENVIRONMENT
Zeca Corporation and Los Alamos National Laboratory
Calgary, Canada, and Los Alamos, N.M.
Commercialized a process to convert coal into hydrogen fuel.

MANUFACTURING
Fluidigm
South San Francisco, Calif.
Built microscopic channels, pumps and valves that will create the fluidic equivalent of microchips.

MEDICAL TREATMENT
Genentech
South San Francisco, Calif.
Developed the first commercial drug that stops blood vessel growth in tumors.

NANOTECHNOLOGY AND MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS
Nanosys
Palo Alto, Calif.
Funded the development of nanotechnology.

privacy AND security
Anonymizer
San Diego, Calif.
Protected the anonymity of those offering tips about corporate malfeasance.

PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
Merck Research Laboratories
West Point, Pa.
Created a vaccine that may help eliminate cervical cancer.

ROBOTICS
iROBOT
Burlington, Mass.
Introduced the first truly mass-market household robot.

POLICY

POLICY LEADER OF THE YEAR
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Former secretary general, World Health Organization
Coordinated a rapid global response to stem the SARS outbreaks.

AEROSPACE
Harold W. Gehman, Jr.
Chair, Columbia Accident Investigation Board
Distinguished himself for a hard-nosed approach to investigating the Columbia accident.

AGRICULTURE
Paul R. Polak
President, International Development Enterprises, Lakewood, Colo.
Encouraged local markets to improve access to water for Third World farmers.

AUTOMOTIVE
Ken Livingstone
Mayor, London, England
Implemented tariffs to regulate city traffic.

CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS
Anthony J. Muscat
Associate professor of chemical and environmental engineering, University of Arizona
Introduced environmentally friendly chipmaking technologies.

COMMUNICATIONS
Edward Felten
Professor of computer science, Princeton University
Persistently criticized proposed digital TV standards.

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