- Identification and cataloging of 328 distant galaxies (pictured)
- Discovery of the link between smoking and emphysema
- Development of the drug ReoPro®, recommended for all cardiac angioplasties
- Invention of an ultrasound method to speed up healing of bone fractures
- Creation of the smallest electronic switch, using just one electron
- Discovery of the cause of Lyme disease
- Technologies for 3-D computer visualization
- Discovery of the golden bamboo lemur, Hapalemur aureus
- Discovery of the most primitive fossil bird, linking birds to dinosaurs
- Construction of the first nuclear magnetic resonance image of a living organism
