Joel Cohen and Torsten Wiesel receive Golden Goose Awards for research with unexpected benefits
Monday, September 21, 2015 - 20:20
in Physics & Chemistry
The Golden Goose Award, which honors seemingly obscure federally funded research that has led to major breakthroughs, recognizes Cohen's development of a map of human population by geographic altitude and Wiesel’s experiments showing cats dots or lights projected on a screen. Cohen’s project has had many applications in fields ranging from microchip manufacturing to human disease, while Wiesel’s discoveries lead to a better understanding of the visual system, as well as improved treatment of childhood cataracts. More »