The Best Inventions Of The Year

From the phone that has changed phones forever, to futuristic cars, to a building made of water, to a remote-controlled dragonfly—a dazzling display of ingenuity

By Maryanne Murray Buechner, Kristina Dell, Andrea Dorfman, Lev Grossman, Anita Hamilton, Rebecca Winters Keegan, Jeffrey Kluger, Michael D. Lemonick, Coco Masters, Lisa McLaughlin, Alice Park, Julie Rawe and Deirdre van Dyk

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Developing a mouse model for a disease is critical in helping researchers understand how it progresses. Scientists at Johns Hopkins have created a strain of mice that exhibit the brain changes and behavioral symptoms of schizophrenia. The mice show only a mild form of the disease but will help uncover the complex factors that contribute to the mental disorder.
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