Recently developed methods for seismic strengthening, he says, have made a big difference.
This year's laureates in economic sciences have developed methods for answering these and many other questions.
Chemistry has developed methods for rapidly and accurately determining the structure of proteins and DNA.
Collaborating with Renato Dulbecco, a virologist at Caltech, she developed methods for determining the extent of polio-infected cells in a given sample of tissue.
But Themestream and other sites have developed methods for identifying so-called click circles, which consist of people who work to inflate one another's ratings.
At Rockefeller, Mr. Atick and fellow researchers developed methods for describing facial features mathematically, the basis for the founding in 1994 of Visionics.
And the small-business lender On Deck has developed methods for evaluating borrowers based on dozens of online sources.
With Chain and others, he demonstrated its curative properties in human studies and developed methods for its production.
He also developed methods for simultaneous observations of astronomical, meteorological, and geodetic phenomena from scattered points throughout Europe.
The prize committee said the winners had developed methods for answering questions such as how economic growth and inflation were affected by a temporary increase in the interest rate or a tax cut.
The two men developed methods for the analysis of amino acids and peptides obtained from proteins, and then they applied those procedures to determine the structure of ribonuclease.
