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<p>Frances Arnold pioneered the process of directed evolution — mimicking natural selection to create new enzymes that have changed everything from agriculture to laundry.</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://cce.caltech.edu/people/frances-h-arnold">Frances Arnold</a>, professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology. </li></ul></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>RESOURCES: </strong><ul><li>"<a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/10/arnold-lecture.pdf">Innovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life</a>," by Frances Arnold (Nobel Lecture, 2018).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2114054-bacteria-taught-to-bond-carbon-and-silicon-for-the-first-time/">Bacteria taught to bond carbon and silicon for the first time</a>," by Aviva Rutkin (<i>New Scientist</i>, 2016).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aah6219">Directed evolution of cytochrome c for carbon–silicon bond formation: Br...