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30 Nov 1983
National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (astronomy and space ) The National Radio Astronomy Observatory in the United States converts the 36-foot radio telescope on Kitt Peak (originally built in 1967) to the ARO 12m Radio Telescope. |
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30 Nov 1983
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (biology) First known case of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, in England. |
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30 Nov 1983
enzyme |
enzyme (biology) The enzyme telomerase is discovered by Carol W. Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn in the ciliate Tetrahymena. |
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30 Nov 1983
Peter Kramer |
Peter Kramer (chemistry and physic) Peter Kramer and Dan Shechtman publish their discoveries of what will soon afterwards be named quasicrystals. |
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30 Nov 1983
Robert Gwyn Macfarlane |
Robert Gwyn Macfarlane (history of science) Robert Gwyn Macfarlane publishes Alexander Fleming: The Man and the Myth. |
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30 Nov 1983
hominid |
hominid (paleontology) The fossil skeleton of the hominid "Turkana Boy" is discovered in Kenya. |
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30 Nov 1983
Turing Award |
Turing Award (awards) Turing Award – Niklaus Wirth |
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