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30 Nov 2001
John N. A. Hooper |
John N. A. Hooper (biology) Publication of Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges edited by John N. A. Hooper and Rob W. M. Van Soest. |
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30 Nov 2001
Morgellons |
Morgellons (medicine) Morgellons is named. |
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30 Nov 2001
Malcolm C. Smith |
Malcolm C. Smith (technology) Malcolm C. Smith introduces the inerter in the study of the mechanical network in control theory. |
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30 Nov 2001
Fields Prize in Mathematics |
Fields Prize in Mathematics (awards) Fields Prize in Mathematics: Laurent Lafforgue and Vladimir Voevodsky |
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30 Nov 2001
Turing Award |
Turing Award (awards) Turing Award: Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman |
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30 Nov 2001
Wollaston Medal |
Wollaston Medal (awards) Wollaston Medal for Geology: Rudolf Trumpy |
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07 Jan 2002
iMac G4 |
iMac G4 (computer science and) The iMac G4 is introduced by Apple, Inc., as the next generation iMac. |
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08 Jan 2002
Alexander Prokhorov |
death Alexander Prokhorov Alexander Prokhorov (b. 1916), physicist. |
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17 Jan 2002
Mount Nyiragongo |
Mount Nyiragongo (earth sciences) Eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people. |
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06 Feb 2002
Max Perutz |
death Max Perutz Max Perutz (b. 1914), biologist. |
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10 Feb 2002
Harold Furth |
death Harold Furth Harold Furth (b. 1930), expert in plasma physics and nuclear fusion. |
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19 Feb 2002
NASA |
NASA (astronomy and space ) NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system. |
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03 Mar 2002
Roy Porter |
death Roy Porter Roy Porter (b. 1946), medical historian. |
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08 Mar 2002
bubble fusion |
bubble fusion (physics) Claims regarding bubble fusion, in which a table-top apparatus is reported as producing small-scale fusion in a liquid undergoing acoustic cavitation, are published. |
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14 Mar 2002
Kevin Warwick |
Kevin Warwick (computer science and) Prof. Kevin Warwick of the University of Reading in England has part of his nervous system experimentally linked to a computer. On June 10 he demonstrates the first direct electronic communication between the nervous systems of two humans. |
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18 Apr 2002
insects |
insects (biology) New suborder of insects, Mantophasmatidae, announced. |
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18 Apr 2002
Thor Heyerdahl |
death Thor Heyerdahl Thor Heyerdahl (b. 1914), explorer, led the Kon-Tiki expedition. |
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01 May 2002
2-protons radioactivity |
2-protons radioactivity (physics) Experimental discovery of a new type of radioactivity: the 2-protons radioactivity. · |
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14 May 2002
Red wine |
Red wine (medicine) Red wine is claimed by Spanish researchers to protect against the common cold. |
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20 May 2002
Stephen Jay Gould |
death Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould (b. 1941), paleontologist/evolutionist. |
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26 May 2002
water |
water (astronomy and space ) The Mars Odyssey finds signs of huge water ice deposits on the planet Mars. |
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04 Jun 2002
Quaoar |
Quaoar (astronomy and space ) Quaoar is discovered. |
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10 Jun 2002
Annular solar eclipse |
Annular solar eclipse (astronomy and space ) Annular solar eclipse. |
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20 Jun 2002
Erwin Chargaff |
death Erwin Chargaff Erwin Chargaff (b. 1905), biochemist. |
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29 Jun 2002
Ole-Johan Dahl |
death Ole-Johan Dahl Ole-Johan Dahl (b. 1931), computer scientist, invented concepts in object-oriented programming. |
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30 Jun 2002
W. Maxwell Cowan |
death W. Maxwell Cowan W. Maxwell Cowan (b. 1931), neuroanatomist. |
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03 Jul 2002
Comet Nucleus Tour |
Comet Nucleus Tour In 2002, NASA launched Contour (Comet Nucleus Tour), a U.S. unmanned satellite on a mission to get within 60 miles of a comet nucleus to study frozen samples of the solar system from its infancy. It was launched aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral. After orbiting Earth until 15 Aug 2002, the satellite's onboard rockets sent it toward an encounter with Comet Enke in 2003, then Comet Schwassman- Wachman 3 in 2006. It is equipped with a special debris shield so it can navigate closer to the comets and survive bombardment from the minute particles of dust and frozen water that form a comet's most distinctive feature, the tail. The shield includes a layer of Kevlar, the material used in bullet-proof vests. |
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04 Jul 2002
Laurent Schwartz |
death Laurent Schwartz Laurent Schwartz (b. 1915), mathematician. |
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06 Aug 2002
primality test |
primality test (mathematics) Polynomial-time primality test published. |
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06 Aug 2002
Edsger Dijkstra |
death Edsger Dijkstra Edsger Dijkstra (b. 1930), computer scientist. |
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10 Aug 2002
Robert F. Borkenstein |
death Robert F. Borkenstein Died 10 Aug 2002 at age 89 (born 31 Aug 1912). American forensic scientist who was most recognized for his contributions to the understanding and control of alcohol impairment in traffic accidents, and who invented the Breathalyser. He collaborated with Professor R.N. Harger of the Indiana University School of Medicine in the introduction of the Drunkometer, the first instrument for accurate measurement of quantities of alcohol in the blood by breath analysis. Subsequently, he invented the Breathalyzer, an instrument that changed the approach of forensic science and police enforcement in response to drinking-and-driving problems. This innovation enabled traffic enforcement authorities to determine and quantify blood alcohol concentrations with sufficient accuracy to meet the demands of legal evidence. |
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31 Aug 2002
George Porter |
death George Porter George Porter (b. 1920), Nobel laureate in chemistry. |
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06 Sep 2002
Orvan Hess |
death Orvan Hess Orvan Hess (b. 1906), obstetrician. |
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20 Sep 2002
Tor anonymity network |
Tor anonymity network (computer science and) Release of the Tor anonymity network is announced. |
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21 Sep 2002
Robert Lull Forward |
death Robert Lull Forward Robert Lull Forward (b. 1932), science fiction author and physicist. |
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18 Oct 2002
Nikolai Rukavishnikov |
death Nikolai Rukavishnikov Nikolai Rukavishnikov (b. 1932), cosmonaut. |
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01 Nov 2002
Severe acute respiratory syndrome |
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (medicine) Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic begins in Guangdong Province of China. |
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02 Nov 2002
Charles Sheffield |
death Charles Sheffield Charles Sheffield (b. 1935), science fiction author and physicist. |
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04 Nov 2002
Tactical High Energy Laser |
Tactical High Energy Laser (technology) A Tactical High Energy Laser prototype shoots down an incoming artillery shell. |
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12 Nov 2002
Grigori Perelman |
Grigori Perelman (mathematics) Grigori Perelman posts the first of a series of eprints to the arXiv, in which he proves the century old Poincaré conjecture. |
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19 Nov 2002
Patent |
Patent In 2002, a U.S. patent for "Registered pedigree stuffed animals" was issued to David L. Pickens of Honolulu, Hawaii (No. 6,482,067). The toy animals are designed to simulate the biological laws of inheritance both for educational, recreational and aesthetic purposes. According to the patent, a pair of opposite sex "parent" toy animals are sold with a serial number by which the parent's genotype and phenotype may be identified. Owners of the 'parent' toy animals, having registered with the manufacturer, may later request "breeding" of the animals, and receive at least one "offspring" toy animal randomly selected from a litter having traits determined according to the registered genotypes of the parents and the Mendelian laws of inheritance." |
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04 Dec 2002
Total solar eclipse |
Total solar eclipse (astronomy and space ) Total solar eclipse. |
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19 Dec 2002
Clozapine |
Clozapine (medicine) Clozapine is the first drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for reducing the risk of suicidal behaviour. |
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