1995 in science
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The year 1995 in science and technology involved many significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Archaeology
January 18 - In southern France near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc a network of caves are discovered that contain paintings and engravings that are 17,000 to 20,000 years old. Wes Linster discovers the first intact skeleton of Bambiraptor feinbergi.
[edit] Astronomy
Asteroid 6349 is discovered by Masahiro Koishikawa.
[edit] Biology
The genome of Haemophilus influenzae is the first genome of a free living organism to be sequenced.
[edit] Computer science
May 23 - The Java programming language is announced to the world.
[edit] Medicine
January 30 - Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventative treatment for sickle cell anaemia.
[edit] Neuroscience
The RELN gene and Reelin protein are discovered by Gabriella D'Arcangelo and colleagues, solving the mystery behind the formation of "inverted cortical layers" in the brain of reeler mutant mice, and sparking an avalanche of research into the Reelin's role in neurodevelopment.
[edit] Space exploration
March 22 - Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in space.
[edit] Awards
Nobel Prizes
Physics - Martin L. Perl, Frederick Reines Chemistry - Paul J. Crutzen, Mario J. Molina, F. Sherwood Rowland Medicine - Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Eric Wieschaus
Turing Award - Manuel Blum Wollaston Medal for Geology - George Patrick Leonard Walker[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
April 2 - Hannes Alfvén (b. 1908), astrophysicist. June 23 - Jonas Salk (b. 1914), medical researcher.
