1995 in science

The year 1995 in science and technology involved many significant events, listed below.

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.

Astronomy

*Asteroid 6349 is discovered by Masahiro Koishikawa.

Biology

*The genome of "Haemophilus influenzae" is the first genome of a free living organism to be sequenced.

Computer science

* May 23 - The Java programming language is announced to the world.

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.

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.

pace exploration

* March 22 - Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in space.

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

Births

Deaths

* April 2 - Hannes Alfvén (b. 1908), astrophysicist.
* June 23 - Jonas Salk (b. 1914), medical researcher.