- 1983 in science
The year 1983 in
science andtechnology involved many significant events, as listed below.Biology
* June: First report of using a
monoclonal antibody as amedical test . References: Greener, Mark (2005). MAbs Turn 30. The Scientist 19(3):14-16. Klotz S.A.; Drutz D.J.; Tam M.R.; and Reed K.H. Hemorrhagic proctitis due to lymphogranuloma venereum serogroup L2. Diagnosis by fluorescent monoclonal antibody. "New England Journal of Medicine" 308(26):1563-1565. PMID 6602293.* May: First report of the virus that causes
AIDS . References: Barre-Sinoussi F, Chermann JC, Rey F, Nugeyre MT, Chamaret S, Gruest J, Dauguet C, Axler-Blin C, Vezinet-Brun F, Rouzioux C, Rozenbaum W, Montagnier L. (1983) Isolation of a T-lymphotropic retrovirus from a patient at risk for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). "Science", 220, 868-871, PMID 6189183.* April:
Kary Mullis discoverspolymerase chain reaction (PCR).Computer science
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January 1 (Saturday) - TheARPANET officially changes to use theInternet Protocol , creating theInternet .
* TheUS Federal Government standardizesAda (programming language) , a strongly-typed, comb-structuredcomputer language , withexception handler s, for general-purpose programming.
* December - Yugoslav popular science magazine "Galaksija" releases a special (January 1984) issue,Računari u vašoj kući , with complete instructions on how to build a full-featured home computerGalaksija .
*September 27 -Richard Stallman announces theGNU Project .Awards
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Nobel Prize s
** Physics -Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ,William Alfred Fowler
** Chemistry -Henry Taube
** Medicine -Barbara McClintock
*Turing Award - Ken Thompson,Dennis Ritchie Births
Deaths
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Spain re-joinsCERN after having left in 1969 (originally joined for the first time in 1961).
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