1998 in science

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The year 1998 in science and technology involved many events, some of which are included below.

Contents

Astronomy and space exploration

Botany

Climatology

Computer science

Geology

Mathematics

Paleontology

Physics

Physiology and medicine

Technology

Institutions

Publications

Awards

Deaths

References

  1. Perlmutter, S.; et al. (January 1, 1998). "Discovery of a supernova explosion at half the age of the Universe". Nature . 391 (6662): 51–4. arXiv: astro-ph/9712212 . Bibcode:1998Natur.391...51P. doi:10.1038/34124. S2CID   4329577.
  2. Riess, Adam G.; et al. (September 1998). "Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant". The Astronomical Journal . 116 (3): 1009–38. arXiv: astro-ph/9805201 . Bibcode:1998AJ....116.1009R. doi:10.1086/300499.
  3. Palmer, Jason (October 4, 2011). "Nobel physics prize honours accelerating Universe find". BBC News . Retrieved October 6, 2011.
  4. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (1998). "An ordinal classification for the families of flowering plants". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden . 85 (4): 531–53. Bibcode:1998AnMBG..85..531.. doi:10.2307/2992015. JSTOR   2992015.
  5. Mann, Michael E.; Bradley, Raymond S.; Hughes, Malcolm K. (April 23, 1998). "Global-scale temperature patterns and climate forcing over the past six centuries" (PDF). Nature. 392 (6678): 779–787. Bibcode:1998Natur.392..779M. doi:10.1038/33859. S2CID   129871008.
  6. Geggel, Laura (December 11, 2018). "'Miracle' Excavation of 'Little Foot' Skeleton Reveals Mysterious Human Relative". Live Science . Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  7. Maldacena, Juan (1998). "The Large N limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity". Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. 2 (4): 231–252. arXiv: hep-th/9711200 . Bibcode:1998AdTMP...2..231M. doi:10.4310/ATMP.1998.V2.N2.A1.
  8. "Ghostly particles rule the universe". BBC News. June 5, 1998.
  9. Wakefield, A. J.; et al. (February 28, 1998). "Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children". Lancet. 351 (9103): 637–41. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11096-0. PMID   9500320. S2CID   439791. (Retracted, see doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60175-4, PMID   20137807,  Retraction Watch)
  10. Goldacre, Ben (2009). "The Media's MMR Hoax". Bad Science. London: Harper Perennial. pp. 290–331. ISBN   978-0-00-728487-0.
  11. Homer, Trevor (2006). The Book of Origins. London: Portrait. p. 151. ISBN   978-0-7499-5110-8.
  12. "EMAS: The first bionic arm". National Museums Scotland. Archived from the original on August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  13. "World's first hand transplant". BBC. September 25, 1998. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  14. Poltorak, Alexander; et al. (December 1998). "Defective LPS signaling in C3H/HeJ and C57BL/10ScCr mice: mutations in Tlr4 gene". Science . 282 (5396): 2085–8. Bibcode:1998Sci...282.2085P. doi:10.1126/science.282.5396.2085. PMID   9851930.
  15. With some small gaps. The C. elegans Sequencing Consortium (1998). "Genome sequence of the nematode C. elegans: A platform for investigating biology". Science. 282 (5396): 2012–2018. Bibcode:1998Sci...282.2012.. doi:10.1126/science.282.5396.2012. PMID   9851916.
  16. "Is human chip implant wave of the future?". CNN. January 13, 1999. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  17. "Baroness Susan Greenfield". Royal Institution. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  18. ISBN   0-521-62249-2.
  19. Wilford, John Noble (August 28, 1998). "Frederick Reines Dies at 80; Nobelist Discovered Neutrino" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 24, 2021.