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8 July 2010: the Solar Impulse (picturedhola ) becomes the first aircraft to complete a non-stop 24-hour flight using only solar power. Flea Hop HB-SIA - Solar Impulse.jpg
8 July 2010: the Solar Impulse (picturedhola ) becomes the first aircraft to complete a non-stop 24-hour flight using only solar power.

The year 2010 involved numerous significant scientific events and discoveries, some of which are listed below. The United Nations declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity. [1]

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Events, discoveries and inventions

3 January 2010: British scientists create working artificial arteries (artery cross-section pictured). Artery.png
3 January 2010: British scientists create working artificial arteries (artery cross-section pictured).

January

February

15 February 2010: scientists state that the 1969 Murchison meteorite (fragment pictured) contained a large number of organic compounds. Murchison crop.jpg
15 February 2010: scientists state that the 1969 Murchison meteorite (fragment pictured) contained a large number of organic compounds.

March

1 March 2010: NASA confirms the presence of large quantities of water ice on the north pole of the Moon. FullMoon2010.jpg
1 March 2010: NASA confirms the presence of large quantities of water ice on the north pole of the Moon.

April

May

20 May 2010: scientists led by Craig Venter (pictured) create a living cell with an entirely artificial genome. Craigventer2.jpg
20 May 2010: scientists led by Craig Venter (pictured) create a living cell with an entirely artificial genome.

June

July

August

September

14 September 2010: Honda's FCX Clarity (pictured), the world's first production-line hydrogen car, arrives in the United Kingdom. FCX Clarity.jpg
14 September 2010: Honda's FCX Clarity (pictured), the world's first production-line hydrogen car, arrives in the United Kingdom.

October

November

17 November 2010: scientists at CERN (pictured) trap neutral antimatter atoms for the first time. Experimental area at CERNs Antiproton Decelerator (AD) Hall.jpg
17 November 2010: scientists at CERN (pictured) trap neutral antimatter atoms for the first time.

December

Prizes

Abel Prize

Fields Medal

Nobel Prize

Deaths

January

15 January 2010: Marshall Warren Nirenberg, a Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist, dies aged 82. Marshall Nirenberg 2003.jpg
15 January 2010: Marshall Warren Nirenberg, a Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist, dies aged 82.

February

March

22 March 2010: Ky Fan, a Chinese-American mathematician and theorist, dies aged 95. Ki Fan.jpg
22 March 2010: Ky Fan, a Chinese-American mathematician and theorist, dies aged 95.

April

May

3 June 2010: Vladimir Arnold, a Russian mathematician, dies aged 72. Vladimir Arnold-1.jpg
3 June 2010: Vladimir Arnold, a Russian mathematician, dies aged 72.

June

July

14 October 2010: Benoit Mandelbrot, a French-American mathematician, dies aged 85. Benoit Mandelbrot mg 1804-d.jpg
14 October 2010: Benoît Mandelbrot, a French-American mathematician, dies aged 85.

September

October

See also

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References

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