People - Science

Death of Norman Foster Ramsey Jr.

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics

Development of the Hydrogen Maser

Joining Harvard University Faculty

Invention of the Separated Oscillatory Fields Method

Ph.D. Completion at Columbia University

Birth of Norman Foster Ramsey Jr.

Appointment as Distinguished Professor at Kyoto University

Honjo's Efforts in Coronavirus Research

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Prediction

PD-1 Inhibitor Nivolumab Approved in Japan

Ipilimumab FDA Approval

PD-1 Blockade Clinical Trials Begin

Discovery of PD-1 Protein by Tasuku Honjo

Tasuku Honjo Graduates from Kyoto University

Tasuku Honjo is Born

Death of Arthur Harden

Arthur Harden retires from active research

Arthur Harden receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Appointment as Head of the Biochemical Department

Discovery of the Harden-Young ester

Arthur Harden's research on yeast fermentation

Arthur Harden's early research on bacterial action

Harden starts at WORSLEY Technical School

Arthur Harden graduates from Victoria University

Birth of Arthur Harden

Death of Rita Levi-Montalcini

100th Birthday Celebration

Appointment as Italian Senator for Life

Establishment of the Rita Levi-Montalcini Foundation

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Founding of the European Brain Research Institute

Election to the National Academy of Sciences

Discovery of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF)

Dismissal from University Due to Anti-Semitic Laws

Birth of Rita Levi-Montalcini

Death of Edward Adelbert Doisy

Retirement of Edward Doisy

Appointment as Chair of Biochemistry at St. Louis University

Nobel Prize Awarded to Edward Doisy

Discovery of Vitamin K

Edward Doisy Earns his Ph.D.

Birth of Edward Adelbert Doisy

Death of Steven Weinberg

Publication of 'Third Thoughts'

American Philosophical Society's Founders Award

Published 'To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science'

Awarded Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics

Publication of 'Dreams of a Final Theory'

Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics

Electroweak Theory Published

Birth of Steven Weinberg

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Illuminates Unresolved Discrepancies in Hubble Constant

Adam Riess and Team Uncover More Evidence for Cosmic Expansion Rate Discrepancy

Adam Riess Awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Adam Riess Measures Universe's Expansion Rate with Unprecedented Precision

Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Adam Riess

Adam Riess Wins the Shaw Prize in Astronomy

Adam Riess Receives the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize

Discovery of the Accelerating Universe

Adam Riess Joins High-Z Supernova Search Team

Birth of Adam G. Riess

Passing of Kenneth G. Wilson

Retirement from Ohio State University

Appointed to Ohio State University Faculty

Kenneth G. Wilson Receives Wolf Prize

Founding Director of Cornell's Center for Theory and Simulation in Science and Engineering

Kenneth G. Wilson Receives Nobel Prize

Publication of Renormalization Group Paper

Birth of Kenneth G. Wilson

Honorary Doctorate from Rockefeller University

Election to the National Academy of Sciences

Franklin Medal in Life Science

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Gairdner International Award

Mismatch Repair and Cancer

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Discovery of DNA Mismatch Repair Mechanism

Completion of Ph.D.

Birth of Paul L. Modrich

Death of Hans Fischer

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Hans Fischer

Completion of Haemin Synthesis

Synthesis of Bilirubin Achieved

Fischer Becomes Director of Organic Chemistry at Munich

Professor of Medical Chemistry at Munich

Birth of Hans Fischer

Science History Institute Fellow

Time 100: Most Influential People

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Kavli Prize in Nanoscience

Japan Prize

National Academy of Sciences Membership

L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award

Paul Janssen Award

Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing Discovery

Death of Jerome Karle

Retirement from the Naval Research Laboratory

Jerome Karle Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Presidency of the American Crystallographic Association

Joining the Naval Research Laboratory

Completion of Doctorate by Jerome Karle

Marriage to Isabella Lugoski

Graduation from City College of New York

Launch of Scientific Career

Birth of Jerome Karle

Death of William N. Lipscomb

Retirement from Harvard University

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Becomes a Professor at Harvard University

Discovery of Molecular Geometry of Boranes

PhD from California Institute of Technology

Lipscomb Graduates from University of Kentucky

Birth of William N. Lipscomb

Death of Jan Tinbergen

Retirement from Erasmus University Rotterdam

Awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Publication of 'Economic Policy: Principles and Design'

Founding of the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB)

Publication of 'Business Cycles in the United States, 1919-1932'

Published Statistical Testing of Business-Cycle Theories

Doctorate in Physics

Birth of Jan Tinbergen

Death of Edgar Adrian

Publication of 'The Physical Basis of Perception'

Presidency of the Royal Society

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded

Publication of 'The Basis of Sensation'

Graduation from Trinity College, Cambridge

Birth of Edgar Adrian

Resignation from the American Physical Society

Retirement Announcement

Public Stance on Global Warming

Involvement in Biophysics Research

Joining the faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Award of the Nobel Prize in Physics

Receipt of Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Start of Superconductivity Research

Emigration to the United States

Birth of Ivar Giaever

Inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame

Retirement from Bell Labs

Discovery of New Dwarf Galaxies

Awarded Elliott Cresson Medal

Awarded Henry Draper Medal

Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics

Named Bell Lab Fellow

Discovery of Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

Completion of Ph.D. at Caltech

Death of John B. Goodenough

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Welch Award in Chemistry

IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies

National Medal of Science

Joining University of Texas at Austin

Development of Lithium Cobalt Oxide Cathode

Goodenough PhD from University of Chicago

Birth of John B. Goodenough

Publication of Repeated Games with Incomplete Information

Recognition by American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Award

Publication on the Relevance of Game Theory in Economics

Presentation of Epistemic Game Theory

Introduction of the Concept of Common Knowledge

Development of Core Equivalence Theorem

Faculty Position at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Aumann Receives Ph.D.

Birth of Robert Aumann

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Wolf Prize in Chemistry

Single-molecule spectroscopy breakthrough

Observation of single fluorescent molecules at room temperature

First optical detection and spectroscopy of a single molecule in condensed phases

Development of a method to obtain super-resolution images

Ph.D. from Cornell University

Detection of the photon anti-bunching effect

Graduation from Washington University in St. Louis

Birth of William E. Moerner

Contribution to Gene Therapy in Clinical Trials

Netflix Documentary Features Capecchi's Story

Capecchi Honored by University of Utah

Capecchi Lab's Groundbreaking Study Published

Foreign Member of the Royal Society

Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

National Medal of Science Awarded

Development of Gene Targeting Techniques

Birth of Mario R. Capecchi

Death of Polykarp Kusch

Professor at University of Texas at Dallas

Discovery of Electron's g-factor

Vice President of Columbia University

Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics

Discovery of Electron's Magnetic Moment

Joining Columbia University as a Faculty Member

PhD from University of Illinois

Marriage to Edith Starr Roberts

Emigration to the United States

Invention of Sabatier Reactor

Crater on Mars named after Paul Sabatier

Sabatier Unit named in his honor

Death of Paul Sabatier

Retirement from University of Toulouse

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Discovery of Catalytic Hydrogenation with Nickel

Sabatier appointed to the Faculty of Science at Université de Toulouse

Paul Sabatier receives his doctorate

Birth of Paul Sabatier

Death of Robert H. Grubbs

Awarded the National Academy of Sciences' Award in Chemical Sciences

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Introduction of Grubbs Catalysts

Professor at the California Institute of Technology

Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia University

Birth of Robert H. Grubbs