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1983
Discovery of vector boson W
Kary Banks Mullis discovers the polymerase chain reaction enabling the easy amplification of DNA
11 February 1983 discovery of 5317 Verolacqua
6 May 1983 discovery of 6062 Vespa
4 August 1983 discovery of 3063 Makhaon and 6032 Nobel
2 September 1983 discovery of 3044 Saltykov
28 December 1982 discovery of 3003 Koncek
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27 February 1983 Death of Nikolai Alexandrovich Kozyrev near Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), Russia
10 September 1983 Death of Felix Bloch
7 October 1983 Death of George Ogden Abell
1983 Death of Ulf Svante von Euler
1983 Death of Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann
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Nobel Prize
Physics to Subramanyan Chandrasekhar "for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars" and to William Alfred Fowler "for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe"
Chemistry to Henry Taube "for his work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes"
Physiology or Medicine to Barbara McClintock "for her discovery of mobile genetic elements"
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