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none July 2020 2013 science 2013 thumb|right|250px|15 February 2013: a 10 t lb on meteoroid (atmospheric trail pictured) impacts Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring over 1,200 people. At the time, it is the most destructive meteor to strike Earth since 1908. A number of significant scientific events occurred in 2012, including the discovery of numerous Earthlike exoplanets, the development of viable lab-grown ears, teeth, livers and blood vessels, and the atmospheric entry of the most destructive meteor since 1908. The year also saw successful new treatments for diseases such as HIV, Usher syndrome and leukodystrophy, and a major expansion in the use and capabilities of technologies such as 3D printing and autonomous cars. The United Nations designated 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation.International Years https://www.un.org/en/events/observances/years.shtml United Nations 12 November 2012 United Nations Events, discoveries and inventions January thumb|right|250px|2 January 2013: astronomers estimate that every star in the Milky Way Galaxy (artist's rendering pictured) hosts at least one exoplanet. 2 January A study by Caltech astronomers reports that the Milky Way Galaxy contains at least one planet per star, resulting in approximately 100–400 billion exoplanets. The study, based on planets orbiting the star Kepler-32, suggests that planetary systems may be the norm around stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.http://www.space.com/19103-milky-way-100-billion-planets.html 100 Billion Alien Planets Fill Our Milky Way Galaxy: Study Space.com 2 January 2013 30 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130103060601/http://www.space.com/19103-milky-way-100-billion-planets.html 3 January 2013 Astronomers report the discovery of giant "geysers" of charged particles emanating from the core of the Milky Way Galaxy. These outflows, which extend as far as 50,000 light-years from the galactic plane, are thought to be fuelled by intense star formation.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130102140156.htm Galactic Geysers Fueled by Star Stuff Science Daily 2 January 2013 5 February 2013Giant magnetized outflows from the centre of the Milky Way Nature 3 January 2013 493 7430 10.1038/nature11734 66–69 23282363 Carretti E Crocker RM Staveley-Smith L Haverkorn M Purcell C Gaensler BM Bernardi G Kesteven MJ Poppi S 1301.0512 2013Natur.493...66C 4426371 LG Electronics releases the first commercial OLED television. OLED screens are thinner, more efficient and capable of displaying images with greater definition than conventional LCD and plasma screens.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20888689 LG launches first next-generation OLED 55in television BBC 2 January 2013 5 February 2013 3 January Physicists create a potassium-based quantum gas which can be manipulated by lasers and magnetic fields to reach negative temperatures. At such temperatures, matter begins to exhibit previously unknown qualities.https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-01/04/quantum-gas-below-absolute-zero Quantum gas temperature drops below absolute zero Wired 4 January 2013 5 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124201452/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-01/04/quantum-gas-below-absolute-zero 24 January 2013 https://www.nature.com/news/quantum-gas-goes-below-absolute-zero-1.12146 Quantum gas goes below absolute zero Nature 3 January 2013 5 February 2013 10.1038/nature.2013.12146 Merali Zeeya 124101032 free subscription Scientists analyse a meteorite, NWA 7034, that was found in the Sahara Desert and purchased in Morocco in 2011, and report that it is a new type of Mars rock with an unusually high water content.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/mars20130103.html Researchers Identify Water Rich Meteorite Linked To Mars Crust NASA 3 January 2013 5 February 2013 29 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180529095602/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/mars20130103.htmlhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20900843 Mars meteorite 'Black Beauty' is in a class of its own BBC 3 January 2013 5 February 2013Unique Meteorite from Early Amazonian Mars: Water-Rich Basaltic Breccia Northwest Africa 7034 Science 339 6121 780–785 3 January 2013 10.1126/science.1228858 23287721 Agee C. B. Wilson N. V. McCubbin F. M. Ziegler K. Polyak V. J. Sharp Z. D. Asmerom Y. Nunn M. H. Shaheen R. Thiemens M. H. Steele A. Fogel M. L. Bowden R. Glamoclija M. Zhang Z. Elardo S. M. 206544554 2013Sci...339..780A free American researchers state that a gene associated with active personality traits is also linked to increased longevity.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130103151515.htm Gene Variant Linked to Active Personality Traits Also Linked to Human Longevity Science Daily 3 January 2013 5 February 2013DRD4 Genotype Predicts Longevity in Mouse and Human Journal of Neuroscience 33 1 286–291 2 January 2013 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3515-12.2013 23283341 3710129 Grady D. L. Thanos P. K. Corrada M. M. Barnett J. C. Ciobanu V. Shustarovich D. Napoli A. Moyzis A. G. Grandy D. Rubinstein M. Wang G.-J. Kawas C. H. Chen C. Dong Q. Wang E. Volkow N. D. Moyzis R. K. 4 January Britain's first hand transplantation operation is successfully conducted.https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jan/04/first-uk-hand-transplant UK's first hand transplant goes ahead after donor found on Boxing Day The Guardian 4 January 2013 5 February 2013 London Ian Sample Toyota demonstrates an autonomous car capable of sensing and reacting to its surroundings, monitoring its driver and communicating with other vehicles.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20910769 Toyota sneak previews self-drive car ahead of tech show BBC 4 January 2013 5 February 2013 6 January British researchers successfully cure blindness in mice using an injection of photosensitive cells. Following additional testing, the treatment could be used to heal humans with retinitis pigmentosa.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20898935 Totally blind mice get sight back BBC 6 January 2013 5 February 2013Reversal of end-stage retinal degeneration and restoration of visual function by photoreceptor transplantation PNAS 3 January 2013 10.1073/pnas.1119416110 23288902 110 3 1101–1106 2013PNAS..110.1101S 3549087 Singh M. S Charbel Issa P Butler R Martin C Lipinski D. M Sekaran S Barnard A. R MacLaren R. E free China is reported to be experiencing a rapid growth in the use of industrial robots, with robot installations increasing at over 10 percent a year.http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90778/8079468.html Robots to boost China's economy People's Daily 6 January 2013 29 January 2013 thumb|right|250px|9 January 2013: scientists test a new cancer treatment that uses sickle cells (pictured) to kill off tumours by starving them of their blood supply. 7 January Australia experiences its hottest day on record, with nationwide average temperatures exceeding 40°C amid one of the most intense bushfire seasons in the country's history.http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/australia-posts-hottest-day-on-record-on-monday-as-average-maximum-temperature-across-australia-tops-40c/story-e6freoof-1226549755617 Australia posts hottest day on record on Monday as average maximum temperature across Australia tops 40C 8 January 2013 5 February 2013 Courier Mailhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/12/australia-bushfires-heatwave-new-high As Australia heatwave hits new high, warning that bushfires will continue The Guardian 12 January 2013 5 February 2013 London Alison Rourke Remarkably well-preserved zinc pills are discovered aboard a 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck, giving a rare insight into Roman medicine.https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23049-worlds-oldest-pills-treated-sore-eyes.html World's oldest pills treated sore eyes New Scientist 7 January 2013 5 February 2013Ingredients of a 2,000-y-old medicine revealed by chemical, mineralogical, and botanical investigations PNAS 7 January 2013 10.1073/pnas.1216776110 23297212 110 4 1193–1196 2013PNAS..110.1193G 3557061 Giachi G Pallecchi P Romualdi A Ribechini E Lucejko J. J Colombini M. P Mariotti Lippi M free Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) report that "at least 17 billion" Earth-sized exoplanets are estimated to reside in the Milky Way Galaxy.http://www.space.com/19157-billions-earth-size-alien-planets-aas221.html 17 Billion Earth-Size Alien Planets Inhabit Milky Way Space.com 7 January 2013 5 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095334/http://www.space.com/19157-billions-earth-size-alien-planets-aas221.html 6 October 2014 8 January The 2013 Consumer Electronics Show opens in Las Vegas, Nevada. Among the new technologies showcased are flexible tablet computers, autonomous cars, medical telepresence robots, ultra-definition TVs and high-efficiency microchips.http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/378595/ces-2013-latest-news-from-the-tech-show CES 2013: latest news from the tech show PC Pro 10 January 2013 5 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140817234444/http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/378595/ces-2013-latest-news-from-the-tech-show 17 August 2014https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ces-2013 CES 2013 The Guardian 5 February 2013 London 7 January 2013https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/technology-video/9790884/CES-2013-Robot-doctor-makes-its-debut-in-Las-Vegas.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130110091353/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/technology-video/9790884/CES-2013-Robot-doctor-makes-its-debut-in-Las-Vegas.html 10 January 2013 CES 2013: Robot doctor makes its debut in Las Vegas The Daily Telegraph 9 January 2013 5 February 2013 London The German defence company Rheinmetall successfully demonstrates a high-powered military laser that can destroy drones in mid-flight and cut through steel from over 1 mi km away, even in adverse weather conditions. The company plans to mount the laser on a variety of vehicles for battlefield use.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20944726 Rheinmetall demos laser that can shoot down drones BBC 8 January 2013 5 February 2013http://m.upi.com/story/UPI-56181357105740/ https://archive.today/20130217000319/http://m.upi.com/story/UPI-56181357105740/ 17 February 2013 Rheinmetall's 50kW laser proves worth UPI 2 January 2013 5 February 2013 American astronomers announce the discovery of seven new exocomets – more than double the previously known number of such objects. The exocomets were discovered using the McDonald Observatory in Texas, which imaged the chemical signatures of the comets' tails.https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23056-exocomets-abound-in-alien-solar-systems.html 'Exocomets' abound in alien solar systems New Scientist 8 January 2013 5 February 2013 Astronomers affiliated with the Kepler space observatory announce the discovery of KOI-172.02, an Earth-like exoplanet candidate which orbits a star similar to the Sun in the habitable zone, and is possibly a "prime candidate to host alien life".https://www.space.com/19201-most-earth-like-alien-planet.html Most Earth-Like Alien Planet Possibly Found Space.com 9 January 2013 5 February 2013 9 January A gamma secretase inhibitor previously experimented for treating Alzheimer's disease is found to have regenerative effects on inner ear hair cells, potentially allowing for the effective treatment of deafness.Notch Inhibition Induces Cochlear Hair Cell Regeneration and Recovery of Hearing after Acoustic Trauma Neuron 9 January 2013 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.10.032 77 1 58–69 23312516 3573859 Mizutari K Fujioka M Hosoya M Bramhall N Okano HJ Okano H Edge AS The most distant known supernova is discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope, at a distance of around 10 billion light-years.https://esciencenews.com/articles/2013/01/09/the.farthest.supernova.yet.measuring.cosmic.history The farthest supernova yet for measuring cosmic history e! Science News 9 January 2013 5 February 20131205.3494 Precision Measurement of The Most Distant Spectroscopically Confirmed Supernova Ia with the Hubble Space Telescope The Astrophysical Journal 763 1 35 8 January 2013 Rubin D. Knop R. A. Rykoff E. Aldering G. Amanullah R. Barbary K. Burns M. S. Conley A. Connolly N. Deustua S. Fadeyev V. Fakhouri H. K. Fruchter A. S. Gibbons R. A. Goldhaber G. Goobar A. Hsiao E. Y. Huang X. Kowalski M. Lidman C. Meyers J. Nordin J. Perlmutter S. Saunders C. Spadafora A. L. Stanishev V. Suzuki N. Wang L. 10.1088/0004-637X/763/1/35 2013ApJ...763...35R 53954781 Medical researchers state that sickle cells can be induced to attack treatment-resistant tumours by starving them of blood.https://www.sciencecodex.com/sickle_cells_show_potential_to_attack_aggressive_cancer_tumors-104880 Sickle cells show potential to attack aggressive cancer tumors Science Codex 9 January 2013 5 February 2013Sickle Erythrocytes Target Cytotoxics to Hypoxic Tumor Microvessels and Potentiate a Tumoricidal Response 8 1 e52543 PLOS ONE 9 January 2013 10.1371/journal.pone.0052543 Terman David S. Viglianti Benjamin L. Zennadi Rahima Fels Diane Boruta Richard J. Yuan Hong Dreher Mathew R. Grant Gerald Rabbani Zahid N. Moon Ejung Lan Lan Eble Joseph Cao Yiting Sorg Brian Ashcraft Kathleen Palmer Greg Telen Marilyn J. Mark Dewhirst Dewhirst Mark W. 23326340 3541382 2013PLoSO...852543T free British and Canadian researchers create a tablet computer which is as thin as paper and also flexible.http://www.hml.queensu.ca/papertab Revolutionary paper tablet computer reveals future tablets to be thin and flexible as sheets of paper Queen's University 7 January 2013 28 May 2013 19 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181019051828/http://www.hml.queensu.ca/papertab deadhttp://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2013-01/flexible-paper-tablet-computers-work-together-make-computing-more-shuffling-papers Flexible, Paper-Like Tablet Computers Work Together To Make Computing More Like Shuffling Papers PopSci 9 January 2013 28 May 2013 Dillow Clay 26 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170226120422/http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2013-01/flexible-paper-tablet-computers-work-together-make-computing-more-shuffling-papers dead 10 January Half of all food is wasted worldwide, according to a new report by the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME).https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/10/food-waste-half-of-all-fo_n_2445022.html Food Waste: Half of All Food Ends Up Thrown Away Huffington Post 10 January 2013 5 February 2013 The English general lighthouse authority activate a new backup navigation system that allows ships to navigate even if their GPS signals fail.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20964790 Navigational backup to aid ships in Dover straits BBC 10 January 2013 5 February 2013 The first vessel of a new class of nuclear submarine goes into service with the Russian Navy, featuring a built-in escape pod to allow crew members to survive a critical hull breach.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20977512 New Russian nuclear sub 'safer than Kursk' BBC 10 January 2013 5 February 2013 An American company unveils a smart hunting rifle which uses a computerised scope, onboard aiming software and laser rangefinders to ensure great accuracy even in the hands of novice shooters. The rifle is also Wi-Fi-enabled, and its software can record its aiming and firing history, potentially allowing law enforcement agencies to track its use.https://m.nbcnews.com/technology/gadgetbox/futuristic-rifle-turns-novice-sharpshooter-1B7916613 Futuristic rifle turns novice into sharpshooter NBC 10 January 2013 5 February 2013https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/17000-linux-powered-rifle-brings-auto-aim-to-the-real-world/ $17,000 Linux-powered rifle brings "auto-aim" to the real world Ars Technica 9 January 2013 5 February 2013 thumb|right|250px|20 January 2013: it is proven that quadruple-helix DNA (pictured) is present in humans. 11 January Manchester University chemists develop a functional molecular machine, only a few nanometers in size, that can assemble complex molecular structures in a fashion similar to DNA ribosomes. The invention could be used to precisely fashion new medicines or polymers.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20987065 Tiny molecular machine apes cellular production line BBC 11 January 2013 5 February 2013Sequence-Specific Peptide Synthesis by an Artificial Small-Molecule Machine Science 339 6116 189–193 11 January 2013 10.1126/science.1229753 23307739 Lewandowski B. De Bo G. Ward J. W. Papmeyer M. Kuschel S. Aldegunde M. J. Gramlich P. M. E. Heckmann D. Goldup S. M. d'Souza D. M. Fernandes A. E. Leigh D. A. 206544961 2013Sci...339..189L https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/sequencespecific-peptide-synthesis-by-an-artificial-smallmolecule-machine(dc7b8f29-3915-46cd-93a5-1b2419ee7466).html Astronomers discover a distant cluster of supermassive quasars that is both the largest and brightest structure in the known universe, spanning approximately four billion light-years.https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-01/faraway-quasar-group-new-largest-structure-universe Faraway Quasar Group Is The Largest Structure in the Universe Popular Science 11 January 2013 5 February 2013 New high-precision observations of the asteroid 99942 Apophis reveal that it is almost certain that the asteroid will not strike the Earth in 2036, despite earlier scientific concern over its trajectory.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130111133502.htm NASA Rules out Earth Impact in 2036 for Asteroid Apophis Science Daily 11 January 2013 5 February 2013 Scientists develop a Breathalyzer-like breath test that could be used to quickly and accurately diagnose lung infections.https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/01/11/breath-test-could-sniff-out-infections-in-minutes/ Breath Test Could Sniff Out Infections in Minutes Scientific American 11 January 2013 5 February 2013Detecting bacterial lung infections: in vivo evaluation of in vitro volatile fingerprints Journal of Breath Research 7 1 016003 IOP.org 10 January 2013 10.1088/1752-7155/7/1/016003 23307645 4114336 Zhu Jiangjiang Bean Heather D. Wargo Matthew J. Leclair Laurie W. Hill Jane E. 2013JBR.....7a6003Z 12 January Official sources state that Beijing's air is now hazardous to human health, after years of mounting air pollution. The city's air contains as much as 20 times the World Health Organization's recommended amount of toxic particles.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20998147 Beijing air pollution soars to hazard level BBC 12 January 2013 5 February 2013 Researchers in University of Montana report recreational fishing may drive evolutionary changes in largemouth bass, making them harder to catch and less attentive parents. David O. Conover notes it affects both physical traits and fish behavior over time.Fishing may exert evolutionary pressure on largemouth bass archive.org Science news : magazine of the Society for Science and the Public 13 January – Massachusetts doctors invent a pill-sized medical scanner that can be safely swallowed by patients, allowing the esophagus to be more easily scanned for diseases.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20983324 Pill-sized scanner images gullet BBC 13 January 2013 5 February 2013 15 January – The first museum of 3D-printed artifacts opens in China.http://3dprintingindustry.com/2013/01/21/3d-print-museum-opens-in-beijing-china/ 3D Print Museum Opens in Beijing, China 3D Printing Industry 21 January 2013 6 February 2013 27 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141227060437/http://3dprintingindustry.com/2013/01/21/3d-print-museum-opens-in-beijing-china/ 17 January – NASA announces that the Kepler space observatory has developed a reaction wheel issue and will discontinue operation for 10 days in the interest of solving the problem. Three functional reaction wheels are needed to accurately aim the telescope; one of Kepler original four reaction wheels failed in July 2012. If this second wheel issue is not resolved, NASA may be forced to end the long-running Kepler mission altogether.Hunter Roger Kepler Mission Manager Update http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/keplerm-20130117.html 17 January 2013 NASA 18 January 2013 18 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160618114821/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/keplerm-20130117.html Marchis Franck Kepler is Sick and Resting: "Mountain View, we have a problem" http://cosmicdiary.org/fmarchis/2013/01/17/kepler-is-damaged-and-now-resting-mountain-view-we-have-a-problem/ 17 January 2013 Cosmic Diary 18 January 2013 18 January – Japanese researchers create a "privacy visor" which uses near-infrared light to render its wearer unrecognizable to facial recognition software.http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/01/18/isao_echizen_and_seiichi_gohshi_s_privacy_visor_shields_you_from_facial.html These Goofy-Looking Glasses Could Make You Invisible to Facial Recognition Technology Slate 18 January 2013 22 January 2013 20 January – Scientists prove that quadruple-helix DNA is present in human cells.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130120150033.htm Quadruple Helix' DNA Discovered in Human Cells Science Daily 20 January 2013 21 January 2013 21 January – Architects begin preparations for constructing the world's first 3D-printed building. The building will be constructed of a high-strength artificial marble laid down by an industrial-scale 3D printer, and is planned for completion in 2014.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21121061 Architect plans 3D-printed buildings BBC 21 January 2013 22 January 2013 22 January French glaciologists release a report stating that the glaciers of the Andes are melting at an unprecedented rate.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-andes-glaciers-idUSBRE90L15Z20130122 Andean glaciers melting at "unprecedented" rates: study Reuters 22 January 2013 23 January 2013 NEC and Corning Inc. develop a multi-core fiber optic cable that can transfer a record-breaking petabit of data per second.http://optics.org/news/4/1/29 NEC and Corning achieve petabit optical transmission Optics.org 22 January 2013 7 February 2013 24 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190524191056/http://optics.org/news/4/1/29 dead The private spaceflight venture Deep Space Industries announces plans to begin scanning and mining asteroids for precious metals. The company intends to launch its first prospecting spacecraft in 2015.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21144769 New venture 'to mine asteroids' BBC 22 January 2013 22 January 2013 A resolution is introduced to the United States Congress to designate 12 February 2013 (Charles Darwin's 204th birthday) as "Darwin Day" in order to recognize "the importance of sciences in the betterment of humanity".Oppenheimer Mark Seeing Darwin Through Christian Eyes? It All Depends on the Christian https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/us/seeing-darwin-through-christians-eyes.html 1 February 2013 The New York Times 2 February 2013 thumb|right|250px|22 January 2013: a scientific study reveals that the glaciers of the Andes are melting at an unprecedented rate. 23 January Scientists encode large amounts of digital information, including the complete sonnets of William Shakespeare, on a single strand of synthetic DNA. DNA has immense potential as a storage medium, and may become commercially available for this purpose in the near future.http://news.sky.com/story/1041917/huge-amounts-of-data-can-be-stored-in-dna Huge amounts of data can be stored in DNA Sky News 23 January 2013 24 January 2013 Scientists resume controversial research into the H5N1 influenza subtype, which was previously halted due to fears of biological terrorism.https://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-bird-flu-research-20130124,0,6627205.story Controversial bird flu research to resume Los Angeles Times 23 January 2013 24 January 2013 Eryn Brown A British amputee becomes the first person in the UK to receive the Michelangelo Hand, an advanced new bionic hand, which uses electrodes to precisely mimic muscle movements and which can be used even for delicate engineering tasks.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9820605/Transplant-patient-receives-bionic-hand-with-electronic-fingers.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130124003505/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9820605/Transplant-patient-receives-bionic-hand-with-electronic-fingers.html 24 January 2013 Transplant patient receives bionic hand with electronic fingers The Daily Telegraph 23 January 2013 30 January 2013 London Kenya begins the construction of the Konza Technology City, a planned city that is hoped to become a hub of African science and technology upon its completion in 2030.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21158928 Kenya begins construction of 'silicon' city Konza BBC 23 January 2013 23 January 2013 24 January – Britain's Chief Medical Officer warns that antibiotic resistance could have "apocalyptic" consequences, with numerous common bacterial infections becoming increasingly resistant to treatment.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21178718 Antibiotic 'apocalypse' warning BBC 24 January 2013 11 March 2013 25 January An international team of scientists develops a functional light-based "tractor beam", which allows individual cells to be selected and moved at will. The invention could have broad applications in medicine and microbiology.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-21187598 Star Trek style 'tractor beam' created by scientists BBC 25 January 2013 26 January 2013 Scientists design an evolution-inspired organic solar cell with a novel geometric pattern that increases its energy-harvesting efficiency.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130125111358.htm Evolution Inspires More Efficient Solar Cell Design: Geometric Pattern Maximizes Time Light Is Trapped in Solar Cell Science Daily 25 January 2013 27 January 2013 New measurements performed by European scientists reveal that the radius of the proton is 4 percent smaller than previously estimated.http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/347775/description/Protons_radius_revised_downward Proton's radius revised downward ScienceNews 23 February 2013 22 April 2013 27 January – Asteroid 274301, a main belt asteroid, is officially renamed "Wikipedia" by the Committee for Small Body Nomenclature.Workman Robert Asteroid Re-Named 'Wikipedia' http://www.technewsdaily.com/16749-asteroid-named-wikipedia.html 5 February 2013 TechNewsDaily 7 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140308064629/http://www.technewsdaily.com/16749-asteroid-named-wikipedia.html 8 March 2014 28 January Bolivian scientists restore brain function to stroke-affected rats by injecting them with stem cells. This breakthrough may lead to more effective treatments for strokes in humans.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21203313 Stem cell 'first aid' for rat stroke BBC 28 January 2013 28 January 2013 American medical researchers develop a painless polymer skin patch that can be used to inject DNA vaccines without a conventional needle, and also increases the initial effectiveness of the vaccine delivered.http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1731029/New-painless-patch-may-make-DNA-vaccines-feasible New painless patch may make DNA vaccines feasible SBS.com.au 28 January 2013 29 January 2013 17 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130217072548/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1731029/New-painless-patch-may-make-DNA-vaccines-feasible An American research team uses the world's most powerful supercomputer at the time – the IBM Sequoia – to perform a record-breaking computation, modelling an experimental jet engine on over one million processor cores.https://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/01/million-core-supercomputer/ Researchers Set Record With Million-Core Calculation Wired 28 January 2013 29 January 2013 Klint Finley Iran successfully launches a live rhesus monkey into space and recovers the animal safely, in what is claimed to be a prelude to the country's future human spaceflight efforts.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-sends-a-monkey-into-space--and-back-8470400.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-sends-a-monkey-into-space--and-back-8470400.html 1 May 2022 subscription Iran sends a monkey into space - and back The Independent 28 January 2013 30 January 2013 London Peter Popham American scientists finish drilling down to the subglacial Lake Whillans, which is buried around 1 km mi under the Antarctic ice.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21231380 Drill reaches Antarctica's under-ice Lake Whillans BBC 28 January 2013 29 January 2013 thumb|right|250px|30 January 2013: South Korea conducts its first successful orbital launch with its indigenous Naro-1 rocket (replica pictured). 29 January NASA reports that the Kepler space observatory has successfully returned to "science data collection" mode, after suffering a reaction wheel malfunction earlier in the month.Hunter Roger Kepler Mission Manager Update: Kepler Returns to Science Mode http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/keplerm-20132901.html 29 January 2013 NASA 30 January 2013 17 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180417220950/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/keplerm-20132901.html ESA scientists report that the ionosphere of the planet Venus streams outwards in a manner similar to "the ion tail seen streaming from a comet under similar conditions."Staff When A Planet Behaves Like A Comet https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/When_a_planet_behaves_like_a_comet 29 January 2013 ESA 31 January 2013 Kramer Miriam Venus Can Have 'Comet-Like' Atmosphere https://www.space.com/19537-venus-comet-atmosphere.html 30 January 2013 Space.com 31 January 2013 30 January – South Korea conducts its first successful orbital launch, using the Naro-1 rocket to place a satellite into orbit.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21256683 BBC South Korea launches space rocket carrying satellite 30 January 2013 30 January 2013 31 January British scientists achieve a breakthrough in synthetic biology, developing microscopic biological "factories" that can be assembled in hours and which could be used to deliver medicines, produce biofuels and mine underground minerals.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130201090612.htm Discovery in Synthetic Biology Takes Us a Step Closer to New 'Industrial Revolution' Science Daily 31 January 2013 3 February 2013 Scientists sequence the genome of the domestic pigeon, discovering that all modern pigeon breeds are descended from the wild rock dove.http://www.nature.com/news/pigeon-dna-proves-darwin-right-1.12334 Pigeon DNA proves Darwin right Nature 31 January 2013 1 February 2013 10.1038/nature.2013.12334 Humphries Courtney 87487697 subscription The ESA, in collaboration with a group of architectural firms, designs and tests a 3D-printed structure that can be built out of lunar regolith to serve as a Moon base.http://www.fosterandpartners.com/News/492/Default.aspx Foster + Partners works with European Space Agency to 3D print structures on the moon Foster + Partners 31 January 2013 1 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130203104900/http://www.fosterandpartners.com/News/492/Default.aspx 3 February 2013 Japanese scientists genetically modify a transparent zebrafish specimen to produce a visible glow during periods of intense brain activity, allowing the fish's "thoughts" to be recorded as specific regions of its brain light up in response to external stimuli.https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-01/watch-zebrafish-think-about-food Researchers Capture A Zebrafish's Thought Process on Video Popular Science 31 January 2013 4 February 2013 February 1 February Stanford University physicists discover that atom-thin sheets of graphene are 100 times more chemically reactive than thicker sheets. This reactivity may be crucial to developing new practical applications for graphene, which is already widely known for its immense strength and conductivity.http://phys.org/news/2013-02-thinnest-graphene-sheets-react-strongly.html Thinnest graphene sheets react strongly with hydrogen atoms; thicker sheets are relatively unaffected Phys.org 1 February 2013 1 February 2013 Medical researchers develop a new method of efficiently detecting cancer using bioelectric signals. In addition, they were able to manipulate cellular electric charge levels to prevent certain cells from developing cancer.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130201090812.htm Bioelectric Signals Can Be Used to Detect Early Cancer Science Daily 1 February 2013 3 February 2013 2 February Iran unveils the Qaher-313 which it claims is its first stealth fighter.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21307208 Qaher F313: Iran unveils home-made 'stealth' fighter BBC 2 February 2013 2 February 2013 Californian researchers use genetic modification to rejuvenate ageing blood cells, strengthening the immune systems of elderly mice. If human trials prove successful, this treatment could allow older people to more effectively resist disease.http://www.dailycal.org/2013/02/02/researchers-rejuvenate-blood-stem-cells-in-mice/ Campus researchers manipulate aging process in mice The Daily Californian 2 February 2013 4 February 2013 3 February The Scottish Government announces plans for a national physics prize named in honour of Peter Higgs, who first theorized the Higgs boson in 1964.http://uk.news.yahoo.com/higgs-wants-prize-inspire-youth-000743313.html https://archive.today/20130217025042/http://uk.news.yahoo.com/higgs-wants-prize-inspire-youth-000743313.html 17 February 2013 Higgs wants prize to inspire youth Press Association via Yahoo! 3 February 2013 3 February 2013 The British Army begins using a miniature drone helicopter in Afghanistan. The aerial surveillance robot weighs just 16 grams, and can be remotely piloted into difficult terrain to detect hidden enemy positions.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21313323 Mini helicopter drone for UK troops in Afghanistan BBC 3 February 2013 3 February 2013 thumb|right|250px|4 February 2013: British scientists use DNA testing to confirm that a newly unearthed skeleton is that of the medieval king Richard III (pictured). 4 February American researchers develop a new molecular therapy which can cross the blood–brain barrier to deliver medicines to the brain, potentially helping to treat neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-experimental-molecular-therapy-blood-brain-barrier.html Experimental molecular therapy crosses blood-brain barrier to treat neurological disease MedicalXpress.com 4 February 2013 4 February 2013 A much-vaunted experimental vaccine for tuberculosis proves to be largely ineffective against the disease in human trials.https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/feb/04/hopes-tb-vaccine-dashed-unsuccessful-trials Hopes for new TB vaccine dashed following unsuccessful trials The Guardian 4 February 2013 Boseley Sarah After DNA testing, scientists confirm that a medieval skeleton unearthed in Leicester is that of the defeated Plantagenet king Richard III, who was killed in battle in 1485.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9846693/Richard-III-skeleton-is-the-king.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130205073553/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9846693/Richard-III-skeleton-is-the-king.html 5 February 2013 Richard III: skeleton is the king The Daily Telegraph 4 February 2013 4 February 2013 London Nick Britten Australian engineers build a "quantum microscope" which offers unprecedented levels of precision in measuring live biological systems.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130204163442.htm Quantum Microscope for Living Biology Science Daily 4 February 2013 5 February 2013 Sea urchins are discovered to be capable of efficiently converting carbon dioxide into raw material for their shells, potentially offering a new method of carbon capture for industrial purposes.https://www.gizmag.com/carbon-capture-calcium-carbonate/26101/ Sea urchins reveal promising carbon capture alternative Gizmag 4 February 2013 5 February 2013 5 February Scientists at Scotland's Heriot-Watt University develop a 3D printer that can produce clusters of living stem cells, potentially allowing complete organs to be printed on demand in future.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-21328109 Edinburgh scientists use 3D printing to produce stem cells BBC 5 February 2013 5 February 2013 American researchers partially cure Usher syndrome in mice, a severe form of congenital deafness, using a precisely targeted gene therapy.https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/gene-therapy-boosts-hope-for-the-deaf/news-story/c56bf59124372401b11426cf389ce6ca Gene therapy boosts hope for the deaf AAP via The Australian 5 February 2013 2013-02-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20130205051005/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/gene-therapy-boosts-hope-for-the-deaf/story-fn3dxix6-1226570466304 subscription live 5 February 2013 6 February Halley VI, a new British Antarctic research station, begins operation. The station, which is mounted on hydraulic ski-legs to allow it to be towed across the ice, features an advanced modular design and is expected to endure the Antarctic climate until 2050.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21341044 Halley Antarctic research station up and running BBC 6 February 2013 6 February 2013 In a series of separate developments, American and Japanese engineers create 3D printers that can produce edible meals with a range of flavours and textures on demand. These could both replace conventional ready meals and allow astronauts to enjoy a far more varied diet.https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/3-d-food-printer-space/ Feeding the Final Frontier: 3-D Printers Could Make Astronaut Meals Wired 6 February 2013 6 February 2013 Adam Mann Astronomers report that 6% of all dwarf stars – the most common stars in the known universe – may host Earthlike planets. Additionally, some such exoplanets may exist only 13 light-years from Earth.https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2013/02/06/red-dwarf-earth-habitable/1895909/ Dwarf stars likely home to nearby habitable planets USA Today 6 February 2013 6 February 2013 Scientists discover live bacteria in the subglacial Antarctic Lake Whillans.Gorman James Bacteria Found Deep Under Antarctic Ice, Scientists Say https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/science/living-bacteria-found-deep-under-antarctic-ice-scientists-say.html 6 February 2013 The New York Times 6 February 2013 8 February Scientists use an extensive genetic and phenotypic database to determine the common ancestor of all modern placental mammals, including humans.O'Leary Maureen A. Bloch Jonathan I. Flynn John J. Gaudin Timothy J. Giallombardo Andres Giannini Norberto P. Goldberg Suzann L. Kraatz Brian P. Luo Zhe-Xi Meng Jin Novacek Michael J. Perini Fernando A. Randall Zachary S. Rougier Guillermo Sargis Eric J. Silcox Mary T. Simmons Nancy b. Spaulding Micelle Velazco Paul M. Weksler Marcelo Wible John r. Cirranello Andrea L. 206544776 The Placental Mammal Ancestor and the Post–K-Pg Radiation of Placentals 8 February 2013 Science 339 6120 662–667 10.1126/science.1229237 2013Sci...339..662O 23393258 11336/7302 free Wilford John Noble Rat-Size Ancestor Said to Link Man and Beast https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/science/common-ancestor-of-mammals-plucked-from-obscurity.html 7 February 2013 The New York Times 9 February 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21350900 Earliest placental mammal ancestor pinpointed BBC 8 February 2013 8 February 2013 New York researchers successfully cure leukodystrophy in mice by using skin cells to repair damaged myelin sheaths. This treatment may also prove effective in curing human multiple sclerosis.http://www.dailytech.com/Human+Skin+Cells+Used+to+Create+Stem+Cells+Treat+Brain+Disease+in+Mice/article29864.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20130210083319/http://www.dailytech.com/Human+Skin+Cells+Used+to+Create+Stem+Cells+Treat+Brain+Disease+in+Mice/article29864.htm 10 February 2013 Human Skin Cells Used to Create Stem Cells, Treat Brain Disease in Mice DailyTech 8 February 2013 9 February 2013 10 February NASA's Curiosity Mars rover uses its onboard drill to obtain the first deep rock sample ever retrieved from the surface of another planet.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21399857 Curiosity Mars rover takes historic drill sample BBC 10 February 2013 10 February 2013 A genetically engineered strain of the vaccinia virus is found to triple the average survival time of patients with a severe form of liver cancer.https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23154-liver-cancer-survival-time-tripled-by-virus.html Liver cancer survival time tripled by virus New Scientist 10 February 2013 22 June 2013 12 February – North Korea conducts its third nuclear test despite international sanctions and condemnation.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/12/north-korea-nuclear-test-earthquake North Korea nuclear test takes place The Guardian 12 February 2013 12 February 2013 London Justin McCurry Tania Branigan 13 February The ESA's CryoSat detects a significant decline in Arctic ice cover.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21437680 Cryosat spots Arctic sea-ice loss in autumn BBC 13 February 2013 13 February 2013 Scientists successfully cure type 1 diabetes in dogs using a pioneering gene therapy.https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-02/gene-therapy-cures-diabetic-dogs Gene Therapy Cures Diabetic Dogs in Only One Shot Popular Science 13 February 2013 18 February 2013 thumb|right|250px|15 February 2013: a 10-ton meteoroid (atmospheric trail pictured) impacts Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring over 1,200 people. 14 February University of Oxford engineers construct an autonomous car that can be easily switched between manual and self-driving modes.Charles Arthur https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/feb/14/self-driving-car-system-uk New self-driving car system tested on UK roads | Technology The Guardian 24 September 2013 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) begins a planned two-year shutdown, during which it will undergo a major systems upgrade. Upon its reactivation in 2014, the LHC will operate at an energy of approximately 14 teraelectronvolts – double its current maximum energy.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21421460 LHC switches off for two-year break BBC 14 February 2013 14 February 2013 Researchers develop a specialized neural implant which gives rats the ability to sense infrared light – a pioneering use of implant technology to grant living creatures new abilities, instead of simply replacing or augmenting existing ones.https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-02/14/implant-gives-rats-sixth-sense-for-infrared-light Implant gives rats sixth sense for infrared light Wired UK 14 February 2013 14 February 2013 17 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130217055046/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-02/14/implant-gives-rats-sixth-sense-for-infrared-light The United States Food and Drug Administration approves the first functional commercial bionic eye, the Argus II, for the treatment of blindness. The device, which became available in Europe in 2011, uses a combination of ocular implants and camera-equipped glasses to restore vision to people blinded by retinitis pigmentosa.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-secondsight-fda-eyeimplant-idUSBRE91D1AK20130214 FDA approves first retinal implant for rare eye disease Reuters 14 February 2013 14 February 2013 15 February A 10-ton meteoroid impacts in Chelyabinsk, Russia, producing a powerful shockwave and injuring over 1,000 people.Barry Ellen Kramer Andrew E. Meteorite Fragments Are Said to Rain Down on Siberia https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/world/europe/meteorite-fragments-are-said-to-rain-down-on-siberia.html 15 February 2013 The New York Times 15 February 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116 Meteor strike injures hundreds in central Russia BBC 15 February 2013 15 February 2013 The asteroid 2012 DA14, which masses around 130,000 tons, makes the closest Earth flyby yet recorded for a large asteroid, passing within 27000 km mi of the Earth's surface.Asteroid arrives today for extra-close flyby https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/asteroid-zips-between-earth-and-satellites-1.1365524 CBC 15 February 2013 15 February 2013 18 February – Studies of a recently discovered Higgs boson-like particle suggest that the universe may end in a false vacuum collapse billions of years from now.http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/18/17006552-will-our-universe-end-in-a-big-slurp-higgs-like-particle-suggests-it-might Will our universe end in a 'big slurp'? Higgs-like particle suggests it might NBC News 18 February 2013 19 February 2013 20 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130220192340/http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/18/17006552-will-our-universe-end-in-a-big-slurp-higgs-like-particle-suggests-it-might 19 February The UK government pledges to provide advanced bionic limbs for all British soldiers who have lost limbs in combat.Government pledges 'bionic legs' for injured servicemen and women https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/government-pledges-bionic-legs-for-injured-servicemen-and-women-8500499.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/government-pledges-bionic-legs-for-injured-servicemen-and-women-8500499.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The Independent 19 February 2013 19 February 2013 London James Edgar A new species of bent-toed gecko is formally described, having been discovered in Vietnam.https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/z03616p164f.pdf Cyrtodactylus dati, a new forest dwelling Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam Zootaxa 19 February 2013 15 July 2013 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.2.4 24758800 3616 2 151–64 Van Tri NGO 20 February NASA reports the discovery of Kepler-37b, the smallest exoplanet yet known, around the size of Earth's Moon.http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/feb/HQ_13-057_Kepler_Tiny_Planet.html NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Tiny Planet System NASA 20 February 2013 21 February 2013 8 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180908041134/https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/feb/HQ_13-057_Kepler_Tiny_Planet.html Internet entrepreneurs Sergey Brin and Mark Zuckerberg announce a new global prize for excellence in the life sciences, offering US$3 million to each recipient.https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2013/02/20/sergey-brin-and-mark-zuckerberg-discuss-collaboration-on-life-sciences-award/ Mark Zuckerberg And Sergey Brin Discuss Collaboration on Life Sciences Award Forbes 20 February 2013 21 February 2013 Ryan Mac The President of the United States, Barack Obama, announces the Brain Activity Map Project – a decade-long collaborative effort to map the structures and functions of the human brain, with the aim of yielding new treatments for a range of neural diseases.https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2013/02/20/brain-map-project-questioned/1932987/ Researchers debate wisdom of brain-mapping initiative USA Today 20 February 2013 24 February 2013 Dan Vergano 21 February Cornell University scientists use a 3D printer to create a living artificial ear from collagen and ear cell cultures. In future, such ears could be grown to order for patients with ear trauma or amputation.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9883441/Scientists-create-artificial-ear-using-3D-printing-and-living-cell-gels.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130221195804/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9883441/Scientists-create-artificial-ear-using-3D-printing-and-living-cell-gels.html 21 February 2013 Scientists create artificial ear using 3D printing and living-cell gels The Daily Telegraph 21 February 2013 25 February 2013 London The deepest known hydrothermal vents are discovered in the Caribbean at a depth of almost 5000 m ft.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21520404 Deepest undersea vents discovered by UK team BBC 21 February 2013 21 February 2013 A study finds that bumblebees can sense electric fields around flowers.Bees learn the electric buzz of flowers Susan Milius Science News 21 February 2013 http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/348490/description/Bees_learn_the_electric_buzz_of_flowers 21 February 2013 University of Pennsylvania researchers develop a "protein passport" able to bypass the body's immune system. This could aid the delivery of medicinal nanoparticles in future nanomedicine.http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-researchers-develop-protein-passport-help-nanoparticles-get-past-immune-system Penn Researchers Develop Protein 'Passport' That Helps Nanoparticles Get Past Immune System University of Pennsylvania 21 February 2013 3 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20150909131522/http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-researchers-develop-protein-passport-help-nanoparticles-get-past-immune-system 9 September 2015 22 February – Data gathered from Siberian ice caves reveals that continued global warming may lead to widespread thawing of permafrost, potentially releasing massive volumes of trapped carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21549643 Siberian permafrost thaw warning sparked by cave data BBC 22 February 2013 24 February 2013 thumb|right|250px|20 February 2013: NASA astronomers discover the smallest exoplanet to date, Kepler-37b (shown second from left). 23 February – A US inventor builds a "spider-sense" bodysuit, equipped with ultrasonic sensors and haptic feedback systems, which can alert its wearer of approaching threats and allow them to detect and respond to attackers even when blindfolded.https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2013/02/23/prototype-suit-gives-you-real-life-spider-sense/ This Suit Gives You A Real Life Spider-Sense Forbes 23 February 2013 12 March 2013 Alex Knapp 24 February Oxford University researchers discover the mechanism by which certain brain cells are able to survive being starved of oxygen. In future, this research may yield more effective stroke treatments.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21547508 Brain's 'stroke shielding' cracked BBC 24 February 2013 25 February 2013 A study finds that chimpanzees solve puzzles for entertainment just as humans do.Chimps solve puzzles for the thrill of it, researchers find 24 February 2013 Richard Gray The Daily Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9889999/Chimps-solve-puzzles-for-the-thrill-of-it-researchers-find.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130225060158/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9889999/Chimps-solve-puzzles-for-the-thrill-of-it-researchers-find.html 25 February 2013 24 February 2013 London Scientists announce that they have found fragments of Rodinia, an ancient "lost" supercontinent, in what is now the Indian Ocean.Fragments of ancient continent buried under Indian Ocean BBC 24 February 2013 Rebecca Morelle Rebecca Morelle https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21551149 25 February 2013 25 February Israel successfully tests its Arrow 3 missile defence system, designed to destroy enemy ballistic missiles while they are still high in the Earth's atmosphere.Williams Dan Israel says it successfully tests new missile defence https://www.reuters.com/article/world/israel-says-it-successfully-tests-new-missile-defence-idUSBRE91O080/ 14 April 2025 Reuters 25 February 2013 26 February American engineers develop a wirelessly charged flexible battery that can continue to function even if stretched to three times its usual size. With further development, the invention could be used to power flexible smartphones, tablets and medical electronics.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21585817 Stretchy battery drawn to three times its size BBC 26 February 2013 26 February 2013 A study finds that sleep loss can alter the behavior of genes, which may explain why it often precedes more serious medical problems such as diabetes, obesity, and heart disease.Sleep Loss Alters Genes While Raising Risk of Disease Elizabeth Lopatto 26 February 2013 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-25/sleep-loss-alters-genes-while-raising-risk-of-disease.html 26 February 2013 Bloomberg 27 February Astronomers use the NuSTAR satellite to accurately measure the spin of a supermassive black hole for the first time, reporting that its surface is spinning at almost the speed of light.Astrophysics: Black holes in a spin Nature 494 7438 432–433 10.1038/494432a 23446411 Christopher S. Reynolds 28 February 2013 2013Natur.494..432R 205076505 free An American company constructs a lightweight, high-efficiency urban car with an entirely 3D-printed plastic body that is as damage-resistant as steel. The vehicle's construction is entirely automated, requiring no human input beyond the uploading of the car's design.https://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/02/3d-printed-car/ 3-D Printed Car Is as Strong as Steel, Half the Weight, and Nearing Production Wired 27 February 2013 3 March 2013 Alexander George 28 February Duke University researchers successfully connect the brains of two rats with electronic interfaces that allow them to directly share information, in the first-ever direct brain-to-brain interface.One Rat Thinks, and Another Reacts James Gorman https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/science/new-research-suggests-two-rat-brains-can-be-linked.html The New York Times 28 February 2013 28 February 2013https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/feb/28/brains-rats-connected-share-information Brain-to-brain interface lets rats share information via internet The Guardian 1 March 2013 2 March 2013 London Ian Sample A study finds common genetic links between five major psychiatric disorders: autism, ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, and schizophrenia.Five Very Different and Major Psych Disorders Have Shared Genetics Catherine Griffin https://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/5266/20130228/five-very-different-major-psych-disorders-shared-genetics.htm Science World Report 28 February 2013 28 February 2013 Astronomers make the first direct observation of a protoplanet forming in a disk of gas and dust around a distant star.https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1310/ The Birth of a Giant Planet? European Southern Observatory 28 February 2013 2 March 2013 A third radiation belt is discovered around the Earth.NASA Discovers New Radiation Belt Around Earth Charles Q. Choi 28 February 2013 Space.com https://www.space.com/20004-earth-radiation-belt-discovery.html 1 March 2013 Researchers identify adult stem cells in the bone marrow that could one day be used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).http://www.wakehealth.edu/News-Releases/2013/Research_Supports_Promise_of_Cell_Therapy_for_Bowel_Disease.htm Research Supports Promise of Cell Therapy for Bowel Disease Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 28 February 2013 5 March 2013 8 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170808163534/http://www.wakehealth.edu/News-Releases/2013/Research_Supports_Promise_of_Cell_Therapy_for_Bowel_Disease.htm March thumb|right|250px|1 March 2013: Boston Dynamics develops an advanced version of its BigDog heavy-lifting robot (2006 version pictured), featuring a powerful mechanical throwing arm. 1 March – Boston Dynamics demonstrates an updated version of its BigDog military robot, a mule-sized heavy-lifting robot able to navigate rough terrain and equipped with an arm powerful enough to easily lift and throw breeze blocks.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21630212 BigDog four-legged robot now sports throwing arm BBC 1 March 2013 2 March 2013 3 March – American scientists report that they have cured HIV in an infant by giving the child a course of antiretroviral drugs very early in its life. The previously HIV-positive child has reportedly exhibited no HIV symptoms since its treatment, despite having no further medication for a year.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/breakthrough-hailed-in-us-as-atlanta-scientists-cure-hiv-baby-8518617.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/breakthrough-hailed-in-us-as-atlanta-scientists-cure-hiv-baby-8518617.html 1 May 2022 subscription Breakthrough hailed in US as Atlanta scientists cure HIV baby The Independent 4 March 2013 4 March 2013 London Kunal Dutta 4 March Scientists announce that they have directly measured the polarization of light, overcoming aspects of the uncertainty principle.New Discovery Challenges Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, Advancing Quantum Mechanics Catherine Griffin 4 March 2013 https://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/5347/20130304/new-discovery-challenges-heisenbergs-uncertainty-principle-advancing-quantum-mechanics.htm Science World Report 4 March 2013 DARPA begins efforts to develop a fleet of small naval vessels capable of launching and retrieving combat drones without the need for large and expensive aircraft carriers.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21653364 Darpa looks to use small ships as drone bases BBC 4 March 2013 4 March 2013 In a U.S. first, researchers replace a large part of an injured patient's skull with a precision 3D-printed polymer replacement implant.https://www.medicaldaily.com/3d-printed-polymer-skull-implant-used-first-time-us-244583 3D-Printed Polymer Skull Implant Used For First Time in US Medicaldaily.com 7 March 2013 24 September 2013 5 March – The Human Connectome Project releases the most detailed scans of the human brain yet made, allowing neuroscientists to more accurately study the complexities of the brain's structure and identify the causes of neural disorders.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21660159 World's most detailed scans will reveal how brain works BBC 5 March 2013 5 March 2013 6 March After studying the DNA of a modern African American, scientists estimate that the Y-chromosomal Adam – the most recent male common ancestor of human beings – lived much earlier than previously thought, over 338,000 years ago.https://www.foxnews.com/science/dont-call-him-adam-south-carolina-mans-genes-help-date-first-man/ Don't call him 'Adam': South Carolina man's genes help date first man Fox News 6 March 2013 8 March 2013 Chinese and Israeli scientists develop a Breathalyzer-style breath test that can quickly and easily diagnose stomach cancer by analyzing exhaled chemicals, without the need for an intrusive endoscopy.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/257245.php Breath Test Could Detect And Diagnose Stomach Cancer Medical News Today 6 March 2013 8 March 2013 7 March After an eight-year project involving the use of a pioneering cloning technique, Japanese researchers create 25 generations of healthy cloned mice with normal lifespans, demonstrating that clones are not intrinsically shorter-lived than naturally born animals.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130307122958.htm Generations of Cloned Mice With Normal Lifespans Created: 25th Generation and Counting Science Daily 7 March 2013 8 March 2013 An international project known as Bedmap2 analyses 50 years of data to measure the volume of Antarctic ice, finding it to be 26500000 km3 mi3, which would raise global sea levels by 58 m ft if it melted.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21692423 Antarctic ice volume measured BBC 8 March 2013 9 March 2013 Scientists from Oregon State University reconstruct the global temperature record since the end of the last ice age. Their data, taken from 73 sites around the world, shows a clear and rapid warming trend in the 20th and early 21st centuries.http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2013/mar/reconstruction-earth-climate-history-shows-significance-recent-temperature-rise RECONSTRUCTION OF TEMPERATURE HISTORY SHOWS SIGNIFICANCE OF RECENT WARMING Oregon State University 7 March 2013 8 March 2013 Tests on mice demonstrate conclusive proof that resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, improves health and longevity.http://hms.harvard.edu/news/new-study-validates-longevity-pathway-3-7-13 New Study Validates Longevity Pathway Harvard Medical School 7 March 2013 10 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130311043532/http://hms.harvard.edu/news/new-study-validates-longevity-pathway-3-7-13 11 March 2013 9 March British dental researchers grow viable teeth from a combination of gingival cells and stem cells, potentially allowing future patients to receive living teeth to replace diseased or damaged ones.https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/mar/09/tooth-replacement-mouse-cells Tooth replacement in prospect after scientists grow teeth from mouse cells The Guardian 9 March 2013 9 March 2013 London David Batty Roboticists launch an online database and cloud computing platform which can be accessed by robots worldwide, allowing them to more easily recognise unfamiliar objects and perform intensive computing tasks.http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-09/computing/37580767_1_roboticists-human-speech-database https://web.archive.org/web/20131113001324/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-09/computing/37580767_1_roboticists-human-speech-database 13 November 2013 Database to help robots cope with complicated programmes 9 March 2013 The Times of India 9 March 2013 11 March Astronomers discover the binary brown dwarf Luhman 16 (WISE 1049–5319) at a distance of 6.5 light years from Earth – the closest star system to be discovered since 1916.http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-090 Closest Star System Found in a Century NASA/JPL 11 March 2013 15 March 2013 A study concludes that heart disease was common among ancient mummies.Even Mummies Had Heart Disease, Study Finds Charlene Laino 11 March 2013 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartHealth/mummies-heart-disease-study-finds/story?id=18702609 ABC News 11 March 2013 Researchers develop smart self-healing circuits that can rapidly restore themselves to a fully functional state by detecting and neutralising electronic faults.http://www.caltech.edu/content/creating-indestructible-self-healing-circuits Creating Indestructible Self-Healing Circuits The California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology 11 March 2013 15 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130315050209/http://www.caltech.edu/content/creating-indestructible-self-healing-circuits 15 March 2013 thumb|right|250px|13 March 2013: the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (antennae pictured) becomes operational in Chile. At the time, it is the world's most powerful radio telescope. 12 March NASA's Curiosity rover finds evidence that conditions on Mars were once suitable for microbial life after analyzing the first drilled sample of Martian rock, "John Klein" rock at Yellowknife Bay in Gale Crater. The rover detected water, carbon dioxide, oxygen, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, chloromethane and dichloromethane. Related tests found results consistent with the presence of smectite clay minerals.Agle DC Brown Dwayne NASA Rover Finds Conditions Once Suited for Ancient Life on Mars http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-092 NASA 12 March 2013 12 March 2013Wall Mike Mars Could Once Have Supported Life: What You Need to Know https://www.space.com/20187-ancient-mars-life-curiosity-faq.html 12 March 2013 Space.com 12 March 2013 Chang Kenneth Mars Could Once Have Supported Life, NASA Says https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/science/space/mars-could-have-supported-life-nasa-says.html 12 March 2013 The New York Times 12 March 2013 Japan becomes the first country to successfully extract natural gas from offshore methane clathrate deposits.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-methane-hydrates-japan-idUSBRE92B07620130312 Japan achieves first gas extraction from offshore methane hydrate Reuters 12 March 2013 14 March 2013 13 March The Atacama Large Millimeter Array, at the time the world's most powerful radio telescope, becomes fully operational in northern Chile.https://www.space.com/20196-giant-alma-radio-telescope.html Giant Radio Telescope in Chile Opens for Cosmic Business Space.com 13 March 2013 14 March 2013 Lockheed Martin develops a new method for desalination that is reportedly vastly cheaper and more efficient than conventional methods. The new technique uses carbon membranes with nanoscale pores to efficiently filter salt molecules from seawater to make drinkable water.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-desalination-idUSBRE92C05720130313 Pentagon weapons-maker finds method for cheap, clean water Reuters 13 March 2013 10 April 2013 14 March CERN scientists confirm, with a very high degree of certainty, that a new particle identified by the Large Hadron Collider in July 2012 is the long-sought Higgs boson.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21785205 LHC cements Higgs boson identification BBC 14 March 2013 14 March 2013 Scientists induce monkey skin cells to become healthy brain cells which function normally when implanted into the donor monkey's brain. This breakthrough suggests that such personalized medicine approaches could be effective in human patients.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130314124605.htm Fluorescent Neural Cells from Monkey Skin Mature into Several Types of Brain Cells in Monkeys Science Daily 14 March 2013 17 March 2013 15 March – Scientists working on the Lazarus Project announce that they have successfully rejuvenated cells of Rheobatrachus silus, a species of frog extinct since 1983.Lazarus Project Recreates Extinct Australian Frog 15 March 2013 https://www.science20.com/news_articles/lazarus_project_recreates_extinct_australian_frog-106610 15 March 2013 Science 2.0 16 March – Japanese researchers unveil the "smelling screen", a digital display screen capable of emitting pinpointed smells.October 2017 17 March New data suggests that the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on the Earth's surface, is home to a large amount of bacterial life forms.Choi Charles Q. Microbes Thrive in Deepest Spot on Earth https://www.livescience.com/27954-microbes-mariana-trench.html 17 March 2013 LiveScience 17 March 2013 Glud Ronnie Wenzhöfer Frank Middleboe Mathias Oguri Kazumasa Turnewitsch Robert Canfield Donald E. Kitazato Hiroshi High rates of microbial carbon turnover in sediments in the deepest oceanic trench on Earth 10.1038/ngeo1773 17 March 2013 Nature Geoscience 2013NatGe...6..284G 6 4 284–288 Other researchers reported related studies that microbes thrive inside rocks up to 580 m ft on below the sea floor under 2600 m ft on of ocean off the coast of the northwestern United States.Oskin Becky Intraterrestrials: Life Thrives in Ocean Floor Livescience.com https://www.livescience.com/27899-ocean-subsurface-ecosystem-found.html 14 March 2013 LiveScience 17 March 2013 Shams 1, the world's largest concentrated solar power plant, becomes operational in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.https://www.masdar.ae/en/media/detail/masdar-launches-shams-1-the-worlds-largest-concentrated-solar-power-plant-i Masdar launches Shams 1 Masdar 17 March 2013 10 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20180430234654/http://masdar.ae/en/media/detail/masdar-launches-shams-1-the-worlds-largest-concentrated-solar-power-plant-i 30 April 2018 18 March If global average temperatures rise by just 2 °C, the number of extreme storm surges like Hurricane Katrina will increase tenfold, according to new research.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uoc-mhs031413.php More hurricane surges in the future EurekAlert! 18 March 2013 10 April 2013 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220512/http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uoc-mhs031413.php dead US scientists successfully map 80% of the neurons in a vertebrate brain at cellular-level resolution in just 1.3 seconds.http://blogs.nature.com/methagora/2013/03/whole-brain-cellular-level-activity-mapping-in-a-second.html/ Whole brain cellular-level activity mapping in a second Nature 18 March 2013 10 April 2013 NASA reports evidence from the Curiosity rover on Mars of mineral hydration, likely hydrated calcium sulfate, in several rock samples, including the broken fragments of "Tintina" rock and "Sutton Inlier" rock as well as in the veins and nodules in other rocks like "Knorr" rock and "Wernecke" rock.Webster Guy Brown Dwayne Curiosity Mars Rover Sees Trend in Water Presence http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1446 18 March 2013 NASA 20 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20161219002610/http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1446 19 December 2016 Analysis using the rover's DAN instrument provided evidence of subsurface water, amounting to as much as 4% water content, down to a depth of 60 cm ft on. Pluto may have up to 10 moons, along with at least one ring system, according to a new study.Pluto Could Have Ten Moons Ray Villard http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/pluto-could-have-ten-moons.htm Discovery Communications 18 March 2013 29 March 2012 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223023/http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/pluto-could-have-ten-moons.htm dead 19 March thumb|right|250px|19 March 2013: German scientists sequence the genome of the Neanderthal (skull pictured). The Neanderthal genome is sequenced by German scientists from a toe bone found in southern Siberia.http://phys.org/news/2013-03-german-publish-full-neanderthal-genome.html German researchers publish full Neanderthal genome phys.org 10 September 2015 Scientists announce they can now illuminate up to 100 biomarkers, ten times more than the previous standard. This breakthrough may make it much easier to spot proteins in cancer cells – a vital diagnostic technique.https://www.washington.edu/news/2013/03/19/tenfold-boost-in-ability-to-pinpoint-proteins-in-cancer-cells/ Tenfold boost in ability to pinpoint proteins in cancer cells University of Washington 19 March 2013 10 April 2013 NASA reports that a software computer problem on the Curiosity Mars rover is now repaired.Webster Guy New 'Safe Mode' Status of Curiosity Expected to be Brief – Mission Status Report – 03.18.13 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20130318b.html 18 March 2013 NASA 19 March 2013 8 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180908042839/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20130318b.html Fountain Henry Mars Rover Is Repaired, NASA Says https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/science/space/on-mars-curiosity-rover-repaired-nasa-says.html 19 March 2013 The New York Times 19 March 2013 Researchers at the University of Cambridge demonstrate a virtual "talking head" with realistic emotions, which could lead to more naturalistic human-computer interactions.http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/face-of-the-future-rears-its-head Face of the future rears its head Cambridge University 19 March 2013 10 April 2013 Swiss scientists develop a medical scanner that can be implanted just under the skin and can monitor a range of blood-related conditions, providing instant results via mobile phone. They say it will be available to patients by 2017.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21841829 'Under the skin' blood-testing device developed BBC 20 March 2013 10 April 2013 20 March – Gene therapy is used to cure leukaemia in three adult patients.http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/34857/title/Immune-System-Kills-Cancer/ Immune System Kills Cancer The Scientist 20 March 2013 10 April 2013 21 March The European-led research team behind the Planck cosmology probe releases the mission's all-sky map of the cosmic microwave background.Clavin Whitney Harrington J.D. Planck Mission Brings Universe into Sharp Focus http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-109&rn=news.xml&rst=3739 21 March 2013 NASA 21 March 2013 The map suggests the universe is slightly older than thought; according to the team, the universe is 13.798 ± 0.037 billion years old, and contains 4.9% ordinary matter, 26.8% dark matter and 68.3% dark energy.Planck 2013 results. I. Overview of products and scientific results Planck collaboration Astronomy & Astrophysics 2013 2014A&A...571A...1P 10.1051/0004-6361/201321529 free 571 A1 1303.5062 218716838 Also, the Hubble constant was measured to be 67.80 ± 0.77 (km/s)/Mpc. Scientists develop a video screen that allows users to see 3D images without using special glasses.https://www.nature.com/news/hologram-lite-idea-for-3d-phone-displays-1.12647 'Hologram-lite' idea for 3D phone displays Nature 20 March 2013 10 April 2013 10.1038/nature.2013.12647 McKee Maggie 61642573 subscription Scientists develop genetically engineered T-lymphocytes that have been proven successful in treating cases of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.https://www.nature.com/news/engineered-immune-cells-battle-acute-leukaemia-1.12643 Engineered immune cells battle acute leukaemia Nature 20 March 2013 10 April 2013 10.1038/nature.2013.12643 Ledford Heidi 87943773 subscription 22 March – At the 44th annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, scientists announce the discovery of the first known meteorite to originate from Mercury. The green rock, known as NWA 7325, is thought to be 4.56 billion years old.Green Meteorite May Be from Mercury, a First Miriam Kramer https://www.space.com/20426-mercury-meteorite-discovery-messenger.html Space.com 28 March 2013 29 March 2012 24 March Supplementation of the protein SNX27 reverses the Down syndrome phenotype in mice, according to new research.http://beaker.sanfordburnham.org/2013/03/molecular-roots-down-syndrome/ Unraveling the molecular roots of Down syndrome Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute 24 March 2013 10 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130415100153/http://beaker.sanfordburnham.org/2013/03/molecular-roots-down-syndrome/ 15 April 2013 Scientists discover mutations in 26 genes that are believed to be responsible for oesophageal cancer, a breakthrough that could lead to new drug treatments for the disease.https://www.rawstory.com/2013/03/scientists-unravel-genetic-code-of-oesophageal-cancer/ Scientists unravel genetic code of oesophageal cancer AFP via The Raw Story 24 March 2013 10 April 2013 10 September 2014 live https://web.archive.org/web/20140910183851/http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/24/scientists-unravel-genetic-code-of-oesophageal-cancer/ 27 March – A potential new weight loss method is discovered, after a 20% weight reduction was achieved in mice simply by having their gut microbes altered.https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/03/major-weight-loss-tied-to-microbes/ Major weight loss tied to microbes Harvard Gazette 27 March 2013 10 April 2013 28 March New research suggests that the cloth in the Turin Shroud, rather than being medieval in origin, likely dates from between 300 BC and 400 AD.Shroud of Turin Real? New Research Dates Relic To 1st Century, Time of Jesus Christ Meredith Bennett-Smith https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/28/shroud-of-turin-real-jesus_n_2971850.html Huffington Post 28 March 2013 28 March 2012 Stanford researchers announce the construction of a working transistor-like device, dubbed a transcriptor, out of DNA and RNA molecules.Bio-Computer Closer with Molecular Transistors Jesse Emspak http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/dna-computer-closer-molecular-transistor-130328.htm Discovery News 28 March 2013 28 March 2012 17 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160517075718/http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/dna-computer-closer-molecular-transistor-130328.htmHow to Make a Computer from a Living Cell Katherine Bourzac http://www.technologyreview.com/news/512901/how-to-make-a-computer-from-a-living-cell/ MIT Technology Review 28 March 2013 29 March 2012 29 March – Scientists create a robotic ant colony that behaves like a real one. The tiny machines can be programmed to avoid obstacles and find the quickest route through a network or maze.Robot ants: mini-machines mimic insect colony Victoria Gill https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/21956795 MIT Technology Review 29 March 2013 29 March 2012 April thumb|right|250px|3 April 2013: NASA reports that the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (pictured, center-left) has detected possible signs of the elusive phenomenon known as dark matter. 3 April A breakthrough is achieved in the production of hydrogen fuel, allowing large quantities to be extracted from any plant.Breakthrough in hydrogen fuel production by Virginia Tech researchers could revolutionize alternative energy market 3 April 2013 http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=129921&CultureCode=en Virginia Tech 3 April 2013 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065220/http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=129921&CultureCode=en A new study suggests that common cholesterol-reducing drugs may also prevent macular degeneration.Cholesterol drugs may prevent blindness 3 April 2013 http://www.healthcentral.com/dailydose/cf/2013/04/3/cholesterol_drugs_may_prevent_blindnes Health Central 3 April 2013 June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes NASA scientists report that hints of dark matter may have been detected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station.Aguilar, M. AMS Collaboration First Result from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station: Precision Measurement of the Positron Fraction in Primary Cosmic Rays of 0.5–350 GeV 3 April 2013 Physical Review Letters 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.141102 2013PhRvL.110n1102A 110 14 141102 25166975 free 1721.1/81241 free Yuhas Alan Strong hints of dark matter detected by space station, physicists say TheGuardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/apr/03/dark-matter-space-station-physics 3 April 2013 According to the scientists, "the first results from the space-borne Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer confirm an unexplained excess of high-energy positrons in Earth-bound cosmic rays."Staff First Result from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Experiment http://www.ams02.org/2013/04/first-results-from-the-alpha-magnetic-spectrometer-ams-experiment/ 3 April 2013 AMS Collaboration 3 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130408185229/http://www.ams02.org/2013/04/first-results-from-the-alpha-magnetic-spectrometer-ams-experiment/ 8 April 2013 NASA states that complex organic chemicals could arise on Titan, a moon of Saturn, based on studies simulating the atmosphere of Titan.Staff NASA team investigates complex chemistry at Titan http://phys.org/news/2013-04-nasa-team-complex-chemistry-titan.html 3 April 2013 Phys.Org 11 April 2013 4 April The discovery of the most distant supernova yet found is announced.Farthest Star Explosion Yet Revealed by Hubble Miriam Kramre https://www.space.com/20509-most-distant-supernova-found.html Space.com 4 April 2013 4 April 2013 Scientists construct a 3D printer which can create material very similar to human tissue.Future of organs? Synthetic tissue built with 3-D printer Amina Khan https://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-faux-synthetic-tissue-3d-printer-self-assembling-20130404,0,6286611.story LA Times 4 April 2013 4 April 2013 A new species of giant tarantula, Poecilotheria rajaei, is formally described, having been discovered in Sri Lanka in 2009.New species of giant tarantulas with leg span of eight inches discovered in northern Sri Lanka David Boroff http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/new-species-giant-tarantulas-discovered-article-1.1306771 New York Daily News 4 April 2013 4 April 2013 American scientists announce that they have identified a number of genetic markers that are associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.Early genetic markers of Alzheimer's risk identified https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22025100 BBC 4 April 2013 4 April 2013 A new camera system is developed that can generate high-resolution 3D images from up to a kilometre away.New camera system creates high-resolution 3-D images from up to a kilometer away Angela Stark http://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/newsroom/newsreleases/2013/new_camera_system_creates_high-resolution_3-d_imag/ The Optical Society 4 April 2013 4 April 2013 7 April – A US startup company develops plant-derived proteins that can be used as a sustainable, environmentally friendly substitute for eggs in almost all food products.https://io9.com/how-do-you-make-eggs-out-of-plants-and-why-471040494 How do you make eggs out of plants? (And why?) io9 7 April 2013 7 April 2013 9 April At the 2013 Sea-Air-Space Exposition, American defense companies display prototypes of numerous advanced weapons technologies, including viable railguns, VTOL airships and grenade-sized reconnaissance robots.https://www.popsci.com/technology/gallery/2013-04/10-coolest-machines-sea-air-space-exposition-13?image=9 The 10 Coolest Machines From Sea-Air-Space Exposition PopSci 9 April 2013 9 April 2013 British researchers discover that a mutation of the gene BRCA2 increases both the risk and severity of prostate cancer in men, as well as being linked to hereditary breast cancer in women.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22065289 'Aggressive' prostate cancer gene find BBC 9 April 2013 9 April 2013 Chinese scientists develop a carbon-based aerogel which they claim is the lightest material yet produced, with a density only slightly greater than that of air.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22079592 In pictures: Ultra-light material BBC 9 April 2013 1 July 2013 Scientists state that climate change may cause a significant increase in air turbulence over the North Atlantic by 2050, potentially endangering passenger aircraft.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22063340 Atlantic turbulence 'to hit flights' BBC 9 April 2013 9 April 2013 10 April Stanford University researchers develop "CLARITY", a method of making brain tissue transparent using acrylamide, allowing brain structures to be studied in unprecedented detail without requiring extensive biopsies.https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/04/clarity-brain/ Scientists Make Brains Transparent to Get a Better Look Inside Wired 10 April 2013 12 April 2013 Greg Miller Scientists develop the first objective method of measuring pain by directly studying the brains of patients.http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2013/04/10/first-objective-measure-pain-discovered-brain-scan-patterns-cu-boulder First objective measure of pain discovered in brain scan patterns by CU-Boulder study News Center University of Colorado Boulder 11 April 2013 11 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130414062713/http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2013/04/10/first-objective-measure-pain-discovered-brain-scan-patterns-cu-boulder 14 April 2013 Scientists find that, by inhibiting the SEC24A gene, cholesterol levels in mice can be reduced by 45%, offering hope for an alternative or complementary therapy to statins.http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/article00997.html Study Finds New Way to Clear Cholesterol from Blood Sci-News 11 April 2013 13 April 2013http://ns.umich.edu/new/releases/21375-u-m-researchers-find-new-way-to-clear-cholesterol-from-the-blood U-M researchers find new way to clear cholesterol from the blood University of Michigan 10 April 2013 13 April 2013 11 April International researchers discover key similarities in the brains of arthropods and vertebrates, potentially aiding scientific understanding of the causes of human neural diseases.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130411142933.htm 'Strikingly Similar' Brains of Human and Fly May Aid Mental Health Research Science Daily 11 April 2013 12 April 2013 Philips demonstrates a new type of LED lighting that is reportedly twice as energy-efficient as any previous electric lightbulb.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22106718 'Most energy-efficient' LED light revealed by Philips BBC 10 April 2013 12 April 2013 A study finds that carefully timed sounds played during sleep can enhance memory.Memory given a boost by playing sounds during sleep 11 April 2013 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9988234/Memory-given-a-boost-by-playing-sounds-during-sleep.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130412114037/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9988234/Memory-given-a-boost-by-playing-sounds-during-sleep.html 12 April 2013 11 April 2013 The Daily Telegraph London NASA reports the possible finding of the "debris field" of the 1971 Soviet Mars 3 lander on the planet Mars. Images taken by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter seem to show the possible remains of the parachute, retrorockets, heat shield and lander.Webster Guy NASA Mars Orbiter Images May Show 1971 Soviet Lander http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/news/mro2013411.html 11 April 2013 NASA 12 April 2013 29 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170629105015/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/news/mro2013411.html thumb|right|250px|12 April 2013: scientists reconstruct the skeleton of the ancient hominid Australopithecus sediba (cranium pictured). 12 April Animal trials are set to begin on a gene therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – a degenerative condition that Stephen Hawking has.http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases-test/gene-therapy-developed-for-als-treatment-new-biotech-company-neuralgene-enters-evaluation-phase-202686101.html Gene Therapy Developed for ALS Treatment PR Newswire 12 April 2013 20 April 2013 Scientists reconstruct the skeleton of the ancient hominid Australopithecus sediba, discovering that it possessed a unique mixture of human- and ape-like traits.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22108784 Team reconstructs 'human ancestor' BBC 12 April 2013 12 April 2013 The first building to be entirely powered by algae is constructed in Hamburg.http://phys.org/news/2013-04-algae-powered-hamburg.html First algae powered building goes up in Hamburg PhysOrg 12 April 2013 12 April 2013 15 April A functional lab-grown kidney is successfully transplanted into a live rat in Massachusetts General Hospital. This breakthrough is a major step forward for the nascent field of regenerative medicine.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22123386 Scientists make 'lab-grown' kidney BBC 15 April 2013 15 April 2013https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/though-impressive-bioengineered-rat-kidney-long-way-demand-replacement-organs This Bioengineered Rat Kidney Could Pave The Way For On-Demand Replacement Organs popsci 15 April 2013 10 June 2013 The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment reports the possible discovery of traces of dark matter, although further experimental confirmation is required.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/15/dark-matter-found-underground-detector-particle-physicists_n_3086829.html Dark Matter Found? Underground Detector Finds Hints of Elusive Particle, Physicists Say Huffington Post 15 April 2013 16 April 2013 David Freeman 16 April – American medical researchers develop a new type of bandage which uses microscopic needles to adhere to injured flesh. The bandage requires no adhesive chemicals, is significantly stronger than existing medical adhesives, and could offer a safer and more efficient means of securing skin grafts.http://www.technewsdaily.com/17762-worm-improves-bandage-adhesive.html A Better Bandage? Spiny Worm Inspires Stronger Adhesive TechNewsDaily 16 April 2013 17 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130720020513/http://www.technewsdaily.com/17762-worm-improves-bandage-adhesive.html 20 July 2013 17 April Scientists develop a new form of lithium-ion battery which is thousands of times more powerful than current battery technologies, while also charging much faster. The battery utilises a compact 3D design, intertwining its electrodes to maximize its surface area while reducing its volume.http://www.extremetech.com/computing/153614-new-lithium-ion-battery-design-thats-2000-times-more-powerful-recharges-1000-times-faster New lithium-ion battery design that's 2,000 times more powerful, recharges 1,000 times faster ExtremeTech 17 April 2013 17 April 2013 MIT researchers determine the structure of bones down to the molecular level, using supercomputer simulations twinned with studies of real bone fibers. Their data grants new insights into the compounds that grant living bone its strength, and may permit the manufacture of versatile new biomimetic materials.https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/supercomputers-calculate-molecular-structure-bone Supercomputers Calculate Structure of Bones on the Molecular Level Popular Science 17 April 2013 18 April 2013 The genome of the coelacanth, an endangered deep-sea "living fossil", is sequenced.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22184556 Genome of 'living fossil' sequenced BBC 17 April 2013 17 April 2013 18 April – NASA announces the discovery of three new Earthlike exoplanets – Kepler-62e, Kepler-62f, and Kepler-69c – in the habitable zones of their respective host stars, Kepler-62 and Kepler-69. The new exoplanets, which are considered prime candidates for possessing liquid water and thus potentially life, were identified using the Kepler spacecraft.Johnson Michele Harrington J.D. NASA's Kepler Discovers Its Smallest 'Habitable Zone' Planets to Date http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler-62-kepler-69.html 18 April 2013 NASA 18 April 2013 8 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200508010029/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler-62-kepler-69.html Overbye Dennis 2 Good Places to Live, 1,200 Light-Years Away https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/science/space/2-new-planets-are-most-earth-like-yet-scientists-say.html 18 April 2013 The New York Times 18 April 2013 21 April The Antares rocket, a commercial launch vehicle developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation, successfully conducts its maiden flight.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22193330 Orbital's Antares rocket makes test flight BBC 21 April 2013 22 April 2013 A study concludes that stress leads to faster growth in squirrels.https://www.hngn.com/articles/2069/20130421/stress-brings-faster-growth-squirrels.htm Headlines and Global News Stress Brings Faster Growth for Squirrels 21 April 2013 21 April 2013 thumb|right|250px|21 April 2013: the Antares commercial launch vehicle (pictured) is successfully launched on its maiden flight by Orbital Sciences Corporation. 22 April Biologists use antibodies to transform bone marrow stem cells directly into healthy brain cells. This breakthrough may allow neurological injuries and illnesses to be more effectively treated, and reduces the risk of immune rejection.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130422154756.htm Antibody Transforms Stem Cells Directly into Brain Cells Science Daily 22 April 2013 24 April 2013 University of Exeter scientists report the creation of a genetically modified strain of E. coli bacteria which can convert sugar into diesel fuel.https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/biofuel/hijacking-e-coli-to-brew-synthetic-fuel-15379992?click=pm_latest Hijacking E. Coli to Brew Synthetic Fuel Popular Mechanics 22 April 2013 22 April 2013 A British engineer unveils a giant "mantis" robot, large enough to carry a human pilot, which is supported by multiple hydraulic legs. The robot has reportedly attracted the interest of mining and marine research companies.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22231365 Giant mantis 'spider' robot unveiled BBC 22 April 2013 22 April 2013 24 April IBM develops a robot which combines telepresence and augmented reality technologies to assist engineers working on complex projects in remote areas.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22271829 Robot helper to aid field engineers BBC 24 April 2013 24 April 2013 CERN releases new particle-collision data from the Large Hadron Collider which may help explain why matter became dominant over antimatter in the early universe.https://www.interactions.org/cms/?pid=1032840 LHCb experiment observes new matter-antimatter difference Interactions.org 24 April 2013 24 April 2013 25 April – A partial lunar eclipse occurs.https://www.universetoday.com/101742/astrophotographers-capture-mini-lunar-eclipse/ Astrophotographers Capture "Mini" Lunar Eclipse Universe Today 25 April 2013 26 April 2013 26 April Following laboratory tests of molten iron, European scientists determine that the Earth's core has a temperature of 6,000 degrees Celsius, 1,000 degrees hotter than previously thought. This discovery may help explain why the planet has such a strong geomagnetic field.http://phys.org/news/2013-04-earth-center-degrees-hotter-previously.html The Earth's center is 1,000 degrees hotter than previously thought PhysOrg 25 April 2013 25 April 2013 US and Chinese scientists develop a sensor array which is as sensitive to touch and pressure as the human fingertip. The invention may pave the way for new robotic sensors, electronic interfaces and types of artificial skin.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22302487 'Smart skin' hope for touch sensor BBC 26 April 2013 26 April 2013 27 April – Design approval is given for a crucial reactor component of the ITER nuclear fusion project, which is currently under construction in Cadarache, France, and is expected to begin generating fusion power in 2022.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/one-giant-leap-for-mankind-13bn-iter-project-makes-breakthrough-in-the-quest-for-nuclear-fusion-a-solution-to-climate-change-and-an-age-of-clean-cheap-energy-8590480.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/one-giant-leap-for-mankind-13bn-iter-project-makes-breakthrough-in-the-quest-for-nuclear-fusion-a-solution-to-climate-change-and-an-age-of-clean-cheap-energy-8590480.html 1 May 2022 subscription live One giant leap for mankind: £13bn Iter project makes breakthrough in the quest for nuclear fusion, a solution to climate change and an age of clean, cheap energy The Independent 27 April 2013 27 April 2013 London Steve Connor 29 April After years of unpowered glide tests, Scaled Composites' SpaceShipTwo hybrid spaceplane successfully conducts its first rocket-powered flight.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22344398 Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic spaceship ignites engine in flight BBC 29 April 2013 29 April 2013 The ESA's Herschel Space Observatory runs out of liquid helium coolant, marking the end of its highly productive four-year mission to observe the far infrared universe.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/in-pictures-images-from-the-herschel-space-observatory-8597811.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/in-pictures-images-from-the-herschel-space-observatory-8597811.html 1 May 2022 subscription live In pictures: Images from the Herschel space observatory The Independent 30 April 2013 1 May 2013 London Neela Debnath NASA's Cassini spacecraft photographs an enormous hurricane on Saturn, more than 20 times the size of the average terrestrial hurricane.https://www.voanews.com/a/cassini-probe-captures-images-of-saturn-mega-storm/1651119.html Cassini Probe Captures Images of Saturn Hurricane Voice of America 29 April 2013 1 May 2013 NASA-funded scientists in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute claim that, during experiments on the International Space Station, microbes seem to adapt to the space environment in ways "not observed on Earth" and in ways that "can lead to increases in growth and virulence".Kim W Spaceflight Promotes Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa 29 April 2013 PLOS One 8 4 e6237 10.1371/journal.pone.0062437 23658630 2013PLoSO...862437K etal 3639165 free May 1 May IBM scientists release A Boy and His Atom, the smallest stop-motion animation ever created, made by manipulating individual carbon monoxide molecules with a scanning tunnelling microscope.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22364761 Atoms star in world's smallest movie BBC 1 May 2013 1 May 2013 Researchers discover that boron nitride – a nanomaterial also known as "white graphene" – is highly effective at removing harmful chemicals from polluted water, and could be used to clean up future oil spills.https://gizmodo.com/white-graphene-the-new-supermaterial-that-sucks-up-pol-486193446 White Graphene: The New Supermaterial That Sucks Up Pollution Gizmodo 1 May 2013 1 May 2013 American engineers create a multi-lens digital camera that mimics an insect's compound eye, providing immense depth of field without distorting the image.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22372442 Scientists make 'bug-eye' camera BBC 1 May 2013 1 May 2013 2 May – Harvard scientists unveil RoboBee, a miniature robot with the smallest ever man-made wings capable of flight.Meet RoboBee, a bug-sized, bio-inspired flying robot Amina Khan 2 May 2013 Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-flying-robot-robobee-smallest-ever-20130502,0,5469981.story 2 May 2013 3 May Scientists announce the discovery of a previously unknown meat-eating theropod dinosaur, Aorun zhaoi, dating from approximately 161 million years ago. It is the oldest coelurosaur yet discovered.Meat-Eating Dinosaur Species Discovered Was Oldest of Its Kind: Small Theropod Michael Briggs 3 May 2013 http://www.designntrend.com/articles/4142/20130503/meat-eating-dinosaur-species-discovered-oldest-kind-small-theropod.htm Design & Trend 3 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130507053156/http://www.designntrend.com/articles/4142/20130503/meat-eating-dinosaur-species-discovered-oldest-kind-small-theropod.htm 7 May 2013 Researchers cure epilepsy in mice using transplanted brain cells.Epilepsy Cured in Mice Using Brain Cells 3 May 2013 https://www.newswise.com/articles/epilepsy-cured-in-mice-using-brain-cells Newswise 7 May 2013 thumb|right|250px|29 April 2013: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane (pictured with White Knight Two mothership) makes its first rocket-powered flight. 6 May It is shown that boosting a single gene can increase the maximum lifespan of fruit flies by over 25 percent.Boosting 'cellular garbage disposal' can delay the aging process, UCLA biologists report 6 May 2013 https://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/boosting-cellular-garbage-disposal-245496.aspx UCLA 7 May 2013 European researchers announce a potential cure for grey hair.Gray hair cure? Scientists find root cause of discoloration Marc Lallanilla 6 May 2013 http://bodyodd.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/06/18088677-gray-hair-cure-scientists-find-root-cause-of-discoloration LiveScience/NBC News 6 May 2013 9 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130509005858/http://bodyodd.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/06/18088677-gray-hair-cure-scientists-find-root-cause-of-discoloration American scientists transform skin cells into bone cells using induced pluripotent methods, in which the cells were grown on scaffolding, allowing them to gain a 3D structure. This is the first time a fully functioning three-dimensional bone structure has been created from cell lines.Scientists grow bone substitutes from skin cells https://www.foxnews.com/health/scientists-grow-bone-substitutes-from-skin-cells/ 7 May 2013 Fox News 7 May 2013 A new study finds that children whose parents suck on their pacifiers have fewer allergies later in life.http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/why-dirty-pacifiers-may-be-your-childs-friend/ The New York Times Sucking Your Child's Pacifier Clean May Have Benefits Anahad O'Connor 6 May 2013 7 May 2013 Solar engineers discover a method of increasing the efficiency of standard commercial silicon solar cells from 19% to 23%.https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/technology/solar-discovery-sets-new-record-low-grade-silicon UNSW Solar discovery sets new record for low-grade silicon 6 May 2013 14 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130511031926/http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/technology/solar-discovery-sets-new-record-low-grade-silicon 11 May 2013 7 May A new study suggests that all Europeans are related to a small group of ancestors dating back only 1,000 years.https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/1803/20130507/europeans-related-genetic-footprint-dating-back-1-000-years-ago.htm Nature World News Europeans All Related by Genetic Footprint Dating Back Only 1,000 Years Ago Isabel Alface 7 May 2013 7 May 2013 Researchers discover statistical but controversial evidence for the proposed Eurasiatic language superfamily, dating back 15,000 years.https://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-ice-age-language-ancestor-superfamily-eurasia-20130507,0,1515430.story Los Angeles Times 15000-year-old 'fossil' words reveal ancestral Ice Age language Amina Khan 7 May 2013 7 May 2013 Scientists identify what may be the earliest known pachycephalosaur, Acrotholus audeti.https://www.latinospost.com/articles/18536/20130507/scientists-discover-worlds-oldest-bone-headed-dinosaur.htm Latinos Post Scientists Discover The World's Oldest Bone-Headed Dinosaur Ryan Matsunaga 7 May 2013 7 May 2013 The Alzheimer's drug Gammagard fails to produce results in a large-scale clinical trial.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/07/baxter-drug-alzheimers-study/2140925/ USA Today Drug fails to slow Alzheimer's in big study Marilynn Marchione 7 May 2013 7 May 2013 8 May – Researchers achieve a significant breakthrough in understanding genital herpes, which could lead to the development of a vaccine to prevent and treat HSV-2.http://www.fhcrc.org/en/news/releases/2013/05/immun-cells-suppress-genital-herpes.html Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Immune cells that suppress genital herpes infections identified 8 May 2013 11 May 2013 9 May In a breakthrough they describe as "huge", researchers have identified a protein that reduces heart size and thickness in mice. This could potentially offer a way of treating heart failure and aging in humans.https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/05/making-old-hearts-younger/ Harvard Making old hearts younger 9 May 2013 11 May 2013 A congressional hearing https://web.archive.org/web/20141206181537/http://science.edgeboss.net/wmedia/science/sst2013/SP050913.wvx 6 December 2014 by two U. S. House of Representatives subcommittees discusses exoplanet discoveries, prompted by the discovery of the exoplanet Kepler-62f, along with Kepler-62e and Kepler-62c. A related special issue of the journal Science, published earlier, described the discovery of the exoplanets.Special Issue: Exoplanets https://www.science.org/toc/science/340/6132 3 May 2013 Science 18 May 2013 10 May An annular solar eclipse occurs.https://www.space.com/20981-annular-solar-eclipse-photos-may-2013.html 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse of May 2013: Photos and Maps Space.com 9 May 2013 27 June 2013 The concentration of carbon dioxide () in Earth's atmosphere reaches a symbolic milestone, passing 400 ppm (parts per million) for the first time in human history.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22486153 BBC Carbon dioxide passes symbolic mark 10 May 2013 10 May 2013https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/weekly.html NOAA Up-to-date weekly average CO2 at Mauna Loa 9 May 2013 11 May 2013 Researchers create a form of magnetic graphene that could transform the electronics industry.http://phys.org/news/2013-05-magnetic-graphene-revolutionise-electronics.html PhysOrg New magnetic graphene may revolutionise electronics 10 May 2013 10 May 2013 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police report the first known case of a life being saved by a search and rescue drone.https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/10/4318770/canada-draganflyer-drone-claims-first-life-saved-search-rescue Canadian mounties claim first person's life saved by a police drone The Verge 10 May 2013 28 June 2013 11 May – Researchers develop a thermal invisibility device, measuring 5 cm wide, able to "cloak" objects from heat.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22462853 BBC Thermal invisibility cloak in first demonstration 11 May 2013 11 May 2013 12 May – It is discovered that Utricularia gibba, a carnivorous bladderwort plant, has the shortest known DNA sequence of any multicellular plant. It largely lacks "junk DNA", sequences of code that do not encode proteins.http://www.designntrend.com/articles/4291/20130512/worlds-record-breaking-plant-deletes-noncoding-junk-dna.htm Design & Trend World Amazing Plant: Deletes its Noncoding "Junk" DNA 12 May 2013 12 May 2013 25 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160325175004/http://www.designntrend.com/articles/4291/20130512/worlds-record-breaking-plant-deletes-noncoding-junk-dna.htm 13 May – Researchers at NYU school of Medicine identify a key protein mutation, called Ras, that is the mechanism through which pancreatic cancer cells acquire nutrients.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130513095020.htm New approach to pancreatic cancer treatment Science Daily 13 May 2013 13 May 2013 14 May – Iranian scientists create copper iodide nanostructures by applying pomegranate juice as a reducer.https://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=47451 Iranian Scientists Use Pomegranate Juice to Produce Copper Iodide Nanostructure 14 May 2013 8 June 2013 Nature thumb|right|250px|15 May 2013: researchers discover key cholesterol genes in baboons, potentially leading to new drugs to treat heart disease in humans. 15 May Human embryonic stem cells are created by cloning for the first time, with major implications for treating a wide range of diseases.https://www.nature.com/news/human-stem-cells-created-by-cloning-1.12983 Human stem cells created by cloning 15 May 2013 15 May 2013 Nature NASA reports that a reaction wheel on the Kepler space observatory may be malfunctioning and may result in the premature termination of the observatory's search for Earth-like exoplanets.Kepler Team Kepler Mission Manager Update – 05.15.2013 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/keplerm-20130515.html 15 May 2013 NASA 16 May 2013 7 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130607102746/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/keplerm-20130515.html Chang Alicia NASA craft's planet-hunting days may be numbered http://bigstory.ap.org/article/nasa-spacecrafts-planet-hunting-days-may-be-over 15 May 2013 Associated Press 16 May 2013 Four genes implicated in "bad" cholesterol have been identified in baboons, a finding that could pave the way for new drugs to prevent human heart disease.http://txbiomed.org/news-press/detail/news/2013/05/15/four-genes-identified-that-influence-levels-of-%27bad%27-cholesterol-may-be-new-targets-for-treatments-to-reduce-heart-disease-risk Four genes identified that influence levels of 'bad' cholesterol; may be new targets for treatments to reduce heart disease risk 15 May 2013 16 May 2013 Texas Biomedical Research Institute https://web.archive.org/web/20130914031751/http://txbiomed.org/news-press/detail/news/2013/05/15/four-genes-identified-that-influence-levels-of-%27bad%27-cholesterol-may-be-new-targets-for-treatments-to-reduce-heart-disease-risk 14 September 2013 New fossils provide physical evidence that the evolutionary split between apes and monkeys may have occurred "25 to 30 million years ago", as long suggested by DNA findings.Design&Trend http://www.designntrend.com/articles/4337/20130515/evolution-fossils-ape-monkey-split.htm Design & Trend Evolution: Fossils Pinpoint Ape and Monkey Split 15 May 2013 19 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130610155307/http://www.designntrend.com/articles/4337/20130515/evolution-fossils-ape-monkey-split.htm 10 June 2013 New evidence suggests that Mount Everest's glaciers are melting.http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/51898005/ NBC News Mount Everest's glaciers are melting 15 May 2013 19 June 2013 Scientists release pictures of what they believe the lost city of La Ciudad Blanca in La Mosquitia, Honduras.http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/15/18278377-ciudad-blanca-found-scientists-share-images-of-lost-city-in-honduras NBC News 'Ciudad Blanca' found? Scientists share images of lost city in Honduras 15 May 2013 19 June 2013 8 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130608225631/http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/15/18278377-ciudad-blanca-found-scientists-share-images-of-lost-city-in-honduras A new study finds that the white blood cell levels in men decrease faster during aging than in women, possibly providing one clue as to why women have longer average lifespans.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10056901/Womens-immune-systems-hold-the-secret-to-longer-life.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130523043029/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10056901/Womens-immune-systems-hold-the-secret-to-longer-life.html 23 May 2013 The Daily Telegraph Women's immune systems hold the secret to longer life 15 May 2013 19 May 2013 Fish have been migrating to the poles for decades, due to climate change, according to a new study.http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2013/05/15/fish-thermometer-reveals-long-standing-global-impact-of-climate-change-2/ "Fish thermometer" reveals long-standing, global impact of climate change 15 May 2013 17 May 2013 UBC A team of Iranian researchers studies nanotechnology applications in neuroscience, reporting new results regarding medicine and drug delivery for the brain and nerves.https://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=47460 Iranian Scientists Study Applications of Nanotechnology in Neuroscience 15 May 2013 1 June 2013 Nanotech-Now.com 16 May Water dating back 2.6 billion years, by far the oldest ever found, is discovered in a Canadian mine.https://www.foxnews.com/science/oldest-water-on-earth-found-deep-underground/ Fox News Oldest water on Earth found deep underground 16 May 2013 19 June 2013 Mild electric shock is shown to provide a lasting improvement to mathematical ability.Shocks to the brain improve mathematical abilities Ewen Callaway 16 May 2013 https://www.nature.com/news/shocks-to-the-brain-improve-mathematical-abilities-1.13012 Nature 17 May 2013 A new world record has been achieved in wireless data transfer, with 40 Gbit/s transferred at 240 GHz over a distance of one kilometer.New World Record in Wireless Data Transmission 16 May 2013 https://www.kit.edu/visit/pi_2013_12950.php Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 20 May 2013 21 May Genetic samples from a museum specimen have revealed the pathogen that caused the 19th-century Great Famine of Ireland. The strain is now thought to be extinct.Irish potato famine pathogen identified 21 May 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22596561 BBC 21 May 2013 By blocking a protein known as NF-kB that is secreted by the hypothalamus, researchers extend the lifespan of laboratory mice by 20 percent.Scientists Able To Slow Aging in Mice By Modifying The Brain's Hypothalamus 21 May 2013 https://singularityhub.com/2013/05/21/scientists-able-to-slow-aging-in-mice-by-modifying-the-brains-hypothalamus/ Singularity Hub 21 May 2013 22 May Plans are approved for the world's biggest wave farm in north-west Scotland, with an intended power-generation capacity of 40MW.Ministers approve plans for world's biggest wave farm in Western Isles 22 May 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-22611317 BBC 22 May 2013 In a significant move to address climate change, China announces that it will impose a cap on carbon emissions by 2016.China emissions cap proposal hailed as climate breakthrough 22 May 2013 http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/china-emissions-cap-proposal-seen-as-climate-breakthrough-40529 Renew Economy 23 May 2013 https://archive.today/20130616055252/http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/china-emissions-cap-proposal-seen-as-climate-breakthrough-40529 16 June 2013 Researchers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, report that Earth is pushing the Moon away more quickly than it has done for most of the past 50 million years.Earth's tides are shoving the moon away faster 22 May 2013 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21829184.700-earths-tides-are-shoving-the-moon-away-faster.html New Scientist 26 May 2013 Researchers in France confirm that atypical activation of different genes distinct to other tissues occur in all kinds of cancer. Tumor cells in lung cancer, for example, express genes, which should be silent, particular to male sperm production. According to the researchers, "The methodical recognition of ectopic gene activations in cancer cells could serve as a basis for gene signature–guided tumor stratification".Nordqvist Christian Identifying Abnormally Activated Genes To Predict Cancer Virulence http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/261020.php 27 May 2013 Medical News Today 27 May 2013Rousseaux, Sophie Ectopic Activation of Germline and Placental Genes Identifies Aggressive Metastasis-Prone Lung Cancers Science Translational Medicine 5 186 186ra66 10.1126/scitranslmed.3005723 23698379 etal 2013 4818008 23 May – Very early symptoms of Huntington's disease, such as depression and anxiety, can be prevented in mice by switching off a protein, according to a new study.Breakthrough on Huntington's disease 23 May 2013 http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24890&news_item=6057 Lund University 23 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140425044012/http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24890&news_item=6057 25 April 2014 25 May – A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs.http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/gen_stats.cgi?mode=query&page=full&qtype=type&body=L&saros=150 Hermit Eclipse Eclipse Search – Lunar: penumbral partial total 19 June 2013 26 May – Using new algorithms, researchers generate accurate images of sub-cellular structures in milliseconds rather than minutes.Video-rate nanoscopy using sCMOS camera–specific single-molecule localization algorithms 26 May 2013 https://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nmeth.2488.html Nature Methods 5 June 2013 thumb|right|250px|27 May 2013: scientists successfully resurrect bryophyte specimens (Marchantia pictured) which had been frozen inert in glacial ice for 400 years. 27 May Four-hundred-year-old bryophyte specimens left behind by retreating glaciers in Canada are brought back to life in the laboratory.Centuries-old frozen plants revived https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22656239 BBC 27 May 2013 27 May 2013 Archaeologists announce the discovery of nearly 5,000 cave paintings, some of which may date back as early as 6,000 BC, near Burgos, Mexico.Thousands of cave paintings have been discovered in Mexico George Dvorsky https://io9.com/thousands-of-cave-paintings-have-been-discovered-in-mex-509994795 Io9 27 May 2013 27 May 2013 28 May – The first graphene-based circuits to break the gigahertz barrier are created by researchers in the US and Italy.Gigahertz Integrated Graphene Ring Oscillators Guerriero ACS Nano 28 May 2013 7 6 5588–5594 etal 10.1021/nn401933v 23713626 2013ACSNa...7.5588GGraphene circuit breaks the gigahertz barrier https://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/jun/17/graphene-circuit-breaks-the-gigahertz-barrier Physics World 17 June 2013 22 June 2013 29 May Aurornis xui is described as the most basal species of Avialae, potentially unseating Archaeopteryx as the oldest known bird.Archaeopteryx restored in fossil reshuffle Jonathan Amos 29 May 2013 BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22695914 29 May 2013 Soyuz TMA-09M is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, transporting a three-person crew to the International Space Station.TRussia' Soyuz spacecraft docks with International Space Station Balaram Menon http://gulfnews.com/pictures/news/russia-soyuz-spacecraft-docks-with-international-space-station-1.1189971 Gulf News 29 May 2013 29 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130529155301/http://gulfnews.com/pictures/news/russia-soyuz-spacecraft-docks-with-international-space-station-1.1189971 29 May 2013 Russian scientists announce the discovery of mammoth blood and well-preserved muscle tissue from an adult female specimen in Siberia.December 2020 The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) discovers 28 asteroid families through the Jupiter-Mars chief asteroid belt. It also finds a large number of formerly concealed and unclassified asteroids through infrared snapshots for the first time.NASA's WISE Mission Finds 'Lost' Asteroid Family Members https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529214902.htm Gulf News 29 May 2013 29 May 2013 A team of chemists and physicists from Japan's Yokohama National University produce a material that can be developed into mixed, conductive 3D formations, enabling scientists to create customized brain electrodes.This Bacterium-Sized Bunny Could Be The Future of Bionic Brains Rose Pastore https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-05/bacterium-sized-bunny-could-be-future-bionic-brains PopSci 29 May 2013 29 May 2013 For the first time, astronomers observe a spinning neutron star suddenly slowing down. NASA'S Swift Reveals New Phenomenon in a Neutron Star http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/may/HQ_13-156_SWIFT_neutron_star.html NASA 29 May 2013 29 May 2013 Freescale Semiconductor introduces KL02, a millimeter-scale microchip that contains almost all the components of a tiny functioning computer.http://www.technologyreview.com/news/514101/wanted-for-the-internet-of-things-ant-sized-computers/ Wanted for the Internet of Things: Ant-Sized Computers Simonite Tom 29 May 2013 MIT Technology Review Massachusetts Institute of Technology 20 June 2013 30 May New analysis suggests that turtles evolved a shell 40 million years earlier than previously thought.Evolution of the Turtle Shell: Scientists Learn Turtles Lived in Shells Earlier than Predicted https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/2193/20130530/evolution-turtle-shell-scientists-learn-turtles-lived-shells-earlier-predicted.htm Nature World News 30 May 2013 30 May 2013 Stanford University researchers unveil a zinc-air battery that is more energy-dense and cheaper than lithium-ion counterparts.Zinc-air battery created at Stanford may eventually replace lithium-ion http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/science/130530/zinc-air-battery-created-at-stanford-may-eventually-replace-lithium-ion Global Post 30 May 2013 30 May 2013 Researchers create the first-ever high-resolution images of a molecule as it breaks and reforms chemical bonds.Atom by Atom, Bond by Bond, a Chemical Reaction Caught in the Act https://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/05/30/atom-by-atom/ Berkeley Lab 30 May 2013 30 May 2013 Biomedical researchers at SCRM in Edinburgh, Scotland, successfully synthesize human blood using stem cells.Go-ahead to develop synthetic human blood in Scotland https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22715765 BBC 30 May 2013 1 June 2013 Researchers at Nanyang Technological University invent a graphene-based sensor that is 1,000 times more sensitive to light than traditional CMOS or CCD sensors.NTU invention allows clear photos in dim light http://media.ntu.edu.sg/NewsReleases/Pages/newsdetail.aspx?news=863947f9-972d-42d2-947f-3f437f6c3877 Nanyang Technological University 30 May 2013 30 May 2013 23 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181023022233/http://media.ntu.edu.sg/NewsReleases/Pages/newsdetail.aspx?news=863947f9-972d-42d2-947f-3f437f6c3877 Within a century, climate change will threaten extinction for 82 percent of California's native fish, according to researchers at UC Davis.http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10617&preview=yes Climate change threatens extinction for 82 percent of California native fish UC Davis 30 May 2013 19 June 2013 thumbnail|250px|31 May 2013: the asteroid (285263) 1998 QE2 (pictured) and its orbiting moon pass close to the Earth. 31 May NASA scientists report a possible human mission to Mars may involve a great radiation risk, based on the amount of energetic particle radiation detected by the RAD on the Mars Science Laboratory while traveling from the Earth to Mars in 2011–2012.Kerr Richard Radiation Will Make Astronauts' Trip to Mars Even Riskier 31 May 2013 Science 340 6136 1031 10.1126/science.340.6136.1031 23723213 2013Sci...340.1031K Zeitlin, C. 604569 Measurements of Energetic Particle Radiation in Transit to Mars on the Mars Science Laboratory Science 31 May 2013 340 6136 1080–1084 10.1126/science.1235989 23723233 2013Sci...340.1080Z etalChang Kenneth Data Point to Radiation Risk for Travelers to Mars https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/science/space/data-show-higher-cancer-risk-for-mars-astronauts.html 30 May 2013 The New York Times 31 May 2013 NASA astronomers report that the near-Earth asteroid 1998 QE2 is passing 3.6 million miles away from the Earth. 1998 QE2 reportedly has its own asteroid moon.Happening Now: An Asteroid And Its Moon Sail Past Earth http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-05/asteroid-plus-its-moon-now-sailing-earth PopSci 1 June 2013 1 June 2013 Researches find fragments of meteorites in pieces of ancient Egyptian jewellery, which were discovered in a cemetery dating back to roughly 3,300 BC near Cairo in 1911.Prehistoric Egyptian jewelry made from a meteorite, say researchers https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/31/4385028/prehistoric-egyptian-jewelry-made-from-a-meteorite-say-researchers The Verge 31 May 2013 2 June 2013 Researchers at the University of Birmingham develop an effective hearing aid based on the ear structure of a species of fly, Ormia ochracea.Parasitic Fly Inspires New Type of Hearing Aid http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112861889/parasitic-fly-inspires-hearing-aid-053113/ Red Orbit 31 May 2013 2 June 2013 June 1 June – The New York Times reports that "the United States is far and away the world leader in medical spending, even though numerous studies have concluded that Americans do not get better care."Rosenthal Elisabeth The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill - Colonoscopies Explain Why U.S. Leads the World in Health Expenditures https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/health/colonoscopies-explain-why-us-leads-the-world-in-health-expenditures.html 1 June 2013 The New York Times 1 June 2013 4 June A new treatment to "reset" the immune system of multiple sclerosis patients is reported to reduce their reactivity to myelin by 50 to 75 percent.Big Multiple Sclerosis Breakthrough https://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2013/06/big-multiple-sclerosis-breakthrough.html 4 June 2013 Northwestern University 9 June 2013 A newly discovered prehistoric lizard, Barbaturex morrisoni, is named after Doors singer Jim Morrison, who called himself "The Lizard King".Extinct lizard named after The Doors' singer Jim Morrison BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22764946 4 June 2013 7 June 2013 Microchip maker Intel launches its Haswell series of processors, offering better graphics performance and battery efficiency over the previous processor generation.Intel Haswell processors offer 'longer battery life' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22757865 BBC 4 June 2013 4 June 2013 thumb|right|250px|5 June 2013: The multi-year global surveillance disclosures are launched and indicate that nearly all major technical possibilities for mass surveillance are being proactively exploited. thumb|right|250px|6 June 2013: an artificially grown blood vessel is transplanted into an American patient for the first time. 5 June Urban environments have a profound effect on the circadian rhythms of humans and animals, according to a new study.Biological clocks 'beat quicker' in cities https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22773792 BBC 5 June 2013 5 June 2013 Scientists report fossil remains of Archicebus achilles, a primate considered to be the "earliest well-preserved fossil primate ever found," dating back an estimated 55 million years.Wilford John Noble Palm-Size Fossil Resets Primates' Clock, Scientists Say https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/06/science/palm-size-fossil-resets-primates-clock-scientists-say.html 5 June 2013 The New York Times 5 June 2013Ni Xijun Gebo Daniel L. Dagosto Marian Meng Jin Tafforeau Paul Flynn John J. Beard K. Christopher The oldest known primate skeleton and early haplorhine evolution 6 June 2013 498 60–64 10.1038/nature12200 Nature 2013Natur.498...60N 23739424 7452 4321956 Researchers made a new discovery about tumors in hominids. They report the finding of the first known tumor in the rib of a Neanderthal man who lived more than 120,000 years ago.Neandertals Got Tumors, Too http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/06/neadertals-got-tumors-too.html 5 June 2013 9 June 2013 Science https://web.archive.org/web/20130610214510/http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/06/neadertals-got-tumors-too.html 10 June 2013 The multi-year global surveillance disclosures are launched and indicate that nearly all major technical possibilities for mass surveillance that emerged in recent decades – such as in Internet infrastructure, software, smartphones and other IC technologies – are proactively exploited or attempted to be exploited by secret services with a public rationale of counter-terrorism.NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order 12 August 2021 The Guardian 6 June 2013 enMaass Peter Inside NSA, Officials Privately Criticize "Collect It All" Surveillance https://theintercept.com/2015/05/28/nsa-officials-privately-criticize-collect-it-all-surveillance/ 12 August 2021 The Intercept 28 May 2015 en 6 June For the first time in the United States, a bioengineered blood vessel is transplanted into a patient's arm. The patient, a man with end-stage kidney disease, is part of a clinical trial of laboratory-grown veins.Man with kidney disease first in U.S. to get bioengineered vein https://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57588075-76/man-with-kidney-disease-first-in-u.s-to-get-bioengineered-vein/ CNET 6 June 2013 7 June 2013 Scientists state that most male birds have no penis. They ejaculate sperm out of an exit opening named a cloaca, which is also used for excreting urine and feces.Williams Sarah C. P. ScienceShot: The Bird's Disappearing Penis http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/06/scienceshot-the-birds-disappeari.html 6 June 2013 Science 9 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130608171252/http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/06/scienceshot-the-birds-disappeari.html 8 June 2013 Zimmer Carl The Sex Life of Birds, and Why It's Important https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/06/science/the-sex-life-of-birds-and-why-its-important.html 6 June 2013 The New York Times 9 June 2013 Scientists at the IAA-CSIC report the detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the upper atmosphere of Titan, the largest moon of the planet Saturn.López-Puertas Manuel http://www.iaa.es/content/pahs-titans-upper-atmosphere PAH's in Titan's Upper Atmosphere 6 June 2013 CSIC 6 June 2013 3 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203030521/http://www.iaa.es/content/pahs-titans-upper-atmosphere 7 June – Breastfeeding boosts brain development compared to formula-fed babies, according to a new study.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/MRI-scans-confirm-breastfeeding-boosts-babies-brain-growth/articleshow/20476911.cms https://web.archive.org/web/20131006152920/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-07/science/39814656_1_brain-development-brain-growth-formula live 6 October 2013 The Times of India MRI scans confirm breastfeeding boosts babies' brain growth 7 June 2013 10 June Scientists report that the earlier claims of an Earth-like exoplanet orbiting Alpha Centauri B, a star close to our Solar System, may not be supported by astronomical evidence.Hatzes Artie P. Radial Velocity Detection of Earth-mass Planets in the Presence of Activity Noise: The Case of Alpha Centauri Bb 21 May 2013 The Astrophysical Journal 1305.4960 2013ApJ...770..133H 10.1088/0004-637X/770/2/133 770 2 133 119189342 Overbye Dennis Hold Off on the Alpha Centauri Trip https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/science/space/scientists-cast-doubt-on-the-closest-exoplanet.html The New York Times 11 June 2013 11 June 2013 A new skyscraper elevator is demonstrated using carbon fiber cables to reach heights of 1000 m ft or higher in a single trip, without passengers needing to change lifts. Ultra elevator takes you higher with carbon-fibre tape https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23681-ultra-elevator-takes-you-higher-with-carbonfibre-tape.html New Scientist 11 June 2013 12 June 2013New KONE UltraRope(TM) elevator hoisting technology enables the next big leap in high-rise building design http://www.kone.com/corporate/en/Press/Releases/Pages/New-KONE-UltraRope%28TM%29-elevator-hoisting-technology-enables-the-next-big-leap-in-high-rise-building-design-2013-06-10.aspx Kone 10 June 2013 12 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130623074303/http://www.kone.com/corporate/en/Press/Releases/Pages/New-KONE-UltraRope(TM)-elevator-hoisting-technology-enables-the-next-big-leap-in-high-rise-building-design-2013-06-10.aspx 23 June 2013 11 June Scientists at the University of Nottingham discover a previously undetected layer in the human cornea, dubbed Dua's layer.Scientists Discover New Layer of the Human Cornea https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611084216.htm Science Daily 11 June 2013 11 June 2013 The world's first commercially available 5-GHz computer processor is unveiled by AMD. AMD Unleashes First-Ever 5 GHz Processor https://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/amd-unleashes-2013jun11.aspx AMD 11 June 2013 11 June 2013 12 June A new study suggests that altitude plays a role in language evolution, explaining why ejective sounds are more popular in languages of high-altitude regions.Altitude May Influence Language Sounds Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=altitude-may-influence-language-sou-13-06-12 12 June 2013 12 June 2013 Taking the AIDS drug tenofovir greatly reduces the risk of HIV infection among intravenous drug users, according to a new study.Daily Pill Cuts HIV Risk in IV Drug Users Michael Smith http://www.medpagetoday.com/HIVAIDS/HIVAIDS/39807 12 June 2013 Medpage Today 12 June 2013 Scientists discover a method to use pressure to make a material expand instead of compress/contract. The pressure-treated material has half the density of the first state.Discovery of New Material State Counter intuitive to Laws of Physics https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130612224230.htm Medpage Today 12 June 2013 Science Daily 13 June 2013 thumb|right|250px|13 June 2013: in a landmark case, the United States Supreme Court rules that non-synthetic genes cannot be patented by medical companies. 13 June Sleep researchers state that natural sleep allows the brain to combine emotional memory, and also find that a popular sleeping drug heightens the recollection of and response to negative memories.Sleep Mechanism Identified That Plays Role in Emotional Memory https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130612224140.htm 12 June 2013 Science Daily 13 June 2013 Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that naturally occurring genes may not be patented, with significant implications for future medical research.Supreme Court Rules Human Genes May Not Be Patented https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/us/supreme-court-rules-human-genes-may-not-be-patented.html 13 June 2013 The New York Times 13 June 2013 Adam LiptakAssociation for Molecular Pathology et al. v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., et al. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-398_8njq.pdf 13 June 2013 US Supreme Court 13 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130613163742/https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-398_8njq.pdf 13 June 2013 14 June American researchers identify a key embryonic protein that, though usually deactivated shortly after birth, is reactivated in patients with advanced cancer. This breakthrough may allow for better treatment of advanced cancer cases, which typically respond poorly to currently available therapies. As a result of this discovery, scientists may be able to determine from the structure of the protein the fundamental process through which cancer cells seek out new tumor sites and create secondary tumors after leaving the primary tumor site.Stopping cancer's spread: New protein found to control deadly cancer metastasis https://www.foxnews.com/health/stopping-cancers-spread-new-protein-found-to-control-deadly-cancer-metastasis/ 14 June 2013 Fox News 14 June 2013 Scientists combine synchrotron X-rays with scanning tunneling microscopy to create highly detailed images of different materials at the atomic level. By combining the two methods, researchers are now able to not only see where individual atoms reside but also determine a material's chemical and magnetic properties. This discovery could have wide applications in accelerating discoveries in a number of fields, particularly in nanotechnology.Researcher's combine X-rays and microscopy to produce high resolution images at the atomic level. http://phys.org/news/2013-06-scientists-combine-x-rays-microscopes-precise.html#nRlv 14 June 2013 Advanced Functional Materials (PhysOrg) 14 June 2013 Sharp Corporation achieves the highest solar cell energy conversion efficiency to date, of approximately 44.4%, using a concentrator triple-junction compound solar cell.Sharp Develops Concentrator Solar Cell with World's Highest Conversion Efficiency of 44.4%*1 http://www.sharp-world.com/corporate/news/130614.html 14 June 2013 Sharp Corporation 18 June 2013 17 June TOP500 reports that China's Tianhe-2 supercomputer is the world's most powerful computer, capable of performing over 33 quadrillion floating point operations per second.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22936989 China retakes supercomputer crown BBC 17 June 2013 18 June 2013 Physicists report the possible detection of a new subatomic particle, Zc(3900), a hadron which may be the first tetraquark to have been observed experimentally.Swanson Eric Viewpoint: New Particle Hints at Four-Quark Matter 17 June 2013 Physics 6 69 10.1103/Physics.6.69 2013PhyOJ...6...69S free Two separate teams independently develop prototype flying bicycles. British engineers construct a hybrid bicycle-paraglider capable of flying to an altitude of 4000 ft m, while a Czech team demonstrates a multi-rotor electric "hoverbike" that can hover like a helicopter at low altitudes.https://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/06/flying-bike/ Real-Life Electric Jedi Hover-Bike Takes Off in Prague Wired 13 June 2013 19 June 2013 Keith Barry Engineers demonstrate a small quadrupedal "cheetah-cub" robot, with speed and agility approaching that of a real cat. The prototype is intended as the basis for future search-and-rescue robots with vastly greater speed and agility than human emergency workers.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617104608.htm Cheetah-Cub: A Robot That Runs Like a Cat Science Daily 17 June 2013 19 June 2013 Weapons manufacturer MBDA Germany develops a high-powered laser weapon capable of targeting and destroying incoming rockets, artillery shells and UAVs.http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/paris-air-show/2013-06-17/mbda-increases-laser-firepower-non-mobile-applications MBDA Increases Laser Firepower For Non-Mobile Applications AIN Online 17 June 2013 23 June 2013 17 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017184543/http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/paris-air-show/2013-06-17/mbda-increases-laser-firepower-non-mobile-applications 18 June Google launches a fleet of high-altitude balloons capable of beaming wireless internet to remote locations far more cheaply than satellites.http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/06/130618-google-balloon-wireless-communication-internet-hap-satellite-stratosphere-loon-project/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130620173300/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/06/130618-google-balloon-wireless-communication-internet-hap-satellite-stratosphere-loon-project/ 20 June 2013 Google's Loon Project Puts Balloon Technology in Spotlight National Geographic 18 June 2013 18 June 2013 American scientists use 3D printing to manufacture a new class of microscopic batteries, which may allow the easy production of extremely small medical devices, nanorobots and communications systems.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130618141443.htm Tiny Batteries: 3-D Printing Could Lead to Miniaturized Medical Implants, Compact Electronics, Tiny Robots Science Daily 18 June 2013 19 June 2013 British researchers develop high-resolution 3D holograms for the teaching of anatomy to medical students.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22860678 Huge holograms developed for doctors BBC 18 June 2013 18 June 2013 19 June – Scientists claim that "cancerproof" laboratory animals, such as naked mole-rats, may not get cancer because they produce an "extremely high-molecular-mass hyaluronan", which is over "five times larger" than that in cancer-prone humans and cancer-susceptible laboratory animals.Zimmer Carl A Homely Rodent May Hold Cancer-Fighting Clues https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/science/a-homely-rodent-may-hold-cancer-fighting-clues.html 19 June 2013 The New York Times 20 June 2013 Tian, Xiao High-molecular-mass hyaluronan mediates the cancer resistance of the naked mole rat 19 June 2013 Nature 10.1038/nature12234 23783513 3720720 499 7458 346–9 2013Natur.499..346T etal thumb|right|250px|20 June 2013: silver particles are found to massively increase the effectiveness of antibiotics. 20 June Adding silver particles to antibiotics makes them 10 to 1,000 times more effective at fighting infections, research suggests.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22967727 Silver 'boost to antibiotic success' BBC 20 June 2013 20 June 2013 International neuroscientists produce a full-3D map of a human brain, scanning and digitizing thousands of ultrathin slices of the brain to determine its structure at extremely high resolution. The map will be made freely available to medical researchers worldwide.https://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2013/jun/20/ultra-high-resolution-3d-brain-map Ultra-high resolution 3D map of a human brain The Guardian 20 June 2013 21 June 2013 London Mo Costandi During the Shenzhou 10 mission, Chinese astronauts deliver the country's first public video broadcast from the orbiting Tiangong-1 space laboratory.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22981839 China gives first lecture from space BBC 20 June 2013 21 June 2013 The European Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV), an experimental spacecraft which is intended to make its first orbital launch in 2014, successfully conducts a parachute drop test over the Mediterranean Sea.http://austriantribune.com/informationen/131892-ixv-europe-sees-successful-drop-test-conducted-it IXV of Europe Sees Successful 'Drop Test' Conducted on It Austrian Tribune 20 June 2013 21 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130817011042/http://austriantribune.com/informationen/131892-ixv-europe-sees-successful-drop-test-conducted-it 17 August 2013 Physicists develop a table-top particle accelerator with 2 gigaelectronvolts (GeV) of power, downsizing a conventional accelerator by a factor of 10,000.https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-06/tabletop-particle-accelerator-marks-major-milestone-science-research Physicists Build Super-Powerful Tabletop Particle Accelerator PopSci 20 June 2013 22 June 2013http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uota-pat062013.php Particle accelerator that can fit on a tabletop opens new chapter for science research EurekAlert 20 June 2013 22 June 2013 22 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181122002434/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uota-pat062013.php dead American engineers create a functional, rechargeable nanoscale battery out of wood. The conductive wooden fibers, coated with tin, are longer-lasting than any previous nanoscale battery.http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/159256-researchers-create-super-efficient-long-lasting-battery-from-wood Researchers create super-efficient, long-lasting battery from wood ExtremeTech 20 June 2013 9 July 2013 The Israeli-based company NeuroDerm reports good trial results for a new Parkinson's disease treatment, which involves dermal introduction of two separate drugs.http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000854149 https://archive.today/20130624233353/http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000854149 24 June 2013 NeuroDerm reports good trial results for double Parkinson's treatment Globes 20 June 2013 23 June 2013 21 June – Following groundbreaking laboratory tests, researchers discover that plants make use of quantum effects to efficiently channel photons during photosynthesis.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22996054 Plants 'seen doing quantum physics' BBC 21 June 2013 22 June 2013 23 June Scientists find that plants use complex mathematical calculations, similar to human circadian rhythms, to adjust their energy usage.http://in.reuters.com/article/plants-maths-idINDEE95M02Q20130623 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306214440/http://in.reuters.com/article/plants-maths-idINDEE95M02Q20130623 6 March 2016 Square roots? Scientists say plants are good at maths Reuters 23 June 2013 23 June 2013 Following a large-scale genome study, researchers identify some of the biological roots of migraine, a chronic neurological condition affecting as many as 15% of all humans.http://www.sanger.ac.uk/about/press/2013/130623.html Getting to grips with migraine Sanger Institute 23 June 2013 24 June 2013 5 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905223235/http://www.sanger.ac.uk/about/press/2013/130623.html The 2013 Paris Air Show concludes, after a week of new technology demonstrations including a "green" electric airliner taxiing system, the world's first electric tiltrotor prototype, and advanced avionics and in-flight entertainment systems.https://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/06/electric-taxiing-airlines/ Paris Air Show's Slowest Plane Could Have Biggest Impact Wired 21 June 2013 24 June 2013https://www.gizmag.com/in-pictures-paris-air-show-2013/27992/ In pictures: Paris Air Show 2013 21 June 2013 Gizmag 24 June 2013http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/military/2013-Paris-Air-Show-Highlights_79533.html 2013 Paris Air Show Highlights Aviation Today 20 June 2013 24 June 2013 23 October 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161023231733/http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/military/2013-Paris-Air-Show-Highlights_79533.html 24 June Researchers from Duke University detect methane in drinking water in Pennsylvania, claiming that "serious contamination from bubbly methane is 'much more' prevalent in some water wells within 1 kilometer of gas drilling sites". The researchers note that methane levels are "an average of six times" higher and ethane levels are "23 times higher" in the water wells "closer to drilling sites, compared with those farther away."Begos Kevin Studies find methane in Pa. drinking water http://apnews.excite.com/article/20130624/DA74B74O2.html 24 June 2013 Associated Press 25 June 2013 The 10,000th near-Earth object is discovered by astronomers at the University of Hawaii.http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-207 Ten Thousandth Near-Earth Object Unearthed in Space NASA – JPL 24 June 2013 28 June 2013 25 June – In an unprecedented discovery, astronomers detect three potentially Earthlike exoplanets orbiting a single star in the Gliese 667 system.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/three-super-earths-star-gliese-667c-_n_3497371.html Super-Earths: Three Exoplanets Discovered Orbiting Star Gliese 667C, May Support Alien Life Huffington Post 25 June 2013 28 June 2013 Melissa Cronin 26 June China's Shenzhou 10 crewed spacecraft returns safely to Earth, having conducted China's longest human space mission to date.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2013-06/26/c_132488807.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20130913165107/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2013-06/26/c_132488807.htm 13 September 2013 China's Shenzhou-10 mission successful Xinhua 26 June 2013 26 June 2013 American scientists partially heal spinal cord injuries in paralyzed rats by transplanting nerve cells into the injury sites. These laboratory trials are hoped to be a precursor to human trials in the near future.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23051516 Cells 're-grown' after spinal injury BBC 26 June 2013 26 June 2013 Ancient horse bones dating back 700,000 years are found to contain by far the oldest preserved DNA sequence yet discovered, predating all previous finds by 500,000 years.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23060993 Ancient horse bone yields oldest DNA sequence BBC 26 June 2013 26 June 2013 thumb|right|250px|27 June 2013: researchers induce "twisted light" beams in optical fibers, allowing for extremely high-bandwidth data transfer. 27 June Japanese scientists produce a healthy cloned mouse from cells contained in a single drop of blood.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23068423 Mouse cloned from drop of blood 27 June 2013 27 June 2013 BBC News British geologists report that 1.3 quadrillion cubic feet of shale gas are present in shale formations in northern England, potentially heralding a transformation of the British energy market.http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-shale-resources-idUKBRE95Q0CD20130627 https://web.archive.org/web/20160128143233/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-shale-resources-idUKBRE95Q0CD20130627 28 January 2016 Britain doubles north England shale gas estimate Reuters 27 June 2013 27 June 2013 Researchers create genetically engineered wheat strains resistant to the fungal disease stem rust, which is a constant threat to wheat crops in the developing world.https://arstechnica.com/science/2013/06/old-wheat-new-genetic-engineering-may-protect-crop-from-deadly-pest/ Old wheat, new genetic engineering may protect crop from deadly pest Ars Technica 27 June 2013 28 June 2013 Scientists demonstrate an optical fiber that uses "twisted light" to transmit massive amounts of information, potentially revolutionizing the field of data transfer. The prototype fiber was able to transmit data at rates of over one terabit per second.http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/351269/description/Twisted_light_transmits_more_data Twisted light transmits more data Science News 27 June 2013 28 June 2013https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627142406.htm Breakthrough in Internet Bandwidth: New Fiber Optic Technology Could Ease Internet Congestion, Video Streaming Science Daily 27 June 2013 29 June 2013 US and German scientists develop a simple and efficient new method for desalinating seawater, using a small electric field to separate salt from water without needing complex filter membranes.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627125525.htm Chemists Work to Desalinate the Ocean for Drinking Water, One Nanoliter at a Time Science Daily 27 June 2013 29 June 2013 US and Swiss researchers develop a new form of telescopic contact lens designed to improve the vision of those with age-related macular degeneration, which previously could not be ameliorated with contact lenses.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627125329.htm A Telescope for Your Eye: New Contact Lens Design May Improve Sight of Patients With Macular Degeneration Science Daily 27 June 2013 29 June 2013 Molecular biologists successfully trap a ribosome in the middle of its protein-forming state, allowing them to study the precise motions it uses to translate genetic code into functional proteins. This discovery sheds new light on the basic building-blocks of life, and may allow the development of new antibiotics.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627142400.htm Key Step in Protein Synthesis Revealed Science Daily 27 June 2013 1 July 2013 28 June – MIT engineers invent a handheld "X-ray vision" device which allows users to detect movement through walls.https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-06/cheaper-handheld-device-lets-you-see-through-walls Cheap Handheld Device Lets You See Through Walls PopSci 28 June 2013 30 June 2013 July 1 July Neptune's moon Neptune XIV is discovered. The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope releases new data on the highest-energy regions of the observable universe, including over 500 new gamma-ray bursts.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22902904 Fermi telescope: 'Violent cosmos' map gets more extreme BBC 1 July 2013 1 July 2013 2 July Drinking several cups of coffee daily appears to reduce the risk of suicide in men and women by about 50%, according to a new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers.https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/drinking-coffee-may-reduce-risk-of-suicide-in-adults/ Harvard School of Public Health " HSPH News " Drinking coffee may reduce risk of suicide in adults News Hsph.harvard.edu 24 July 2013 Coffee, caffeine, and risk of completed suicide: Results from three prospective cohorts of American adults The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry Lucas, Michael O'Reilly, Eilis J. Pan, An Mirzaei, Fariba Willett, Waltr C. Okereke, Olivia I. Ascherio, Alberto 377–386 2 July 2013 10.3109/15622975.2013.795243 23819683 4213948 15 5 Using computer modelling and solar data, Scottish scientists determine that the last living species on Earth in the distant future will be extremophile microbes able to survive harsh conditions.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23135934 Bugs to be Earth's 'last survivors' BBC 2 July 2013 2 July 2013 Microsoft develops a 3D touchscreen that uses force sensors and a robotic arm to allow users to "feel" objects that it displays.http://phys.org/news/2013-07-virtual-world-video.html Touch to feel the virtual world (w/ Video) Phys.org 2 July 2013 2 July 2013 The first Maersk Triple E-class container ships, the largest and most energy-efficient cargo vessels yet constructed, begin sea trials.https://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/26/business/maersk-triple-e-biggest-ship/?hpt=hp_c5 Maersk 'Triple E': Introducing the world's biggest ship CNN 26 June 2013 27 June 2013 The two most recently discovered moons of Pluto are officially named Styx and Kerberos.http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/315666/scitech/science/many-headed-dog-goddess-lend-names-to-pluto-moons https://archive.today/20130702190334/http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/315666/scitech/science/many-headed-dog-goddess-lend-names-to-pluto-moons 2 July 2013 Many-headed dog, goddess lend names to Pluto moons GMA News 2 July 2013 2 July 2013 http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/detail/iau1303/ Names for New Pluto Moons Accepted by the IAU After Public Vote International Astronomical Union 2 July 2013 2 July 2013 23 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140323102528/http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/detail/iau1303/ dead thumb|right|250px|3 July 2013: in a groundbreaking medical trial, bone marrow transplants are found to eliminate all traces of HIV (virus particles pictured) in two male patients. 3 July In a breakthrough for regenerative medicine, Japanese scientists grow functional livers from stem cells and successfully transplant them into mice.https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jul/03/human-liver-stem-cell-treatment Human liver tissue transplants in mice raise stem cell treatment hopes The Guardian 3 July 2013 3 July 2013 London Ian Sample It is reported that naval sonar can seriously disrupt the behavior of whales, potentially causing them to fatally beach themselves.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23115939 Whale behaviour 'disturbed' by sonar BBC 3 July 2013 3 July 2013 Bone marrow transplants are found to remove all traces of HIV from two test patients, in conjunction with antiretroviral treatments.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23132561 Bone marrow 'frees men of HIV drugs' BBC 3 July 2013 3 July 2013http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-07/stem-cell-transplants-erase-hiv-two-men Stem-Cell Transplants Erase HIV in Two Men PopSci 3 July 2013 3 July 2013 Pastore Rose A New Zealand student designs a "skeletal" 3D-printable orthopedic cast that offers far greater lightness, cleanliness and ventilation than conventional casts, and can be personalized to suit individual patients and specific injuries.https://www.wired.com/design/2013/07/is-this-cast-the-future-of-healing-broken-bones/ Is This 3-D Printed Cast the Future of Healing Broken Bones? Wired 3 July 2013 7 July 2013 Liz Stinson 4 July The London Array, at the time the world's largest offshore wind farm, opens in the UK.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2013/jul/04/david-cameron-windfarm-thames-estuary-video David Cameron opens world's largest offshore windfarm in the Thames estuary – video The Guardian 4 July 2013 6 July 2013 London A US study reveals that remaining mentally and physically active in old age is key to slowing the onset of dementia.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23159127 Active brain 'keeps dementia at bay' BBC 4 July 2013 4 July 2013 5 July European researchers create molecular nanowires which are ultra-sensitive to ambient magnetic fields, requiring no actual magnetic materials to change their electrical conductivity. The invention, which is similar to the system used for navigation by migratory birds, could have numerous applications in electronics, from improved magnetic sensors and hard disk drives to enhanced smartphones.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130705102059.htm Radically Better Smarphones May Be Possible Using System Inspired by Bird Migration: Molecular Chains Hypersensitive to Magnetic Fields Science Daily 5 July 2013 5 July 2013 Scientists record X-ray videos of bats in flight, revealing the highly efficient skeletal motion that allows them to fly. This data could be used to design new, more efficient flying robots.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23187407 X-rays reveal power of bat flight BBC 5 July 2013 5 July 2013 6 July The Solar Impulse aircraft completes the first cross-country flight over the United States powered entirely by solar energy.https://www.engadget.com/2013/07/06/solar-impulse-ends-cross-country-us-flight-slightly-early-in-ny/ Solar Impulse ends cross-country US flight slightly early in NY due to torn left wing Engadget 6 July 2013 7 July 2013 Scientists report that a wide variety of microbial life exists in the subglacial Antarctic Lake Vostok, which has been buried in ice for around 15 million years. Samples of the lake's water obtained by drilling were found to contain traces of DNA from over 3,000 tiny organisms.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/antarctica/10164193/Antarctic-Lake-Vostok-buried-under-two-miles-of-ice-found-to-teem-with-life.html Antarctic Lake Vostok buried under two miles of ice found to teem with life The Daily Telegraph 6 July 2013 7 July 2013 London Richard Gray 8 July Nanoparticles of rust could be used to efficiently generate hydrogen fuel from sunlight and water, according to a scientific study.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23226798 Rust promises hydrogen power boost BBC 8 July 2013 9 July 2013 Researchers state that the first baby conceived with a new, cheaper, more efficient form of IVF is born healthy.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23205638 Baby success for new IVF screen BBC 8 July 2013 8 July 2013 thumb|right|250px|6 July 2013: the Solar Impulse aircraft (photographed above in 2011) becomes the first entirely solar-powered airplane to complete a flight across the United States. 9 July Scientists develop a blood test for babies that can reportedly predict a person's long-term health and rate of ageing in later life.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Rate-of-ageing-may-be-determined-in-womb-and-linked-to-birth-weight-Study/articleshow/20984649.cms Rate of ageing may be determined in womb and linked to birth weight: Study The Times of India 9 July 2013 9 July 2013 A radical new theory of the composition of the Earth's core is published. It proposes that the shape of the solid iron core is determined by the atomic structure of the different forms of iron of which it consists.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23180271 New idea tackles Earth core puzzle BBC 9 July 2013 9 July 2013 North Carolina State University researchers demonstrate a method of 3D printing liquid metal at room temperature, forming freestanding structures which maintain their shape despite initially remaining liquid. The invention, which uses an alloy of gallium and indium, could allow electronic circuitry and even flexible wiring to be printed on demand.https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2421534,00.asp Researchers Demo 3D Printing of Liquid Metal PC Magazine 9 July 2013 10 July 2013https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23255830 Liquid metal structures 3D-printed BBC 10 July 2013 10 July 2013 10 July French scientists construct an ultra-precise optical lattice clock that misses only one second in 300 million years. The clock's measurements could form a new basis for global time standards, replacing the present generation of atomic clocks.October 2017 The American Northrop Grumman X-47B becomes the first drone to perform an arrested landing on an aircraft carrier at sea.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/23276968 US drone lands on aircraft carrier BBC 11 July 2013 11 July 2013 11 July For the first time, astronomers determine the true colour of a distant exoplanet. HD 189733 b, a searing-hot gas giant, is said to be a vivid blue colour, most likely due to clouds of silica in its atmosphere.https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23856-astrophile-searing-hot-exoplanet-is-an-unearthly-blue.html Astrophile: Searing hot exoplanet is an unearthly blue New Scientist 11 July 2013 11 July 2013 Italian scientists successfully treat the symptoms of leukodystrophy in six young children using gene therapy.https://www.livescience.com/38118-gene-therapy-rare-disorders.html 6 Children with Rare Disorders Helped by Gene Therapy LiveScience.com 11 July 2013 11 July 2013 DARPA and Boston Dynamics unveil the Atlas humanoid robot, a 6 ft m on autonomous machine capable of a wide variety of military and disaster-response operations.https://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57593396-1/be-afraid-darpa-unveils-terminator-like-atlas-robot/ Be afraid: DARPA unveils Terminator-like Atlas robot CNET 11 July 2013 11 July 2013 The Canadian AeroVelo team wins the Igor Sikorsky Prize for developing a fully functional human-powered helicopter, 33 years after the competition began.http://www.rotor.com/Publications/RotorNews/tabid/843/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3051/Sikorsky-Prize-Claimed.aspx https://archive.today/20130714224818/http://www.rotor.com/Publications/RotorNews/tabid/843/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3051/Sikorsky-Prize-Claimed.aspx 14 July 2013 Sikorsky Prize Claimed! Helicopter Association International 11 July 2013 14 July 2013 12 July – British engineers develop a high-velocity penetrator probe capable of surviving impact forces of 20,000 gravities. The probe could be used to punch through the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa to search for aquatic life.http://www.fastcompany.com/3014217/fast-feed/can-a-bullet-traveling-near-the-speed-of-sound-find-life-on-jupiters-moon Can a Bullet Traveling Near the Speed of Sound Find Life on Jupiter's Moon? Fast Company 12 July 2013 12 July 2013 15 July Scientists sequence the genomes of 201 microbe species in an effort to gain a more detailed understanding of Earth's microbial ecosystem.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23286933 Genetic secrets of microbes revealed BBC 15 July 2013 15 July 2013 The Hubble Space Telescope photographs a new moon of Neptune, the 14th to be discovered so far. It is estimated to be just 12 mi km across.http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2013/30/text/ Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon HubbleSite 15 July 2013 15 July 2013 NASA engineers successfully test a rocket engine with a fully 3D-printed injector, proving that critical rocket components can be produced through 3D printing without compromising their effectiveness.https://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112896223/nasa-and-aerojet-rocketdyne-test-3d-printed-rocket-component-071513/ First-Ever 3D Printed Rocket Part Successfully Tested RedOrbit 15 July 2013 15 July 2013 Seismologists report that small earthquakes occur in a sequence with rapidly increasing frequency prior to a volcanic eruption. The discovery, described as a "seismic scream", could help predict future eruptions.http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/science/130715/earths-cry-help-volcanoes-scream-they-explode Earth's cry for help? Volcanoes scream before they explode GlobalPost 15 July 2013 15 July 2013 thumb|right|250px|10 July 2013: the Northrop Grumman X-47B (photographed above) becomes the first robotic aircraft to successfully land on an aircraft carrier at sea. 16 July NASA's Curiosity rover reaches a milestone in its journey across Mars, having travelled 1 km mi since its landing in 2012.http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA17279 One Down, Many Kilometers to Go NASA 16 July 2013 18 July 2013 Researchers develop artificial peroxisomes that can reduce toxic oxygen compounds. This could lead to novel drugs that influence processes directly inside living cells.http://www.unibas.ch/index.cfm?uuid=E11708E2A1B6CA17E9F30BEA67B66F72&type=search&show_long=1&&o_lang_id=2 https://archive.today/20130717163805/http://www.unibas.ch/index.cfm?uuid=E11708E2A1B6CA17E9F30BEA67B66F72&type=search&show_long=1&&o_lang_id=2 17 July 2013 Artificial Organelles Transform Free Radicals into Water and Oxygen GlobalPost 16 July 2013 16 July 2013 17 July American scientists develop a method of "switching off" the extra chromosome that causes Down's syndrome, potentially offering an entirely new treatment for the condition.https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jul/17/downs-syndrome-cells-fixed-chromosome-therapy Down's syndrome cells 'fixed' in first step towards chromosome therapy The Guardian 17 July 2013 17 July 2013 London Ian Sample British medical researchers create an "intelligent" surgical knife with a built-in mass spectrometer that can detect cancerous tissue during operations, allowing surgeons to more accurately and effectively excise tumors without damaging healthy tissue.https://www.reuters.com/article/cancer-knife/intelligent-surgical-knife-can-sniff-out-cancer-tissue-idUKL6N0FN1RA20130717/ 'Intelligent' surgical knife can sniff out cancer tissue Reuters 17 July 2013 14 April 2025 Swedish scientists create a magnesium carbonate-based material with an unparalleled surface-area-to-volume ratio and excellent water absorption abilities. The new material, dubbed "Upsalite", could have applications in many fields, including electronics, toxic waste cleanup, sanitation and medical drug delivery.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130717172901.htm Impossible' Material Made With Record-Breaking Surface Area and Water Adsorption Abilities Science Daily 17 July 2013 19 July 2013http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=133026&CultureCode=en Impossible material made by Uppsala University researchers AlphaGalileo Foundation 17 July 2013 19 July 2013 2 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170602094340/http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=133026&CultureCode=en In an unprecedented discovery, astronomers directly observe the destruction of a gas cloud larger than Earth's solar system by the supermassive black hole at the galactic core.https://www.universetoday.com/103514/pulled-apart-by-black-hole-heart/ Pulled Apart By Black Hole Heart Universe Today 17 July 2013 17 July 2013 Based on 34 earlier studies, researchers identify remarkable similarities between the brains of birds and humans.Staff https://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_17-7-2013-12-45-4 Birds and humans have similar brain wiring Imperial College London 17 July 2013 19 July 2013 18 July – A "giant" new genus of virus, Pandoravirus, is announced, along with two recently identified species, Pandoravirus dulcis and Pandoravirus salinus.https://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/07/18/203298244/worlds-biggest-virus-may-have-ancient-roots World's Biggest Virus May Have Ancient Roots: Shots – Health News NPR 18 July 2013 19 July 2013 19 July Japan begins a clinical trial of stem cells harvested from patients' own bodies. The stem cells will be used to treat age-related macular degeneration.http://japandailypress.com/worlds-first-human-stem-cell-clinical-trial-approved-by-japanese-government-1932608/ World's first human stem cell clinical trial approved by Japanese government Japan Daily Press 19 July 2013 19 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20170703164937/http://japandailypress.com/worlds-first-human-stem-cell-clinical-trial-approved-by-japanese-government-1932608/ 3 July 2017 usurped NASA scientists publish the results of a new analysis of the atmosphere of Mars, reporting a lack of methane around the landing site of the Curiosity rover. In addition, the scientists found evidence that Mars "has lost a good deal of its atmosphere over time", based on the abundance of isotopic compositions of gases, particularly those related to argon and carbon.Mann Adam Mars Rover Finds Good News for Past Life, Bad News for Current Life on Mars https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/07/curiosity-mars-atmosphere 18 July 2013 Wired 19 July 2013 Webster Chris R. Isotope Ratios of H, C, and O in CO2 and H2O of the Martian Atmosphere 19 July 2013 Science 341 6143 260–263 10.1126/science.1237961 23869013 etal 2013Sci...341..260W 206548962 https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200505-091430499 Mahaffy, Paul R. 206548973 Abundance and Isotopic Composition of Gases in the Martian Atmosphere from the Curiosity Rover 19 July 2013 Science 341 6143 263–266 10.1126/science.1237966 etal 2013Sci...341..263M 23869014 Japanese researchers confirm that muon-type neutrinos can spontaneously flip to the electron type, potentially explaining the imbalance of matter and antimatter during the Big Bang.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23366318 Neutrino 'flavour' flip confirmed BBC 19 July 2013 19 July 2013 Harvard University medical experts report that a carefully targeted two-drug treatment could be tailored to successfully treat almost any form of cancer.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130719112147.htm New Plan of Attack in Cancer Fight: Two-Drug Combination, Under Certain Circumstances, Can Eliminate Disease Science Daily 19 July 2013 21 July 2013 For the third time in history, Earth is photographed from the outer solar system. NASA's Cassini spacecraft releases images of the Earth and Moon taken from the orbit of Saturn.http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/162050-earth-and-moon-photographed-from-900-million-miles-away-from-the-shadow-of-saturn Earth and Moon photographed from 900 million miles away, from the shadow of Saturn ExtremeTech 23 July 2013 23 July 2013 right|thumb|250px|19 July 2013: NASA's Cassini spacecraft photographs the Earth and Moon (visible bottom-right) from Saturn. 21 July British scientists successfully cure blindness in mice with infusions of stem cells that repaired damaged retinas. It is hoped that a similar treatment can be developed for humans.https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23903-eye-receptor-transplant-promises-therapy-for-blindness.html Eye receptor transplant promises therapy for blindness New Scientist 21 July 2013 22 July 2013 A private spaceflight venture announces plans to land a robotic observatory on the south pole of the Moon.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Worlds-first-trip-to-Moons-south-pole-planned-for-2016/articleshow/21212808.cms World's first trip to Moon's south pole planned for 2016 The Times of India 21 July 2013 22 July 2013 American researchers develop a flexible, sensitive "electronic skin" that mimics real human skin by detecting and responding to different levels of pressure.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130721161716.htm Helping Robots Become More Touchy-Feely, Literally: Paper-Thin E-Skin Responds to Touch by Lighting Up Science Daily 21 July 2013 22 July 2013 22 July Scientists report that dolphins have unique vocal names for one another, which they respond to just as humans do.http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/07/130722-dolphins-whistle-names-identity-animals-science/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130724061605/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/07/130722-dolphins-whistle-names-identity-animals-science/ 24 July 2013 National Geographic Dolphins Have "Names", Respond When Called 22 July 2013 23 July 2013 Scientists studying data from the Large Hadron Collider report an extremely rare particle decay event, casting doubt on the scientific theory of supersymmetry.https://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/8297/20130722/new-lhc-discovery-impacts-physicists-hunt-dark-matter.htm New LHC Discovery Impacts Physicists' Hunt for Dark Matter Science World Report 22 July 2013 24 July 2013 23 July – Thor's hero shrew, the first known sister species to the armored shrew, is described.This super 'hero' shrew has an unbreakable back Jennifer Viegas Discovery News via NBC 23 July 2013 http://www.nbcnews.com/science/super-hero-shrew-has-unbreakable-back-6C10721478 25 July 2013 24 July – A scientific study warns that a major release of methane from melting Arctic ice could have immense climatic and economic impacts worldwide.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/economic-timebomb-methane-from-melting-arctic-could-cost-global-economy-40tr-8730408.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/economic-timebomb-methane-from-melting-arctic-could-cost-global-economy-40tr-8730408.html 1 May 2022 subscription 'Economic time-bomb': Methane from melting Arctic could cost global economy £40tr The Independent 24 July 2013 24 July 2013 London Steve Connor 25 July British scientists discover the mechanism which causes human allergy to cats. A cure for the allergy may become commercially available within five years.October 2017 Scientists successfully implant false memories into the brains of mice. This breakthrough could lead to a fuller understanding of human memory.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23447600 Scientists can implant false memories into mice BBC 25 July 2013 26 July 2013 26 July – Scientists demonstrate a GM-free process that could dramatically reduce nitrogen pollution. It allows virtually all of the world's crop species to automatically obtain up to 60% of their nitrogen requirements from air, as opposed to fertilisers.http://phys.org/news/2013-07-world-technology-enables-crops-nitrogen.html World changing technology enables crops to take nitrogen from the air PhysOrg 26 July 2013 26 July 2013 28 July – A new DNA probe allows researchers to look for mutations in long sequences of up to 200 base pairs, compared to only 20 pairs using conventional methods.https://www.washington.edu/news/2013/07/28/breakthrough-in-detecting-dna-mutations-could-help-treat-tuberculosis-cancer/ Breakthrough in detecting DNA mutations could help treat tuberculosis, cancer University of Washington 28 July 2013 29 July 2013 29 July – Astronomers discover the first exoplanet orbiting a brown dwarf, 6,000 light years from Earth.http://www.technologyreview.com/view/517556/first-planet-discovered-orbiting-a-brown-dwarf/ First Planet Discovered Orbiting a Brown Dwarf MIT Technology Review 29 July 2013 29 July 2013 16 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151016070851/http://www.technologyreview.com/view/517556/first-planet-discovered-orbiting-a-brown-dwarf/ 31 July An artificial human-like ear is grown in a lab, using a flexible wire frame to support tissue cultures from cows and sheep.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23508688 Artificial human ear grown in lab BBC 31 July 2013 31 July 2013 New data from the Large Hadron Collider – based on measurements of the B meson – could offer the first direct hint of new physics beyond the Standard Model.https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/31/evidence-for-new-physics-_n_3684411.html Evidence For 'New Physics' Means Universe Is Not As We Know Huffington Post 31 July 2013 3 August 2013 August 1 August Michigan State University reports that climate change is fueling larger and more destructive wildfires in the United States, a trend that is set to continue.https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2013/future-extreme-wildfires-may-be-fueled-by-climate-change/ Extreme wildfires may be fueled by climate change Michigan State University 1 August 2013 11 August 2013 Efficient chemical synthesis of ingenol mebutate is achieved for the first time. This compound – found in the plant genus Euphorbia – is of great interest to drug developers for its anticarcinogenic properties.https://www.scripps.edu/news/press/2013/20130801baran.html Scripps Research Institute Scientists Find Long-Sought Method to Efficiently Make Complex Anticancer Compound Scripps Research Institute 1 August 2013 3 August 2013 2 August The American Meteorological Society releases its peer-reviewed State of the Climate report, showing how the impacts of global warming are worsening.https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/state-climate-2012-highlights/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130808233242/http://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/state-climate-2012-highlights 8 August 2013 State of the Climate in 2012: Highlights NOAA 2 August 2013 10 August 2013 A new "super-glass" coating produced by Harvard University researchers could lead to self-cleaning, scratch-resistant windows and other surfaces.https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/08/new-coating-turns-ordinary-glass-into-superglass/ New coating creates 'superglass' Harvard University 2 August 2013 3 August 2013 5 August The world's first hamburger made entirely of lab-grown in-vitro meat is eaten in London.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23576143 World's first lab-grown burger is eaten in London BBC 5 August 2013 5 August 2013 A Japanese company develops a reusable skin patch which can treat chronic high blood pressure by constantly releasing bisoprolol into the bloodstream. It is reported to be safer than conventional blood pressure medication, and is easier to use for patients with swallowing problems.https://www.express.co.uk/news/health/419751/New-hope-for-high-blood-pressure-patients New hope for high blood pressure patients Daily Express 5 August 2013 5 August 2013 Full-colour, 3D infrared images have been created by researchers, giving molecular-level chemical information of specimens in unprecedented detail.https://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/08/05/3d-ir-images-now-in-full-color/ 3D IR Images Now in Full Color Berkeley Lab 5 August 2013 7 August 2013 7 August A new study of the cosmic microwave background has looked back to within 100,000 years of the Big Bang, the furthest that has yet been observed.https://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/08/07/first-hundred-thousand-years-of-our-universe/ First Hundred Thousand Years of Our Universe Berkeley Lab 7 August 2013 7 August 2013 A new deep brain stimulation device can simultaneously record brain activity while delivering therapy. It is hoped the automated system could reveal major insights into a range of neurological and psychological diseases.http://www.technologyreview.com/news/517871/new-implantable-device-can-manipulate-and-record-brain-activity/ New Implantable Device Can Manipulate and Record Brain Activity MIT Technology Review 9 August 2013 11 August 2013http://newsroom.medtronic.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=251324&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1845602&highlight= New Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation System the First to Sense and Record Brain Activity While Delivering Therapy Medtronic 7 August 2013 11 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160204023928/http://newsroom.medtronic.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=251324&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1845602&highlight= 4 February 2016 8 August In its latest trial, a new malaria vaccine has been shown to be 100 percent effective.https://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=zapped-malaria-parasite-raises-vaccine-hopes Zapped Malaria Parasite Raises Vaccine Hopes Scientific American 8 August 2013 10 August 2013 A breakthrough in tissue engineering has allowed scientists to 'grow' the first true cartilage. The researchers believe entire organs may be possible by 2025.http://media.uow.edu.au/news/UOW155364.html Scientists 'grow' new cartilage with help of 3D printing technology - News & Media @ UOW Media.uow.edu.au 7 August 2013 24 September 2013 12 August – A gene linked to idiopathic focal epilepsy (IFE) has been identified by MedUni Vienna researchers.http://www.meduniwien.ac.at/homepage/news-and-topstories/en/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3646&cHash=008f439622 Disease gene discovered for frequent epilepsy in childhood MedUni Vienna 12 August 2013 12 August 2013 2 March 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200302170518/https://www.meduniwien.ac.at/web/?tx_ttnews 14 August In the largest-ever analysis of cancer genomes, researchers have discovered the genetic imprints and signatures left by DNA-damaging processes that lead to cancer.http://www.sanger.ac.uk/about/press/2013/130814.html Cancer's origins revealed Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute 14 August 2013 15 August 2013 5 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905222719/http://www.sanger.ac.uk/about/press/2013/130814.html Scientists have built a fully functional mouse heart from human tissues.https://io9.com/researchers-have-re-built-a-beating-mouse-heart-from-hu-1134672119 Breakthrough: Scientists build a beating mouse heart with human tissue io9 14 August 2013 15 August 2013 Seagrass is 35 times more efficient at absorbing carbon than rainforests, according to research by the University of Technology, Sydney. 15 August For the first time in 35 years, a new carnivorous mammal species – the olinguito – has been discovered in the Western Hemisphere.http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/For-the-First-Time-in-35-Years-A-New-Carnivorous-Mammal-Species-is-Discovered-in-the-Western-Hemisphere--219762981.html For the First Time in 35 Years, A New Carnivorous Mammal Species is Discovered in the American Continents Smithsonian 15 August 2013 15 August 2013 9 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140109110122/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/For-the-First-Time-in-35-Years-A-New-Carnivorous-Mammal-Species-is-Discovered-in-the-Western-Hemisphere--219762981.html NASA announces that the failing Kepler space observatory may never fully recover. New missions are being considered.http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-ends-attempts-to-fully-recover-kepler-spacecraft-potential-new-missions-considered/ NASA Ends Attempts to Fully Recover Kepler Spacecraft, Potential New Missions Considered 15 August 2013 15 August 2013 7 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180907235849/https://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-ends-attempts-to-fully-recover-kepler-spacecraft-potential-new-missions-considered/ Overbye Dennis NASA's Kepler Mended, but May Never Fully Recover https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/16/science/space/nasas-kepler-mended-but-may-never-fully-recover.html 15 August 2013 The New York Times 15 August 2013 Wall Mike Planet-Hunting Days of NASA's Kepler Spacecraft Likely Over https://www.space.com/22387-nasa-planet-hunting-kepler-spacecraft-problems.html 15 August 2013 Space.com 15 August 2013 Extreme heat waves are likely to quadruple by 2040, according to new research.http://www.iop.org/news/13/aug/page_60872.html Heat waves to become more frequent and severe Institute of Physics 15 August 2013 15 August 2013 Biologists from Tel Aviv University publish a, first of its kind, study on homosexual behavior among insect species.https://www.livescience.com/38931-insect-gay-sex.html Why Insects Have Gay Sex LiveScience 15 August 2013 17 August 2013 17 August – In an unprecedented effort by ETH Zurich Laboratories, computational quantum teleportation has been achieved in solid-state circuit. Using quantum entanglement methods, researchers have teleported approximately 10,000 qubits (quantum bits) per second on a specially designed chip."The First Quantum Teleportation In A Computer Chip." Forbes. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013. 21 August – The lowest temperature at which single-celled organisms can live and grow is −20 °C, according to new research.http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=1511 Lowest temperature for life discovered Natural Environment Research Council 21 August 2013 28 August 2013 https://archive.today/20130828190637/http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=1511 28 August 2013 22 August A study has found more evidence that nanoparticles may be entering the human food supply, with potentially harmful effects.https://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2013/0822-toxic-nanoparticles-might-be-entering-human-food-supply-mu-study-finds/ Toxic Nanoparticles Might be Entering Human Food Supply, MU Study Finds University of Missouri 22 August 2013 23 August 2013 A study has found that urban environments may cause increased brain size in animals.https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-08/human-activity-driving-animals-develop-bigger-brains Human Urban Activity Makes Animals Develop Bigger Brains PopSci 22 August 2013 23 August 2013 NASA has released new images and a video of its planned asteroid capture mission.http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/august/nasa-releases-new-imagery-of-asteroid-mission/ NASA Releases New Imagery of Asteroid Mission NASA 22 August 2013 26 August 2013 27 August The previous discovery of a new chemical element with atomic number 115 (moscovium) has been confirmed at GSI by researchers from Lund University in Sweden.http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24890&news_item=6082 Existence of new element confirmed Lund University 27 August 2013 27 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130828072747/http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?news_item=6082&id=24890 28 August 2013 Staff Scientists say existence of new element confirmed http://apnews.excite.com/article/20130827/DA8EHL500.html 27 August 2013 Associated Press 27 August 2013 NASA reports that the Mars Curiosity rover used an Autonomous Navigation System (or "autonav" - the ability of the rover to decide for itself how to drive safely) over unknown ground for the first time.Webster Guy NASA's Mars Curiosity Debuts Autonomous Navigation http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1514 27 August 2013 NASA 27 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20161028020036/http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1514 28 October 2016 University of Washington researchers have performed what they believe is the first noninvasive human-to-human brain interface, with one researcher able to send a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motions of a fellow researcher.https://www.washington.edu/news/2013/08/27/researcher-controls-colleagues-motions-in-1st-human-brain-to-brain-interface/ Researcher controls colleague's motions in 1st human brain-to-brain interface | UW Today Washington.edu 27 August 2013 24 September 2013 28 August Miniature, pea-sized human brains have been grown in the laboratory from stem cells.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23863544 Miniature 'human brain' grown in lab BBC 28 August 2013 28 August 2013http://www.technologyreview.com/news/518716/researchers-grow-3-d-human-brain-tissues/ Researchers Grow 3-D Human Brain Tissues MIT Technology Review 28 August 2013 28 August 2013 Cooling waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean appear to be a major factor in dampening global warming in recent years, scientists say.Harvey Fiona Fiona Harvey 2013 Cooling Pacific has dampened global warming, research shows | Environment https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/28/cooling-pacific-dampened-global-warming Nature 501 7467 403–7 2013Natur.501..403K 10.1038/nature12534 23995690 4466067 free 10125/33072 UK researchers have created the world's fastest spinning man-made object, achieving 600 million revolutions per minute.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-23861397 University of St Andrews scientists create 'fastest man-made spinning object' BBC 28 August 2013 30 August 2013 29 August By reducing the action of a single gene, mTor, researchers have increased the average lifespan of mice by 20 percent. Their research also shows that the effects of aging are not uniform. Increased Mammalian Lifespan and a Segmental and Tissue-Specific Slowing of Aging after Genetic Reduction of mTOR Expression Cell Reports 29 August 2013 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.07.030 4 5 913–920 23994476 3784301 Wu JJ Liu J Chen EB Wang JJ Cao L Narayan N Fergusson MM Rovira II Allen M Springer DA Lago CU Zhang S DuBois W Ward T Gavrilova O Mock B Finkel T The East Antarctic Ice Sheet could be more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought, based on a new analysis of satellite imagery going back 50 years.McGrath Matt https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23868841 BBC News - East Antarctic ice sheet 'vulnerable' to temperature changes 10.1038/nature12382 Bbc.co.uk 29 August 2013 24 September 2013 2013Natur.500..563M A NASA mission has revealed a new canyon – 460 miles (750 km) long and 2,600 feet (800 meters) deep in places – hidden below Greenland's ice sheet. This is longer than the Grand Canyon.http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-data-reveals-mega-canyon-under-greenland-ice/ NASA Data Reveals Mega-Canyon under Greenland Ice Sheet NASA 29 August 2013 4 September 2013 September 1 September – Rising global temperatures are driving crop pests to higher and lower latitudes at nearly 3 kilometres per year, threatening global food security.http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/featurednews/title_316965_en.html Spread of crop pests threatens global food security as Earth warms University of Exeter 1 September 2013 2 September 2013 2 September – A team of international scientists has achieved a major breakthrough in nanosensing.https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news64302.html Breakthrough in sensing at the nanoscale The University of Adelaide 2 September 2013 2 September 2013 3 September A new analysis indicates the amount of raw materials used to produce goods is far higher than previously thought.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23931590 Study reveals 'true' material cost of development say researchers BBC 3 September 2013 3 September 2013 Phase I clinical trials of SAV001 – the first and only preventative HIV vaccine – have been successfully completed with no adverse effects in all patients. Antibody production was greatly boosted after vaccination.https://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/September/hiv_vaccine_produces_no_adverse_effects_in_trials.html HIV vaccine produces no adverse effects in trials Western University 3 September 2013 8 September 2013 5 September It has been confirmed that an undersea volcano in the northern Pacific is not a group of several volcanos. This makes it the largest confirmed volcano on Earth.https://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2013/september/090513SagerVolcano.php Scientists Confirm Existence of Largest Single Volcano on Earth University of Houston 5 September 2013 6 September 2013 Stanford researchers use DNA to assemble a transistor from graphene.https://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-scientists-use-dna-assemble-transistor-graphene Stanford Scientists Use DNA to Assemble a Transistor From Graphene Stanford 5 September 2013 13 September 2013 Two leading neurology researchers claim that prion-like proteins that misfold and aggregate into harmful "seeds" are responsible for brain diseases associated with aging.https://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/09/prions_neurodegenerative_nature/ Prion-like proteins drive several diseases of aging Emory 5 September 2013 9 September 2013 6 September The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is launched by NASA. It will measure the extremely thin atmosphere that surrounds the Moon.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23939448 Nasa's LADEE Moon probe lifts off BBC 6 September 2013 7 September 2013 Researchers have developed a new method for improving the connections between stacked solar cells. It allows them to operate at concentrations of 70,000 suns worth of energy without losing much voltage as "wasted energy" or heat.https://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wms-bedair-junction-2013/ New Connection between Stacked Solar Cells Can Handle Energy of 70,000 Suns North Carolina State University 6 September 2013 7 September 2013 Phase 1 clinical trials of an implantable vaccine to treat melanoma have been initiated.https://www.newswise.com/articles/cross-disciplinary-team-from-harvard-and-dana-farber-brings-novel-therapeutic-cancer-vaccine-to-human-clinical-trials Cross-Disciplinary Team From Harvard and Dana-Farber Brings Novel Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine to Human Clinical Trials Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 6 September 2013 9 September 2013 The National Institutes of Health has awarded grants of $17 million to eight research teams, with a focus on nanopore technology aimed at more accurate and efficient DNA sequencing.https://www.nih.gov/news/health/sep2013/nhgri-06a.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20130914175617/http://www.nih.gov/news/health/sep2013/nhgri-06a.htm 14 September 2013 New NIH awards focus on nanopore technology for DNA sequencing National Institutes of Health 6 September 2013 9 September 2013 11 September Three ancient rivers may once have crossed the Sahara, allowing early humans to cross from Africa into the Mediterranean about 100,000 years ago, based on a new study.Were Rivers Flowing across the Sahara During the Last Interglacial? Implications for Human Migration through Africa 8 9 e74834 PLOS ONE 11 September 2013 10.1371/journal.pone.0074834 Coulthard Tom J. Ramirez Jorge A. Barton Nick Rogerson Mike Brücher Tim 24040347 3770569 2013PLoSO...874834C free Huge new reserves of groundwater have been found in Turkana County, northern Kenya.http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/strategic_groundwater_reserves_found_in_northern_kenya/ Strategic groundwater reserves found in Northern Kenya UNESCO 11 September 2013 12 September 2013http://www.rtiexploration.com/news/2013/9/10/rti-finds-vast-water-reserves-in-drought-prone-northern-kenya-cradle-of-mankind RTI finds vast water reserves in drought-prone northern Kenya, cradle of mankind RTI 11 September 2013 12 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130914035046/http://www.rtiexploration.com/news/2013/9/10/rti-finds-vast-water-reserves-in-drought-prone-northern-kenya-cradle-of-mankind 14 September 2013 Trees are speeding up their life cycles in response to climate change, backing up the results of an earlier study.http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/climate-change-may-speed-up-forests2019-life-cycles Climate Change May Speed Up Forests' Life Cycles Duke University 11 September 2013 14 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130911201748/http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/climate-change-may-speed-up-forests2019-life-cycles 11 September 2013 Rapidly melting sea ice is causing ocean acidification in the Arctic to occur at faster rates than previously forecast, with serious implications for the food web, according to new research.https://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3686 Unprecedented Rate and Scale of Ocean Acidification Found in the Arctic U.S. Geological Survey 11 September 2013 14 September 2013 12 September NASA announces that Voyager I has officially left the Solar System, having travelled since 1977.Barnes Brooks In a Breathtaking First, NASA Craft Exits the Solar System https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/science/in-a-breathtaking-first-nasa-craft-exits-the-solar-system.html 12 September 2013 The New York Times 12 September 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24026153 Voyager probe 'leaves Solar System' BBC 12 September 2013 12 September 2013Cook Jia-Rui C. Agle D. C. Brown Dwayne NASA Spacecraft Embarks on Historic Journey into Interstellar Space http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/voyager20130912.html NASA 12 September 2013 12 September 2013 11 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200611233345/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/voyager20130912.html Americans are living longer and more healthily than ever before, according to one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind. There was a 3.8-year increase in average life expectancy during the previous two decades, with quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) also increasing. However, there was a notable rise in anxiety among young and middle-aged people beginning in 2001.http://www.umassmed.edu/news/2013/research/americans-living-longer-healthier-lives.aspx Americans living longer, healthier lives Umass Medical School 12 September 2013 13 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130916001712/http://www.umassmed.edu/news/2013/research/americans-living-longer-healthier-lives.aspx 16 September 2013 14 September – The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has launched its first Epsilon rocket, a new generation of smaller and cheaper launch vehicles.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24090322 Japan launches 'affordable' Epsilon space rocket BBC 14 September 2013 14 September 2013 18 September – Orbital Sciences launches the first Cygnus spacecraft. It is designed to transport supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).Josh Byerly Trent J. Perrotto Press RELEASE 13-284 NASA Partner Orbital Sciences Launches Demonstration Mission to Space Station http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/september/nasa-partner-orbital-sciences-launches-demonstration-mission-to-space-station/ nasa.gov NASA 19 September 2013 19 September – Scientists working with the Curiosity rover on the planet Mars report "no detection of atmospheric methane with a measured value of 0.18 0.67 ppbv corresponding to an upper limit of only 1.3 ppbv (95% confidence limit)" and, as a result, conclude that the probability of "current methanogenic microbial activity on Mars" is reduced.Webster Christopher R. Mahaffy Paul R. Atreya Sushil K. Flesch Gregory J. Farley Kenneth A. 43194305 Low Upper Limit to Methane Abundance on Mars 19 September 2013 Science 10.1126/science.1242902 342 6156 355–357 2013Sci...342..355W 24051245 free Cho Adrian Mars Rover Finds No Evidence of Burps and Farts http://news.sciencemag.org/space/2013/09/mars-rover-finds-no-evidence-burps-and-farts https://archive.today/20130920191355/http://news.sciencemag.org/space/2013/09/mars-rover-finds-no-evidence-burps-and-farts 20 September 2013 19 September 2013 Science 19 September 2013Chang Kenneth Mars Rover Comes Up Empty in Search for Methane https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/science/space/mars-rover-comes-up-empty-in-search-for-methane.html 19 September 2013 The New York Times 19 September 2013 20 September Researchers from Cambridge University in England have developed a new technique allowing carbon nanotube "forests" to be grown at five times the density of previous methods.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/aiop-dao092013.php Densest array of carbon nanotubes grown to date EurekAlert 20 September 2013 20 September 2013 16 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181116104750/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/aiop-dao092013.php dead Researchers have identified a protein involved in the spread of brain tumours.http://www.uab.edu/news/latest/item/3781-uab-researchers-identify-proteins-that-may-help-brain-tumors-spread UAB researchers identify proteins that may help brain tumors spread University of Alabama 20 September 2013 23 September 2013 22 September – Researchers have created a "blueprint" for a universal flu vaccine which they say could be available within five years.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24175030 Scientists take big step towards universal flu vaccine BBC 22 September 2013 22 September 2013 23 September – A new world record solar cell efficiency of 44.7% has been achieved.https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/press-and-media/press-releases/presseinformationen-2013/world-record-solar-cell-with-44.7-efficiency World Record Solar Cell with 44.7% Efficiency Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE 23 September 2013 24 September 2013 24 September The first evidence of whisper-like behavior in non-human primates has been observed.https://www.popsci.com/article/science/central-park-monkeys-caught-whispering-about-hated-supervisor Central Park Monkeys Caught Whispering About Hated Supervisor Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE 24 September 2013 25 September 2013 Astronomers have discovered the densest known galaxy, with over 10,000 stars packed into four light years.http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2013/astronomers-discover-densest-galaxy-ever/ Astronomers discover densest galaxy ever Michigan State University 24 September 2013 25 September 2013 Long-term data shows that the Greenland Sea is warming 10 times faster than the global ocean.https://www.awi.de/en/news/press_releases/detail/item/awi_longterm_data_reveal_increase_of_temperature_in_the_deep_greenland_see/?cHash=5a643361d6bacdd02e098d1c372cc1b4 Long-term data reveal: The deep Greenland Sea is warming faster than the World Ocean The Alfred Wegener Institute 24 September 2013 26 September 2013 A new genetic analysis shows that the first rapid population growth of humans occurred in the Paleolithic (60,000-80,000 years ago), rather than the more recent Neolithic as previously thought.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/mbae-gsp092313.php Genetic study pushes back timeline for first significant human population expansion Molecular Biology and Evolution (Oxford University Press) 24 September 2013 1 October 2013 24 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181124042546/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/mbae-gsp092313.php dead The Late Cretaceous period was likely ice-free, with implications for Earth's future climate, based on new research.https://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2013/0924-mu-scientist-finds-late-cretaceous-period-was-likely-ice-free/ MU Scientist Finds Late Cretaceous Period Was Likely Ice-free University of Missouri 24 September 2013 1 October 2013 25 September The first mind-controlled prosthetic leg has been created.https://www.nbcnews.com/health/first-mind-controlled-bionic-leg-groundbreaking-advance-8C11257732 First mind-controlled bionic leg a 'groundbreaking' advance NBCNews Health 25 September 2013 27 September 2013 A new form of matter has been created that induces photons to behave like a Star Wars light-sabre.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/hu-sli092513.php Seeing light in a new light Harvard 25 September 2013 30 September 2013 22 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181122005224/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/hu-sli092513.php dead The first computer made entirely of carbon nanotubes has been created by Stanford University engineers. It has a 1 bit processor, runs at 1 kHz and features 178 transistors, with 10-200 nanotubes per transistor.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24232896 First computer made of carbon nanotubes is unveiled BBC 25 September 2013 30 September 2013 26 September Palaeontologists have discovered a fossil of the oldest known creature with a jaw, dating back 419 million years.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-26/fossil-discovery-links-gap-in-evolutionary-knowledge-of-fish/4981652 419-million-year-old armoured fish fossil resolves 'missing link' in evolution, scientists say ABC News 26 September 2013 26 September 2013 NASA scientists report the Mars Curiosity rover detected "abundant, easily accessible" water (1.5 to 3 weight percent) in soil samples at the Rocknest region of Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater.Lieberman Josh Mars Water Found: Curiosity Rover Uncovers 'Abundant, Easily Accessible' Water in Martian Soil http://www.isciencetimes.com/articles/6131/20130926/mars-water-soil-nasa-curiosity-rover-martian.htm 26 September 2013 iSciencetimes 26 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20170623005252/http://www.isciencetimes.com/articles/6131/20130926/mars-water-soil-nasa-curiosity-rover-martian.htm 23 June 2017 Leshin, L. A. 206549244 Volatile, Isotope, and Organic Analysis of Martian Fines with the Mars Curiosity Rover 27 September 2013 Science 341 6153 10.1126/science.1238937 1238937 etal 24072926 2013Sci...341E...3L https://hal.science/hal-00922263 Grotzinger John Introduction To Special Issue: Analysis of Surface Materials by the Curiosity Mars Rover 26 September 2013 Science 341 6153 1475 10.1126/science.1244258 24072916 2013Sci...341.1475G free Neal-Jones Nancy Zubritsky Elizabeth Webster Guy Martialay Mary Curiosity's SAM Instrument Finds Water and More in Surface Sample http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/curiositys-sam-instrument-finds-water-and-more-in-surface-sample/ 26 September 2013 NASA 27 September 2013 Webster Guy Brown Dwayne Science Gains From Diverse Landing Area of Curiosity http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20130926.html 26 September 2013 NASA 27 September 2013 2 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190502194152/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20130926.html Chang Kenneth Hitting Pay Dirt on Mars https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/science/space/hitting-pay-dirt-on-mars.html 1 October 2013 The New York Times 2 October 2013 In addition, the rover found two principal soil types: a fine-grained mafic type and a locally derived, coarse-grained felsic type.Meslin, P.-Y. Soil Diversity and Hydration as Observed by ChemCam at Gale Crater, Mars 26 September 2013 Science 341 6153 10.1126/science.1238670 1238670 etal 24072924 2013Sci...341E...1M 7418294 The mafic type, similar to other martian soils and martian dust, was associated with hydration of the amorphous phases of the soil. Also, perchlorates, the presence of which may make detection of life-related organic molecules difficult, were found at the Curiosity rover landing site (and earlier at the more polar site of the Phoenix lander) suggesting a "global distribution of these salts". NASA also reported that Jake M rock, a rock encountered by Curiosity on the way to Glenelg, was a mugearite and very similar to terrestrial mugearite rocks.Stolper E.M. Baker M.B. Newcombe M.E. Schmidt M.E. Treiman A.H. Cousin A. Dyar M.D. Fisk M.R. Gellert R. King P.L. Leshin L. Maurice S. McLennan S.M. Minitti M.E. Perrett G. Rowland S. Sautter V. Violaine Sautter Wiens R.C. MSL ScienceTeam 16515295 The Petrochemistry of Jake_M: A Martian Mugearite Science 341 6153 1239463 10.1126/science.1239463 AAAS 2013 24072927 2013Sci...341E...4S https://authors.library.caltech.edu/41547/ 29 September 2020 1 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201001090434/https://authors.library.caltech.edu/41547/ 27 September The FDA approves the first artificial pancreas.http://newsroom.medtronic.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=251324&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1859361&highlight= Medtronic Gains Approval of First Artificial Pancreas Device System with Threshold Suspend Automation Medtronic 27 September 2013 5 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160204023928/http://newsroom.medtronic.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=251324&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1859361&highlight= 4 February 2016 Nanoscale resolution MRI has been experimentally achieved.http://engineering.illinois.edu/news/2013/09/27/a-new-paradigm-nanoscale-resolution-mri-has-been-experimentally-achieved A new paradigm for nanoscale resolution MRI has been experimentally achieved University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 27 September 2013 30 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131002103051/http://engineering.illinois.edu/news/2013/09/27/a-new-paradigm-nanoscale-resolution-mri-has-been-experimentally-achieved 2 October 2013 The first document from the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report – Working Group I's summary for policymakers – is released. It states that warming of the global climate system is "unequivocal", with a 95% probability that humans are the main cause.https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1/ Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis IPCC 27 September 2013 30 September 2013 30 September Astronomers have created the first cloud map of an exoplanet, Kepler-7b.http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-296 NASA Space Telescopes Find Patchy Clouds on Exotic World NASA 30 September 2013 30 September 2013Chu Jennifer Scientists generate first map of clouds on an exoplanet https://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/scientists-generate-first-map-of-clouds-on-kepler-7b-1003.html 2 October 2013 MIT Demory Brice-Olivier Inference of Inhomogeneous Clouds in an Exoplanet Atmosphere The Astrophysical Journal 776 2 L25 30 September 2013 1309.7894 etal 10.1088/2041-8205/776/2/L25 2013ApJ...776L..25D 701011 The first commercial-scale carbon capture and mineralization plant begins construction in the United States. When completed in 2014, it will capture 300,000 tons of CO2 annually.http://skyonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Skyonic-Groundbreaking-Release-September-30-2013.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20190110203030/http://skyonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Skyonic-Groundbreaking-Release-September-30-2013.pdf 10 January 2019 Skyonic Begins Construction on Nation's First Commercial-Scale Carbon Capture and Mineralization Plant Skyonic 30 September 2013 8 October 2013 https://theconversation.com/new-carbon-capture-plant-turns-emissions-into-baking-soda-18847 Carbon capture plant turns emissions into baking soda Michael Parker 2 October 2013 The Conversation 10 September 2015 October 1 October – New fossils of pollen grains show that flowering plants evolved 100 million years earlier than previously thought, in the Early Triassic (252 to 247 million years ago) or even earlier.http://www.mediadesk.uzh.ch/articles/2013/bluetenpflanzen-sind-100-millionen-jahre-aelter-als-bisher-angenommen_en.html New fossils push the origin of flowering plants back by 100 million years to the early Triassic University of Zurich 1 October 2013 2 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221520/http://www.mediadesk.uzh.ch/articles/2013/bluetenpflanzen-sind-100-millionen-jahre-aelter-als-bisher-angenommen_en.html 4 October 2013 3 October Environmental impacts on the world's oceans are even worse than previously thought, according to a new report.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24369244 Health of oceans 'declining fast' BBC 3 October 2013 3 October 2013http://www.stateoftheocean.org/pdfs/IPSO-PR-2013-FINAL.pdf https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20140303160104/http://www.stateoftheocean.org/pdfs/IPSO-PR-2013-FINAL.pdf 3 March 2014 Latest review of science reveals ocean in critical state from cumulative impacts IUCN 3 October 2013 3 October 2013 Using genetic engineering, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have boosted production of ethanol biofuel by 50 percent.http://www.technologyreview.com/news/519791/genetically-modified-bacteria-produce-50-percent-more-fuel/ Genetically Modified Bacteria Produce 50 Percent More Fuel Technology Review 3 October 2013 3 October 2013 4 October – Researchers from MIT have created self-assembling robots, based on small cubes that can propel themselves and snap together to form shapes.https://web.mit.edu/press/2013/simple-scheme-for-self-assembling-robots.html Surprisingly simple scheme for self-assembling robots Technology Review 4 October 2013 4 October 2013 6 October – Giant channels up to 250m tall have been discovered beneath Antarctica, stretching for hundreds of kilometres. Researchers say these will help in modelling the future stability and dynamics of the ice sheet.http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/featurednews/title_324205_en.html Giant channels discovered beneath Antarctic ice shelf University of Exeter 6 October 2013 8 October 2013 7 October The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof, for their work on how vesicles fuse with cell membranes, releasing their contents.https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/oct/07/nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2013-live-blog Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013 – live blog The Guardian 7 October 2013 7 October 2013 It is reported that researchers at the National Ignition Facility in California produced more energy from a fusion reaction than the fuel absorbed in igniting it – the first time this has been achieved by researchers anywhere in the world.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24429621 Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab BBC 7 October 2013 11 October 2013 A new study concludes that research to delay aging would have greater social and economic benefits than advances in cancer, heart disease and other individual diseases.http://news.usc.edu/#!/article/55969/delayed-aging-is-better-investment-than-cancer-heart-disease-research/ Delayed aging is better investment than cancer, heart disease research The University of Southern California 7 October 2013 9 October 2013 8 October The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to François Englert and Peter Higgs "for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider".https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2013/ The Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 Nobelprize.org 8 October 2013 8 October 2013 Researchers in Germany have taken a major step towards using graphene in solar cells, which could boost their efficiency. The material was found to retain its properties even when coated with silicon.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/hbfm-mlt100813.php Major leap towards graphene for solar cells Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie 8 October 2013 9 October 2013 16 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181116045301/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/hbfm-mlt100813.php dead 9 October The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Arieh Warshel, Martin Karplus and Michael Levitt "for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems".Chang Kenneth 3 Researchers Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/science/three-researchers-win-nobel-prize-in-chemistry.html 9 October 2013 The New York Times 9 October 2013 A new microscopic technique allows researchers to image structures as small as 80 nm anywhere inside a cell.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/qmuo-smo100813.php Spinning-disk microscope offers window into the center of a cell Queen Mary, University of London 9 October 2013 13 October 2013 18 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181118095959/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/qmuo-smo100813.php deadhttps://www.kurzweilai.net/a-super-resolution-window-into-the-center-of-a-cell A super-resolution window into the center of a cell KurzweilAI 11 October 2013 13 October 2013 9 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161109065743/http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-super-resolution-window-into-the-center-of-a-cell dead 10 October – Researchers have discovered the first chemical to prevent all brain cell death from prion disease in mice. This could lead to drug targets for a range of neurodegenerative conditions in humans - including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24462699 Alzheimer's breakthrough hailed as 'turning point' BBC 10 October 2013 10 October 2013http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2013/october/medical-research-council-scientists-discover-compound-that-arrests-neurodegeneration-in-mice Medical Research Council scientists discover compound that arrests neurodegeneration in mice University of Leicester 10 October 2013 10 October 2013 27 April 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170427064353/http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2013/october/medical-research-council-scientists-discover-compound-that-arrests-neurodegeneration-in-mice 11 October The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the "conventions under which it was founded in 1997" because they, according to the award citation, "have defined the use of chemical weapons as a taboo under international law. Recent events in Syria, where chemical weapons have again been put to use, have underlined the need to enhance the efforts to do away with such weapons."Cowell Alan Chemical Weapons Watchdog Wins Nobel Peace Prize https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/12/world/chemical-weapons-watchdog-wins-nobel-peace-prize.html 11 October 2013 The New York Times 11 October 2013 The Graphene Flagship – a ten-year initiative with a billion euros of funding – is launched in Gothenburg, Sweden.https://www.chalmers.se/en/news/Pages/Graphene-Flagship-has-set-sails.aspx Graphene Flagship has set sails Chalmers University of Technology 11 October 2013 16 October 2013 14 October – The first fossil of a mosquito with definitive evidence of blood has been discovered in northwestern Montana. The find dates back to the Eocene, some 46 million years ago (the fossil provides only evidence of blood, but not blood itself, so there is no DNA or anything cloneable).de Pastino Blade 2013 Hemoglobin-derived porphyrins preserved in a Middle Eocene blood-engorged mosquito http://westerndigs.org/first-fossil-of-blood-engorged-mosquito-discovered/ WesternDigs.org10.1073/pnas.1310885110 Hemoglobin-derived porphyrins preserved in a Middle Eocene blood-engorged mosquito 2013 Greenwalt D. E. Goreva Y. S. Siljestrom S. M. Rose T. Harbach R. E. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 46 18496–18500 24127577 3831950 2013PNAS..11018496G free 15 October – Red Bull Stratos releases POV video of Felix Baumgartner skydiving jump from the stratosphere (127,851 ft) on 14 October 2012.Paur Jason Red Bull Releases Incredible POV Video of 128,000-Foot Stratos Jump https://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/10/pov-red-bull-stratos-jump/ 15 October 2013 Wired 15 October 2013 16 October Russian authorities raise a large fragment, 654 kg lb on total weight, of the Chelyabinsk meteor, a Near-Earth asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere over Russia on 15 February 2013, from the bottom of Chebarkul lake.https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/677303/?fb Весы не выдержали тяжести челябинского метеорита Ольга Зенкова НТВHerszenhorn David M. Lifted From a Russian Lake, a Big, if Fragile, Space Rock https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/17/world/europe/meteorite-pulled-from-russian-lake-breaks-into-3-pieces.html 16 October 2013 The New York Times 16 October 2013 Researchers have identified 127 repeatedly mutated genes that appear to drive the development and progression of a range of tumors in the body.http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/25990.aspx Genetic errors identified in 12 major cancer types Washington University in St. Louis 16 October 2013 17 October 2013 6 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160106151645/https://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/25990.aspx 17 October A new fossil discovery suggests that Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis and Homo erectus may all have been part of a single species that later evolved into humans.http://www.mediadesk.uzh.ch/articles/2013/schaedelfund-dmanisi_en.html Unique skull find rebuts theories on species diversity in early humans University of Zurich 17 October 2013 17 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131019124939/http://www.mediadesk.uzh.ch/articles/2013/schaedelfund-dmanisi_en.html 19 October 2013 Researchers have shown that a fundamental reason for sleep is to clean the brain of toxins. This is achieved by brain cells shrinking to create gaps between neurons, allowing fluid to wash through.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24567412 Sleep 'cleans' the brain of toxins BBC 17 October 2013 18 October 2013 Using data accumulated over 10 years, researchers have estimated there are 390 billion trees in the Amazon rainforest, divided into 16,000 different species.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/fm-fms101413.php Field Museum scientists estimate 16,000 tree species in the Amazon Field Museum 17 October 2013 18 October 2013 7 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191207091818/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/fm-fms101413.php dead Geneticist Bryan Sykes and his team at Oxford University report that DNA analysis of presumed Yeti (or "Abominable Snowman") samples may have come from a hybrid species of bear produced from a mating between a brown bear and a polar bear. According to Sykes, "I think this bear, which nobody has seen alive, may still be there and may have quite a lot of polar bear in it. It may be some sort of hybrid and if its behaviour is different from normal bears, which is what eyewitnesses report, then I think that may well be the source of the mystery and the source of the legend."https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24564487 British scientist 'solves' mystery of Himalayan yetis Staff 17 October 2013 BBC News 22 October 2013Lawless Jill DNA Links Mysterious Yeti To Ancient Polar Bear http://apnews.excite.com/article/20131017/DA9G5VB01.html 17 October 2013 AP News 22 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060552/http://apnews.excite.com/article/20131017/DA9G5VB01.html 23 October 2013 18 October – Researchers have discovered a source of gut stem cells that can repair a type of inflammatory bowel disease when transplanted into mice.http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2013/Press-releases/WTP054261.htm Stem cell transplant repairs damaged gut in mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease Wellcome Trust 18 October 2013 18 October 2013 14 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160314085426/http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2013/Press-releases/WTP054261.htm 21 October – In the Amazon, droughts like that of 2005 may become the norm by 2100, according to a new study that claims the IPCC has underestimated the impacts on the southern part of the rainforest.http://www.utexas.edu/news/2013/10/21/amazon-rainforest-dieback/ Risk of Amazon Rainforest Dieback is Higher Than IPCC Projects The University of Texas at Austin 21 October 2013 28 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131027151841/http://www.utexas.edu/news/2013/10/21/amazon-rainforest-dieback/ 27 October 2013 22 October – Astronomers have discovered the 1,000th known exoplanet.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24549384 Exoplanet tally soars above 1,000 BBC 22 October 2013 23 October 2013 23 October A new way of locating metal deposits including gold has been discovered by researchers in Australia. The presence of tiny particles in a eucalyptus tree's foliage can indicate that these resources are present deep underground.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24628241 Gold in trees leads to hidden deposits BBC 23 October 2013 23 October 2013 Astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy to date.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24637890 New galaxy 'most distant' yet discovered BBC 23 October 2013 23 October 2013 25 October The New Horizons probe is now within 5 AU of Pluto.http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/news_center/news/20131025.php On the Path to Pluto, 5 AU and Closing JHU/APL 25 October 2013 25 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20141113224829/http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/news_center/news/20131025.php 13 November 2014 Temperatures in the Eastern Arctic are now the highest since the beginning of the last ice age 120,000 years ago, lying "well outside the range of natural variability", according to US researchers.https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/eastern-arctic-temperatures-likely-at-120-000-year-high-1.2251709 Eastern Arctic temperatures likely at 120,000-year high CBC News 25 October 2013 26 October 2013 27 October An international team of researchers has doubled the known number of genes linked to Alzheimers to 21.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24670848 Alzheimer's insight from DNA study BBC 28 October 2013 28 October 2013 A breakthrough in artificial intelligence has been achieved, with a new software algorithm capable of solving CAPTCHAs.https://www.kurzweilai.net/vicarious-ai-breaks-captcha-turing-test Vicarious AI breaks CAPTCHA 'Turing test' Kurzweil AI 27 October 2013 28 October 2013 16 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181116080428/http://www.kurzweilai.net/vicarious-ai-breaks-captcha-turing-test dead 28 October – The commercial viability of shale oil and gas has been questioned at a conference organised by the Geological Society of America.http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=135853&CultureCode=en Scientists wary of shale oil and gas as U.S. energy salvation Geological Society of America 28 October 2013 29 October 2013 1 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161201222337/http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=135853&CultureCode=en 30 October – Doctors in China have regrown the face of a 17-year-old girl with burn injuries, using tissue from her chest.https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/doctors-grow-disfigured-teenage-girl-2656038 Doctors grow disfigured teenage girl a new face on her BREAST Daily Mirror 30 October 2013 30 October 2013 31 October – A new study adds weight to the idea that the oceans have absorbed some of the excess heat from recent global warming.https://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/3130 Is Global Heating Hiding Out in the Oceans? The Earth Institute, Columbia University 31 October 2013 31 October 2013 November 3 November – A total solar eclipse occurs. 4 November – Astronomers report, based on Kepler space mission data, that there could be as many as 40 billion Earth-sized planets orbiting in the habitable zones of sun-like stars and red dwarf stars within the Milky Way Galaxy.Overbye Dennis Far-Off Planets Like the Earth Dot the Galaxy https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/science/cosmic-census-finds-billions-of-planets-that-could-be-like-earth.html 4 November 2013 The New York Times 5 November 2013 Petigura Eric A. Howard Andrew W. Marcy Geoffrey W. Prevalence of Earth-size planets orbiting Sun-like stars 31 October 2013 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 10.1073/pnas.1319909110 2013PNAS..11019273P 110 48 19273–19278 1311.6806 24191033 3845182 free 11 billion of these estimated planets may be orbiting sun-like stars.Khan Amina Milky Way may host billions of Earth-size planets https://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-earth-like-planets-20131105,0,2673237.story 4 November 2013 Los Angeles Times The nearest such planet may be 12 light-years away, according to the scientists. 5 November – India launches its first Mars probe, Mangalyaan.https://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html Worldwide launch schedule Spaceflight Now 8 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20000229163526/http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html 29 February 2000 6 November Researchers have found a way to shrink the volume of nuclear waste by 90 percent.http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/nuclear-research-sheffield-university-fukushima-1.324913 Volume of nuclear waste could be reduced by 90 per cent says new research The University of Sheffield 6 November 2013 6 November 2013 17 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190117051413/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/nuclear-research-sheffield-university-fukushima-1.324913 Japanese researchers have demonstrated multi-component nanoparticles that combine the properties of different materials.https://www.oist.jp/news-center/news/2013/11/6/build-nanoparticle Build-A-Nanoparticle Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology 6 November 2013 11 November 2013 People care more about the longer term when they make decisions in natural environments as opposed to urban, according to research by VU University Amsterdam.http://www.vu.nl/en/news-agenda/news/2013/oct-dec/green-makes-people-act-less-impulsively.asp Green makes people act less impulsively VU University Amsterdam 6 November 2013 12 November 2013September 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 8 November – Scientists report the discovery of what may be the oldest complete fossils on Earth - a tiny microbial mat associated with sandstone rock in western Australia estimated to be 3.48 billion years old.Borenstein Seth Oldest fossil found: Meet your microbial mom http://apnews.excite.com/article/20131113/DAA1VSC01.html 13 November 2013 AP News 15 November 2013 29 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150629230719/http://apnews.excite.com/article/20131113/DAA1VSC01.html dead Noffke Nora Nora Noffke Christian Christian Wacey David Hazen Robert M. Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures Recording an Ancient Ecosystem in the ca. 3.48 Billion-Year-Old Dresser Formation, Pilbara, Western Australia 8 November 2013 Astrobiology 10.1089/ast.2013.1030 2013AsBio..13.1103N 24205812 3870916 13 12 1103–24 9 November – A major iceberg measuring 700 square kilometers, roughly the size of Singapore, has broken away from West Antarctica.http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82392 Major Iceberg Cracks off Pine Island Glacier NASA 15 November 2013 21 November 2013 11 November A new imaging technique can help to identify people at high risk of a heart attack.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24852984 Heart attack risk identified by new scan BBC News 11 November 2013 11 November 2013 Using nanotechnology, researchers at Columbia University have created the world's smallest FM radio.http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/smallest-fm-radio-transmitter-0 Columbia Engineers Make World's Smallest FM Radio Transmitter Columbia University 11 November 2013 20 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131124080459/http://engineering.columbia.edu/smallest-fm-radio-transmitter-0 24 November 2013 13 November Globally, 2013 is likely to be among the top 10 hottest years since records began, according to a provisional statement from the World Meteorological Organization.http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/press_releases/pr_981_en.html Provisional Statement on Status of Climate in 2013: Continuing high temperatures globally and many climate extremes worldwide World Meteorological Organization 13 November 2013 13 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131113155116/http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/press_releases/pr_981_en.html 13 November 2013 NASA announces the names of two features on Mars important to two active Mars exploration rovers in honor of planetary scientist Bruce C. Murray (1931–2013): "Murray Ridge", an uplifted crater that the Opportunity rover is exploring, and "Murray Buttes", an entryway the Curiosity rover will traverse on its way to Mount Sharp.Webster Guy Brown Dwayne Mars Rover Teams Dub Sites in Memory of Bruce Murray http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1542 13 November 2013 NASA 14 November 2013 NASA has produced a video of how Mars may have appeared 4 billion years ago, with blue skies and water.http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-video-illustrates-maven-missions-investigation-of-a-lost-mars/ MAVEN Mission Investigates a Lost Mars NASA 5 May 2015 14 November – Globally, there was a net loss of 1.5 million sq ft of forest between 2000 and 2012, based on 650,000 high-resolution satellite images.https://qz.com/147589/the-world-has-lost-almost-six-californias-worth-of-forest-since-2000/ The world has lost almost six Californias worth of forest since 2000 Ritchie King Quartz 14 November 2013 10 September 2015 15 November – A fragile quantum memory state has been held stable at room temperature for a "world record" 39 minutes, 100 times longer than ever before.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24934786 BBC News Quantum memory 'world record' smashed 15 November 2013 17 November Researchers have made the first battery electrode that heals itself, repairing imperfections within a few hours.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/dnal-sis111413.php Scientists invent self-healing battery electrode DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 17 November 2013 20 November 2013 24 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181124042404/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/dnal-sis111413.php dead The first "mini-kidneys" have been grown from human stem cells.https://www.salk.edu/news/pressrelease_details.php?press_id=648 Salk scientists for the first time generate "mini-kidney" structures from human stem cells Salk Institute 17 November 2013 21 November 2013 18 November The MAVEN spacecraft, part of NASA's Mars Scout Program, is launched successfully.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html Mission Managers Hail Successful MAVEN Launch 2013 NASA 19 November 2013 26 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190226073617/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html Global CO2 emissions are on track to reach 36 billion tonnes in 2013, according to the Global Carbon Project.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/uoea-gce111513.php Global carbon emissions set to reach record 36 billion tonnes in 2013 University of East Anglia 18 November 2013 19 November 2013 3 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181203170445/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/uoea-gce111513.php dead 20 November A new 3D printing process developed at the University of Southern California could reduce production time from hours to minutes.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/uosc-uve111913.php USC Viterbi engineers cut time to 3-D print heterogeneous objects from hours to minutes University of Southern California 20 November 2013 22 November 2013 5 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181105211439/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/uosc-uve111913.php dead thumb|Islands Nishino-shima and Niijima A new volcanic island rose from the Pacific Ocean, in the Volcano Islands arc, and was provisionally named Niijimahttp://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82607 New Island in the Ring of Fire: Image of the Day nasa.gov 18 December 2013https://www.salon.com/2013/11/21/volcano_spawns_brand_new_island_off_japan/ Volcano spawns brand-new island off Japan Lindsay Abrams salon.com 21 November 2013 21 November NASA releases detailed data about a powerful gamma-ray burst, designated GRB 130427A, that was observed on 27 April 2013.Staff NASA Sees 'Watershed' Cosmic Blast in Unique Detail http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-sees-watershed-cosmic-blast-in-unique-detail/index.html 21 November 2013 NASA 21 November 2013 24 October 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161024163835/http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-sees-watershed-cosmic-blast-in-unique-detail/index.html Borenstein Seth 'Monster' cosmic blast zipped harmlessly by Earth http://apnews.excite.com/article/20131121/DAA77ED80.html 21 November 2013 AP News 21 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232642/http://apnews.excite.com/article/20131121/DAA77ED80.html 2 December 2013 The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has made the first discovery of very high energy neutrinos on Earth which had originated from beyond our Solar System.http://www.umdrightnow.umd.edu/news/era-neutrino-astronomy-has-begun The Era of Neutrino Astronomy Has Begun UMD Right Now :: University of Maryland University of Maryland 21 November 2013 23 November 2013 12 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170812040252/https://www.umdrightnow.umd.edu/news/era-neutrino-astronomy-has-begun A potential new compound to treat osteoporosis has shown promising results in mouse experiments.http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=12713 Researchers discover new treatment for osteoporosis University of Sydney 21 November 2013 3 December 2013 22 November The Swarm mission is launched by ESA. It will map the Earth's magnetic field in unprecedented detail.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25028502 Esa's satellite Swarm launch to map Earth's magnetism BBC 22 November 2013 22 November 2013 Researchers at Bonn University have identified an immune gene in humans that originated from Neanderthals.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131122084405.htm 'Immune Gene' in Humans Inherited from Neanderthals, Study Suggests Science Daily 22 November 2013 28 November 2013 Paleontologists have described a newly found dinosaur, Siats meekerorum, that lived 98 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous. Based on analysis of a juvenile 30 ft specimen, the researchers say the adult version could have reached 40 ft (12 meters) in length – second only to Tyrannosaurus rex in size, and holding back the dominance of that species until later in the epoch.https://news.ncsu.edu/releases/new-predator-dinosaur-siats/ Colossal New Predatory Dino Terrorized Early Tyrannosaurs North Carolina State University 22 November 2013 23 November 2013 24 November Even if CO2 emissions stop, global warming will continue for centuries, according to a study by Princeton University.https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S38/51/51I69/index.xml?section=topstories Even if emissions stop, carbon dioxide could warm Earth for centuries Princeton University 24 November 2013 26 November 2013 Methane release from the Arctic seafloor is double previous estimates, new research has shown.http://uafcornerstone.net/ESAS2013/ Study: Arctic seafloor methane releases double previous estimates University of Alaska Fairbanks 24 November 2013 26 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131205011603/http://uafcornerstone.net/esas2013/ 5 December 2013 25 November – NASA reports that the Curiosity rover on Mars has resumed full science operations, with no apparent loss of capability, after completing the diagnosis of an electrical problem first observed on 17 November. Apparently, an internal short in the rover's power source, the Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, caused an unusual and intermittent decrease in a voltage indicator on the rover.Webster Guy Rover Team Working to Diagnose Electrical Issue http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/jpl/msl20131120.html 20 November 2013 NASA 21 November 2013 4 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160604093321/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/jpl/msl20131120.html Curiosity Resumes Science After Analysis of Voltage Issue http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/msl/mars-rover-curiosity-20131125.html 25 November 2013 NASA 25 November 2013 8 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180908035610/https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/msl/mars-rover-curiosity-20131125.html 28 November – The comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) passed roughly 1100000 km off above the Sun's surface. Although it was highly anticipated that the comet would be visible to the naked eye on Earth once it orbited the Sun,https://www.cometison2013.co.uk/ News, Facts and Information CometISON2013.com 12 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20190210162304/http://cometison2013.co.uk/ 10 February 2019http://www.astronomy.com/News-Observing/News/2012/09/New%20comet%20will%20light%20up%20the%20sky.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20120927235404/http://www.astronomy.com/News-Observing/News/2012/09/New%20comet%20will%20light%20up%20the%20sky.aspx 27 September 2012 New comet will light up the sky Astronomy 25 September 2012 1 January 2013 Bakich Michael E. it became increasingly evident that it had vaporized as it made its approach. Hours after it passed behind the Sun, a part of the comet re-emerged, though significantly smaller. Over the next 24 hours, it too, faded. 29 November – Scientists report Comet ISON may have survived its trip around the Sun.Chang Kenneth Comet ISON, Presumed Dead, Shows New Life https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/30/science/space/comet-presumed-dead-shows-new-life.html 29 November 2013 The New York Times 29 November 2013 December 1 December – China launches the Chang'e 3 lunar rover mission, with a planned landing on 16 December.http://english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20131202/101349.shtml Chang'e-3 lunar probe to land on moon in two weeks CCTV News - CNTV English cntv.cn 10 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150517191105/http://english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20131202/101349.shtml 17 May 2015 2 December A study of nearly 1,000 brain scans has revealed striking differencesNovember 2025 between men and women.http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2013/12/verma/ Brain Connectivity Study Reveals Striking Differences Between Men and Women Penn Medicine 2 December 2013 3 December 2013 The CIOC (NASA Comet ISON Observing Campaign) announces that Comet ISON has fully disintegrated.http://www.isoncampaign.org/karl/in-memoriam In Memoriam CIOC Karl Battams 2 December 2013 2 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203133703/http://www.isoncampaign.org/karl/in-memoriam 3 December 2013 http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-investigating-the-life-of-comet-ison/ NASA Investigating the Life of Comet ISON NASA.gov Karen C. Fox 2 December 2013 2 December 2013 30 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191230221027/https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-investigating-the-life-of-comet-ison/ The Hubble Space Telescope failed to detect fragments of ISON on 18 December 2013.http://hubblesite.org/hubble_discoveries/comet_ison/blogs/breaking-news-comet-ison-is-still-dead BREAKING NEWS: Comet ISON Is Still Dead Hubblesite.org Zolt Levay 20 December 2013 21 December 2013 On 8 May 2014, a detailed examination of the comet disintegration was published, suggesting that the comet fully disintegrated hours before perihelion.Sekanina Zdenek Kracht Rainer Disintegration of Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) Shortly Before Perihelion: Evidence From Independent Data Sets 1404.5968 8 May 2014 astro-ph.EP 3 December – The Hubble Space Telescope has found evidence of water in the atmospheres of five distant exoplanets: HD 209458b, XO-1b, WASP-12b, WASP-17b and WASP-19b.Hubble Traces Subtle Signals of Water on Hazy Worlds http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-traces-subtle-signals-of-water-on-hazy-worlds/ 3 December 2013 NASA 4 December 2013Deming, Drake Infrared Transmission Spectroscopy of the Exoplanets HD 209458b and XO-1b Using the Wide Field Camera-3 on the Hubble Space Telescope 10 September 2013 Astrophysical Journal 774 2 95 10.1088/0004-637X/774/2/95 2013ApJ...774...95D 1302.1141 10960488 etalMandell Avi M. Haynes Korey Sinukoff Evan Madhusudhan Nikku Burrows Adam Deming Drake Exoplanet Transit Spectroscopy Using WFC3: WASP-12 b, WASP-17 b, and WASP-19 b 3 December 2013 Astrophysical Journal 779 128 10.1088/0004-637X/779/2/128 2013ApJ...779..128M 2 1310.2949 52997396 4 December Researchers have discovered that a protein, PC7, plays an important role in anxiety disorders and trauma.http://www.ircm.qc.ca/Medias/Communiques/Pages/detail.aspx?pID=88 An important discovery related to anxiety disorders and trauma IRCM 4 December 2013 4 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131209154154/http://www.ircm.qc.ca/Medias/Communiques/Pages/detail.aspx?pID=88 9 December 2013 Scientists report the results of the oldest human DNA found. The DNA is from a 400,000-year-old hominin femur bone fossil uncovered in Spain and matches the DNA of extinct human Denisovans that lived thousands of miles away in Siberia.Callaway Ewan Hominin DNA baffles experts 5 December 2013 Nature 504 7478 16–17 10.1038/504016a 2013Natur.504...16C 24305130 free Zimmer Carl Baffling 400,000-Year-Old Clue to Human Origins https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/science/at-400000-years-oldest-human-dna-yet-found-raises-new-mysteries.html 5 December 2013 The New York Times 6 December 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25193442 Leg bone gives up oldest human DNA BBC 4 December 2013 5 December 2013 Researchers at the University of Southampton have identified undersea regions that could store huge volumes of sequestered CO2, potentially helping to reverse climate change.https://www.southampton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2013/dec/13_216.shtml Ocean crust pillow lavas could store many centuries of industrial CO2 University of Southampton 4 December 2013 6 December 2013Geological storage of CO2 within the oceanic crust by gravitational trapping Wiley Online Library 3 December 2013 10.1002/2013GL058220 40 23 Geophysical Research Letters 6219–6224 Marieni Chiara Henstock Timothy J. Teagle Damon A. H. 2013GeoRL..40.6219M https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/360501/1/grl51124.pdf free 5 December – Researchers have used a human gut microbe to reverse autism-like symptoms in mice.https://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bacterium-reverses-autism-like-behavior-in-mice Bacterium Reverses Autismlike Behavior in Mice Scientific American 5 December 2013 7 December 2013 8 December – A new way of extracting hydrogen from rocks and water, potentially offering a new green energy source, has been demonstrated by the University of Lyon.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/tca-dco120213.php Deep Carbon Observatory scientists discover quick recipe for producing hydrogen EurekAlert 8 December 2013 14 December 2013https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25349983 Hydrogen squeezed from stone could be new energy source BBC 13 December 2013 14 December 2013 9 December NASA scientists report that the planet Mars had a large freshwater lake (which could have been a hospitable environment for microbial life) based on evidence from the Curiosity rover studying Aeolis Palus near Mount Sharp in Gale Crater.Chang Kenneth On Mars, an Ancient Lake and Perhaps Life https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/science/space/on-mars-an-ancient-lake-and-perhaps-life.html 9 December 2013 The New York Times 9 December 2013 Science - Special Collection - Curiosity Rover on Mars https://www.science.org/action/doSearch?AllField=Curiosity+Mars 9 December 2013 Science 9 December 2013 A newly discovered greenhouse gas, perfluorotributylamine, has been shown to have 7,100 times the heat-trapping ability of CO2.https://media.utoronto.ca/media-releases/arts/new-long-lived-greenhouse-gas-discovered-by-university-of-toronto-chemistry-team/ New long-lived greenhouse gas discovered by University of Toronto chemistry team University of Toronto 9 December 2013 11 December 2013https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/10/new-greenhouse-gas-powerful-chemical-perfluorotributylamine Newly discovered greenhouse gas '7,000 times more powerful than CO2' The Guardian 10 December 2013 11 December 2013 10 December – A new record low temperature on Earth has been recorded, with NASA satellite data showing −94.7 °C (−138.5 °F) in a region of East Antarctica. The previous record had been −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F), set in 1983 at Vostok Station.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/10/coldest-temperature-recorded-earth-antarctica-guinness-book Coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth in Antarctica: -94.7C (-135.8F) The Guardian 10 December 2013 12 December 2013 11 December The supervolcano that lies beneath Yellowstone National Park in the US has a magma chamber that is 2.5 times bigger than earlier estimates suggested.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25312674 Yellowstone supervolcano 'even more colossal' BBC 11 December 2013 11 December 2013 Ice loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is accelerating, based on the latest data from CryoSat-2. Over 150 cubic km of ice is now melting into the sea each year.https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/CryoSat/Antarctica_s_ice_loss_on_the_rise Antarctica's ice loss on the rise ESA 11 December 2013 11 December 2013https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25328508 Esa's Cryosat mission detects continued West Antarctic ice loss BBC 11 December 2013 11 December 2013 NASA reports the detection of "clay-like minerals" (specifically, phyllosilicates), often associated with organic materials, on the icy crust of Europa, moon of Jupiter.Cook Jia-Rui c. Clay-Like Minerals Found on Icy Crust of Europa http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-362 11 December 2013 NASA 11 December 2013 The presence of the minerals may have been the result of a collision with an asteroid or comet according to the scientists. A new hydrogel scaffold has been developed for craniofacial bone tissue regeneration, which turns from a liquid to gel in the body, then liquefies again for removal.http://news.rice.edu/2013/12/11/liquid-to-gel-to-bone/ Liquid to gel to bone Rice University 11 December 2013 13 December 2013 14 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131214041639/http://news.rice.edu/2013/12/11/liquid-to-gel-to-bone/ 12 December NASA announces, based on studies with the Hubble Space Telescope, that water vapor plumes were detected on Europa, moon of Jupiter, and were similar to water vapor plumes detected on Enceladus, moon of Saturn.Cook Jia-Rui C. Gutro Rob Brown Dwayne Harrington J.D. Fohn Joe Hubble Sees Evidence of Water Vapor at Jupiter Moon http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-363 12 December 2013 NASA 12 December 2013 A new drug has been shown to reduce the risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women by 53 percent.https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/12/call-breast-cancer-drug-made-available-nhs-anastrozole Breast cancer drug 'halves likelihood of high-risk women developing disease' The Guardian 12 December 2013 12 December 2013 Researchers have achieved a five-fold increase in the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans, the equivalent of a human reaching 400–500 years of age.http://www.buckinstitute.org/buck-news/five-fold-lifespan-extension-c-elegans-combining-mutants https://web.archive.org/web/20131216105828/http://www.buckinstitute.org/buck-news/five-fold-lifespan-extension-c-elegans-combining-mutants 16 December 2013 Five-Fold Lifespan Extension in C. Elegans by Combining Mutants Buck Institute 12 December 2013 16 December 2013 13 December – Astronomers at the University College London report the detection of noble molecules in outer space for the first time. Argon-36, in the form of argon hydride, was found in cosmic dust associated with the Crab nebula supernova.Quenqua Douglas Noble Molecules Found in Space https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/science/space/noble-molecules-found-in-space.html 13 December 2013 The New York Times 13 December 2013 Barlow M. J. 2013 Detection of a Noble Gas Molecular Ion, 36ArH+, in the Crab Nebula Science 342 6164 1343–1345 10.1126/science.1243582 1312.4843 2013Sci...342.1343B 24337290 37578581 etal 14 December – The uncrewed Chinese lunar rover Chang'e 3 lands on the Moon, making China the third country to achieve a soft landing there.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25356603 China lands Jade Rabbit robot rover on Moon 14 December 2013 BBCRui C. Barbosa China's Chang'e-3 and Jade Rabbit duo land on the Moon https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/12/china-jade-rabbit-lunar-arrival/ NASAspaceflight.com 14 December 2013 14 December 2013 16 December – An international team of researchers reports evidence that Neanderthals practiced burial behavior and intentionally buried their dead.Wilford John Noble Neanderthals and the Dead https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/science/neanderthals-and-the-dead.html 16 December 2013 The New York Times 17 December 2013 18 December Scientists report, for the first time, the entire genome of a Neanderthal, an extinct species of humans. The genome was extracted from the toe bone of a 130,000-year-old Neanderthal found in a Siberian cave.Zimmer Carl Carl Zimmer Toe Fossil Provides Complete Neanderthal Genome https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/science/toe-fossil-provides-complete-neanderthal-genome.html 18 December 2013 The New York Times 18 December 2013 Prüfer, Kay The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains 18 December 2013 Nature 10.1038/nature12886 505 7481 43–49 2014Natur.505...43P etal 24352235 4031459 Astronomers have spotted what appears to be the first known "exomoon", located 1,800 light years away.https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24773-first-exomoon-glimpsed--1800-light-years-from-earth.html First exomoon glimpsed – 1800 light years from Earth New Scientist 18 December 2013 20 December 20131312.3951 [1312.3951] A Sub-Earth-Mass Moon Orbiting a Gas Giant Primary or a High Velocity Planetary System in the Galactic Bulge.org The Astrophysical Journal 785 2 155 Bennett D. P. Batista V. Bond I. A. Bennett C. S. Suzuki D. Beaulieu J. -P. Udalski A. Donatowicz J. Abe F. Botzler C. S. Freeman M. Fukunaga D. Fukui A. Itow Y. Koshimoto N. Ling C. H. Masuda K. Matsubara Y. Muraki Y. Namba S. Ohnishi K. Rattenbury N. J. Saito To. Sullivan D. J. Sumi T. Sweatman W. L. Tristram P. J. Tsurumi N. Wada K. Yock P. C. M. 29 2013 10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/155 2014ApJ...785..155B 118327512 19 December The European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope is launched. Researchers at Harvard Medical School have achieved a major breakthrough in the study of aging. By using a chemical that occurs naturally in the human body, it was possible to restore tissues in two-year-old mice to a much younger state.http://hms.harvard.edu/news/genetics/new-reversible-cause-aging-12-19-13 A New—and Reversible—Cause of Aging Harvard Medical School 19 December 2013 20 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20170803161220/https://hms.harvard.edu/news/genetics/new-reversible-cause-aging-12-19-13 3 August 2017https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25445748 Youth-drug can 'reverse' ageing in animal studies BBC 20 December 2013 20 December 2013 20 December NASA reports that the Curiosity rover has successfully upgraded, for the third time since landing, its software programs and is now operating with version 11. The new software is expected to provide the rover with better robotic arm and autonomous driving abilities. Due to wheel wear, a concern to drive more carefully, over the rough terrain the rover is currently traveling on its way to Mount Sharp, was also reported.Webster Guy Curiosity Team Upgrades Software, Checks Wheel Wear - Mars Science Laboratory Mission Status Report http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-374 20 December 2013 NASA 23 December 2013 French Professor Alain Carpentier has developed the first self-regulating artificial heart, using biomaterials and electronic sensors. The device was successfully implanted by a team at the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/science-trumps-sentiment-as-france-claims-breakthrough-with-first-artificial-heart-transplant-9021108.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/science-trumps-sentiment-as-france-claims-breakthrough-with-first-artificial-heart-transplant-9021108.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Science trumps sentiment as France claims breakthrough with first artificial heart transplant The Independent 22 December 2013 24 December 2013 London John Lichfieldhttp://www.carmatsa.com/index.php?id=505&cid=689&fid=26&task=download&option=com_flexicontent&lang=en First-in-man implantation of CARMAT's bioprosthetic artificial heart CARMAT 20 December 2013 24 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131224102303/http://www.carmatsa.com/index.php?id=505&cid=689&fid=26&task=download&option=com_flexicontent&lang=en 24 December 2013 22 December A massive underground reservoir of meltwater has been discovered below Greenland, storing liquid water all year round and covering 27,000 square miles. This has implications for sea level rises.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25463647 'Massive' reservoir of melt water found under Greenland ice BBC 22 December 2013 26 December 2013http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/greenland-ice-stores-liquid-water-year-round/ Greenland Ice Stores Liquid Water Year-Round University of Utah 22 December 2013 26 December 2013 27 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131227021923/http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/greenland-ice-stores-liquid-water-year-round/ Solar activity is not a key cause of recent climate change, a new study shows.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/uoe-san122013.php Solar activity not a key cause of climate change, study shows EurekAlert 22 December 2013 27 December 2013Small influence of solar variability on climate over the past millennium 10.1038/ngeo2040 22 December 2013 7 2 Nature Geoscience 104–108 2014NatGe...7..104S Schurer Andrew P Tett Simon F. B Hegerl Gabriele C 140553467 20.500.11820/6f8f8e9d-28d2-40bb-9176-ffc10b07a365 https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/files/14512097/PDF_Schurer.et.al.2014_POSTPRINT.pdf free 30 December – Earth's crust was unstable during the Archean era and would have "dripped" down into the mantle, which was much hotter than today, according to new research.http://www.uni-mainz.de/presse/16937_ENG_HTML.php Earth's crust was unstable in the Archean eon and dripped down into the mantle Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz 30 December 2013 3 January 2014 31 December – NASA reports that clouds may have been detected in the atmospheres of several exoplanets; specifically, GJ 436 b and GJ 1214 b.Harrington J.D. Weaver Donna Villard Ray Release 13-383 - NASA's Hubble Sees Cloudy Super-Worlds With Chance for More Clouds http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/december/nasas-hubble-sees-cloudy-super-worlds-with-chance-for-more-clouds/ 31 December 2013 NASA 1 January 2014 Moses Julianne Extrasolar planets: Cloudy with a chance of dustballs 1 January 2014 Nature 505 31–32 10.1038/505031a 7481 2014Natur.505...31M 24380949 4408861 Knutson, Heather A featureless transmission spectrum for the Neptune-mass exoplanet GJ 436b 1 January 2014 Nature 505 66–68 10.1038/nature12887 7481 1401.3350 2014Natur.505...66K etal 24380953 4454617 Kreidberg, Laura Clouds in the atmosphere of the super-Earth exoplanet GJ 1214b 1 January 2014 Nature 505 69–72 10.1038/nature12888 7481 1401.0022 2014Natur.505...69K etal 24380954 4447642 Earlier, on 31 September, clouds were reported found, for the first time on an exoplanet, on Kepler-7b. Awards Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences: Cornelia I. Bargmann, David Botstein, Lewis C. Cantley, Hans Clevers, Titia de Lange, Napoleone Ferrara, Eric S. Lander, Charles L. Sawyers, Robert A. Weinberg, Shinya Yamanaka and Bert Vogelstein Nobel Prize List of Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine List of Nobel laureates in Physics List of Nobel laureates in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof Nobel Prize in Physics: François Englert and Peter Higgs Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering: Marc Andreessen, Tim Berners-Lee, Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn and Louis Pouzin UNESCO Young Scientist Awards/Michel Batisse Award UNESCO Young Scientist Awards and Michel Batisse Award for Biosphere Reserve Management: Julio Blas Garcia, Angela Camargo, Bilal Habib, Hilaire Kouakou, Atieh Kazemi Mojarad and Claudia MuneraUNESCO UNESCO announces winners of Young Scientist Awards and Michel Batisse Award for Biosphere Reserve Management http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/unesco_announces_winners_of_young_scientist_awards_and_michel_batisse_award_for_biosphere_reserve_management/ 30 May 2013 UNESCO 6 June 2013 Kazemi Mojarad Atieh Application for the Year 2013-MAB Young Scientists Awards ftp://ftp.unesco.org/upload/SC/MAB_YSA_2013/MAB_YSA_2013_Applications/Iran/Ms%20Kazemi.pdf 30 May 2013 UNESCO dead 6 June 2013 Other Order of the Companions of Honour (UK): Peter Higgs Deaths January 6 January – Paul Grundy, Australian structural engineer (born 1935).http://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/theage-au/obituary.aspx?n=paul-grundy&pid=162207719 Paul Grundy Obituary The Age 8 January 2013 6 February 2013 Melbourne 8 January – Percy White, British chemist and nuclear scientist, contributor to Britain's first nuclear bomb (born 1916).https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jan/16/percival-white Percy White obituary The Guardian 16 January 2013 27 January 2013 London Lorna Arnold 9 January – Brigitte Askonas, British immunologist (born 1923).https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jan/10/brigitte-askonas-obituary Brigitte Askonas obituary The Guardian 10 January 2013 27 January 2013 London Bridget Ogilvie 11 January – Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and Internet hactivist, suicide (born 1986).Aaron Swartz, Tech Prodigy and Internet Activist, Is Dead at 26 https://business.time.com/2013/01/13/tech-prodigy-and-internet-activist-aaron-swartz-commits-suicide/ Time 2013-01-13 2013-01-13 2019-10-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20191021193318/http://business.time.com/2013/01/13/tech-prodigy-and-internet-activist-aaron-swartz-commits-suicide/ live 14 January – Andreas Raab, German computer scientist (born 1968).http://www.heise.de/ct/meldung/Squeak-und-Croquet-Entwickler-Andreas-Raab-gestorben-1791119.html Squeak- und Croquet-Entwickler Andreas Raab gestorben (in German) Heise 24 January 2013 30 January 2013 28 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130128071625/http://www.heise.de/ct/meldung/Squeak-und-Croquet-Entwickler-Andreas-Raab-gestorben-1791119.html 18 January – Jim Horning, American computer scientist (born 1942).https://www.acm.org/news/featured/horning Jim Horning, Past ACM Awards Committee Co-Chair, Dies ACM.org 27 January 2013 19 January – Basil Hirschowitz, South African-American gastroenterologist (born 1925).http://obits.al.com/obituaries/birmingham/obituary.aspx?pid=162582490 BASIL ISAAC HIRSCHOWITZ AL.com 27 January 2013 21 January Donald Hornig, American Manhattan Project chemist and explosives expert (born 1920).https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/science/donald-hornig-a-bomb-scientist-and-brown-president-dies-at-92.html Donald Hornig, Last to See First A-Bomb, Dies at 92 The New York Times 26 January 2013 27 January 2013 Douglas Martin Ahmet Mete Işıkara, Turkish geophysicist (born 1941).http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-leading-seismologist-isikara-dies-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=39583&NewsCatID=341 Turkey's leading seismologist Işıkara dies Hurriyet 21 January 2013 28 January 2013 28 January – Xu Liangying, Chinese physicist (born 1920).http://www.salon.com/2013/01/28/chinese_translator_of_einstein_xu_liangying_dies/ https://archive.today/20130216180506/http://www.salon.com/2013/01/28/chinese_translator_of_einstein_xu_liangying_dies/ 16 February 2013 Chinese translator of Einstein Xu Liangying dies Salon.com 28 January 2013 29 January 2013 February thumb|right|250px|28 February 2013: Donald A. Glaser, a Nobel Prize-winning American physicist, dies aged 86. 8 February – Nevin S. Scrimshaw, American food scientist and nutritionist (born 1918).http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N3/scrimshaw.html Nevin S. Scrimshaw dies at age 95 The MIT Tech 12 February 2013 12 February 2013 10 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130610032604/http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N3/scrimshaw.html 12 February – Reginald Turnill, British BBC science and spaceflight correspondent (born 1915).https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/feb/12/reginald-turnill-obituary Reginald Turnill obituary The Guardian 12 February 2013 19 February 2013 London Nigel Fountain 18 February Jerry Buss, American chemist and businessman (born 1933).Jerry Buss memorial: Tim Leiweke begins the service https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakersnow/la-sp-ln-jerry-buss-memorial-service-live-coverage-20130221,0,2789928.story Los Angeles Times 21 February 2013 21 February 2013 Godfrey Hewitt, British biologist and geneticist (born 1940).https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/10069587/Godfrey-Hewitt.html Godfrey Hewitt The Daily Telegraph 20 May 2013 18 June 2013 London 19 February – Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, joint winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics (born 1937).http://www.wgme.com/template/inews_wire/wires.national/33ead164-www.wgme.com.shtml Cornell physicist and Nobel winner Richardson dies AP via WGME 20 February 2013 21 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130927022826/http://www.wgme.com/template/inews_wire/wires.national/33ead164-www.wgme.com.shtml 27 September 2013 20 February – David S. McKay, American astrobiologist (born 1936).https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9900905/David-McKay.html David McKay The Daily Telegraph 28 February 2013 6 March 2013 London 25 February – C. Everett Koop, American surgeon and public health official (born 1916).https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/surgeon-general-c-everett-koop-dies-1.1312741 Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies CBC 26 February 2013 26 February 2013 28 February – Donald A. Glaser, American physicist, winner of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physics (born 1926).https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9910888/Donald-Glaser.html Donald Glaser The Daily Telegraph 5 March 2013 6 March 2013 London March 4 March – Hobart Muir Smith, American herpetologist (born 1912).http://www.mail-archive.com/ecolog-l@listserv.umd.edu/msg30172.html ECOLOG-L: Hobart M Smith has passed away The Mail Archive 5 March 2013 8 March 2013 10 March – Ian Munro Ross, British-born American electrical engineer and transistor pioneer (born 1927).https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/business/ian-ross-who-led-bell-labs-dies-at-85.html Ian M. Ross, a President at Bell Labs, Dies at 85 The New York Times 16 March 2013 17 March 2013 Douglas Martin 15 March – Kallam Anji Reddy, Indian chemical engineer and pharmaceutical entrepreneur (born 1940).https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-company/corporate-trends/dr-kallam-anji-reddy-the-man-who-introduced-india-to-the-drug-called-innovation/articleshow/19009383.cms?adcode=50 Dr Kallam Anji Reddy: The man who introduced India to the drug called innovation Economic Times 17 March 2013 17 March 2013 16 March – Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (born 1939).http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/16/jamal-nazrul-islam-dies-at-74 Jamal Nazrul Islam dies at 74 Bangladesh News 24 16 March 2013 17 March 2013 21 March – Cornelis H. A. Koster, Dutch computer scientist (born 1943).https://www.ru.nl/icis/news/memoriam-kees-koster/ In memoriam Kees Koster ICIS (RU Nijmegen) March 2013 20 July 2013 24 March Mary Gillham, British naturalist (born 1921).https://cardiffnaturalists.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/dr-mary-gillham-1921-2013.html Dr Mary Gillham 1921 – 2013 Cardiff Naturalists Society 24 March 2013 11 April 2013 Gury Marchuk, Russian physicist and mathematician (born 1925).https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/marchuk-an-architect-of-indorussian-scientific-collaboration/article4551824.ece Marchuk, an architect of Indo-Russian scientific collaboration The Hindu 26 March 2013 11 April 2013 Chennai, India Vladimir Radyuhin thumb|right|250px|24 March 2013: Gury Marchuk, a prominent Russian mathematician and physicist, dies aged 87. 27 March – Yvonne Brill, Canadian rocket scientist (born 1924).https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/31/ny-times-yvonne-brill-obituary-criticism_n_2988690.html NY Times Changes Yvonne Brill Obituary After Criticism Huffington Post 31 March 2013 31 March 2013 Rebecca Shapiro 28 March George E. P. Box, British-born American statistician (born 1919).https://www.news.wisc.edu/21662 Renowned statistician George Box dies at 93 University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 April 2013 11 April 2013 John Findlater, Scottish meteorologist (born 1926).http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/obituaries/obituary-john-findlater-meteorologist-1-2888287 Obituary: John Findlater, meteorologist The Scotsman 11 April 2013 19 April 2013 April 8 April – Frank Panton, British military scientist and bomb disposal expert (born 1923).Ames Nick http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/tributes_to_noted_archaeologist_and_scientist_dr_frank_panton_1_2022190 Tributes to noted archeologist and scientist Dr Frank Panton Kent News 17 April 2013 22 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130926223927/http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/tributes_to_noted_archaeologist_and_scientist_dr_frank_panton_1_2022190 26 September 2013 9 April – Paolo Soleri, Italian architect and ecologist, pioneer of the arcology concept (born 1919).Karissa Rosenfield Remembering Paolo Soleri 1919–2013 http://www.archdaily.com/357747/remembering-paolo-soleri-1919-2013/ Architecture Daily 9 April 2013 14 July 2013 10 April – Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards, British physiologist and pioneer in in-vitro fertilisation, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1925).https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-22091873 Test-tube baby pioneer Professor Sir Robert Edwards dies BBC 10 April 2013 10 April 2013 15 April – Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-born Israeli physicist and dissident (born 1930).http://www.aen.ru/?page=brief&article_id=67213 https://web.archive.org/web/20130523034111/http://www.aen.ru/?page=brief&article_id=67213 23 May 2013 ru:Скончался профессор Вениамин Файн AEN.ru 15 April 2013 17 April 2013 ru 19 April François Jacob, French biologist, winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1920).https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/francois-jacob-french-biologist-and-nobel-winner-dies-at-92/2013/04/23/f455fe6a-ac48-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html Francois Jacob, French biologist and Nobel winner, dies at 92 The Washington Post 24 April 2013 24 April 2013 David Brown Matt Schudelthumb|right|250px|19 April 2013: François Jacob, a Nobel Prize-winning French biologist, dies aged 92. Kenneth Appel, American mathematician (born 1932).https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10158040/Kenneth-Appel.html Kenneth Appel The Daily Telegraph 3 July 2013 5 July 2013 London 21 April – Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician (born 1929).https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/world/asia/shakuntala-devi-human-computer-dies-in-india-at-83.html Shakuntala Devi, 'Human Computer' Who Bested the Machines, Dies at 83 The New York Times 23 April 2013 24 April 2013 Haresh Pandya 22 April Struther Arnott, Scottish molecular biologist and chemist (born 1934).http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/obituaries/former-principal-of-st-andrews-university-professor-struther-arnott-dies-1.86704 Former principal of St Andrews University Professor Struther Arnott dies The Courier 23 April 2013 24 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130425110425/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/obituaries/former-principal-of-st-andrews-university-professor-struther-arnott-dies-1.86704 25 April 2013 Benjamin Milstein, British cardiothoracic surgeon and heart surgery pioneer (born 1918).https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jun/04/ben-milstein Ben Milstein obituary The Guardian 4 June 2013 28 June 2013 London John Wallwork 28 April – John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist (born 1935).https://semantic-domain.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/john-c-reynolds-june-1-1935-april-28.html?showComment=1367273397523 John C. Reynolds, June 1, 1935 – April 28, 2013 Semantic Domain via Blogspot 29 April 2013 1 May 2013 May 3 May – David Morris Kern, American pharmacist (born 1909).'Orajel' creator David Morris Kern dies at 103 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130505/NATION/305050352#ixzz2Xma9HPBB 1 July 2013 https://archive.today/20130701090748/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130505/NATION/305050352%23ixzz2Xma9HPBB Detroit News 5 May 2013 1 July 2013 4 May – Christian de Duve, English-born Belgian biologist and biochemist, co-recipient of the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1917).https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/us/christian-de-duve-nobel-winning-biochemist-dies-at-95.html Christian de Duve, 95, Dies; Nobel-Winning Biochemist The New York Times 6 May 2013 18 June 2013 Denise Gellene 10 May – Boicho Kokinov, Bulgarian cognitive scientist (born 1960).http://reasoninglab.psych.ucla.edu/Archives/index.html Boicho Kokinov (1960 – 2013) UCLA Reasoning Lab 2013 1 July 2013 29 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130629090814/http://reasoninglab.psych.ucla.edu/Archives/index.html 11 May – Joe Farman, British geophysicist who worked for the British Antarctic Survey (born 1930).Joe Farman The Daily Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10054913/Joe-Farman.html 13 May 2013 17 June 2013 London 12 May – George William Gray, Scottish chemist who discovered stable liquid crystal materials leading to the development of liquid crystal displays (born 1926).https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/may/21/george-gray George Gray obituary The Guardian 21 May 2013 17 June 2013 London John Goodby Peter Raynes 16 May Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and nanotechnologist (born 1933).Heinrich Rohrer dies at 79; a father of nanotechnology https://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-me-0524-heinrich-rohrer-20130524,0,6312102.story Los Angeles Times 23 May 2013 8 June 2013 Thomas H. Maugh II Frank Nigel Hepper, English botanist (born 1929).http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=frank-nigel-hepper&pid=164963475#fbLoggedOut Frank Nigel HEPPER Obituary: View Frank HEPPER's Obituary by The Times The Times 2013-05-16 2013-05-31 1 July 2013 https://archive.today/20130701001210/http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=frank-nigel-hepper&pid=164963475%23fbLoggedOut 29 May – Ludwig G. Strauss, German medical radiologist (born 1949).10.1007/s00259-013-2475-y In memoriam: Ludwig G. Strauss, MD, 1949-2013 Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging 7 June 2013 40 9 1299–1300 Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss Antonia Carrió Ignasi free 31 May – Gerald E. Brown, American theoretical physicist (born 1926).http://ivory.idyll.org/gerry/ Gerald Edward Brown Idyll.org 2 June 2013 1 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130619160616/http://ivory.idyll.org/gerry/ 19 June 2013 June 1 June – Hanfried Lenz, German mathematician (born 1916).https://www.mi.fu-berlin.de/fb/news/ProfLenzGestorben.html Prof. Dr. Hanfried Lenz ist am 1. Juni 2013 gestorben Freie Universität Berlin 5 June 2013 1 July 2013 de 6 June – Jerome Karle, American chemist, joint winner of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (born 1918).https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/health/jerome-karle-94-dies-nobelist-for-crystallography.html Jerome Karle, Nobelist for Crystallography, Dies at 94 The New York Times 14 June 2013 1 July 2013 Kenneth Chang 12 June – Michael Kasha, American chemist and biophysicist (born 1920).http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20130614/NEWS01/306140028/?gcheck=1 Renowned FSU scientist Michael Kasha dies at 92 Tallahassee.com 13 June 2013 1 July 2013 15 June – Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physics (born 1936).https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10133044/Kenneth-Wilson.html Kenneth Wilson The Daily Telegraph 20 June 2013 27 June 2013 London 16 June – James Massey, American electrical engineer, information theorist and cryptographer (born 1934).https://www.itsoc.org/news-events/recent-news/james-lee-massey-dies-at-79 James Lee Massey dies at 79 IEEE Information Theory Society 16 June 2013 30 June 2013 20 June – Wu Zhengyi, Chinese botanist (born 1916).http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-06/21/c_132475599.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20131001211221/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-06/21/c_132475599.htm 1 October 2013 Famous Chinese botanist dies at 97 Xinhua 21 June 2013 30 June 2013 21 June Zhang Guangdou, Chinese hydraulic engineer and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (born 1912).http://www.best-news.us/news-4713418-Three-Gorges-Project-veteran-Zhang-Guangdou-death.html Three Gorges Project veteran Zhang Guangdou death Xinhua via Best News 22 June 2013 30 June 2013 27 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130927114942/http://www.best-news.us/news-4713418-Three-Gorges-Project-veteran-Zhang-Guangdou-death.html James P. Gordon, American physicist (born 1928).http://www.app.com/article/20130625/NJNEWS/306250135/James-P-Gordon-noted-physicist-dead-at-85?gcheck=1 James P. Gordon, noted physicist, dead at 85 APP.com 26 June 2013 30 June 2013 22 June – Sergio Focardi, Italian physicist (born 1932).http://www.affaritaliani.it/culturaspettacoli/morto-fisico-italiano-sergio-focardi.html E' morto il grande fisico italiano Sergio Focardi AffarItaliani.it 23 June 2013 30 June 2013 it 27 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130627071731/http://www.affaritaliani.it/culturaspettacoli/morto-fisico-italiano-sergio-focardi.html 24 June – James Martin, British computer scientist, author and futurist (born 1933).Kent Jonathan Dr. James Martin found dead 25 June 2013 Bermuda Royal Gazette http://royalgazette.com/article/20130625/NEWS/706249842 25 June 2013 10 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130710003454/http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20130625/NEWS/706249842 29 June – Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist (born 1922).https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/italys-lady-of-the-stars-margherita-hack-dies-at-91/article12898703/ https://archive.today/20130629191409/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/italys-lady-of-the-stars-margherita-hack-dies-at-91/article12898703/ 29 June 2013 Italy's 'lady of the stars' Margherita Hack dies at 91 The Globe and Mail 29 June 2013 30 June 2013 Toronto thumb|right|250px|2 July 2013: Douglas Engelbart, an American computer technology pioneer and inventor of the computer mouse, dies aged 88. July 2 July Douglas Engelbart, American scientist and computer pioneer, inventor of the computer mouse (born 1925).Computer mouse inventor Doug Engelbart dies at 88 3 July 2013 BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23174052 3 July 2013 Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-born American chemist and NASA astronaut candidate (born 1933).Dr. John Anthony "Tony" Llewellyn http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sptimes/obituary.aspx?n=john-anthony-llewellyn-tony&pid=165750444 Tampa Bay Times 9 July 2013 25 July 2013 8 July – Rubby Sherr, American nuclear physicist and Manhattan Project participant (born 1913).http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130721_Dr__Rubby_Sherr__99__helped_develop_atomic_bomb.html Dr. Rubby Sherr, 99; helped develop atomic bomb Philly.com 21 July 2013 23 July 2013 9 July – Masao Yoshida, Japanese nuclear engineer who was involved in tackling the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (born 1955).http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/09/masao-yoshida-dead_n_3565387.html Masao Yoshida Dead: Former Chief of Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Dies at 58 Huffington Post 9 July 2013 11 July 2013 11 July – Milton Silveira, American aerospace engineer and NASA project manager (born 1929).http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/HoustonChronicle/obituary.aspx?n=Milton-Silveira&pid=165811618 Milton Silveira Obituary Houston Chronicle 14 July 2013 14 July 2013 12 July Amar Bose, Indian-American electrical engineer, acoustics expert and founder of Bose Corporation (born 1929).Rifkin Glenn Amar G. Bose, Acoustic Engineer and Inventor, Dies at 83 https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/13/business/amar-g-bose-acoustic-engineer-and-inventor-dies-at-83.html The New York Times 12 July 2013 14 July 2013 Elaine Morgan, Welsh evolutionary theorist and author (born 1920).https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/10189152/Elaine-Morgan.html Elaine Morgan The Daily Telegraph 18 July 2013 19 July 2013 London 15 July – John T. Riedl, American computer scientist (born 1962).http://www.cs.umn.edu/news/news.php?id=1294 In Memoriam: John Riedl (1962–2013) University of Minnesota 16 July 2013 18 July 2013 16 July – Yuri Vasilyevich Prokhorov, Russian mathematician (born 1929).http://www.mi.ras.ru/ ru:Математический институт им. В. А. Стеклова РАН Steklov Mathematical Institute (Russian Academy of Sciences) ru 16 July 2013 20 July 2013 26 July – Obaid Siddiqi, Indian biologist (born 1932).https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/acclaimed-scientist-obaid-siddiqi-no-more/article4957261.ece Acclaimed scientist Obaid Siddiqi no more The Hindu 27 July 2013 28 July 2013 Chennai, India 30 July – Godfrey Stafford, British physicist (born 1920).http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/about-st-cross/news/dr-godfrey-h-stafford-cbe-frs Dr Godfrey H Stafford CBE FRS St Cross College, Oxford 30 July 2013 5 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130818062224/http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/about-st-cross/news/dr-godfrey-h-stafford-cbe-frs 18 August 2013 August 5 August – Lin Chieh-liang, Taiwanese toxicologist and public health expert (born 1958).https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/08/06/2003569026 Renowned toxicologist Lin Chieh-liang dies from pulmonary infection at 55 Taipei Times 5 August 2013 5 August 2013 27 August – David Barker, English epidemiologist (born 1938). September 12 September – Ray Dolby, audio pioneer, invented the Dolby noise-reduction system and surround sound (born 1933).https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24075429 Audio pioneer Ray Dolby dies aged 80 BBC 12 September 2013 12 September 2013 16 September – George Hockham, English electrical engineer (born 1938) 23 September – Robert C. Stebbins, American herpetologist known for popular field guides (born 1915).Robert C. Stebbins, Chronicler of Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Dies at 98 The New York Times Paul Virello 7 October 2013 https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/08/us/robert-c-stebbins-chronicler-of-western-reptiles-and-amphibians-dies-at-98.html 26 September – Harold Agnew, American physicist, worked on the Manhattan Project (born 1921).https://www.foxnews.com/us/ex-los-alamos-national-laboratory-director-harold-agnew-dies-worked-on-manhattan-project/ Ex-Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Harold Agnew dies; worked on Manhattan Project Fox News 1 October 2013 3 October 2013 October 2 October – Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and inventor, created the Braille math code. (born 1918).http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/359503 Dr. Abraham Nemeth, inventor of the Braille math code, dies at 94 Digital Journal 2 October 2013 3 October 2013 10 October – Scott Carpenter, the second American astronaut to orbit the Earth. (born 1925).https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24485864 US Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter dies at 88 BBC 10 October 2013 11 October 2013 19 October – William C. Lowe, American businessman, manager of development of the IBM PC.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24725678 IBM PC pioneer William C Lowe dies, aged 72 BBC 29 October 2013 29 October 2013 November 19 November – Frederick Sanger, British biochemist and laureate of Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1958, 1980). (born 1918).https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25020112 Frederick Sanger: Double Nobel Prize winner dies at 95 BBC News 20 November 2013 20 November 2013 21 November – Fred Kavli, Norwegian-born American business executive, inventor, and philanthropist (born 1927). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25057541 'Friend of science' Fred Kavli dies aged 86 BBC News 22 November 2013 10 September 2015 December 18 December – William T. Greenough, American neuroscientist. (born 1944). See also 2013 in spaceflight List of emerging technologies List of years in science References External links "A science news preview of 2013". BBC. 30 December 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2013. Science obituaries in The Guardian Science obituaries in The Daily Telegraph Science obituaries at Legacy.com Category:21st century in science Category:2010s in science