1945 In Science
The year 1945 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Biology * Salvador Edward Luria and Alfred Day Hershey independently recognize that viruses undergo mutations. Chemistry * A team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory led by Charles Coryell discovers chemical element 61, the only one still missing between 1 and 96 on the periodic table, which they will name promethium. Found by analysis of fission products of irradiated uranium fuel, its discovery is not made public until 1947. * Dorothy Hodgkin and C. H. (Harry) Carlisle publish the first three-dimensional molecular structure of a steroid, cholesteryl iodide. In January, Hodgkin also discovers the structure of penicillin, not published until 1949. * A team at American Cyanamid's Lederle Laboratories, Pearl River, New York, led by Yellapragada Subbarow, obtain folic acid in a pure crystalline form. Computer science * June 30 – Distribution of John von Neumann's ''First Draft of a Report ...
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