1982 in science

The year 1982 in science and technology observed many events, some of which are included in the list below.

Astronomy

• March 10 – Syzygy: all 9 planets align on the same side of the Sun.

Biology

• September: First report of anti-human monoclonal antibody production. References: Greener, Mark (2005). MAbs Turn 30. The Scientist 19(3):14–16. Tseng S.C.; Jarvinen M.J.; Nelson W.G.; Huang J.W.; Woodcock-Mitchell J.; and Sun T.T. (1982). Correlation of specific keratins with different types of epithelial differentiation: monoclonal antibody studies. Cell 30(2):361–372. PMID 6183000. Woodcock-Mitchell J.; Eichner R.; Nelson W.G.; and Sun T.T. (1982). Immunolocalization of keratin polypeptides in human epidermis using monoclonal antibodies. Journal of Cell Biology 95(2pt1):256–269. PMID 6183275.

Computer science

• First computer virus, written by Rich Skrenta, escapes into the wild.

Medicine

• December 2 – At the University of Utah, 61-year-old retired dentist Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart (he lived for 112 days with the device).

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics – Kenneth G. Wilson
  • Chemistry – Aaron Klug
  • Medicine – Sune K. Bergström, Bengt I. Samuelsson, John R. Vane
• Turing Award – Stephen Cook

Births

Deaths

• April 9 – Robert Havemann (b. 1910), chemist.