1992 in science

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The year 1992 in science and technology had many significant events, including those listed below.

Medicine

• October 29 - The Food and Drug Administration approves Depo Provera for use as a contraceptive in the United States.

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics: Georges Charpak
  • Chemistry: Rudolph A. Marcus
  • Medicine: Edmond H. Fischer, Edwin G. Krebs
• Turing Award: Butler Lampson
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: Martin Harold Phillips Bott

Births

Deaths

• April 6 - Isaac Asimov (b. 1920), author.hu:1992 a tudományban