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The year 1992 in science and technology involved many significant events, some listed below.

Contents 1 Astronomy 2 Medicine 3 Awards 4 Deaths 5 Organizations

[edit] Astronomy

Asteroid 5751 Zao is discovered by Masahiro Koishikawa.

[edit] Medicine

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Deaths

• April 6 - Isaac Asimov (b. 1920), author.

[edit] Organizations

• CERN: Hungary becomes a member of CERN.