1998 in science

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The year 1998 in science and technology involved many events, some of which are included below.

Astronomy and space exploration

Computer science

Geology

  • February 4 – An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
  • March 14 – An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hits southeastern Iran.
  • May 30 – A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits northern Afghanistan killing up to 5,000.
  • July 17 – A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 1,500, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.

Mathematics

Physics

  • May 11 & 13 – Nuclear testing: The Pokhran-II: India detonates the five nuclear devices in Pokhran Test Range, an Indian Army base.
  • May 28 – Nuclear testing: The Chagai-I: In response to India, Pakistan conducts five underground and simultaneous nuclear weapon-testing experiments in the Chagai Hills, thus becoming the first nuclear weapon state in the Muslim world and the seventh in the world.
  • May 30 – Nuclear testing: The Chagai-II: As part of a tit-for-tat policy, a final plutonium implosion test is carried out in the Kharan Desert.
  • June 5 – Experimental proof is obtained that neutrinos have mass.[4]

Physiology and medicine

Technology

Publications

  • Jacques Heyman – Structural Analysis: A Historical Approach (Cambridge University Press)[12]

Appointments

Awards

Births

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Deaths

References

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