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The year 2011 involved many significant scientific events and discoveries, some of which are listed below. 2011 was declared the International Year of Forests and Chemistry by the United Nations.[1][2]

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References

  1. ^ International Year of Forests 2011 - Celebrating Forests for People. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  2. ^ International Year of Chemistry 2011 - About IYC. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  3. ^ The article was published in the March 3 issue of the journal.
  4. ^ the paper was presented at the CLEO conference on May 2, and published on May 9.
  5. ^ Brown, Terry; Peddie, Clare (2011-06-16). "Longest lunar eclipse for a decade turns moon blood red". Herald Sun (Melbourne). http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/longest-lunar-eclipse-for-a-decade-for-south-australia-stargazers/story-fn7x8me2-1226075835237. Retrieved 2011-08-18. 
  6. ^ Marlière, Philippe; Patrouix, Julien; Döring, Volker; Herdewijn, Piet; Tricot, Sabine; Cruveiller, Stéphane; Bouzon, Madeleine; Mutzel, Rupert (27 June 2011). "Chemical Evolution of a Bacterium’s Genome". Angewandte Chemie. doi:10.1002/anie.201100535. 
  7. ^ Staff (29 June 2011). "Bacterium Engineered With DNA in Which Thymine Is Replaced by Synthetic Building Block". Science Daily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110628132438.htm. Retrieved 2011-06-30. 
  8. ^ McNeil Jr, Donald G. (2011-06-27). "Rinderpest, Scourge of Cattle, Is Eradicated". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/health/28rinderpest.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2011-11-23. 
  9. ^ Jutzi, M.; Asphaug, E. (4 August 2011). "Forming the lunar farside highlands by accretion of a companion moon". Nature 476: 69–72. doi:10.1038/nature10289. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v476/n7358/full/nature10289.html. Retrieved 2011-08-04. 
  10. ^ Callahan; Smith, K.E.; Cleaves, H.J.; Ruzica, J.; Stern, J.C.; Glavin, D.P.; House, C.H.; Dworkin, J.P. (11 August 2011). "Carbonaceous meteorites contain a wide range of extraterrestrial nucleobases". PNAS. doi:10.1073/pnas.1106493108. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/08/10/1106493108. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
  11. ^ Steigerwald, John (8 August 2011). "NASA Researchers: DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/dna-meteorites.html. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  12. ^ ScienceDaily Staff (9 August 2011). "DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space, NASA Evidence Suggests". ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110808220659.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-09. 
  13. ^ 'Amazing' Therapy Destroys Leukemia in 3 Patients. Fox News, 11 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  14. ^ Chimeric Antigen Receptor–Modified T Cells in Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia. New England Journal of Medicine, 25 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  15. ^ Redirecting T Cells. New England Journal of Medicine, 25 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  16. ^ "Cuba Announces Release of the World's First Lung Cancer Vaccine". PopSci. 2011-08-09. http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-09/cuba-releases-worlds-first-lung-cancer-vaccine. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
  17. ^ Chow, Denise (26 October 2011). "Discovery: Cosmic Dust Contains Organic Matter from Stars". Space.com. http://www.space.com/13401-cosmic-star-dust-complex-organic-compounds.html. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
  18. ^ ScienceDaily Staff (26 October 2011). "Astronomers Discover Complex Organic Matter Exists Throughout the Universe". ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111026143721.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-27. 
  19. ^ Kwok, Sun; Zhang, Yong (26 October 2011). "Mixed aromatic–aliphatic organic nanoparticles as carriers of unidentified infrared emission features". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature10542. 
  20. ^ Larson, Phil (5 November 2011). "Searching for ET, But No Evidence Yet". White House. https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/response/searching-et-no-evidence-yet. Retrieved 2011-11-06. 
  21. ^ Atkinson, Nancy (5 November 2011). "No Alien Visits or UFO Coverups, White House Says". UniverseToday. http://www.universetoday.com/90717/no-alien-visits-or-ufo-coverups-white-house-says/. Retrieved 2011-11-06. 
  22. ^ Overbye, Dennis (18 November 2011). "Scientists Report Second Sighting of Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/19/science/space/neutrino-finding-is-confirmed-in-second-experiment-opera-scientists-say.html. Retrieved 2011-11-18. 
  23. ^ Adam, T. et al. (OPERA Collaboration) (17 November 2011). "Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam". arXiv:1109.4897v2 [hep-ex]. 
  24. ^ NASA Staff (20 December 2011). "Kepler: A Search For Habitable Planets - Kepler-20e". NASA. http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries/kepler20e/. Retrieved 2011-12-23. 
  25. ^ NASA Staff (20 December 2011). "Kepler: A Search For Habitable Planets - Kepler-20f". NASA. http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries/kepler20f/. Retrieved 2011-12-23. 
  26. ^ Johnson, Michele (20 December 2011). "NASA Discovers First Earth-size Planets Beyond Our Solar System". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler-20-system.html. Retrieved 2011-12-20. 
  27. ^ Hand, Eric (20 December 2011). "Kepler discovers first Earth-sized exoplanets". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2011.9688. 
  28. ^ Dr. James J. Rahal, 77, Virus Expert, Dies
  29. ^ Rudiger ‘Roger’ Haugwitz, chemist who used science to create art, dies at 79. Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-10.
  30. ^ Harold Kosasky, 83, pioneer in treatment of infertility. Boston Globe, 26 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  31. ^ Dr. Max Harry Weil dies at 84: pioneer in critical care. Articles.latimes.com (2011-08-06). Retrieved on 2011-10-10.
  32. ^ Dr. Charles C. Edwards, Influential F.D.A. Commissioner, Dies at 87
  33. ^ Fritz Bach, Who Aided Transplant Survival, Dies at 77
  34. ^ William Kannel, 87; force behind pioneering Framingham Heart Study. Boston.com (2011-09-18). Retrieved on 2011-10-10.
  35. ^ W. B. Kannel, Who Led Historic Heart Study, Dies at 87. Nytimes.com (2011-08-23). Retrieved on 2011-10-10.
  36. ^ Dr. William Wolff, Colonoscopy Co-Developer, Dies at 94
  37. ^ Bruce Dan, Who Helped Link Toxic Shock and Tampons, Is Dead at 64. New York Times, 10 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
  38. ^ Dr. Richard Koch dies at 89; medical pioneer. Los Angeles Times, 8 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
  39. ^ Dr. J. Willis Hurst, Cardiologist to Lyndon B. Johnson, Dies at 90
  40. ^ Morris Chafetz, 87, Dies; Altered View of Alcoholism
  41. ^ Dr. John F. Burke, Dies at 89; Created Synthetic Skin
  42. ^ "T. Franklin Williams, Early Geriatric Specialist, Dies at 90". New York Times, 3 December 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-08.