2012
ID: 3211
European Stability Mechanism (ESM) formally adopted - Germany's approval crucial
ID: 3211
2012
ID: 3212
ECB President Mario Draghi's 'whatever it takes' speech - German Bundesbank opposes but cannot prevent
ID: 3212
2012
ID: 3213
Apple joins PRISM
ID: 3213
2012
ID: 3214
Russia expels USAID for 'attempts to influence political processes through grants'
ID: 3214
2012
ID: 3215
Edward Snowden begins downloading sensitive intelligence material
ID: 3215
2012
ID: 3216
MUSCULAR - NSA/GCHQ program intercepting Google and Yahoo data center communications; 181 million records in 30 days
ID: 3216
2012
ID: 3217
Higgs boson discovery announced at CERN
ID: 3217
2012
ID: 3218
New York Times publishes 'An Engineered Doomsday' calling for H5N1 constructs to be destroyed
ID: 3218
2012
ID: 3219
Fouchier, Kawaoka, and 37 influenza researchers publish letter calling for 60-day voluntary moratorium on H5N1 experiments
ID: 3219
2012
ID: 3220
WHO convened Asilomar-like meeting in Geneva to discuss H5N1 research issues
ID: 3220
2012
ID: 3221
Nature publishes Kawaoka's paper showing four mutations in H5N1 could allow airborne transmission
ID: 3221
2012
ID: 3222
Science publishes Fouchier's paper showing five mutations could turn H5N1 into airborne spreader in mammals
ID: 3222
2012
ID: 3223
Fauci writes for American Society for Microbiology that gain-of-function benefits worth increased pandemic risk
ID: 3223
2012
ID: 3224
NSABB announces benefits don't outweigh risks, recommends Science and Nature withhold key methodologies
ID: 3224
2012
ID: 3225
Smartphone usage becomes ubiquitous globally
ID: 3225
2012
ID: 3226
JOBS Act modifies disclosure requirements for emerging growth companies
ID: 3226
2012
ID: 3227
Higgs boson discovered using mathematical particle physics predictions - Standard Model confirmed
ID: 3227
2012
ID: 3228
Deep learning revolution begins with mathematical neural network breakthroughs
ID: 3228
2012
ID: 3229
Shinichi Mochizuki develops inter-universal Teichmüller theory
ID: 3229
2012
ID: 3230
Graphene-enhanced products first commercialized (tennis rackets, electronics)
ID: 3230
2012
ID: 3231
Aerogel insulation becomes commercially available for building applications
ID: 3231
2012
ID: 3232
Study: 'Non-polio AFP rate increases in proportion to polio vaccine doses'
ID: 3232
2012
ID: 4513
Datomic introduces time as first-class database concept - immutable, accumulate-only with time-travel queries
ID: 4513
2012
ID: 4551
Mochizuki claims proof of abc conjecture via Inter-universal Teichmüller theory - 500+ pages, still disputed
ID: 4551
2012
ID: 4552
Scholze develops perfectoid spaces revolutionizing p-adic geometry - Fields Medal at 30
ID: 4552
2012
ID: 4991
October 7, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI declares St. Hildegard of Bingen Doctor of the Church - fourth woman Doctor
ID: 4991
2012
ID: 4992
October 7, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI declares St. John of Ávila Doctor of the Church - master of spiritual direction
ID: 4992