1944 in science
The year 1944 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed bleow.See also: 1843 in science, other events of 1944, 1945 in science and the list of years in science.
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2 Chemistry 3 Computer science 4 Medicine 5 Technology 6 Awards 7 Births 8 Deaths |
Astronomy
- Hendrik van de Hulst predicts the 21 cm hyperfine line of neutral interstellar hydrogen.
Chemistry
- Americium invented by Glenn T. Seaborg, et al.
- Lars Onsager publishes the exact solution to the two-dimensional Ising model
Computer science
- August 7 - IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, best as the Harvard Mark I.
Medicine
- The antibiotic streptomycin is developed.
Technology
- December 9 - First flight of the Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger, the second jet engined fighter aircraft to be fielded by the Luftwaffe in WWII.
- Erik Wallenberg and Ruben Rausing invent a way to package milk in paper and start the company Tetra Pak.
- First operational use of a snorkel on a submarine.
- First operational use of the V-2 rocket, the first ballistic missile.
Awards
- Nobel Prizes
- Physics - Isidor Isaac Rabi
- Chemistry - Otto Hahn
- Medicine - Joseph Erlanger, Herbert Spencer Gasser
Births
Deaths
- November 2 - Thomas Midgley American chemist and inventor
- Arthur Eddington, astrophysicist


