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Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Atlantic hurricane season • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak in Asia • California wildfires • DeLay political financing scandal • Dengue outbreak in Singapore • FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 • Fuel prices • Gomery Comm. ... // World - global Current events Wikinews Africa Africa Asia and the Middle East China Hong Kong and Macao India Iraq Israel and the West Bank Region Malaysia and Singapore Pakistan The Americas Canada USA Oceania Australia and New Zealand Europe EU Poland Great Britain and Ireland Categories: Section stubs | Current events... General Name, Symbol, Number technetium, Tc, 43 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 7, 5, d Appearance silvery gray metal Atomic mass (98) g/mol Electron configuration [Kr] 4d5 5s2 Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 13, 2 Physical properties Phase solid Density (near r. ... Deaths in October Other recent deaths Events • None entered The following is a list of figures who died in 2005. ... Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic hurricane season • 2005 Pacific hurricane season The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season officially began June 1, 2005, and will officially last through November 30, 2005. ... The 2005 Pacific hurricane season officially began May 15, 2005 in the eastern Pacific and June 1, 2005 in the central Pacific, and will last until November 30, 2005. ... Upcoming events • October 13: Launch of Shenzhou VI October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... Related pages • 2005 in science • 2004 in science • 2003 in science • 2002 in science • 2001 in science See also: Other events of 2005 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 2004 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 2003 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 2002 List of years in science . ... 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October 5, 2005

• Scientists publish first results of studies on the re-created live Spanish flu virus, produced and stored at a lab of the CDC. (AP/YahooNews)
• Chinese officials confirm that the launch date for Shenzhou VI is scheduled for October 13. (AFP/YahooNews)
• The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards Yves Chauvin, Robert H. Grubbs, and Richard R. Schrock the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, "for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis". (Nobelprize.org) (BBC)

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October 4, 2005

• The 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded with one half to Roy J. Glauber and with one half jointly to John L. Hall and Theodor W. Hänsch, "for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique". (Nobelprize.org) (BBC)

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October 3, 2005

• The third non-astronaut/cosmonaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS), US businessman and scientist Dr. Gregory Olsen, arrives at the station after being sent up together with a two-man ISS crew in a Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur on Saturday. (BBC)
• Australians Barry J. Marshall and Robin Warren have been awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease". (BBC)

October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ISS Statistics Crew: 2 As of August 21, 2005 Perigee: 352. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Expedition 12 (2005) is the 12th expedition to the International Space Station, using the Soyuz TMA-7, which will stay during the expedition for emergency evacuation. ... Crew Launched ISS Expedition 12 crew: Valery Tokarev (2) Commander - Russia William McArthur (4) Flight Engineer - U.S.A. Gregory Olsen (1) - Tourist Will land ISS Expedition 12 crew: Valery Tokarev (2) Commander - Russia William McArthur (4) Flight Engineer - U.S.A. Thomas Reiter (2) - ESA (under review) - Germany Crew... Barry J. Marshall Barry J. Marshall, MBBS (born 30 September 1951 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia) is an Australian physician and Professor of Clinical Microbiology at the University of Western Australia. ... J. Robin Warren (born June 11, 1937 in Adelaide) is an Australian pathologist and researcher who is credited with the 1979 discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibacteria Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria (singular, bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ... Binomial name Helicobacter pylori (Warren & Marshall, 1983) Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that infects the mucus lining of the human stomach. ... Gastritis is a medical term for inflammation of the lining of the stomach. ... Peptic ulcer is usually a non-malignant ulcer of the stomach (called gastric ulcer) or duodenum (called duodenal ulcer). ...

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(For earlier science and technology events, see April 2005 and preceding months) See also: Other events of 2005 List of years in science . ... Todays featured article • Tsunami Deaths in May • None entered Other recent deaths Ongoing events • None entered Upcoming events • None entered Related pages • 2005 in science • 2004 in science • 2003 in science • 2002 in science • 2001 in science Other Years in Sci Tech May 20, 2005 South Korean scientists led... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Todays featured article • Technetium Deaths in June • June 20: Charles D. Keeling • June 20: Jack Kilby Other recent deaths Events • 2005 Atlantic hurricane season • 2005 Pacific hurricane season • 46th Paris Air Show: June 13-19 Related... Todays featured article • Technetium Deaths in July • None entered Other recent deaths Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic hurricane season • 2005 Pacific hurricane season Upcoming events • None entered Related pages • 2005 in science • 2004 in science • 2003 in science • 2002 in science • 2001 in science Other Years in Sci Tech July... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Todays featured article • Technetium Deaths in August • August 21: Robert A. Moog • August 17: John N. Bahcall Other recent deaths Events • August 9: Landing of STS-114 • August 12: Launch of MRO spacecraft • 2005 Atlantic hurricane... Todays featured article • Technetium Deaths in September • None entered Other recent deaths Events • None entered Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic hurricane season • 2005 Pacific hurricane season Upcoming events • None entered Related pages • 2005 in science • 2004 in science • 2003 in science • 2002 in science • 2001 in science Other Years in... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in April • 22 – Philip Morrison Events Hannover Messe Fair, April 11-15 Technology-Innovation-Automation NAB2005 Convention in Las Vegas Worlds Largest Electronic Media Show Robonexus 2005 in Silicon Valley Related pages • 2005 in science...

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