2007 in science

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The year 2007 involved many significant scientific events and discoveries, some of which are listed below.

Astronomy

Biology

Computer Science

  • 9 January – Apple Inc.'s first iPhone smartphone is announced by Steve Jobs at Macworld in San Francisco;{{citation |last=Honan |first=Mathew |title=Apple unveils iPhone |date=9 January 2007 |url=http://www.macworld.com/article/54769/2007/01/iphone.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415223141/http://www.macworld.com/article/54769/2007/01/iphone.html |archive-date=15 April 2008 |url-status=dead |publisher=Macworld |accessdate=25 September 2012}} it is released in the United States on 29 June.
  • 27 April – US researchers simulate half a virtual mouse brain on a supercomputer.{{cite news |date=27 April 2007 |title=Mouse brain simulated on computer |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6600965.stm |accessdate=18 June 2013 |publisher=BBC News}}
  • 23 August – Chris Messina proposes use of the hashtag on Twitter.{{cite tweet |number=223115412 |user=chrismessina |title=how do you feel about using # (pound) for groups. As in #barcamp [msg]? |first=Chris |last=Messina |date=2007-08-23 |access-date=2019-09-30}}{{cite news |author=Parker, Ashley |date=2011-06-10 |title=Twitter's Secret Handshake |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/fashion/hashtags-a-new-way-for-tweets-cultural-studies.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all |access-date=2011-07-26 |work=The New York Times}}{{cite news |date=2014-12-05 |title=Hashtag inventor: It was an 'accidental trip over a simple idea' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30340622 |access-date=2014-12-05 |work=BBC News}}{{Cite web |title=The Inventor of the Twitter Hashtag Explains Why He Didn't Patent It |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/chris-messina-talks-about-inventing-the-hashtag-on-twitter-2013-11 |access-date=2016-03-19 |website=Business Insider}}
  • 5 November – The Open Handset Alliance launches the Android mobile operating system.

Prizes

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Deaths

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See also

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