Learn about the history of science by reading about the significant scientific events that took place on this day in history.
1959 - The Antarctic Treaty was signed.
The representatives of 12 countries signed a treaty to regulate international relations dealing with the uninhabited continent of Antarctica. The treaty set the continent aside as a scientific reserve for peaceful scientific research and banned all military activity in the region. The agreement has since been signed by 47 countries and is still in effect.1925 - Martin Rodbell was born.
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Rodbell was an American biochemist who shares the 1994 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Alfred Gilman for their discovery of G-proteins and their role in signal transduction within the cell. G-proteins are a family of proteins that work as switches and intermediary between guanosine diphosphate (GDP) and guanosine triphosphate (GTP) to regulate downstream cell processes.
