Biology
- C. B. van Niel makes the first announcement of his discovery that photosynthesis is a light-dependent redox reaction.
- Professor Frederick Gericke of the University of California, Los Angeles, demonstrates that plants can be grown soil-free all the way to maturity, the basis of hydroponics.
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