Editing 1984 in science (section)

==Chemistry and physics==
* [[Peter Kramer (physicist)|Peter Kramer]]<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1107/S0108767384001203|title=On periodic and non-periodic space fillings of E<sup>m</sup> obtained by projection|year=1984|last1=Kramer|first1=P.|last2=Neri|first2=R.|journal=Acta Crystallographica|volume=A40|page=580|issue=5|bibcode=1984AcCrA..40..580K }}</ref> and [[Dan Shechtman]]<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.53.1951|title=Metallic Phase with Long-Range Orientational Order and No Translational Symmetry|year=1984|last1=Shechtman|first1=D.|last2=Blech|first2=I.|last3=Gratias|first3=D.|last4=Cahn|first4=J.|journal=[[Physical Review Letters]]|volume=53|pages=1951–4|bibcode=1984PhRvL..53.1951S|issue=20|doi-access=free}}</ref> publish their discoveries of what will soon afterwards be named [[quasicrystal]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.53.2477|title=Quasicrystals: A New Class of Ordered Structures|year=1984|last1=Levine|first1=Dov|last2=Steinhardt|first2=Paul Joseph|authorlink2=Paul Steinhardt|journal=Physical Review Letters|volume=53|pages=2477–80|bibcode=1984PhRvL..53.2477L|issue=26|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* Hiroshi Kobayashi and colleagues announce synthesis of [[tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate]] ("BARF").<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Nishida|first1=H.|first2=N.|last2=Takada|first3=M.|last3=Yoshimura|first4=T.|last4=Sonods|first5=H.|last5=Kobayshi|title=Tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate: Highly Lipophilic Stable Anionic Agent for Solvent-Extraction of Cations|journal=[[Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan]]|year=1984|volume=57|issue=9|pages=2600–2604|doi=10.1246/bcsj.57.2600|doi-access=}}</ref>