Thought to be the only person from China to work on the Manhattan Project, Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu has been referred to as the “Queen of Nuclear Research.”
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Inge Lehmann helped us discover what really lies at the center of our planet.
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Today, we’re celebrating a woman whose work at ILM helped bring Return of the Jedi to life. Happy Star Wars Day and may the force be with you.
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Hélène Langevin-Joliot had quite a family legacy to live up to as the daughter and granddaughter of Nobel Prize winners, but she wasn’t deterred and has made her own impression on the world of physics.
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With a background in both biology and physics, Dr. Patience Mthunzi-Kufa is poised to make big discoveries in the fields of biophotonics and disease eradication.
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Dr. Nadya Mason solved math problems for fun growing up before pursuing her career in quantum physics.
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Today we’re celebrating the birthday of a woman that Einstein called a “creative mathematical genius,” Emmy Noether.
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It’s Pi Day, and to celebrate we’re introducing you to Dr. Amy Rowat, a UCLA professor who uses food to explain scientific principles.
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Many of the films honored with Oscars throughout the years owe the beauty of their moving images to research scientist Katharine Burr Blodgett.
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Chemist Ida Tacke Noddack was the first woman in Germany to hold a professional position as a chemist, and helped discover the element rhenium.
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