Scientist Quick Facts Name: Chien-Shiung WuBorn: 1912 — Liuhe, ChinaDied: 1997 — New York, USAField: Nuclear PhysicsKnown For: The Wu Experiment proving parity violation in physicsLegacy: One of the most important experimental physicists of the 20th century, sometimes called the ‘First Lady of Physics.’ Who Was Chien-Shiung Wu? Chien-Shiung Wu […]

In 2019, Waymo began testing their fully autonomous cars in Phoenix, Arizona. Driverless cars might be well known now, but a handful of years ago they were nothing more than a possibility. Shilpa Gulati, director of engineering at Waymo, was crucial to the team that made this happen. On the

Dr. Radhika Patnala’s career may have started on a traditional path, but it didn’t stay that way!  Though she was a neuroscientist by training, microscope imagery and the visual aspects of science were her real interests. Her PhD experience allowed her to experiment with different ways of presenting complex scientific

Advil, Motrin, or ibuprofen. Any or all of these names might be familiar to you – it’s a go-to painkiller and fever defeater. It’s so common that it’s hard to imagine the world before it. Ibuprofen was discovered in 1961, eight years after Stewart Adams began his research. It was

Crystal clear, deep blue waters surround the Lakshadweep islands. The waters are so transparent you could  see a green turtle chomping on seagrass a whopping fifty feet away. These tiny islands peek out above the Laccadive sea, just about four hundred kilometers off the coast of the Indian state, Kerala.

Scientist Quick Facts Name: Rachel CarsonBorn: May 27, 1902 — Pennsylvania, USADied: 1964 — Maryland, USAField: Biology / Environmental ScienceKnown For: Raising awareness about the dangers of pesticides through her book Silent SpringLegacy: Helped launch the modern environmental movement and influenced the creation of environmental protections Who Was Rachel Carson?

Scientist Quick Facts Name: Hedy LamarrBorn: 1914 — Vienna, AustriaDied: 2000 — Florida, USAField: Inventor / Wireless CommunicationKnown For: Co-inventing frequency-hopping technologyLegacy: Her invention helped make modern technologies like Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth possible Who Was Hedy Lamarr? Hedy Lamarr was a famous Hollywood actress and an inventor who developed

This is the story of Rosalyn Sussman Yalow. A poor, but clever, Jewish girl that won the Nobel Prize.   In the 1950s, after the invention of the ,  became something that people were afraid of. But, in that same decade, a few scientists worked very hard to show that

Table of Contents Women comprise just 34% of the workforce in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). As a result, female STEM professionals report challenges like exclusionary work cultures, a lack of role models who look like them, and persistent stereotypes like “men are better at math” that perpetuate the