The Nobel Prize is regarded as one of the most prestigious medals in science. Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP, File Out of 225 people awarded the Nobel Prize in physics, only five have been women. This ...

You might have heard of Lise Meitner. A native of Austria, she was the first woman to become a full professor of physics in Germany. She also helped discover nuclear fission. Yet the 1944 Nobel Prize ...

When you think of groundbreaking discoveries in science, the names of Albert Einstein, Marie Curie or Isaac Newton often come to mind. However, many Black female scientists have been just as impactful ...

The University of Connecticut’s planetarium, located North Eagleville Road in Storrs, has been renamed in honor of UConn’s first female physics professor, Cynthia Wyeth Peterson. Built in 1954, the ...

STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) - A trio of American, French and Canadian scientists won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for breakthroughs in laser technology that have turned light beams into ...

Undergraduate women interested in physics are coming to UC Santa Cruz from colleges and universities throughout the western United States and Canada for the 10th annual Conference for Undergraduate ...

At CU-Boulder, the 11 women on the faculty compose just over 16 percent of the total. Nationwide, the portion of female faculty in physics-degree-granting departments is 14 percent, according to a ...

Marie Curie, born more than 150 years ago, is still the only woman scientist many people can name. The double Nobel Prize winner is most famous for her discovery of radioactivity and of the ...

This riveting group biography from journalist Campbell (Women in White Coats) recounts how Hedwig Kohn, Lise Meitner, Hertha Sponer, and Hildegard Stücklen, who were among the first female physicists ...

Female physicists, postdocs, faculty members and students who are interested in pursuing physics, gather together and have fun over pizza every month. During this event, students get to know their ...

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