Self-Rescuing Princess Society

In the early decades of the 20th century scientists around the world were busy looking for ways to use radioactive materials. Following ...

Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell (born 15 July 1943) is an astrophysicist with a long and prolific career, who is best known for her discovery of...

Katharine "Kay" Way (February 20, 1902 – December 9, 1995) was one of the leading female physicists on the Manhattan Project, sh...

"I found that the more difficult the challenges I took on, the more rewarding it was and I thought 'wow this is a phenomenal wor...

Katharine Blodgett Gebbie (July 4, 1932 – August 17, 2016) was the founding Director of the Physical Measurement Laboratory of the Nationa...

The 2016 Nobel Prizes are being announced this week, and so far it's still a dude-fest. So, while we don't have any new women N...