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Her most-famous contribution to modern physics was discovering the nuclear shell of the atomic nucleus, for which she won the Nobel Prize in 1963. Slow light Lene Hau led a Harvard University team who used a Bose–Einstein condensate to slow down a beam of light to about 17 metres per second , and, in 2001, was able to stop a beam completely.
Donna Cross (fl. 2011), medical researcher specializing in child heath; Hannah Dahlen (fl. 2008), medical researcher specializing in midwifery; Jean Finnegan, Australian scientist, researches flowering processes and epigenetic regulation in plants; Jane Hall (fl. 2016). health economist; Carolyn Geczy (fl. 2005), medical researcher in immunology
1982: Nephrologist Leah Lowenstein became the first woman dean of a co-educational medical school in the United States. [ 49 ] 1983: Barbara McClintock received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her discovery of genetic transposition ; she was the first woman to receive that prize without sharing it, and the first American woman to ...
Some of the most incredible inventors, writers, politicians, & activists have been women. From Ida B. Wells to Sally Ride, here are women who changed the world. 22 Famous Women in History You Need ...
This is a timeline of women in science, spanning from ancient history up to the 21st century. While the timeline primarily focuses on women involved with natural sciences such as astronomy, biology, chemistry and physics, it also includes women from the social sciences (e.g. sociology, psychology) and the formal sciences (e.g. mathematics ...
The most recent women to be awarded a Nobel Prize were Han Kang in Literature (2024), Claudia Goldin in Economics, Narges Mohammadi for Peace, Anne L'Huillier in Physics and Katalin Karikó in Physiology or Medicine (2023), Annie Ernaux in Literature and Carolyn R. Bertozzi for Chemistry (2022), Maria Ressa for Peace (2021), Louise Glück in ...
This is a historical list dealing with women scientists in the 20th century. During this time period, women working in scientific fields were rare. Women at this time faced barriers in higher education and often denied access to scientific institutions; in the Western world, the first-wave feminist movement began to break down many of these ...
The first episode, which asked men whether or not women can pee with a tampon in, went live Nov. 2, just days before the midterm elections. And that timing wasn't coincidental.