Throughout history, Cornell has been a beacon of scientific discovery among higher education institutions. Of Cornell’s alumni, many prominent female scientists have paved the way for women in STEM — ...

LW: The modus operandi of Lost Women of Science is to make discovering women in science exciting and accessible for all levels - participants will be carefully guided through all stages of the event ...

Explore early experiments to increase the discoverability of women’s history at the Smithsonian. Elizabeth A. Harmon Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum staff member Summer L. Hamilton, PhD, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Across the world's knowledge factories — laboratories, conferences, lecture halls, research roundtables — a familiar imbalance persists. Women ...

This post was updated April 6 at 11:31 p.m. Scientists and students gathered for the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center’s inaugural Women in Stem Cell Science Symposium on March 6. The center hosted ...

In this Sept. 29, 2015, photo, Aishwarya Mandyam, left, and her twin sister, Karishma Mandyam, write on an "idea board" for an upcoming hack-athon in the 3,100-square-foot home they share rent-free ...

Tomi Akingbade is the founder of the Black Women in Science Network and a Ph.D. student in Neurochemistry at the University of Cambridge. Tomi’s scientific research centers on the inflammatory ...

Before chronic pain research had a name for its nemesis, Dr. Levi-Montalcini discovered the molecule that would revolutionize its treatment: Nerve Growth Factor. Exiled, underestimated, and elegant to ...

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 ...

ON 7 November 1867, Marya Salomea Sklodowska was born in Warsaw, then part of the Russian Empire. She was the youngest of five children, and became known as “Manya” by her family. She was a ...