Franklin was born a century ago, and her X-ray crystallography work crucially contributed to determining the structure of DNA.
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A number of programmes now exist that are helping to close the gender gap in African science, technology, engineering and maths.
On the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, we take a look at how her monumental efforts helped shape the way we model health care and disease outbreak data today.
Inspired by amber and hard candy, researchers figured out a new, needle-free, shelf-stable way to preserve vaccines, making them easier to ship and administer around the world.
The prizes are among the country’s most prestigious accolades for science-related achievements. This year marks their 20th anniversary.
Progress has been made toward gender parity in science fields. But explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back from advancing in the same numbers as men to the upper reaches of STEM academia.
One of the most influential agricultural entomologists in history was an insatiably curious and fiercely independent woman named Eleanor Anne Ormerod. She never went to school - nor was she paid for her work.
We are three professional women who all made different decisions regarding name changes.
The early days of science writing were largely confined to men, with women treated to texts labelled “for the ladies”. Things have changed, but more needs to be done.
A confession: I can count on a single hand the number of women I have invited to collaborate with me on publications and grants.
Maria Sibylla Merian’s meticulous observations laid the groundwork for the fields of entomology, animal behaviour and ecology. But the legacy of this scientific superhero has been sidelined by sexism.
Women scientists are under-represented in science awards with large monetary value, but over-represented in service awards.
Uncovering forgotten history can help explain why science still has a masculine bias today.
Dorothy Hodgkin’s work on X-ray crystallography made it possible to understand how penicillin, insulin and many other molecules work.
New research shows girls are more likely to take physical science or technology degrees if they play video games.
Female role models can inspire the next generation through many different media.
The award of a Nobel Prize in physics to Donna Strickland is an opportunity to build support for women in science, says one female physics professor.
Jodie Whittaker finally takes over as the first woman to play the Doctor in the long-running TV series. But that’s not all that’s new as the show make a welcome return to our screens.
Progress has been made toward gender parity in science fields. But explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back from advancing in the same numbers as men to the upper reaches of STEM academia.
What Strickland achieved is impressive. But it isn’t a sign that the patriarchy is being smashed.
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Professor and Lincoln Professor of Ethics in Public Affairs, Arizona State University
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Australia's Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist
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Research Scientist, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Mathematics, University of Sydney
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Senior Instrument Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Innovation & Change), Professor of Astrophysics, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor Emeritus of Cognitive NeuroImaging, Aston University
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