The history of science has long been dominated by familiar male names, yet women have made extraordinary contributions that ...

When the Eiffel Tower opened for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, its girders bore in gold lettering the names of scientists whom Gustave Eiffel said had honoured France since 1789.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Nobel Prize is regarded as one of the most prestigious medals in science. Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP, File Out of 225 ...

Every year, AIP awards physical scientists for their leadership and excellence. In recognition of women in the physical ...

This Women's History Month, meet two female scientists at the Harte Research Institute driving coastal restoration and ...

Out of 225 people awarded the Nobel Prize in physics, only five have been women. This is a very small number, and certainly smaller than 50%—the percent of women in the human population. Three of the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You might have heard of Lise Meitner. A native of Austria, she was the first woman to become a full professor of physics in ...

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 ...