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Karen Uhlenbeck Is First Woman to Win ‘Math’s Nobel’

Vasudevan Mukunth 21/03/2019

In the last 17 years, 19 men have won...

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Lise Meitner – the Forgotten Woman of Nuclear Physics Who Deserved a Nobel Prize

Timothy J. Jorgensen 12/02/2019

Left off publications due to Nazi prejudice, this Jewish...

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Interview: Venki Ramakrishnan and the Race to Decode the Mother of All Molecules

Karthik Ramaswamy 27/01/2019

A conversation about 'Gene Machine', the strange business of...

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The Curious Case of Lalita Ramakrishnan’s Fellowship With the Royal Society

Aswin Sekhar 15/11/2018

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was elected president of the Royal Society...

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Chemistry Nobel Prize Goes to Frances Arnold, George Smith and Gregory Winter

Reuters 03/10/2018

They won the prize for research using directed evolution...

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Do You Speak Differently of the Physics Nobel Prize If a Woman Wins It?

Vasudevan Mukunth 02/10/2018

With Donna Strickland having won (part of) the Nobel...

(L-R) Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland. Credit: Niklas Elmehed/@NobelPrize on Twitter

Donna Strickland First Woman to Win Physics Nobel Prize in 55 Years

The Wire Staff 02/10/2018

This year's physics Nobel Prize acknowledges advancements in optics...