‘We Really Cannot Lose a Day’: Two Female Scientists Racing to Find a COVID-19 Vaccine
It’s become a somewhat dispiriting refrain in the time of COVID-19: Life won’t go back to any semblance of normal […]
Overlooked No More: June Almeida, Scientist Who Identified the First Coronavirus
With no money to pay for college in post-World War II Scotland, 16-year-old June Almeida took an entry-level job in […]
The Leader We Wish We All Had
The coronavirus has turned several public health officials and local leaders into bona fide celebrities, and perhaps no one is […]
Meet Sarah Gilbert, the female scientist leading Oxford vaccine team – and about to make history
In the days before coronavirus (remember those?) it was celebrities and influencers who dominated the limelight. But these are strange […]
City of Science: Here are some of our unsung female science heroes
We now know there have been many female scientists written out of history, whether purposefully by male colleagues taking credit […]
Lee-En Chung: Award Winning Engineer
Lee-En Chung, part of SRQ Media’s Women in Business Initiative and a member of our Class of 2014 Leadership Circle, […]
The Female Doctors Who Fought to Serve in World War I
A riddle from my childhood goes like this: A father and son are injured in a serious car accident, and […]
These Aspiring Female Scientists in Afghanistan Designed a Cheap Ventilator to Treat COVID-19
A group of teen girls in Herat, Afghanistan is working hard to design an affordable ventilator to treat COVID-19 coronavirus […]
Is fungus the answer to climate change? Student who grew a mushroom canoe says yes.
Catch a glimpse of Katy Ayers paddling her canoe on a Nebraska lake this summer and you might do a […]
Meet the ‘Outstanding’ 34-Year-Old Scientist Leading the Charge on Coronavirus Vaccine Trials
As coronavirus continues to spread throughout the United States, a group of scientists led by Kizzmekia Corbett is working around […]
These women endured a winter in the high Arctic for citizen science
Hilde Fålun Strøm and Sunniva Sorby are taking citizen science to the extreme. In August, the two women moved into […]
Buffalo Scientist’s Coronavirus Video Goes Viral
It’s a tough time right now, but a Buffalo woman is doing her part to keep you informed about the […]
Meet The Gen Z “STEMinists” Working To End The Gender Gap In STEM Fields
It’s 2020, and women have the same opportunities as men. Well, in some fields. Despite the increasing prominence of science, […]
One Giant Leap for Humankind: The 12 women that could go to the Moon
NASA astronauts go above and beyond, in more ways than one. To even qualify for the NASA program, it takes […]
From egg to animal: retracing an embryo’s first steps
Studying the early development of humans and other mammals takes colossal dexterity and stamina. Unlike, say, sea-urchin embryos — which […]
Words With Friends 2 designer talks women in tech and imposter syndrome
Michelle David played video games growing up, but she never expected to work in the industry. As a kid, she […]
Five brilliant female scientists you should know about
You might think of men you hear about the discovery of DNA, or even the creation of wireless networking, but […]
Meet 10 Women in Science Who Changed the World
Who are the greatest scientists of all time? Chances are, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton or other big names probably come […]
20 amazing women in science and math
She wrote the world’s first computer program — in 1837. She discovered ancient sea monsters buried in her backyard. She […]
How the Hubble Telescope is helping fight gender bias
The push for gender equality in the workplace and during application processes has found an unexpected ally: The Hubble Space […]
5 Facts About Marie Curie and the Winningest Nobel Prize Family in History
When Marie Curie and her husband Pierre won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903, their older daughter Irène was […]
Remembering Vietnam’s Tech Queen And What She Taught Us
Thuy Thanh Truong was one of the most fearless people I have ever met. Beyond being an incredibly badass female […]
Black History Month: Highlighting African American Engineers Pt. 4
In celebration of Black History Month, SWE will be highlighting African American women engineers and entrepreneurs in a series of […]
How Mareena Robinson Snowden is paving the way for women in STEM
Mareena Robinson Snowden made headlines in 2017 when she became the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nuclear […]
The computer pioneer who built modern China
In April 1960, China’s first home-grown electronic digital general purpose computer – the Model 107 – went live. Xia Peisu, […]
In 2019, women helped redefine everything we know about space
Here’s to the Katherine Johnsons, the Valentina Tereshkovas, the Nancy Romans, the Sally Rides, the Mae Jemisons. NASA astronauts Christine […]
Meet Pae Natwilai, The Under 30 Honoree Changing The Game For Drone Data
While growing up in Thailand, Pae Natwilai’s top priorities in selecting a career were good work-life balance and a decent […]
The women who cracked science’s glass ceiling
Scientific career opportunities saw a boost during the First World War as a result of the realignment of science to […]
Meet Maria Sibylla Merian, the naturalist who painted insects in living color
Maria Sibylla Merian was a leader in natural science, an ecologist and an entomologist before those terms existed. Merian looked […]
A Young Engineer Steps Into the Light
In high school, Janelle Wellons excelled in her classes, especially math, and quickly climbed to the top of her class. […]
8 Women In Tech Explain How They Broke Into The Industry
It’s no secret that women are underrepresented in tech. According to statistics from the National Girls Collaborative Project, women make […]
The Woman Who Founded Industrial Medicine
In the 21st century climate of preventive medicine, we count on government agencies around the world to warn us about […]
All-women Delta crew flies 120 girls to NASA to encourage female aviators
A recent Delta flight from Salt Lake City to Houston was a bit out of the ordinary. A plane operated […]
13 Amazing Facts About the Women of NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration—better known as NASA—is primarily thought of as a boy’s club, and in many ways, […]
Cactus juice is the new…plastic? Female scientist discovers biodegradable plastic alternative
Plastic is everywhere — the average American consumes 70,000 pieces of plastic per year, according to the American Chemical Society. […]
Harvard’s Forgotten Female Astronomers
When a 23-year-old single mother started working as a maid for Harvard professor Edward C. Pickering, class of 1865, he […]
UNSW scientist first woman honoured with top chemistry prize
One of the world’s leading experts in polymer chemistry, UNSW Sydney Scientia Professor Martina Stenzel, is the first woman to […]
Jane Goodall Keeps Going, With a Lot of Hope (and a Bit of Whiskey)
Jane Goodall nursed a glass of neat Irish whiskey. It was the end of a long day of public appearances, […]
Inside Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd’s mission to build the ‘female internet’
“We’re not one of our competitors that’s just trying to hook people up,” says Whitney Wolfe Herd, the 30-year-old CEO […]
4 immigrant CEOs on their biggest challenges as entrepreneurs
The process of immigrating to the U.S. is a lengthy, convoluted one. Unlike other countries, the U.S. doesn’t have a […]
Bharwani: This 14-Year-Old Just Published Her First Alexa Skill. She Used to Think She Wasn’t Good Enough. Now She Knows She Is Exceptional
Suguey Carmona, a ninth-grade Latina student at KIPP Brave High School in Austin, Texas, published her first Alexa Skill in […]
Indian women scientists’ lunar mission a ‘giant leap for womankind’
The Indian Space Research Organization is speeding toward history on Friday as its second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, is expected to […]
The Work Diary of Parisa Tabriz, Google’s ‘Security Princess’
Parisa Tabriz used to be a hacker. Now she is a princess. Ms. Tabriz, 36, is a director of engineering […]
A Creative Force in Understanding Genes
This is the first article in a new series on Visionaries. The New York Times selected people from all over […]
All-female robotics team wins major awards while slashing stereotypes of women, Latinos in STEM
An all-female team of American college students is taking the robotics competition circuit by storm. The Arizona State University team, […]
10 of the Coolest Tech-Genius Women in Comics
To celebrate all the awesome women characters in comic books today, I’ve put together a list of ten women who […]
The Pioneering Female Botanist Who Sweetened a Nation and Saved a Valley
In 1970, the Indian government planned to flood 8.3 square kilometers of pristine evergreen tropical forest by building a hydroelectric […]
Meet Morgan Beller, the 26-year-old woman behind Facebook’s plan to make its own currency
On February 12, 2018, Silicon Valley investor and cryptocurrency technologist Howard Wu was invited to Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park […]
Edith Irby Jones, trailblazer for African American doctors, dies at 91
Edith Irby Jones, who would grow up to be a pioneering African American doctor, was a young girl in rural […]
The Woman Who Discovered the Cause of Global Warming Was Long Overlooked. Her Story Is a Reminder to Champion All Women Leading on Climate
Eunice Newton Foote rarely gets the credit she’s due. The American scientist, who was born exactly 200 years ago on […]
A tribute to the life and legacy of Maryam Mirzakhani
The second death anniversary of Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani has passed quietly early this week. Not many people in Bangladesh […]
As the space industry evolves, women are taking on more visible roles
From Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, to Mae Jemison, who became the first African-American woman in space […]
An Atlanta doctor is now the first black woman president of the American Medical Association
Patrice Harris was one of those kids who always had a quick answer when adults asked what she wanted to […]
The woman who mapped the moon: An Arizona geologist and the Apollo 17 lunar landing
Baerbel Lucchitta talked about how luck played a role in her career as a planetary geologist, but hers was a […]
How Poppy Northcutt cracked NASA’s boys’ club and became a feminist icon
While NASA was busy making history by getting men ever closer to the moon, a quieter revolution was taking place […]
The newly crowned Miss Virginia did a science experiment for her talent performance
Instruments are enchanting and singing is sublime but sometimes, to stand out, you gotta make stuff go boom. Camille Schrier […]
The First Black Woman to Earn a Physics PhD From University of Glasgow Just Graduated
It’s 2019, and white men still, largely, hold the power in many areas of society. So when a black woman […]
At 21, Ann Montgomery Became a Lead Engineer at NASA, Managing the Cameras and Other Crucial Gear Used on the Moon
he army of workers who made NASA’s Apollo program possible, sending a human being to the moon for the first […]
California’s 1st Surgeon General Spotlights Health Risks Of Childhood Adversity
Not long after she finished her medical residency at Stanford University about a decade ago, Nadine Burke Harris got to […]
The eccentric engineer: the highs and lows of Bessie Coleman, America’s first black female pilot
To say Bessie Coleman was born into deprivation would be an understatement. Her parents were sharecroppers in late 19th-century Texas, […]
Saydean Zeldin: Guiding Apollo’s engines
The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was a miracle of engineering. For its time, it was a masterpiece. The size of […]
Replacing Plastic: Can Bacteria Help Us Break The Habit?
If civilizations are remembered for what they leave behind, our time might be labeled the Plastic Age. Plastic can endure […]
Astrophysicist explains how boxing makes her a better scientist
A doctor once told Federica Bianco he had trouble imagining someone who looked like her doing astrophysics. At the time, […]
27 Women Leading the Charge to Protect Our Environment
Scientists have called our current, climate change–threatened era the Anthropocene, but as the eco-economist Kate Raworth once joked, women are […]
Women Engineers You Should Know
There are many women engineers whose lives, careers, and achievements might go unnoticed – yet each has a compelling, dynamic, […]
Frances Arnold Turns Microbes Into Living Factories
The engineer’s mantra, said Frances Arnold, a professor of chemical engineering at the California Institute of Technology, is: “Keep it […]
Marine biologist Sylvia Earle on why the ocean matters
Marine biologist Sylvia Earle has spent more than four decades at the forefront of ocean exploration — and at age […]
The most famous women in NASA history
Women have played crucial roles in NASA’s history of space exploration, from performing calculations to sending astronauts to the moon […]
‘Knitting Is Coding’ and Yarn Is Programmable in This Physics Lab
On the eve of the American Physical Society’s annual March meeting, a Sunday “stitch ‘n bitch” session convened during happy […]
Dear Hollywood, here are 5 female founders to showcase instead of Elizabeth Holmes
There’s a seemingly insatiable demand for Theranos content. John Carreyrou’s best-selling book, “Bad Blood,” has already inspired an HBO documentary, […]
Meet the female NASA engineer making groundbreaking history on Mars
There are very few people who can say they work on Mars. But Farah Alibay has forged a trailblazing career […]
She dared a different vision
Some people’s parents were engineers, doctors and lawyers in the 1930s, but what if your parents were sharecroppers and you […]
UGA professor to co-lead female Nat Geo expedition
A University of Georgia College of Engineering researcher will help lead an international, all-female expedition team that will study plastic […]
These Women Are the ‘Hidden Figures’ of Tech—Here’s Why You Should Know Their Names
Silicon Valley, the world’s high-tech hub south of San Francisco, has long been a welcome arena for ambitious men. But […]
US astronaut to set women’s record for longest time in space
A NASA astronaut will set the women’s record for the longest time spent in space with the announced extension of […]
32 Women Who’ve Changed Life As We Know It
On this final day of Women’s History Month, let’s take a moment to honor some of the women who have […]
Meet history’s most brilliant female coders
This year, another glass ceiling broke when Karen Uhlenbeck became the first woman to win mathematics’ prestigious Abel Prize. Her […]
Hidden figures of the Manhattan Project: Meet the women behind the A-bomb (Part 1)
On July 16, 1945, if you had been living in Alamogordo, New Mexico, you may have witnessed a great explosion […]
Donna Strickland’s long journey from laser jock to third woman ever to win physics Nobel
In winning the coveted award, which she shares with American physicist Arthur Ashkin and Gérard Mourou of France, Strickland became […]
The 39 most powerful female engineers of 2018
For all the arm waving about the lack of women in STEM professions, the truth is, there are some powerful […]
Three times Louise Slaughter used her microbiology training in Congress
When Louise Slaughter first became a member of Congress in 1987, she brought science and gender equality to the limelight […]
Meet The All-Woman Team Heading To Antarctica This Year
Women weren’t always welcome in Antarctica. In 1969, the United States Navy approved a first team TISI +0% of female […]
