This year marks the 9th anniversary of International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) which is organized by the Women’s Engineering Society. According to 2021 statistics, around 16.5% of engineers working are women. In an era when women engineers are largely underrepresented in their profession, INWED gives them a voice. The platform encourages more Read more…
Google celebrates Stefania Maracineanu’s 140th birthday with a Doodle honoring her pioneering studies of radioactivity. A creative featuring Romanian physicist Stefania Maracineanu with Polonium over her palm in a lab is being shown on Google. Also Read: International Women in Engineering Day Name Ștefania Mărăcineanu Birth June 18, 1882 Bucharest, Read more…
As part of the 150th anniversary celebrations on 10 October 2017, the Royal Society Te Apārangi undertook the 150 women in 150 words project. “Celebrating women’s contributions to expanding knowledge in New Zealand” was the goal of the project, which featured short online biographies of a variety of women, from Polynesian settlers Read more…
Women’s Role in Science and Technology – In the contemporary world, Science and technology play an indispensable role in our lives. The development of this sphere is directly proportional to the rapid development of society. Science and technology being an industry pre-dominated by the male gender, over the period, have witnessed Read more…
Nora Al Matrooshi, a 27-year-old Emirati engineer, is set to be the first Arab woman astronaut in an orbital mission. After the success of the first batch of the United Arab Emirates’ space astronaut program recently the second batch of candidates was announced. Noura Al Matrooshi along with Mohammed Al Read more…
On October 6, 2020 the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Nobel Prize in Physics for 2020. The 114th Nobel prize in physics was conferred to Roger Penrose as one half, and Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel jointly for the other half. This is to be noted that Andrea Ghez Read more…