Science news articles about 'female scientists'

L'Oréal and New Scientist today announced the results of a poll revealing the most inspirational female scientists of all time. Nuclear physicist and chemist Marie Curie topped the poll which was ...

... are Homo erectus fossil bones that can be identified as those belonging to a female. Scientists had thought early adult Homo erectus females, because of the assumed small birth canal, would ...

NEW YORK, May 19 (UPI) -- A national survey commissioned by L'Oreal USA finds 65 percent of U.S. adults cannot name a single famous female scientist.

Although women continue to face inequalities in salary, prospects for female scientists and engineers at major research universities have improved.

... , energy intake reaches a limit, even in animals with high nutrient demands, such as lactating females. Scientists at the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology in Vienna suggest that this is due to ...