She laid much of the theoretical groundwork for the atomic bomb, although she did not participate directly in its production.

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Quote of the day by the woman who changed science, Maria Goeppert Mayer: In 1963, only the second woman in history won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Maria Goeppert Mayer earned it for the nuclear shell ...

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A research team in China has developed an electrolyte using monofluorinated hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) solvents capable of ...

Tiny changes at the atomic scale can determine the future of clean energy. In a new study, Tohoku University researchers have ...

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Researchers at UNSW have discovered a new way to make graphene, a remarkable "wonder material," using just discarded peanut ...

Researchers at UNSW have discovered a new way to make graphene, a remarkable ‘wonder material’, using just discarded peanut ...