Hundreds of Genes Act Differently in Male vs Female Brains, Scientists Discover

Genes on the sex chromosomes would be expected to show different activity between men (with an X chromosome and a Y ...
Los Angeles Times

A tale worth telling of four women scientists whose names you should know but don’t

You might have heard of Lise Meitner. A native of Austria, she was the first woman to become a full professor of physics in Germany. She also helped discover nuclear fission. Yet the 1944 Nobel Prize ...

NASA Mars scientists spur girls to 'reach for the stars'

With "one of the coolest jobs in the world", NASA rover operator Vandi Verma hopes women's high profile in the latest Mars ...
The Stanford Daily

Women’s athletic health conference presents breakthrough research for female athletes.

In the “Nutrition and Fueling” panel discussion at Stanford’s Female Athlete Research Meeting (FARM), researchers revealed ...

Harvard scientists create menstruating mice: A discovery that could rewrite women’s reproductive health science

Harvard University scientists have developed the first menstruating mice. This breakthrough allows for new research into ...
Yahoo

Women are twice as likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s as men. Scientists have figured out why

Experts have long known that women are at a greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. They’re twice as likely to be affected as men. Now scientists say they may be on their way to understanding ...

There are more than 100 autoimmune diseases, and they mostly strike women. Here's what to know

What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body – and tens of millions of people. While most ...
Netmums

Scientists think they've found the actual reason women get morning sickness

Researchers from UCLA believe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy might be an evolutionary adaptation to protect both the mother ...
NatureOpinion

Japan’s first female prime minister doesn’t call herself a feminist — but the country needs her to tackle sexism in science

Sanae Takaichi has pledged to make the country ‘strong and prosperous’ again; success hinges on breaking barriers for women ...
News Medical

This International Women’s Day, Meet the Scientist Changing Women’s Health

For International Women's Day NewsMedical speaks with Prof. Dr. Inge Herrmann about her groundbreaking work at the intersection of engineering, material science, and healthcare innovation. She shares ...
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Scientists Just Uncovered a Way to Tell Female Dinosaurs From Males

Paleontologists studying tail fractures in hadrosaurs think they’ve found a key clue that could finally help tell female ...