Donna Strickland on winning the Nobel Prize in Physics

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'Why does it take so long to get recognised?' Donna Strickland has become the first woman in 55 years to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Cern scientist's comments 'are frightening' Dr Jess Wade fears attitudes expressed by a senior scientist suspended by Cern could harm women's careers

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Truth-seeking scientists run for office "Scientists are not natural politicians... but they solve problems," says one of the record number running in the US mid-term elections.

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Meet the 'forgotten' female astronomer A state-of-the-art telescope is named after Annie Maunder, a Victorian pioneer of space photography.

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Space laser to track Earth's ice The US space agency is due to launch a laser to assess the impact of climate change on the poles.

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Could this be an alternative to plastic? One Indonesian inventor has found a unique solution to the problem of plastic food packaging.

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