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The Royal Society is a Fellowship of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
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Mary Lyon FRS was born #OnThisDay in 1925. Lyon was the discoverer of X-chromosome inactivation, which the genetic process that leads to coloration like tortoiseshell cats. Read more about her discoveries in a new Royal Society Publishing biographical memoir: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
#OnThisDay in 1796, Edward Jenner inoculated 8-year old James Phipps against smallpox using a sample of cowpox. But smallpox inoculation was being performed by West Africans long before Jenner and his work - read more about this history on our blog: royalsociety.org/blog/2020/10/w…
Agriculture is facing the dual challenge of meeting food demands whilst also achieving environmental targets. Our upcoming #TransformingOurFuture conference looks at the science and innovation aiming to transform the sector. Register now to join online: royalsociety.org/science-events…
Born #OnThisDay in 1888 was seismologist and geophysicist Inge Lehmann ForMemRS. Lehmann is known for her 1936 discovery that the Earth's core must have a solid inner core inside a molten outer core. Before this, scientists believed that the core was a single molten sphere.
Are you a scientist, policy-maker or industry leader with an interest in hydrology, water management and #ClimateChange ? Register now to join our upcoming Science+ meeting at the Royal Society on 10-11 June: royalsociety.org/science-events…
Florence Nightingale, born #OnThisDay in 1820, is best known as the ‘lady with the lamp’ and the founder of modern nursing. She was also a brilliant statistician and pioneered the use of data visualisation. #WomenInSTEM bit.ly/3WeBwHc
#OnThisDay in 1910, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin FRS was born. She won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for using X-ray crystallography to solve the atomic structure of molecules such as penicillin and insulin, the only British woman scientist to have won a Nobel Prize.
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.” Richard Feynman ForMemRS was born #OnThisDay in 1918. His career included working on the Manhattan Project, and sitting on the commission that investigated the Challenger disaster.
Born #OnThisDay in 1900 was Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. In her doctoral thesis she concluded stars are primarily composed of hydrogen & helium, an idea dismissed by the establishment of the day. It was later described as 'the most brilliant PhD thesis ever written in astronomy.'
'Genome' is our final environmental #BSL sign of the week for #DeafAwarenessWeek , you can see the sign, its definition, and the rest of the terms around environmental impacts on humans in the Scottish Sensory Ctr BSL Glossary: ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/BSL/environmen…
We're looking for volunteers to join us for our flagship #SummerScience Exhibition from 2-7 July, showcasing the most exciting cutting edge research from across the UK - meet leading scientists and go behind the scenes at the Royal Society. Apply now: careers-royalsociety.icims.com/jobs/1748/job
Continuing our series of new environmental #BSL signs from Scottish Sensory Ctr for #DeafAwarenessWeek , here's the sign for 'neurotoxin'. These latest sets contain signs for terms around energy and sustainability, and environmental impacts on the human body: ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/BSL/environmen…
Have you checked out our 14 incredible flagship exhibits that you can find at the 2024 #SummerScience Exhibition? From brain scanners to ice cores, and stem cells to dark matter, immerse yourself in ground-breaking science this summer: royalsociety.org/science-events…