Robert H. Goddard- The Father of Modern Rocketry

Robert H Goddard was encouraged very early on to enter the world of science. After reading a book on H G Wells, his destiny was clear. Apart from his groundbreaking invention of the liquid-fueled rocket, his story remains an inspiration. Dive into the article to find out more about the man who changed the course of space engineering forever.

Elizabeth Bugie Gregory – An Unsung Member of the Scientific Community

The contributions of women to science have always been downgraded. Several female scientists and researchers like Rosalind Franklin, Martha Chase, etc. are testimony of this. Another such female scientist was Elizabeth Bugie. Elizabeth Bugie was a major contributor to a life-saving discovery in science but just like her other female counterparts, she was never given the credit she deserved for it. Read this article to find out more about her life.

Jean-Martin Charcot

Multiple sclerosis or MS, a chronic autoimmune disorder affecting the central nervous system, is now a well-known recognised disease. Professor Jean-Martin Charcot, also known as the ‘father of neurology’ (le pere de la neurologie) was one of the most prominent scientists who clinically examined and understood this disease, classifying it as a distinct disease in the year 1868. Read this article to find out more about his life’s journey and this ground-breaking discovery!

Prof. Dan Shechtman

Dan Schectman was born on 24th January 1941, during very turbulent times in the British Mandate of Palestine (Modern day Israel), to a family of Russian immigrants who had migrated to the yet-to-be independent ‘promised land’. Read this article to find out more about how he proved the existence of quasicrystals – a new class of non-periodic ordered structures – while standing his ground against established legends and institutions of authority with the backing of nothing but the conviction of science in hard facts.

Dr. Jennifer A. Doudna

CRISPR is a word that fuels the imagination of science enthusiasts with its never-ending applications and simplistic design. Basic sciences, biotechnology and disease therapy are a few of the many realms where CRISPR thrives today. Among the visionaries behind the creation of this stellar molecular tool stands Dr. Jennifer Doudna. Read this interesting article to find out more about her life and achievements!

Ada Lovelace

Read this article to know more about Ada Lovelace, one of the earliest computer programmers, who immortalised herself in computer programming history with a single mathematical discovery and a single scholarly publication, long before the invention of computers as we know them!

Dr. Jayant Bhalchandra Udgaonkar

Born on the 22nd of March, 1960, in the state of Maharashtra, India, Dr. Jayant Udgaonkar is an accomplished biochemist and molecular biologist. His research focuses on studying protein folding, unfolding and misfolding

Gregor Johann Mendel

Gregor Johann Mendel, the ‘Father of Genetics’, was a meteorologist, mathematician, biologist and monk.

Dr. Michael N Hall

Within the scientific world, the growth of a cell (referring to an increase in cell size) was, for the longest time, assumed to be a spontaneous process, something which just happened passively. It was thought that whenever appropriate nutrients were present, a cell would automatically grow, followed by division.

Dr Michael Bishop and Dr Harold Varmus

Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus are one of the most iconic duos to have graced the scientific community. They are renowned for their landmark discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes, for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1989. Bishop and Varmus’ work effectively bridged the conceptual gap between tumour causing viruses and cancer, thus bringing scientists closer to a unified theory for understanding the underlying mechanisms of cancer.