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Katharine Burr Blodgett
Langmuir-Blodgett Films
Physicist Katharine Burr Blodgett experimented with monolayers, or organic films only a single molecule thick, initiating a new scientific discipline…
Frances Arnold
Directed Evolution of Enzymes
Frances Arnold is a pioneer of directed evolution, a process for "breeding" scientifically interesting or technologically useful proteins by mutating…
Esther Sans Takeuchi
Lithium/Silver Vanadium Oxide (Li/SVO) Battery Technology in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs)
Energy storage expert Esther Sans Takeuchi led efforts to invent and refine the lithium/silver vanadium oxide (Li/SVO) battery technology used to…
Sumita Mitra
Nanocomposite Dental Materials
Sumita Mitra invented the first dental filling material to include nanoparticles – Filtek™ Supreme Universal Restorative. This strong, versatile…
Carolyn Bertozzi
Bioorthogonal Chemistry
Carolyn Bertozzi invented the field of bioorthogonal chemistry, which allows researchers to chemically modify molecules within living systems.…
Gertrude Belle Elion
Anti-Leukemia Drugs
Gertrude Belle Elion invented some of the most important lifesaving drugs of the 20th century, including the leukemia-fighting drug 6-mercaptopurine…
Helen M. Free
Glucose Detection for Diabetes
Helen Murray Free was a pioneer in diagnostic chemistry. Her lifesaving research in medical and clinical urinary testing led to convenient dip-and-…
Elizabeth Lee Hazen
Nystatin (Antifungal/Antibiotic)
Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown created the first useful antifungal antibiotic, nystatin, through a long-distance scientific…
Marion Donovan
Waterproof Diaper Cover
Marion Donovan invented an innovative waterproof diaper cover and earned several more patents for inventions designed to improve everyday life.Born…
Rachel Fuller Brown
Nystatin (Antifungal/Antibiotic)
Rachel Fuller Brown and Elizabeth Lee Hazen developed the world’s first successful fungus-fighting antibiotic: nystatin.Brown was born in Springfield…
Allene Jeanes
Dextran Production; Xanthan Gum
Chemist Allene R. Jeanes received her organic chemistry doctorate from the University of Illinois in 1938, a time when few women were involved in the…
Mary Anderson
Windshield Wiper
While touring New York City in a trolley car on a snowy day in the early 1900s, Mary Anderson conceived her idea of a windshield wiper blade that…
Chieko Asakawa
Home Page Reader
Chieko Asakawa invented the Home Page Reader (HPR), the first practical voice browser to provide effective internet access for blind and visually…
Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Medical Devices for Low-Resource Settings
Rebecca Richards-Kortum develops low-cost, high-performance medical technologies for poor communities where standard medical equipment isn't an…
Evelyn Berezin
Computer Systems for Business Use
Evelyn Berezin was an expert in logic design and data transmission. She designed one of the earliest computer reservations systems for airlines and…
Sylvia Blankenship
1-MCP for Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Freshness
Horticulturalist Sylvia Blankenship and biochemist Edward Sisler identified 1-methylcyclopropene (1- MCP), a novel compound that significantly…
Lisa Lindahl
Sports Bra
Lisa Lindahl, Hinda Miller and Polly Smith invented the first sports bra: the Jogbra®. This groundbreaking invention removed a barrier to…
Hinda Miller
Sports Bra
Hinda Miller, Lisa Lindahl and Polly Smith invented the sports bra, launching a global industry. The revolutionary Jogbra® advanced the health of…
Polly Smith
Sports Bra
Polly Smith, Lisa Lindahl and Hinda Miller invented the sports bra. Commercialized as the Jogbra®, their invention enabled greater participation in…
Margaret Wu
Synthetic Lubricants
Industrial chemist Margaret Wu revolutionized the field of synthetic lubricants. Her work has changed how automobile and industrial lubricants are…
Marian Croak
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) Technology
Engineer Marian Croak has worked on advancing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies, converting voice data into digital signals that can…
Patricia Bath
Laserphaco Cataract Surgery
Dr. Patricia Bath invented laserphaco, a new device and technique to remove cataracts. It performed all steps of cataract removal: making the…
Katalin Karikó
Modified mRNA Technology Used in COVID-19 Vaccines
Biochemist Katalin Karikó and immunologist Drew Weissman discovered how to enable messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) to enter cells without triggering…
Angela Hartley Brodie
Aromatase Inhibitors
Angela Hartley Brodie discovered and developed a class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors, which are among the leading therapies against breast…
Marjorie Stewart Joyner
Permanent Wave Machine
Marjorie Stewart Joyner invented a permanent wave machine and was a leading figure in the beauty industry as a beautician, salon owner, instructor…