The physicist Lise Meitner explored “correlations between mass and energy” which was a pioneering field in modern physics that also attracted public attention thanks to Albert Einstein and his theory ...

Lise Meitner, an Austrian-Swedish physicist, was a trailblazer in nuclear physics and co-discovered nuclear fission, the process that powers both nuclear reactors and weapons. Despite her critical ...

Activities will also promote gender equality in the nuclear sector, including through the IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme and the Lise Meitner Programme. Countries will benefit from ...

The Lise Meitner Excellence Program shall help to recruit and promote exceptionally qualified female scientists. The Max Planck Society has initiated a number of measures to attract increasing numbers ...

The IAEA Lise Meitner Programme (LMP) provides early- and mid‑career women professionals with opportunities to participate in a multiweek visiting professional programme and advance their technical ...

WHEN, on November 7, Dr. Lise Meitner celebrates her seventieth birthday, her many friends will offer her their warmest congratulations and respectful admiration on a life of great activity ...

This is a tribute to a pioneering nuclear physicist, Lise Meitner. Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1878, she excelled in mathematics and science from an early age. In 1905, she became only the second ...