Documentary “Picture A Scientist” To Premiere on PBS NOVA April 14 Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/1/2021 on 4/1/2021 Picture a Scientist, a documentary film that chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists, will have its U.S. broadcast premiere on PBS NOVA on April 14, 2021.
Eight Exceptional Scientists Receive 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Award Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/31/2021 on 3/31/2021 The Heising-Simons Foundation is pleased to announce this year’s 51 Pegasi b Fellowship recipients. Award recipients are selected based on their outstanding research achievements, innovative research plans, and promising impact on the field of planetary astronomy.
Accelerating the Search for Dark Matter Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/11/2021 on 2/11/2021 Observations of the cosmos suggest that the matter we see—planets, stars, and galaxies—must be dwarfed by another form of matter that exerts gravity but is invisible to us.
Shape of Science — Art & Science Lecture Series Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 1/8/2021 on 1/8/2021 The Heising-Simons Foundation in partnership with Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya is proud to present the Art & Science Lecture Series, “Shape of Science” born out of the project FINDINGS, a public art series, that celebrates women and science and reimagines science through vibrant large-scale murals.
“From the Possibility to the Certainty of a Supermassive Black Hole”: Grantee Partner Andrea Ghez Delivers Nobel Lecture Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/10/2020 on 12/10/2020 When Dr. Andrea Ghez first proposed conducting research on a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy, she says, “people didn’t think it would work.” Earlier this year, and decades in the making, that work led Dr. Ghez to be awarded the 2020 Novel Prize in physics.
First Mural Complete in “FINDINGS” Series Celebrating Women and Science Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 11/20/2020 on 11/20/2020 On a towering brick wall near the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City, a mysterious class of cosmological objects dance with the diverse women of New York City. “A Cluster of Enigmas” is the first in a series of colorful murals completed by renowned artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, in her new partnership with the Heising-Simons Foundation entitled “Findings.”
Grantee Andrea Ghez Wins Nobel Prize in Physics Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 10/6/2020 on 10/6/2020 Grantee partner Andrea Ghez, UCLA’s Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Professor of Astrophysics, was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics today. Ghez shares the prize with Reinhard Genzel of University of California, Berkeley, and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.
Astronomers May Have Found a Signature of Life on Venus Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 9/14/2020 on 9/14/2020 Scientists at MIT, Cardiff University, and elsewhere have observed what may be signs of life in the clouds of Venus. The astronomers, led by Jane Greaves of Cardiff University, detected in Venus’ atmosphere a spectral fingerprint, or light-based signature of phosphine using the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) in Hawaii, and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) observatory in Chile. Their discovery and analysis is published in the journal Nature Astronomy.
Why Face Masks Work Better Than You Would Think Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 9/10/2020 on 9/10/2020 From a purely mathematical perspective, face masks are more effective in reducing the transmission of COVID-19 than we may think. This happens for two reasons: masks protect in both directions (when we breathe in and when we breathe out), and the number of interactions involving people wearing masks is higher than the number of people wearing masks in public.