Rosalind Franklin

British ExoMars Rover Named After Female Scientist Rosalind Franklin

The UK made ExoMars rover has been named after British scientist Rosalind Franklin. The rover will be exploring the surface of Mars in 2021. The UK Space Agency said it named the rover after Franklin because of her ground-breaking work in DNA imaging and in the hope that seeing a female scientist honoured in this way would encourage young girls interested in getting into STEM fields.
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Voting Open For The Scientist On The New £50 Note

The Bank of England has asked members of the public to nominate scientists they think should be on the new £50 note. Early favourites include physicist Stephen Hawking, the first computer programmer Ada Lovelace and chemist Rosalind Franklin. You can’t, unfortunately, vote for Doctor Who.
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