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New postage stamp honors Chien-Shiung Wu, trailblazing nuclear physicist

  • Written by Xuejian Wu, Assistant Professor of Physics, Rutgers University - Newark
New postage stamp honors Chien-Shiung Wu, trailblazing nuclear physicistChien-Shiung Wu's experiments were instrumental in supporting some of the biggest 20th-century theories in physics.Bettmann via Getty ImagesForever stamp with portrait of Chien-Shiung Wu.The new U.S. postage stamp featuring Wu.U.S. Postal Service

On Feb. 11, 2021, the sixth International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the U.S. Postal Service will issue a new Forever stamp to honor Chien-Shiu...

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