Tatiana Birshtein
Feb 23 2007, Pooja

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the cosmetics company L’Oreal for their outstanding achievements in an arena long dominated by men have bestowed five women scientists with major awards.

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