Winter 2003

STEPHANIE KWOLEK INVENTED KEVLAR WHEN ALMOST NO WOMEN WERE CHEMISTS

THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MAKING SOUND ALARMING

SHE FOUGHT FOR ONLY ONE DAY AND SURVIVED FOR LESS THAN A YEAR, BUT NOW THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF HER RADICAL DESIGN—WHICH TRIGGERED A REVOLUTION IN NAVAL WARFARE—CAN BE SEEN AGAIN

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS PROTECT US ALL FROM DEADLY INFECTIONS. BUT HOW DO THEY PROTECT THEMSELVES?