1. woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientistAbbreviation, Colloquial, Usually written using kana alone, See also 理系女子
The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Japanese scientists for the practical application of blue light-emitting diodes. Although red and yellow-green LEDs had already been developed by that time, the development of a blue LED was considered nearly impossible.— Jreibun