Karen Uhlenbeck has won the Abel prize, often called the Nobel prize of mathematics, for work that laid the foundations for major breakthroughs in theoretical physics Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2196755-karen-uhlenbeck-is-first-woman-to-win-prestigious-maths-abel-prize/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home