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Welcome to the very first post for the Irvine Steminists Blog/News Letter! Our passion is to bring awareness to the girl world and highlight the groundbreaking achievements by women and minorities in STEM. We believe creativity is what makes STEM flourish and we wanted to combine that creativity with activism. And with that idea planted we decided to launch the Irvine Steminists Newsletter! A place that combines our passion for STEM, a platform to fight for equality, highlight figures who have inspired us, and updates on our impact!

Women in STEM Spotlight

 Today I would like to highlight a woman in STEM who was ahead of her time, the famous Ada Lovelace. If you're unfamiliar with Ada she was a brilliant mathematician who pioneered some of the early computing concepts. Her fascination with the world around us started at 12 years old when she became fascinated with flying, this blossomed into Ada becoming the first computer programer, almost a century before the first computer was created! Ada was a visionary that saw the potential for computers to do more than crunch numbers, she was able to integrate her genius mathematical prowess with her ingenuity and imagination. She has since been acknowledged past her years as a pioneer for women in STEM fields, although she was never recognized for her achievements during her lifetime her legacy will live on inspiring the expansion of pioneering women.

News in STEM

“Recently, Microsoft announced the creation of a new state of matter, a topological superconductor,” Is the first result for “who found the new state of matter” in Google. If you're like me, half of these articles and headlines are difficult to completely grasp. It's fascinating but also howw??? So I would like to take a moment to highlight this discovery because I feel like not enough people know about it! Basically Microsoft recently announced a new experimental quantum computer, and for the other girlys that are wondering, what is a quantum computer?? Well summarizing an article I read from IBM they are basically computers that qubits instead of the binary code that we are familiar with. Qubits allow the computer to think outside the box, a regular computer tries to find every combination of a problem while quantum computers try to find new ways to solve an issue while remembering dead ends. With quantum computers we will be able to solve complex mathematical equations in a fraction of the time that a normal computer would. The only downside is these quantum computers need to stay cold and will most likely not be used for personal use for a while. This is both scary yet exciting for the future of STEM, I am personally a bit worried about this will boost the rise of AI. But on the contrary, it will lead to potentially groundbreaking discoveries and developments for society. I am so excited to see how much the STEM environment will utilize this tool to push us further in human development.

Updates on the team

Recently the team has been brainstorming new ideas and events before the end of the year! The last months of school are approaching rapidly and we are in the crunch to make the team's goal! We are aiming to do two more events so be on the lookout for updates! Currently the biggest event we have is coming up at College park where we will be seeing around 250 kids! The team has also been preparing to say goodbye to our seniors and picking out our cords and stoles!