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- P2Y receptorP2Y receptors are a family of purinergic G protein-coupled receptors, stimulated by nucleo
- Pafnuty ChebyshevRussian mathematician (1821–1894)
- Palais de la Légion d'HonneurThe Palais de la Légion d'Honneur (French pronunciation: ; Palace of the Legion of Honour)
- Pamela L. GayAmerican astronomer (born 1973)
- Pamela RonaldAmerican geneticist
- Pamela SilverAmerican biologist
- Pandrosion4th-century AD mathematician
- Papaver californicumPapaver californicum is a species of poppy known by the common names fire poppy and wester
- Pappus of Alexandria4th-century Greek mathematician (c. 290–350)
- Paramjit KhuranaIndian biochemist
- Participatory developmentParticipatory development (PD) seeks to engage local populations in development projects.
- Pascual JordanGerman physicist and politician (1902–1980)
- Pasteur InstituteFrench disease research organization
- Patchy particlesPatchy particles are micron- or nanoscale colloidal particles that are anisotropically pat
- Patrice HarrisAmerican psychiatrist
- Patricia Ann MothesAmerican volcanologist
- Patricia H. ClarkeBritish biochemist
- Patricia HowlinEnglish psychiatrist
- Patricia K. KuhlAmerican psychologist
- Patricia NumannAmerican endocrine surgeon
- Patrick BlackettBritish physicist (1897–1974)
- PatronymicComponent of a personal name based on the given name of one's male ancestor
- Patsy Ann McLaughlinAmerican carcinologist
- Patsy O'Connell ShermanAmerican chemist (1930-2008)
- Paul AnastasAmerican chemist (born 1962)
- Paul BaranAmerican-Jewish engineer (1926–2011)
- Paul BergAmerican biochemist (1926–2023)
- Paul CohenAmerican mathematician (1934–2007)
- Paul CornuFrench engineer
- Paul EhrenfestAustrian theoretical physicist (1880–1933)
- Paul EhrlichGerman physician and scientist (1854–1915)
- Paul ErdősHungarian mathematician (1913–1996)
- Paul FloryAmerican chemist (1910–1985)
- Paul NurseEnglish geneticist and Nobel laureate (born 1949)
- Paul R. EhrlichAmerican biologist (1932–2026)
- Paul R. Halmos – Lester R. Ford AwardThe Paul R. Halmos – Lester R. Ford Award (formerly known as the Lester R. Ford Award) is
- Paulien HogewegDutch biophysicist
- Pauline ByakikaUgandan specialist physician
- Pauline Gracia Beery MackAmerican chemist (1891–1974)
- Pavel AlexandrovSoviet mathematician (1896–1982)
- Pavel CherenkovSoviet physicist (1904–1990)
- Pavel SchillingRussian military officer and diplomat
- Pawsey MedalThe Pawsey Medal is awarded annually by the Australian Academy of Science to recognize out
- Peano kernel theoremIn numerical analysis, the Peano kernel theorem is a general result on error bounds for a
- Pearl KendrickAmerican bacteriologist
- Pearl Meister Greengard PrizeAward
- PelvimetryPelvimetry is the measurement of the female pelvis. It can theoretically identify cephalo-
- Pembroke, New YorkPembroke is a town in Genesee County, Western New York, United States. The population was
- Penydarren IronworksPenydarren Ironworks was the fourth of the great ironworks established at Merthyr Tydfil i
- People's Choice Awards (Australia)The Australian People's Choice Awards was an Australian version of the American awards sho
- Per Teodor CleveSwedish chemist who discovered holmium and thulium (1840–1905)
- Percy Lavon JulianAmerican research chemist (1899–1975)
- Percy PilcherBritish inventor and aviator (1867–1899)
- Percy Williams BridgmanAmerican physicist (1882–1961)
- Perkin MedalChemistry award
- Perla FuscaldoArgentinian Egyptologist
- Perry O. Crawford Jr.Perry Orson Crawford, Jr. (August 9, 1917 – December 13, 2006) was an American computer pi
- Peter and Rosemary GrantMarried couple of British evolutionary biologists
- Peter ArtediSwedish zoologist (1705–1735)
- Peter Chalmers MitchellSir Peter Chalmers Mitchell CBE FRS FZS (23 November 1864 – 2 July 1945) was a Scottish zo
- Peter GrünbergGerman physicist (1939–2018)
- Peter HiggsBritish theoretical physicist (1929–2024)
- Peter MedawarBrazilian-British biologist (1915–1987)
- Peter PiotBelgian-British microbiologist (born 1949)
- Peter SafarAustrian physician (1924–2003)
- Peter Simon PallasGerman zoologist, botanist, and natural historian (1741–1811)
- Peterson olefinationThe Peterson olefination (also called the Peterson reaction) is the chemical reaction of α
- Petra SchwilleGerman biophysicist
- Petra Wilder-SmithAmerican professor of dentistry
- Petty officer third classA Petty officer third class is a non-commissioned officer in some navies and coast guards.
- Philip Henry GosseEnglish naturalist (1810-1888)
- Philip W. AndersonAmerican theoretical physicist (1923–2020)
- Philipp LenardGerman physicist (1862–1947)
- Philippa FawcettEnglish mathematician and educator (1868–1948)
- Philippa MarrackEnglish biologist and immunologist
- Philippe BarbierPhilippe Antoine Francoise Barbier (2 March 1848 – 18 September 1922) was a French organic
- Philosophical HallPhilosophical Hall is a historic building at 104 S. 5th Street in Center City, Philadelphi
- Phoebe CaldwellAutism researcher
- Phoebe S. LeboyAmerican biochemist and advocate for women in science
- Phoebe Waterman HaasAmerican astronomer
- PhotodetectionIn his historic paper entitled "The Quantum Theory of Optical Coherence," Roy J. Glauber s
- PhotogravurePhotographic printing technique
- PhotolyasePhotolyases (EC 4.1.99.3) are DNA repair enzymes that repair damage caused by exposure to
- Phyllis ClinchIrish botanist
- Phyllis Margaret Tookey KerridgeChemist and physiologist
- Phyllis S. FreierAmerican astrophysicist
- Phyllis WiseBiomedical researcher
- Physics of the FuturePhysics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Yea
- Physics of the ImpossiblePhysics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Field
- Pierre FauchardFrench dentist (1679–1761)
- Pierre Louis MaupertuisFrench mathematician, philosopher and man of letters (1698–1759)
- Pierre-Gilles de GennesNobel-laureate physicist
- Pieter ZeemanDutch physicist (1865–1943)
- Pin groupIn mathematics, the pin group is a certain subgroup of the Clifford algebra associated to
- Pingala3rd–2nd century BC Indian mathematician and poet
- Pinwheel tilingIn geometry, pinwheel tilings are non-periodic tilings defined by Charles Radin and based
- Pioneer Award (Aviation)The Pioneer Award is selected by the Professional Group on Aeronautical and Navigational E
- Plestiodon multivirgatusPlestiodon multivirgatus, commonly known as the many-lined skink, the northern many-lined
- Plumbing (mathematics)In the mathematical field of geometric topology, among the techniques known as surgery the
- Pneumatic chemistryArea of scientific research
- Polar metalA polar metal, metallic ferroelectric, or ferroelectric metal is a metal that contains an
- Polykarp KuschGerman–American physicist (1911–1993)
- Polyphosphate kinaseIn enzymology, a polyphosphate kinase (EC 2.7.4.1), or polyphosphate polymerase, is an enz
- Pontifical Academy of SciencesScientific academy of the Vatican City
- Popular scienceInterpretation of science intended for a general audience
- Port LambtonPort Lambton is an unincorporated community in St. Clair Township, Lambton County, Ontario
- Portrayal of women scientists in filmFilms have portrayed professional women in science, technology, engineering, and mathemati
- Positive energy theoremThe positive energy theorem (also known as the positive mass theorem) refers to a collecti
- Positive harmonic functionIn mathematics, a positive harmonic function on the unit disc in the complex numbers is ch
- Prasanta Chandra MahalanobisIndian scientist and statistician (1893 –1972)
- Pratibha GaiBritish microscopist
- President of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceThe American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), founded in 1848, is the wo
- President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration PolicyThe President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy was
- President's Council on BioethicsThe President's Council on Bioethics (PCBE) was a group of individuals appointed by United
- President's Malaria InitiativeThe President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) is a U.S. Government initiative to control and el
- Preußisch OldendorfPreußisch Oldendorf (German: ) is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-W
- Preventable (book)Preventable: How a Pandemic Changed the World & How to Stop the Next One is a 2022 memoir
- Princess of Asturias AwardsAnnual prizes awarded in Spain
- Princess Therese of BavariaBavarian princess, scientist, philanthropist
- Princeton, New JerseyBorough in New Jersey, United States
- Pristimantis gaigeiPristimantis gaigei, also known as the Fort Randolph robber frog or Gaige's rain frog, is
- Prix Félix-RobinThe Prix Félix-Robin is a prize awarded by the Société française de physique to reward a p
- Province of BrandenburgProvince of Prussia, Germany
- Province of Pomerania (1815–1945)Province of Prussia from 1815 to 1945
- Pseudo-DemocritusAnonymous author(s) of works falsely attributed to Democritus
- Public Welfare MedalAnnual award of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
- Pyotr KapitsaRussian and Soviet physicist (1894–1984)