All women in STEM articles – Page 2
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OpinionSupramolecular community calls in support for gender equity
An inclusive, rigorous strategy for improving equality and diversity
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Careers
Planting the seeds of sustainable science education
Michele Raggio’s non-profit Seedscience supports teachers in developing countries as they grow their own education programmes
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Opinion
Eugenia Kumacheva: ‘My poetry is in my research proposals’
The soft matter expert on curiosity, collaborators and creativity
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News
Lack of support undermines minority and female chemistry PhDs
US survey shows importance of peers and finances in graduate schools
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Careers
Underrepresented scientists hardest hit by pandemic
The effects of Covid-19 have exacerbated existing inequalities in academia
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News
Physical sciences funder wants UK women to go for bigger grants
Just five applications for grants over £10 million received from women since 2007
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Review
What Stars are Made of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Remarkable insights into the life and work of the world’s first astrochemist
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Opinion
Chemists amid coronavirus: Amal Amin
An Egyptian polymer chemist and activist for equality in science struggles with interactive activities moving online during the pandemic
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News
Angewandte essay calling diversity in chemistry harmful decried as ‘abhorrent’ and ‘egregious’
Third of journal board resigns over the now-deleted manuscript that chemists say reflects widespread bias in publishing and research
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Opinion
Rita Colwell: ‘Pseudoscience is almost like a disease’
The former director of the US National Science Foundation on persevering and flourishing as a woman in science
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News
While female and minority science PhDs’ ideas are more novel they’re often overlooked
Study examining almost every US PhD for the last three decades finds – for the first time – that ‘diversity paradox’ holds true for science
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News
‘Culture change’ needed in US to increase number of women in science and engineering
National Academies report urges universities and research funding agencies to update their policies to improve recruitment, retention and advancement of women
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News
Male scientists more likely to blow their own trumpet when it comes to research
Analysis of 6 million papers finds male lead authors are up to 21% more likely to use language that casts findings as very significant compared with female ones
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Review
Women in Their Element: Selected Women’s Contributions To The Periodic System
The book’s 38 essays highlight women’s contributions to chemistry, ranging from well-known accounts to stories rarely told
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Careers
Results of the 2019 Pay and Reward Survey
Salaries have increased in line with inflation, and while the gender pay gap persists, it is at its lowest-ever level
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News
RSC report finds publishing pipeline hinders women
Peer reviewers were more likely to reject papers from female authors, especially if the reviewer was male
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Opinion
Cutting-edge history
Rewriting the textbooks is our duty, because credit and recognition are much more than a reward for the individual. We use them to show what we value, and what matters to us – what lies behind us to be discovered is just as important as what lies ahead
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Sponsored
Catalysing discussion around gender and Stem
Much progress must be made before we reach gender equality within Stem. Four employees from process chemistry company CatSci discuss what it means to be a woman working in Stem in the 21st century
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News
Science scorecards reveal state of research in G20 nations
Performance measured using data on funding, gender balance and open access
