All women articles
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ResearchmRNA therapy might one day treat deadly pre-eclampsia in pregnant women
Therapy helped pregnant mice to regrow placental blood vessels
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NewsWomen stay in science far longer than thought, study of OECD countries suggests
Analysis of publications reveals that, on average, women ‘survive’ as long as men across 16 scientific disciplines
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NewsSmall pilot scheme will support women returning to Stem careers in UK
Government funds will help parents and carers in the Midlands and north of England re-enter the job market
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NewsChemistry journals that request author photos and bios linked to lower citations for women
Citation effect is statistically significant but diminishes when other variables are taken into account
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NewsUK physical science funder acts to rid its peer review of gender bias
EPSRC plans to pilot unconscious bias observers in funding panels and investigate all types of peer review discrimination
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NewsChemistry textbooks still portray men as scientists while women perform domestic duties
Unequal representation in terms of both roles and the number of women featured revealed
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NewsQuotas for women or based on ethnicity ruled out for the Nobel prizes
Head of the body that awards the Nobel calls the small number of females Nobel laureates ‘sad’, but says quotas are the wrong approach
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NewsScience and research ‘are dead’ in Afghanistan
Afghan researchers and scholars flee or go into hiding as the Taliban’s return to power sees the science academy and universities closed
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NewsPhysical 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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NewsWhile 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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NewsCanadian pilot to diversify research based on UK’s Athena Swan
Scheme aims to help universities in Canada increase participation of women and other minorities in science
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NewsNational Academy of Sciences in the US moves to oust sexual harassers
Members vote to change bylaws so membership of the academy can be revoked in cases of proven conduct breaches
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ReviewInvisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Philippa Matthews reviews Caroline Criado Perez’s new book
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NewsUK universities need more female professors, says science minister
Chris Skidmore calls on universities to take action on gender balance
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NewsEarly stage NIH funding found free from gender or race bias
US biomedical research agency’s initial peer review process does not treat grant applicants any differently based on their race or gender
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NewsDatabase seeking to help to diversify chemistry gathers pace
More than 230 academic chemists who self-report as minorities have signed up and the website has inspired industry copycats
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OpinionWhy Dorothy Hodgkin belongs on the £50 banknote
The only British woman to win a Nobel prize in science deserves wider recognition
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NewsAction plan launched to tackle gender inequality and bullying in chemistry
Bullying helpline and childcare grants among measures outlined in Royal Society of Chemistry report that reveals why chemistry has an equality problem
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OpinionThere is no one answer to improving diversity
Grassroots initiatives and larger projects are both vital weapons in the battle for equality
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