News tagged with glass ceiling
Women in Canada's news industry still face glass ceiling: study
Canadian women journalists hit the glass ceiling in senior management despite making gains that reach or exceed parity at most other levels, according to a new International Women’s Media Foundation global report.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Weight discrimination could contribute to the glass ceiling effect for women, study finds (w/Video)
Weight discrimination appears to add to the glass ceiling effect for women, finds a new study co-authored by a Michigan State University scholar.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Building mountains in a bottle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are preparing to launch a 10-year project to study water resources, gas exchange and carbon cycling in three man-made landscapes built in a half-acre laboratory at the University ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Girl power surges in India
By putting 18 million cracks in the proverbial glass ceiling, Hillary Clinton changed the way Americans think about women in politics, and new Northwestern University research suggests that an affirmative action law in India ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Small fire at Japan nuclear lab; no radiation leak
A building housing an experimental nuclear reactor in Japan caught fire Tuesday, but there was no leak of radioactive materials, officials said, amid nervousness over Japan's atomic industry.
Dec 20, 2011 |
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California's glass ceiling may take a century to crack
(PhysOrg.com) -- The proportion of women who lead California’s largest companies is growing at such a slow pace that it will take more than a century for women business leaders to achieve parity with men, a UC Davis ...
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Dec 08, 2011 |
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Parkinson's & dance: An unusual partnership unites
(AP) -- The two things that have brought Michael and Roslyn Lieb closer together couldn't be more different: Parkinson's disease and dance, one slowly taking away, the other giving back in ways they never ...
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Researcher finds key to ancient weather patterns in Florida's caves
(PhysOrg.com) -- Darrel Tremaine has been known to go to extremes for his research, such as crawling on his hands and knees through a dark, muddy limestone cave in Northwest Florida to learn more about the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Dome screen puts Canadian audiences in the action
The audience finds itself inside a giant uterus. Or it flies around cathedral ruins. Or it is transported to a dark, lonely forest.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Scientists reach the heights with gecko-inspired tank robot (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a tank-like robot that has the ability to scale smooth walls, opening up a series of applications ranging from inspecting pipes, buildings, aircraft and nuclear ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Developing world stoves contribute to two million deaths per year: study
An international effort to replace smoky, inefficient household stoves that people commonly use in lower and middle income countries with clean, affordable, fuel efficient stoves could save nearly 2 million lives each year, ...
Oct 13, 2011 |
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New sensor network protecting art in NY museum
(AP) -- It will take a good eye to spot them, but dozens of tiny, very modern works of art have been installed near the 15th-century unicorn tapestries and other medieval masterpieces at a New York City museum.
Jun 09, 2011 |
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