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Women opt out of math/science careers because of family demands
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 13, 2009 |
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Women tend to choose non-math-intensive fields for their careers -- not because they lack mathematical ability, but because they want flexibility to raise children or prefer less math-intensive fields of science, reports ...
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UWM study explores why women leave engineering careers
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 06, 2009 |
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While only one in 10 male engineers leave their field by the time they reach their 30s, about one in four women are not working in engineering despite having completed the necessary education.
Lack of ability does not explain women's decisions to opt out of math-intensive science careers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Women don't choose careers in math-intensive fields, such as computer science, physics, technology, engineering, chemistry, and higher mathematics, because they want the flexibility to raise children, or because they prefer ...
Professor Interrupted: Gender Differences in High Level Engineering, Science and Math Institutions
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 12, 2009 |
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A soon to be released exhaustive study entitled "Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty (2009)" published by The National Academies Press finds improvements ...
Software designers strut their talent at cost of profit, says new study
May 19, 2008 |
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Many software designers intentionally create unnecessarily complex products that do less to serve their companies and customers than to advance their careers, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue ...
US teens feel prepared for careers in science, tech, engineering, math, yet many lack mentors
Jan 07, 2009 |
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American teens are embracing the subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) with increasingly positive attitudes; yet many lack the necessary encouragement from mentors and role models ...
Average major league career: 5.6 years
Jul 10, 2007 |
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U.S. researchers say the average career of a major league baseball player is 5.6 years, with 1-in-5 position players having only a single-year career.
Gender roles and not gender bias hold back women scientists
Nov 19, 2007 |
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Traditional roles of women in the home and a negative bias in workplace support result in less career success for women versus men at the same stage of their research careers, determined researchers at the European Molecular ...
Making Nanowires More Electrically Stable
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's widely predicted that future electronics will largely depend on something really small -- nanomaterials used for building nanoelectronics. A key component of these tiny circuits is stable nanowires that ...
NASA Launches Web Site for Teenagers That Want More Class
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has launched a new Web site created specifically for teenagers that provides teens access to current NASA spacecraft data for use in school science projects, allows them to conduct real experiments with ...
NASA awards Oklahoma an education grant
Mar 31, 2008 |
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The U.S. space agency has awarded an education grant to Oklahoma State University to encourage high school students to pursue careers in science.
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