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Why gender stereotypes can disempower female STEM students

A team of research fellows at National Research University Higher School of Economics have conducted a study to examine why gender stereotypes can disempower female STEM students. The study by Natalia Maloshonok and Irina Shcheglova, research fellows at National Research...
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Teaching evolution in schools and colleges – a clash with religious beliefs?

Michael J Reiss, Professor of Science Education at UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK, discusses some of the challenges of teaching evolution in schools and colleges to students who may have seemingly conflicting religious beliefs, and how...
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Scientific theories and the power of enquiry

Professor Lawrence C Scharmann, from the University of Nebraska, discusses the power of theory in scientific enquiry and how, through understanding the drivers behind and applications of theory, science and theology do not have to be at odds. Science –...
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Scientists develop tiny plastic robot for capturing contaminants

Scientists from Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, have developed a tiny plastic robot that is powered by magnetism and light. The new plastic robot is made of responsive polymers, which moves under the influence of light and magnetism. The team...
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Chemistry paves the way for improved electronic materials

Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a new molecule, indium triazenide, that can be used to create high-quality indium nitride for use in high-frequency electronics. The bandwidth we currently use for wireless data transfer will soon be full. If...
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Canadian nanomaterials – funding at the forefront of innovation

Innovation in nanomaterials is rapidly progressing across the globe, but with increased funding and lucrative collaboration opportunities, Canadian nanomaterials are set to lead the market. Paul Glover, President of Shared Services and former Associate Deputy Minister of Health, Canada, once...
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The iBridge Framework: tailoring bridge monitoring systems

Dr Markus Petschacher, CEO of Petschacher Software und Projektentwicklungs (PSP), outlines iBridge – a revolutionary new framework that allows a bridge monitoring system to be tailored to a particular bridge and which covers both structural health and traffic monitoring. Road...
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Commercialised innovation: technology transfer through spin-off creation

The Institute for Materials and Wood Technology at Bern University of Applied Sciences is now supporting commercialised innovation. Here, Professor Dr Frédéric Pichelin outlines two success stories of technology transfer through spin-off creation. The culture of entrepreneurship is not well...
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Exploiting high energy physics technology at IARC

The head of IARC and deputy head of technology development and industry engagements at Fermilab, Mauricio Suarez, discusses amongst other things, the miniaturisation of accelerators and the commercialisation of technologies developed for the high energy physics research arena. FERMI is...
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Nanoporous carbons can improve energy storage devices

Researchers have discovered that optimised nanoporous carbons can improve the performance of energy storage and conversion devices. A research team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) Institute for Soft Matter and Functional Materials collaborated with researchers from the University of Tartu,...
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