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  • Office of the Chief Executive (OCE) Science Leader, and Head of the Virtual Nanoscience Laboratory, CSIRO
There are still barriers to overcome to keep more women in science. CIAT/Flickr

What it’s like to be a woman working in science, and how to make it better

Suzanne Cory, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) ; Amanda Barnard, CSIRO; Chloe Warren, University of Newcastle; Maggie Hardy, The University of Queensland; Nalini Joshi, University of Sydney, and Tanya Monro, University of South Australia

What is it like to be a woman working in the sciences? While there are hurdles to overcome, there are joys as well. The new SAGE initiative hopes to make STEM even more amenable to women.
A copper strip bending to the forces of pressure: knowing how and why will help build better materials. knitsteel

Elastic to plastic: high‑energy lasers warp copper – permanently

Shireen Chan, The Conversation

The exact pressure that permanently changes copper crystals has been pinpointed, according to a study released today. The findings, published in the journal Science, show that when copper is compressed…
We can’t afford to leave so many of our best brains behind. Kaneda99

So seriously, why aren’t there more women in science?

Amanda Barnard, CSIRO; Cathy Foley, CSIRO; Mahananda Dasgupta, Australian National University; Suzanne Cory, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) , and Tanya Monro, University of Adelaide

Why are there fewer women working in science than men? Things have certainly improved, with participation in many branches of science at undergraduate and graduate levels now broadly balanced between the…

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