Tag: stem
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Por que é tão raro mulheres receberem Nobel nas ciências?
Mulheres que persistem em carreiras relacionadas a ciências enfrentam barreiras implícitas e explícitas As cientistas Donna Strickland e Frances Arnold ganharam destaque na semana passada. Não apenas por receberem o Nobel de Física e o Nobel de Química, respectivamente, mas pelo fato de mulheres estarem entre as laureadas deste ano. Donna foi apenas a terceira…
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Quase um bilhão de meninas e jovens não têm acesso ao ensino de habilidades para as profissões do futuro, diz estudo
Relatório divulgado nesta quarta pelo Fundo Malala estima que 65% das meninas e mulheres de até 24 anos no mundo atualmente não têm acesso ao ensino de habilidades necessárias para a vida profissional. Meninas aprendem programação em curso da USP de São Carlos: segundo o Fundo Malala, aptidões como essa serão necessárias no mercado de…
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Conheça as principais startups russas
Anos de repressão podem ter sufocado o ecossistema de inovação da sede da Copa, mas a Rússia ainda é a terra natal de aplicativos como o Telegram MOSCOU, CAPITAL DA RÚSSIA. CIDADE SE DESTACA COMO A SEGUNDA MELHOR PARA EMPRESAS PRIVADAS EM RÁPIDO CRESCIMENTO A sede da Copa do Mundo 2018 costuma ser conhecida pela vodka,…
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Budget 2018: All talk on innovation, but funding falls short
A worker handles copies of the 2018-19 Budget papers. Source: AAP/Lukas Coch The federal government is anxious to continue to project its commitment to innovation, but the spending contained in this year’s budget is nothing if not modest. It is particularly dismal in light of the decision to cut back on the R&D tax concession,…
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Women in Innovation: Gaining Ground, but Still Far Behind
Patents are a reasonable proxy for the relative contributions of the genders, and there’s a huge disparity still to be overcome World Intellectual Property Day fell on April 26 this year. The theme was “Powering change: Women in innovation and creativity,” so it’s an appropriate time to analyze the gender distribution of scientists and inventors…
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CanCode funding Code Mobiles to give young Canadians digital skills needed for jobs of the future
The mobile truck fleet will travel across Canada teaching more than 140,000 young Canadians and their teachers how to code MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 27, 2018 /CNW/ – Coding and digital skills are essential tools for the well-paying middle class jobs of today and tomorrow. That’s why the Government of Canada has made a historic investment…
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How To Talk About Innovation Like A Pro
If you have ever sat in on a meeting about innovation, chances are you probably heard a lot of jargon and buzzwords being thrown around. If you want to talk buzzwords with the best of them, use this article as a cheat sheet to help you out. Alternatively, if you find the buzzwords boring, take…
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Stanford’s Secret STEM Deficit
With the latest innovations in AI and machine learning the chatter of campus, it is easy for Stanford students to conflate Silicon Valley entrepreneurship with US scientific leadership. After all, with self-driving cars and automated grocery stores, it seems ludicrous to argue that our nation is experiencing an innovation deficit — the very opposite instead…
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UK’s industrial strategy requires more university funding
The UK is running out of ideas. We are getting low on breakthroughs. Far fewer cries of “eureka” are being heard throughout the country. And, for the future of our economy, this is a real problem. The government’s White Paper on the industrial strategy is aimed at firing innovation in the fields of science, technology,…
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Women are powering the blockchain
In popular mythology, cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology that powers them are solely the domain of badly behaved frat boys—or “bitcoin bros,” as they’ve been dubbed. These characters may be the most visible (and colorful) harbingers of the blockchain age, but the technology is attracting a more diverse crowd—including many women. While the bros make…
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