But whatever the exact weight of various factors turns out to be, it's already clear that attitude has a bigger impact on
performance than the scientists expected.
Not exact matches
A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that, when asked to rate junior
scientists based on scholarly accomplishments and job interview
performance, academics in the traditionally male - dominated STEM fields rated female candidates as being more hireable
than their equally qualified male applicants.
Scientists in Japan have demonstrated how to make electrical circuits on plastic thinner
than the width of human hair in an attempt to reduce the impact of bending on circuit
performance.
«With this final result from the 2014 to 2016 search, the
scientists of the LUX Collaboration have pushed the sensitivity of the instrument to a final
performance level that is four times better
than the original project goals.»
A second study, led by
scientists at the University of Manchester in England and published online this past May, looked at vitamin D levels and cognitive
performance in more
than 3,100 men aged 40 to 79 in eight different countries across Europe.
By extending the coherence time of electron states to over half a second, a team of
scientists from Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, and Harvard University has vastly improved the
performance of one of the most potent possible sensors of magnetic fields on the nanoscale — a diamond defect no bigger
than a pair of atoms, called a nitrogen vacancy (NV) center.
Now, a team of researchers led by
scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have reported that a new lithium - sulfur battery component allows a doubling in capacity compared to a conventional lithium - sulfur battery, even after more
than 100 charge cycles at high current densities, which are key
performance metrics for their adoption in electric vehicles (EVs) and in aviation.
More
than 20 years ago,
scientists found a connection between music and enhancement of
performance or changing of neuropsychological activity involving Mozart's music from which the theory of «The Mozart Effect» was derived.
Walden believes much of the hardship for women pursuing careers in science comes down to the small things, including the gender stereotypes and the unconscious biases that make the white male «look more like a
scientist»
than the female, regardless of experience or
performance.
About BIOACID: Since 2009, more
than 250 BIOACID
scientists from 20 German research institutes have investigated how different marine organisms respond to ocean acidification and increasing carbon dioxide concentrations in seawater, how their
performance is affected during their various life stages, how these reactions impact marine food webs and elemental cycles and whether they can be mitigated by evolutionary adaptation.
Scientists at Western University [Ontario, Canada] have discovered that a small molecule created with just 144 atoms of gold can increase solar cell
performance by more
than 10 per cent.
Thanks to a previous study, the
scientists already knew that replacing the traditional three big meals per day with 6 smaller meals worked better for shedding fat and building muscle, so now they wanted to find out whether 6 solid meals per day provided better results in terms of body composition and physical
performance than 3 solid meals and 3 protein shakes per day.
Years after I visited
scientists determined the limestone seats minimize low - frequency background noise while magnifying higher - frequency voices, which means actors could deliver full
performances without modern microphones, so the effect is a bit less magical
than when I was there.
In 1966, Whitman was one of the 10 New York artists who worked with Billy Klüver and more
than 30 engineers and
scientists from Bell Telephone Laboratories to create works that incorporated new technology for 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering, a series of
performance artworks presented October 13 — 23 in 1966 at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City.