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Women paid 20% less in top UK research institutions Early analysis of UK gender pay gap reports reveals the extent of male favoritism. 29 March 2018 Smriti Mallapaty iStock / Getty Images Plus Women earn up to 30% less than their male colleagues in the  UK's  top-ranked research institutions. Among the high-quality researchers in the Nature Index, the difference between male and female average pay ranges from 28% to 9%. The group's average gender pay gap is 20%. Legislation introduced in 2017 requires UK organisations with more than 250 employees to publish their data by April 4 2018, and every year after that. The public reporting excercise reveals the extent to which women are shortchanged in workplaces across all sectors. Only days ahead of the deadline, 33 research institutions that ranked among the top 50 in the index in 2017 have submitted their gender pay gap reports. Lancaster University  is the worst offender among the institutions which have so far reported, wit...

WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University  東北大学材料科学高等研究所 Japan Established in 2007, the Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR) at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, has been conducting cutting-edge research in materials science for over a decade. It was launched as one of the research centres founded under the World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI) of the Japanese government, which promotes the establishment of world-class science hubs. In 2017, the AIMR became a member of the WPI Academy, which consists of WPI centres that have achieved world-premier status. The AIMR has about 100 leading researchers, including 28 internationally renowned principal investigators. About 40% of these researchers are from overseas. The institute has four materials-related groups, which are exploring the physics of materials, non-equilibrium materials, soft materials, and devices and systems. In addition, the AIMR’s Mathematical Scienc...

How to Start Exercising: A Beginner's Guide to Working Out Exercising regularly is one of the best things you can do for your health. Soon after you start exercising, you'll begin to see and feel the  benefits  that physical activity can have on your body and well-being. However, working exercise into your routine takes a lot of determination, and sticking to it in the long term requires discipline. If you're considering starting to exercise but don't know where to begin, this article is for you. Here's all you need to know about starting a routine and sticking to it. Why Exercise? Regular exercise has been shown to significantly improve your health ( 1 ). Its greatest benefits include helping you achieve and maintain a healthy body weight, maintain muscle mass and reduce your risk of chronic disease ( 2 ,  3 ,  4 ,  5 ). Additionally, research has shown that exercise can lift your mood, boost your mental health, help you  sleep better  and even enhanc...

Ten things you might not know about antimatter 04/28/15   By Diana Kwon Antimatter has fueled many a supernatural tale. It's also fascinating all by itself. Antimatter is the stuff of science fiction. In the book and film  Angels and Demons , Professor Langdon tries to save Vatican City from an antimatter bomb.  Star Trek ’s starship Enterprise uses matter-antimatter annihilation propulsion for faster-than-light travel. But antimatter is also the stuff of reality. Antimatter particles are almost identical to their matter counterparts except that they carry the opposite charge and spin. When antimatter meets matter, they immediately annihilate into energy. While antimatter bombs and antimatter-powered spaceships are far-fetched, there are still many facts about antimatter that will tickle your brain cells. 1. Antimatter should have annihilated all of the matter in the universe after the big bang. According to theory, the big bang should have created matter and antimatter i...