Levelling the physics field
The Institute of Physics' Jennifer Dyer looks at initiatives to help improve the careers of women in physics
Beauty and the biased
Philip Moriarty says physicists need to do more to tackle biases in science
Blending science with art and industry
Jess Wade and Susanne Klein join Physics World journalists
Prize thoughts
Matin Durrani calls for the Nobel archives to be opened each year to ensure the Nobel prizes are fairly awarded
Gender gap in science not due to exam results, says study
Researchers claim that their work disproves the “variability hypothesis”
Thousands of physicists sign letter condemning ‘disgraceful’ Alessandro Strumia gender talk
Over 3000 physicists denounce an invited talk given at last month's inaugural CERN workshop on high-energy theory and gender
Isolated female students more likely to drop out of PhD programmes
Study finds that lone women in a PhD cohort were up to 16% less likely to graduate than their male counterparts
Publishers look to improve diversity in peer review
Report by IOP Publishing finds that men are disproportionately invited to peer review research papers in its journals compared with women
US societies join forces in $10m drive to tackle diversity
New programme aims to boost the number of women and underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities in science
Call made for Germany’s Helmholtz Association to boost diversity
An evaluation of the association’s 18 research centres has found that only 19% of full professorships are held by women
