http://ec.europa.eu//research/index.cfm?pg=whatsnew en Fri, 17 May 2013 13:50:35 GMT http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=rss For more RSS news feeds click the link above. Fri, 17 May 2013 13:50:35 GMT http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=rss http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=newsalert&year=2013&na=na-130513 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2013-05-13:/index.cfm?pg=newsalert&year=2013&na=na-130513 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_12_17_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=28713 Companies have been very slow in recruiting more women board directors; but according to an EU report the period between October 2010 and January 2012 has seen the best progress in improving the gender balance on company boards. While figures are still remarkably low, this development signals a turning point and is seen to be linked to the intensified public debate initiated by the European Commission and the European Parliament in their calls for action. They were followed in some Member States by concrete steps to accelerate the pace of change.]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-12-17:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_12_17_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=28713 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_11_09_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=27973 Mothers who stroke their newborn infants in the first few weeks of their life could change the effects that stress during gestation has on early-life development, new research from the United Kingdom shows. Increasing maternal depression has been linked with decreasing physiological adaptability and with increasing negative emotionality when mothers do not stroke their babies enough. The study, recently presented in the journal PLOS ONE, could help increase our understanding of this issue and in turn provide better information services for pregnant women and their partners.]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-11-09:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_11_09_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=27973 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_10_26_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=27733 A new study has revealed some alarming figures showing that the number of women in engineering, physics and computer science are alarmingly low in the world's leading economies and are on the decline in others. Conducted by experts in international gender, science and technology issues from Women in Global Science & Technology and the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World, and funded by the Elsevier Foundation, the study maps the opportunities and obstacles faced by women in science across Brazil, the EU, India, Indonesia, Korea, South Africa and the United States.]]> Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-10-26:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_10_26_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=27733 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=09&item=Infocentre&artid=24354 "I have never seen women scientists, I've only seen men. Girls get this upbringing where they shouldn't be scientists, they should do something else. Girls are very interested in science. Maybe they don't know that, but they are."]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-03-28:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=09&item=Infocentre&artid=24354