It's happy hour at an underground bar in Manhattan, and Leanne Pittsford is asking lesbians in tech what they want. "You are all influencers," she says. "You know what's going on here." LGBT women are advancing in the tech world, but they need help finding support in...
In 2013, Sheryl Sandberg revived the conversation about challenges for women in the corporate workplace with her book Lean In. The book ignited an international conversation that made it impossible to ignore the obstacles faced by working women. It also forced leaders to think about...
I had the opportunity to speak to Lisa Davis, member of the managing board for Siemens AG and one of the 50 most powerful women in technology, according to the California Diversity Council. The recognition puts Davis alongside some of the leaders of the world’s top...
The Rokk3r Labs office has the atmosphere of being a science lab. What seems to be math formulas are written on the transparent office walls. Minus the lab coats, the office space is filled with problem-solving staff using their laptops. Rokk3r (pronounced like rocker) Labs is a...
Many microbes cannot be cultivated in a laboratory setting, hindering attempts to understand Earth’s microbial diversity. Since microbes are heavily involved in, and critically important to environmental processes from nutrient recycling, to carbon processing, to the fertility of topsoils, to the health and growth of...