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The couple started looking "around in the world [to see] where we could both have nice positions," and they found what they were looking for in Spain.

Science Careers talks to three young investigators who contributed to this year's monumental discovery.

The agency has updated its grant proposal guide, but its new use of "products" in the biosketch, in place of publications, is ambiguous.

Identifying and addressing self-confidence issues can help early-career scientists make swifter progress.

Fátima Al-Shahrour is working to interpret the genome to help select more effective drugs for cancer patients.

Out on a mountain, Mather says, "you have to work with the situation" and solve the practical difficulties as best you can.

"Nothing panned out for years, but [the techniques] did come to fruition. You have to make the investment." --Andrea Ghez

"Real-world experience trumps classroom learning, and future employers don't care if the experience was paid or volunteer."

Lewis, who trained as a geoscientist to doctoral level, describes her work at Dstl as 'research, but a different kind of research.'

"The long-term goal is to prepare [underrepresented minorities] to become those critical staff scientists that we need for the future workforce, hopefully here [at ORNL]." –Debbie McCoy, RAMS Program Administrator.

NOAA Fisheries, based in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, has a long history of fostering minority development in the sciences.

If successful, Jackson’s current mission of developing a more secure method of transferring information using a single photon would revolutionize information technology.

The National Institute for Nanotechnology is an integrated, multidisciplinary institution involving researchers in physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, informatics, pharmacy, and medicine.

The best and most popular stories of 2012, as chosen by readers and editors.

Assamagan has dedicated his career to developing detectors and software to explore still-uncharted areas of particle physics.

"Even if you are not doing science when you are an advisor, you definitely bring your training as a scientist to the table – and this can be of great benefit," says Nancy Kingsbury, Science Advisor at Natural Resources Canada.

“We are looking for people who have a history of publishing and presenting. If the résumé doesn’t have those two key elements, they’ll be at a competitive disadvantage.” - Ron Webb, Procter and Gamble

“Our goal is to begin to influence the new crop of African academics that can then engage with colleagues here to develop long-lived collaborative relationships.”—Michael Adewumi

Early-Stage Training fellowships offer Ph.D. researchers the opportunity to pursue specialised training for a period of 3 months to 3 years as part of their doctoral training.

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