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"... I slowly came to realize that it was the big puzzles in science that attracted me and that I wouldn't be content working to fill in just a piece or two."

I start to panic as I realise it is now nearly the end of the week, and the majority of my to-do list is still undone.

"I don’t have time for hostile relationships, especially with my adviser."

"Good scientific practice with clear hypotheses--including experimental designs with solid positive and negative controls--should eliminate most errors that might send your research group down a wrong path."

"What we were able to convey to meeting participants is that it is a time of progress and change in astronomy in Canada."

"If you want to pursue a postdoc, your best bet from the compensation angle is to look for a private institution with a postdoc office or association."

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.

"You need to manage your laboratory the same way you do your science: boldly but methodically, with the right balance of purposefulness and opportunism."

The infectious disease expert and recipient of Science's 2011 Breakthrough of the Year award reflects on his career and some keys to success.

This article comes to you through a collaboration between Next Wave and Science's aging knowledge environment,
SAGE KE. The joint venture is supported by the
AARP Andrus Foundation.

"The key now is to know how to move forward, to understand the appropriate roles of the reviewer and the reviewed, and to determine how to respond to critiques so that you get that grant funded, eventually, or that paper accepted."

Although academia and industry differ in many ways, the two environments are ultimately more similar than they are different.

"There are no age limits; it is the extent of the researcher's experience that counts."

People sometimes overestimate the extent to which the conventional assumptions apply. Often, for example, managers assume they are more qualified than they really are to judge their employees' performance.

"It may well be that I am spending an afternoon in the stores comparing prices or at home retrieving data on the energy consumption of certain appliances."

Present-day applications of quantum control are most striking in the field of condensed-matter physics.

Jennifer Zimbroff (pictured above) wanted to understand why qualified high school students, especially minority students coming from disadvantaged backgrounds, fail to take advantage of the college opportunities that are available to them.

"I get to find out about the amazing science behind everyday products and processes."