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Regulations seem to discourage academic scientists from partnering with industry, but such collaboration is essential to translational research.

Research suggests that many able women view careers in hard science as inimical to important values.

Ph.D. student Aaron O'Connell was able to induce and measure quantum effects in the motion of a micrometer-sized mechanical oscillator.

Recent reports from the National Academies see no break in the clouds over the scientific labor market.

Two chemists uncover the story of the Knox brothers, who had distinguished careers in chemistry at a time when that was a very difficult thing to do for African Americans.

Can pretenured scientists blog about science without damaging their careers? It depends.

Physician-scientist Rebecca Jackson's enthusiasm for research is matched only by her passion for Ohio State football.

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Training courses outline the challenges and opportunities in conducting cancer clinical trials.

Humor can be an added bonus in scientific talks, provided you know when and how to use it.

His unconventional training allowed theoretical condensed matter physicist Philip Phillips to tackle superconductivity using a novel and indirect approach.

A developmental biologist turned design expert thinks there are better ways to present scientific information.

The vast wealth of the oil-rich Arab states is creating opportunities for scientists who can stand the heat.

As we are training to become fully fledged scientists, we ourselves are the test subjects.

Social media Web sites allow job seekers to present a fuller image of themselves and to interact directly with potential employers.

Scientific training gives applicants most of the skills companies need to keep track of the competition.

Who better than Nobel Prize–winning scientists to offer advice for scoring science's top prize for yourself?

Patrick Hickey’s career has grown in a way as unpredictable as the organisms he cultivates.

Biologist Mary-Rose Hoja has forged a career as a consultant in strategic networking, social media, and mingling.

A former Silicon Valley entrepreneur found his calling helping biotech-derived therapies reach those who need them most.