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By picking up the fundamentals of biology, computer scientists are contributing to the life sciences.

Crowd-funding could prove to be just a niche funding source, but it could also end up changing how science is done.

The yearlong study aims to improve campus safety practices.

The Senate immigration bill may enjoy the support of the president and other national leaders, but some are highly critical of its high-skill labor provisions.

In science, sometimes, mistakes are not merely good, they're extraordinary.

A desire to prove to disadvantaged students that they, too, could be successful carried Knatokie Ford through her graduate program at Harvard.

As a prestigious Princeton fellowship came to an end, Ethan Perlstein decided to strike out on his own.

As traditional disciplines become more data-focused, traditional scientists need to become more "pi-shaped".

This cognitive scientist/opera singer learned to love science and music separately before figuring out how to bring them together.

A British scientist is going to prison for 3 months for falsifying data.

A recent analysis in neuroscience urges caution both in reading the literature and in designing your own experiments.

Canada is now moving toward high-skilled immigration based on employment, according to the newsmagazine Maclean’s.
 

Forming collaborations between academia, industry, government agencies, and private organizations can offer benefits to all parties.

A more interactive peer-review process can help authors build recognition, increase their impact, and win priority for their scientific work.

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

In an essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Donny Wong shares some key insights into how to successfully make the transition from a grad school bench to a corporate office.

With good long-term funding prospects and attractive salaries, Germany has become a major contender in the global competition among nations to draw in top talent.

Investigations by The Guardian newspaper uncover disparities in the rates at which whites and minorities are admitted to competitive programs at Cambridge and Oxford universities.
 

Well-informed students make better decisions about doctoral training and postdoctoral careers.

Pressure on scientists to produce impressive results that will bring in grants or renewals has never been greater.