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Bioprocessing is an expanding field encompassing any process that uses living cells or their components to obtain desired products, such as biofuels and therapeutics.

Despite tighter budgets, the attributes contributing to a successful postdoc experience have not changed, according to the postdoc supervisors who completed this year's annual survey for Science Careers.

Slowly but surely it appears that the Land of the Rising Sun is emerging from its self-imposed technological isolation.

With the right planning and enough forethought, academics can enjoy financial stability and a comfortable, if not prosperous, retirement.

The year 2009 has been a time of change for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. With a weakened global economy and dwindling drug pipelines, many of the companies that made the list of Science's 2009 top employers are finding that maintaining innovation through collaborations and partnerships is critical to success.

European Union member states have plans in place to make Europe an attractive destination for early and mid-career academic professionals.

Neuroscience has joined forces with other disciplines, creating areas of focus that range from individual cells to social communities.

B.S.- and M.S.-level professionals are finding more and more opportunities in industry and are often considered strategically important to a company’s growth.

More and more postdocs (and even grad students) are demonstrating their ingenuity in where and how they seek and secure the necessary research resources.

The cancer vaccine field is growing rapidly, offering ample opportunities for graduate students and postdocs to grow their careers.

Every science-based company has a set of values or a mission statement. Many talk about respecting employees and valuing innovation—two key criteria in Science’s Top Employers Survey. But the top companies in Science’s survey ensure that these abstract principles are embodied in concrete ways.

Mathematician John Wesley Cain works with clinicians, physicists, and engineers in a field called cardiac electrophysiology.

As I leave the familiar world of my doctorate program and return to the real world, I realize that I don’t
need to go down the traditional path. I’ve realized that it's okay to take a less-traveled road.

Not all research is easily justified—but what do you do when you can't even justify it to yourself?

Researchers are seeking faster, better ways to measure research output and impact.

Respondents to this year's Annual Postdoc Survey share their advice for staying competitive in today's job market.

Across Europe, policy makers and research institutions are finding ways to boost science in an uncertain economy. By Chris Tachibana

Psychologists share tips for figuring out what's sapping your enthusiasm—and how to get it back.