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

An open letter calls for funding agencies and hiring institutions to evaluate scientists by their research and not what journals they publish in.

Often, the people who get noticed are the ones who get hired.

In the United Kingdom, recent Ph.D. recipients have weathered the recession in better shape than most.

myIDP is a free, Web-based career-planning tool that was created to help graduate students and postdocs in the sciences define and pursue their career goals.

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

Institutional fellowships offer recent Ph.D.s the chance to leap right into running their own labs.

The family of Richard Din is suing San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center for failing to adequately enforce infectious-agent safety protocols.

The systems biologist and trauma surgeon talks about treating patients after the Boston Marathon bombings and about his career.

NIH has released its sequestration operating plan for 2013, ScienceInsider reports.

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

What Dow Chemical's chief technology officer looks for in new employees may not be what you think.

Why do industry leaders and policymakers continue to argue that there is a domestic shortage of STEM talent despite numerous reports to the contrary?
 

Our columnist offers tips and strategies to help you, dear reader, walk out of any exhibit hall loaded down with free corporate goods.
 

Janet Davison Rowley, 88, was just awarded the Albany prize for work she did at home while her children were at school.

A group of ERC Starting Grantees has created a new platform where top young researchers can raise their voices and influence science policy.
 

Ron Hira testifies that the proposed bill falls short of addressing problems with H1-B and other high-skill visa programs.

Tamily Weissman-Unni feels like a failure—but she's not.

To get hired, you have to get noticed.

Scientists with a passion for pedagogy are turning to alternative certification programs to facilitate a transition into the classroom.