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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.

In a large country with many voices, the government, the academic community, and grassroots groups all have ideas and advice for young scientists.

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

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

Continuous innovation and outstanding research are the most important attributes to respondents choosing this year's best biotech and pharma companies.

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

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

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.

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

The key to success is being flexible and open to change as well as having a collaborative spirit.

Translational research programs bring together physicians, bench scientists, bioengineers, epidemiologists, patent experts, and more. The goal is learning to communicate across disciplines to achieve advances in health care.

With the dawn of personalized medicine, a burst of information has been brought forth that needs wrangling in order to advance cancer diagnosis and treatment.

There are clever means and methods to remedy even the most serious of postdoc slip-ups

Academic research careers consist of a succession of ranks within a fairly predictable time frame. There are some steps researchers can take to make sure that this progression goes as planned.

Despite a wide range of initiatives to support women scientists in their careers, considerable barriers remain, as shown in a recent report by AAAS/L'Oréal. We examine what issues still need addressing in order to break down the remaining hurdles.

The traditional path—graduate school to postdoc to academic tenure-track—is no longer a sure thing. How can you gain an edge in the increasingly competitive science profession? Start building your career plan.