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"They can be very good computer scientists, but they will not be hired if they don’t fit in the company culture" of Google, says new employee Oliver Heckmann.

"It's easy to find things that work. But to produce them on a large scale and market [them], it's a whole new thing, and it requires a lot more expertise that maybe in-house researchers just don't have," says Hélène Chaisson, Vice-President of Research and Development, Codena.

"The most important concept you have to remember is that technology doesn't mean you have a company." Says Roger Bernier, Vice-President of Foragen Technologies Management.

Guillaume Bourtourault's enduring interest in environmental matters, his drive to pursue a career even when it was marginalised, and his vision for sustainable development are what made it all possible.

The 2007 version of Science
’s annual survey of Top Employers features a tight race for first place among three companies. It also reveals the key ingredient for all successful employers: a commitment to innovative thinking throughout the product pipeline, from the laboratory to the clinic or marketplace.

This year's survey of top employers in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries has a familiar winner but plenty of shifting among other places in the top 20. The leading companies highlight a consistent theme: the importance of strong basic science as the platform on which to build reputations and commercial success.

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

In implementing the recommendations of its Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group, NIH decides to play it safe.

The ACS report on graduate and postdoc training goes where NIH's workforce working group didn't, recommending limiting Ph.D. production among other bold measures.

The best and most popular stories of 2012, as chosen by readers and editors.

New group leaders need to learn how to manage people, projects, finances, and more.

Recent political pronouncements would be laughable if they weren't potentially so harmful.

A recent NSF report finds that efforts to improve the representation of women, minorities, and people with disabilities in science and engineering are slow going.

Lawyers, like scientists, struggle to find jobs.

Computer science veteran Ed Lazowska argues that his field is poised to dominate careers in the sciences.

While opportunities in computer science are likely to be strong in the coming years, there's another area with lots of science-related jobs: health care.