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Julia Kempe couldn't bring herself to choose between physics and maths, nor between two graduate institutions. So she did two Ph.D.s at once in quantum computation.

Academics should never lose sight of their own research agenda and the benefits they hope to gain from the collaboration.

His cultural identity has not caused any real hardships or put any of his professional goals out of reach, Bounceur feels.

Sandrine Etienne-Manneville "knew exactly what she was doing, where the project was going, and what needed to be done," says former postdoc supervisor Alan Hall.

Minority women in European science must struggle daily to confront an issue that remains taboo.

A mother of three and winner of a European Research Council starting grant, Michal Sharon has managed to have both a family and a scientific career.

Engineers, biologists, mathematicians, physicists, and chemists can all contribute to the development of medical devices and assistance technologies.

Growing up in the Kruger National Park in South Africa allowed Reinette Biggs to shape her research career in unusual ways.

His unconventional training allowed theoretical condensed matter physicist Philip Phillips to tackle superconductivity using a novel and indirect approach.

A good mentor at each career stage can greatly enhance your professional and personal achievement.

Paleontologist Jack Horner overcame dyslexia and the lack of a traditional education to become a world leader in his field.

Curt Rice of the University of Tromsø discusses why helping women prepare for promotions is both right and smart.

A graduate school dean and former Olympic athlete reflects on science, fencing, and how the two activities have benefited each other.

It may not be a pure coincidence that the two most women-friendly departments in the study were led by young heads who were themselves half of a dual-career couple with children.

"Women are squeezed out of competitive, high-expenditure R&D systems, but absorbed into struggling low-expenditure systems as a kind of 'back-up' human resource," the report highlights.

University of Oxford chemist Carol Robinson returned to academia after an 8-year break and went on to win the FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award.

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.