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Regan Theiler balances her clinical work in the delivery room with lab research on infectious diseases.

Despite a remarkable talent, Cecilia Aragon lacked the confidence she needed to be a scientist. And then she learned to fly.

With the right support, it is possible to succeed in science after a family-related hiatus.

Diverse probationary faculty members may be celebrated at first but denied a fair chance to become tenured colleagues.

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.

Like a biologist's microscope or a geographer's global positioning system, assistive technologies allow scientists and engineers to extend their capabilities.

With assists from technology -- sometimes high and sometimes low -- these scientists are overcoming obstacles and getting their work done.

On returning to work, new mothers can minimize stress and maximize productivity by adapting to their new and different circumstances.

People with scientific training are needed to explore ethical, legal, and social issues involved in bringing science into the clinic.

Scientists -- especially women -- may need to set traditional gender roles aside and pay someone to help them with the housework.

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

Although women still do most of the parenting, some scientist dads are taking on the role of primary caregiver.

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

Research suggests that women and minority scientists can prevent negative stereotypes from impacting their careers.

Students in the University of Tulsa's Cyber Corps Program pick through Dumpsters for cyber clues, extract digital evidence from shattered cell phones, and hack into "unhackable" computer systems, all in the name of national service.

Research suggests that many able women view careers in hard science as inimical to important values.

There are many ways that classically trained engineers can work at the interface of engineering and medicine.

It was a difficult year for careers in science but another good year for Science Careers.

Two chemists uncover the story of the Knox brothers, who had distinguished careers in chemistry at a time when that was a very difficult thing to do for African Americans.