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There's more common ground between industry and academia than you think.

Three postdocs describe their early and successful transitions to research independence.

Rutgers postdocs join their bosses' union as union efforts multiply across the continent.

These scientists are applying their skills to relieve many of the world's ills, including food shortages, human-rights violations, and epidemic outbreaks in developing countries. (Photo: Refugees in Darfur, Sudan. Courtesy, USAID)

Three scientists work to increase and maintain the food supply in areas where food is scarce.

Traditional PI-centered research can't solve today's big technological problems, a lab leader asserts.

Getting a science policy job in Europe is largely a matter of choosing a beat and finding your own way in.

Eastern European scientists have many opportunities to benefit from international collaborations at home.

Opportunities are expanding for natural and social scientists willing to tackle climate change.

New programs are emerging to help prepare scientists for the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of climate change research.

Early-career scientists interested in climate change need a unique blend of skills that often must be acquired informally.

Ari Daniel Shapiro is leaving scientific research to produce radio programs about science and the people who do science.

The logistics can be intimidating, but there are rewards in going to the United States for a postdoc.

Most universities continue to tightly constrain faculty hiring, but a few are taking advantage of a rich applicant pool.

Physicists, mathematicians, and others are finding new ways to apply quantitative skills to biomedical sciences.

Electronic patient data and research repositories mean new opportunities in medical informatics.

Concern for lab safety advances -- slowly -- while University of California postdoc contract negotiations stall.

Feeding the planet's population is an urgent issue that needs a solution from scientists in many different fields.

An "applications scientist" job can be a great link between the bench and other types of industry careers.

His life in tatters, one former UMass postdoc sues his college and his adviser as postdocs on three UMass campuses unionize.