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Postdoc Huajun Zhao, 42, is in custody on "a single count of economic espionage," reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
 

Underrepresented minorities increase their share of faculty posts at 2-year colleges, while Asians rise at 4-year institutions and in industry.

Australian postdoc Charmaine Tam shares tips on how to make it through this early phase of a research career.

South Korea joins the ranks of emerging science powerhouse nations.

India is pushing science forward with nationwide initiatives, offering new career opportunities for scientists around the world.

Setting up successful international collaborations is about leveling the field, especially when working with partners in developing countries.

A report from the Australian government finds Aussie graduate students and postdocs, like their U.S. counterparts, frustrated by the job market.

Cultural differences in approaches to ethical issues create challenges for scientists working internationally.

Academic institutions may offer some of the best opportunities for exchanges with India.

“She is one of those few who have a strong technical background alongside strategic environmental management experience in a large international company,” says Noam Gressel, CEO of Assif Strategies

Reposted with permission from
Science, 3 March 2006

People don't need advice, they need opportunities. It's a long struggle, but if I can help establish a lab, start a graduate course, or find fellowships [for students], I will be happy.

My main advice for writing an EC application is to keep checking the Cordis Web site for the relevant and up-to-date handbooks and guidelines .

The idea is to encourage authorities into lifting Japan from last place among industrialized nations in the employment of women scientists.

"My stay has kept all its promises."

We came to the United States to learn and work, seeking a better life. The challenges we faced were not always easy, but they made us stronger and wiser.

"I would never have thought these [moments] would be followed by a trip to the other end of the world (even less by a master's degree and Ph.D.) or that I would spend time chasing solutions to the biomechanical problems associated with baseball."

Day-to-day environmental challenges compel Australians into fields of applied sciences," says Lamontagne.

The new procedures will cover about half of the $1.6 billion worth of competitively reviewed grants funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology.

Although Australia may not be ready to go head-to-head with international research juggernauts like the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Germany, it is building the capital, manpower, and facilities necessary to compete on the international scientific stage.