Your toughest experiment: taking the lead in the lab
Eight scientists share the secrets of being a successful principal investigator
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PhD students run professors close in Twitter popularity contest
Study finds that, while senior academics tend to have the most followers on social networking site, the most junior researchers are not far behind
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Make science courses more accessible to stop women dropping out, says author
Stereotypes, prejudice and laddish behaviour still deter young women interested in physics, engineering and computer science, says Eileen Pollack
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Chris Marshall, 1949-2015
A researcher who made a major contribution to our understanding of cancer – and paved the way for several new classes of drug – has died
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Hidden leopard-skin G-string exposed
Swiss-French scientist says he just wants to have fun
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In Belgium, the beer is warmer than the academy
Belgian academia looks enticing and accommodating to UK postgraduates, but Kate Macdonald found that it was for locals only
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How many hours a week should academics work?
Some surveys show faculty putting in at least 60 hours a week, but research casts doubt on whether this is a productive routine
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The exclusive club for postdoc exiles
The EU calls them TMRs, cross-border postdoctoral centres that it funds to the tune of Pounds 42,000 each. But, asks Judy Redfearn, how are they faring? About 2,000 European postdoctoral researchers...
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Prizewinners’ labs ‘least likely to hire women’
Women are greatly underrepresented in the laboratories of the highest-achieving male biology professors in the US, a study has revealed.
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Funders call for more investment in Brazilian science
More research spending needed, says head of Brazil’s innovation agency
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Should post-publication peer review be anonymous?
The PubPeer organisers and two other scholars debate the merits and pitfalls of anonymity in peer review
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Access to journals rated most important by postdoc researchers
Brussels, 19 Feb 2004 A survey by The Scientist has found that access to publications and journals is considered the most important attribute of a university by postdoctorate researchers. The journal...
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Access to journals rated most important by postdoc researchers
Brussels, 19 Feb 2004 A survey by The Scientist has found that access to publications and journals is considered the most important attribute of a university by postdoctorate researchers. The journal...
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Stefan Grimm death prompts questions for Imperial president
The president of Imperial College London has spoken directly about the suicide of Stefan Grimm for the first time in public.
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Peer reviewing: a good deed and a good career move, too
Early career scholars will help themselves as well as others by assessing papers, abstracts, grant proposals and book chapters. Plus the latest higher education appointments