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By Elisabeth Pain on February 3, 2012 12:30 PM

Everyone who???s gone through the early stages of an academic career has had an undergraduate research supervisor, and a Ph.D. and postdoc adviser. But not everyone can claim to have had a mentor. Even fewer can claim to have read more

The New Landscape of Gender Imbalance in the STEM Fields: By DLDaee on February 2, 2012 4:38 PM

Although women represent a little more than fifty percent of the U.S. population, they are traditionally underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. Although the imbalance has significantly improved in the last 20 years1, women continue to be read more

The Research Works Act: Intellectual Property v. Open Access: By Rebecca Cerio on February 1, 2012 9:14 AM

By: Jessica LambIn the shadow of SOPA and PIPA, let us consider another bill in the battle between free exchange of information and the price of intellectual property - The Research Works Act (RWA). This bill would make illegal open read more

Arab Women Make Inroads in Higher Education but Often Find Dead Ends: By Ric Weibl on January 30, 2012 1:43 PM

The complete article is here: http://chronicle.com/article/Arab-Women-Make-Inroads-in/130479/Arab Women Make Inroads in Higher Education but Often Find Dead EndsBy Ursula Lindsey Much has changed since Omaima Abou-Bakr was an undergraduate at Cairo University in the mid-1970s. "I was in that generation when read more

Harvesting Macroalgae for Biofuels?: By Barry McKenna on January 27, 2012 7:12 PM

The recent article "An Engineered Microbial Platform for Direct Biofuel Production from Brown Macroalgae," 20 January 2012 Vol 335, examines the comparative efficiency of harvesting macroalgae for biofuels in contrast with harvesting food crops for biofuels. The paper has 14 read more

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Physicist Mauro Copelli is working to foster a less bureaucratic, sustainable research culture at his university in northeastern Brazil. read more

Science in Northeastern Brazil: By Susan Gaidos on January 13, 2012 12:30 PM

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Building Up Brazilian Brain Research: By Susan Gaidos on January 13, 2012 12:30 PM

Neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis has turned his S??o Paulo lab into an epicenter of brain-machine interface research. read more

Shifting Sands in Northeastern Brazil: By Susan Gaidos on January 13, 2012 12:30 PM

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