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Industry is discovering that ‘green’ approaches to chemical processes are not only beneficial to the environment but can boost profits too. It's fertile ground for collaboration between academic and industrial scientists.
The best career prospects for scientists in the Benelux countries are in industry or administration. But the outlook in universities is improving too, with more postdoc jobs in Belgium, and many Dutch professors nearing retirement.
Any researcher who leaves the academic world to start their own company will face a steep learning curve when it comes to the financial and business aspects. Nature's writers offer practical advice in this eight-page feature.