Special reports
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2005
Small steps towards campus child care
Virginia Gewin
14 September 2005
For women researchers, child care can be a major obstacle to getting back to the lab. Virginia Gewin looks at the options for working mums.
On firm foundations
Helen Gavaghan
3 August 2005
Flexible and relatively unfettered, non-profit foundations are able to boldly go into areas of research funding often untouched by public bodies, says Helen Gavaghan.
Picture this
Virginia Gewin
22 June 2005
Buoyed by a range of new technologies, science illustration is expanding its remit to offer careers beyond publishing in areas such as advertising and law. Virginia Gewin reports.
Making it in the biotech business
Virginia Gewin
4 May 2005
Being good at research isn't enough for success in the biotech business. Virgina Gewin finds out where to get the other skills you need.
Special Report Biotechnology in France
7 April 2005
Model mentors
Paul Smaglik
6 April 2005
We all know a special person who has inspired us. Paul Smaglik learns from the winners of the first UK award for excellent mentoring in science.
Pity poor postdocs
Quirin Schiermeier
23 March 2005
Many European PhD students and junior researchers are getting a bad deal, with few rights and little or no supervision. But things are about to change, reports Quirin Schiermeier.
The familial balancing act
Sally Goodman
2 February 2005
From the loneliness of long-distance love to the practicality of new relocation services, Sally Goodman looks at solutions to the two-body problem.
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