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Postdocs reject academic research

With full-time positions in universities at a premium, postdocs are looking to government labs and industry for jobs, says Potter Wickware.

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Wickware, P. Postdocs reject academic research. Nature 407, 429–430 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35030316

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