There is no significant difference in the prevalence of verbal abuse in the workplace between men and women, according to a systematic review of the literature conducted by researchers at the Institut universitaire de santé mentale de Montréal and the University of Montreal.

The Pittcon 2015 Program Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of 14 prestigious awards honoring scientists who have made outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy. Each award will be presented during a symposium at Pittcon 2015, March 8-12, 2015, New Orleans, Louisiana.

This morning Queen Elizabeth made her first foray into the world of social media when she sent the first royal tweet under her own name to declare the opening of a new Science Museum gallery.

Here is an idea worth following: “share” for tenure; “like” to get cited

This program focuses on the three indispensable skills you need to keep yourself comfortably relevant in a work world that’s not what it used to be. Mastering them will keep you and your staff energized, supported and focused.

The illiterates of the future will not be those who cannot read or write. They will be those who cannot learn and relearn.- Alvin Toffler

Graduate students might seem to live in some sort of parallel existence, immersed in esoteric research that the person on the street can’t understand.

Every workplace has at least one of them: the person who is smarter, the person who knows how to fix a problem better than you can, the person who is surely going to leave you in the dust on his or her way up.

In this webinar you will learn that SPME is a fast, solvent-less alternative to conventional sample extraction techniques. It’s ideal for the challenging sample matrices commonly encountered in many food laboratories. 

In an era of reduced funding, it’s not enough for a young researcher to be a good scientist. He or she also needs "street smarts" to, for example, find an influential mentor, dress professionally, network during scientific meetings and be able to describe a research project in the time it takes to ride an elevator.

This year’s data reveal notable variation in compensation for life scientists working in different fields, sectors, and regions of the world.