Megan Ennes receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Gail Jones receives funding from The Biogen Foundation. In order to encourage more of the nation’s young people to pursue careers in ...

I AM a person who likes things to be specific and accurate. In some ways, this is antithetical to being a communicator of science to general audiences. This requires helping non-experts understand ...

Early in her graduate studies at the University of California, San Francisco, Sarah Carter knew that a career in research wasn’t for her. She was interested in science policy but coming from an ...

Before he was “the science guy,” Bill Nye was just a standup comic with an engineering degree. Then he pitched PBS a kids’ science show, which premiered in 1993, and it became one of the most popular ...

OXNARD, Calif. (March 1, 2016) — Workrite Uniform Company announces the launch of its new Workrite® FR/CP™ Lab Coat, which is the first of its kind to include both flame-resistant (FR) properties and ...

When you picture a scientist, do you see a white coat-clad PhD-holder pipetting away at a lab bench? Or maybe a skygazer with a different day job who goes out on clear nights for a good view of the ...

You would not need Nancy Drew to learn that nothing about Elaine Powers’ professional career was kids’ stuff. She wore a white lab coat to work, lived in a world of culture dishes and space-age ...

Many of this country’s naturally gifted scientists–its most inquisitive, observant, persistent citizens–share a handicap: they can’t read yet. They also can’t play with matches, focus microscopes or ...