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The article discusses career path in academics. Academic tenures in the United States require combination of research, teaching and service in administrative committees. In getting tenure, most young professors get to know about writing research grant proposals, publishing conference papers and journals, teaching multiple courses, advising graduate students and joining school committees and organizations. Richard J. Radke of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York points out that the process can be very stressful and intimidating, but it offers flexibility and has its rewards.

This article reports that researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, have found a way to make plastic out of orange peels rather than petroleum, in a way that consumes carbon dioxide rather than adding more of the greenhouse gas to the atmosphere.