Three researchers were declared as winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for their groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics. One half of the prize, worth Read More
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The month of September was exciting and stimulating for the scholarly communication and academic publishing community. The global celebration of Peer Review Week added another dimension to the thought-provoking discussions among academics. If you were Read More
Have you ever wondered whether chimpanzees in a zoo imitate human visitors? Or whether using voodoo dolls to retaliate against rude bosses is effective? This year’s winners of the Ig Nobel Prizes have studied Read More
Many a time, ‘why’ something happens the way it happens, ‘why’ people behave the way they do, or ‘why’ is a policy functioning the way it is, are questions that strike a researcher. Quantitative techniques Read More
The best decision I made during my PhD was to seize the research moment! Most of us PhD researchers spend over half a decade exploring a niche area. We also spend a lot of time Read More
Starting out as a young academic in Nigeria was somewhat of a roller coaster. The first step for me was to get my MSc. I knew I wanted to do an MSc in pharmacology but Read More
I belonged to a poor family. My father was a laborer and had to fend for a large family of 9 children, without the support of parents or siblings. You can imagine how difficult things were Read More
I think my career is the result of a series of lucky breaks. One day, I returned to the lab after a long lunch break and discovered that I had forgotten to turn the centrifuge Read More
When I first enrolled as a university student 8 years ago, my early life was confused because I was already dealing with severe depression and anxiety. In fact, I was undergoing psychotherapy on account of a Read More
I was born in 1940. In 1958, I joined the Department of Radio Engineering at the Harbin Institute of Technology, which had a hundred-year history from the Tongcheng Secondary School. In 1963, I started working at the Fifth Read More