A new study by researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU), USA, has examined the factors that determine the manner in which conflicting pieces of information are transmitted in an online network. The findings, the Read More
Articles
Other Content Types
With the number of COVID-19 cases growing exponentially and many countries in a state of lockdown, most of us are entering the second or third week of working from home. As the world fights a Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping through the world and has forced people to change their lifestyles. Social distancing and lockdowns have become an everyday reality; life as we know it has come to a grinding Read More
Joint diseases, such as knee osteoarthritis, are common in the elderly population and severely impair their quality of life. Conventional treatments like artificial joint replacements offer temporary relief but come with several disadvantages, including limited Read More
They say you never forget your firsts— first love, first job, or like in my case, my first paper that was accepted for publication in an international, peer-reviewed journal. That first experience taught me a Read More
What to do when your supervisor does not believe in you? Years on, I still can’t understand why she accepted to supervise me. Had she been a much younger professor, eager to get her Read More
Mathematicians Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis have been jointly awarded the 2020 Abel Prize, which is one of the most prestigious prizes in the field of mathematics. According to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Read More
A researcher’s journey is like driving all alone down a long, dark, and winding tunnel on a rough and bumpy road: each time you take a turn, you hope to emerge into the light, Read More
I am a 66-year-old woman, mother, teacher, researcher, Mexican, and Latin American. Why did I just tell you all of this? Because I think these details are essential before I talk about why I resorted Read More
In this post-industrialization age, electricity has become the backbone of our society. However, using fossil fuels to generate it is not the best option because of their limited availability and harmful nature. In the last Read More