Chinese researcher He Jiankui made headlines in November 2018 when he announced the birth of the world’s first genetically edited babies – twin girls, “Lulu” and “Nana.” The news sent shockwaves in the research community around Read More
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Our editorial team is passionate about bringing to you content that you would find inspiring, useful, interesting, and current. In 2019, we published several learning-based content pieces and answered the questions posted by you on the Read More
Have you been on Twitter lately? If you have, I’m sure you have seen some of the great conversations researchers are having on that platform. Academics are no longer sitting in tall, inaccessible ivory Read More
Satellite remote sensing has widely been used to monitor and characterize the spatial and temporal changes of the Earth’s vegetative cover. Satellites used in these analyses have conventionally been polar-orbiting satellites, which orbit from “Read More
We are almost at the end of the year 2019. What an eventful year it has been! We have covered the developments and goings-on in the scholarly communication and academic publishing world in our Industry News Read More
What is your dream as a researcher? Finding a cure for a rare disease? Making an invention that creates history? Winning a Nobel? Now, as importantly, what do you think will get you there? When Read More
In recent years, India has emerged as one of the leading countries in terms of research volume. As per Elsevier’s 2018 Research Intelligence report, the country is the fifth largest producer of research publications, only Read More
Autoimmune diseases are a medical conundrum. In people with these conditions, the immune system of the body, the designated defense system, starts attacking the cells or organs of its own body, mistaking the self-cells for Read More
If you’re planning to pursue a PhD or are already enrolled in a PhD program or a Master’s program with a research component, you would know that your research supervisor plays a very Read More
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in The Conversation and has been republished here. It has been authored by Helen Sword, Associate Professor, Centre for Academic Development, University of Auckland. Imagine that the Read More