A group of scientists investigated how ants can locate their anthills after travelling long distances in search of food. Using path integration, ants can locate a point just by knowing the distance…
- Malvika Gaur
- March 17, 2022
A team of researchers recently published a study1 that classifies 7,414 vocal expressions from 400 pigs, using AI, into positive and negative emotions. It gives the world an opportunity to enter the…
- Malvika Gaur
- March 10, 2022
In early 2020, Nature announced an opportunity for authors to publish their peer-review exchanges with reviewers as an attempt to bring transparency to the peer review process, and nearly half of the…
- Malvika Gaur
- March 8, 2022
OP Publishing has withdrawn 350 papers from two 2021 conference proceedings as evidence of systematic manipulation and considerable citation manipulation were observed during an investigation. The…
- Malvika Gaur
- March 3, 2022
An analysis of more than 37,000 articles reveals that authors from low-income countries opt to publish in paywalled journals over open access journals. Rafael Zenni, ecologist, Federal University of…
- Malvika Gaur
- February 25, 2022
The US State Department announced its withdrawal of the Fulbright Scholarship program from Afghanistan last month for the academic year 2022-23. It stated “significant barriers impeding our ability…
- Malvika Gaur
- February 18, 2022
Just over a year ago, the UK government and the European (EU)Commission finalized a long-awaited trade dealthat crystalized UK’s status in EU Commission’s funding programs post Brexit. However, the…
- Malvika Gaur
- February 11, 2022
The UK government is increasing domestic public investment by at least 40% across the North, Midlands, South West, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a part of their "levelling up" plan. …
- Malvika Gaur
- February 4, 2022
Some Chinese universities, like the China Pharmaceutical University, are transitioning from onboarding professors based on their publication metrics to now hiring them basis their past teaching…
- Malvika Gaur
- January 31, 2022