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Medical implants, such as pacemakers, serve various functions in patients and help to improve their quality of life. But re-implants and invasive surgery are often…
I first stumbled across astronomy by reading Stephen Hawking’s ‘A Brief History of Time,’ and countless documentaries on the Discovery channel. I was fascinated by it…
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  • May 30, 2019
We have made great strides in combatting homophobia and transphobia, but some people now think that everything must be fine. And if everything’s fine, then why are LGBTQ…
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  • June 28, 2019
I was dismissed from my PhD program at the end of my second year. Around the same time, my then-husband and I separated and eventually divorced, my dog died, and my…
A supervisor let me down spectacularly, and now I feel that my skill set is somewhat lacking. Although I fired this supervisor due to a host of reasons that have…
The COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees, with the accompanying deluge of disinformation only making matters worse. However, a report by Nature revealed that…
Alzheimer’s disease progressively degrades a person’s memory and cognitive abilities, often resulting in dementia. Amid efforts to find novel treatments for this disease…
The scholarly community has been taking many steps toward understanding and addressing the challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community, both within and outside academia…
For the ongoing International Open Access Week 2020, we have curated the top questions by researchers around open access this year - and our responses to them
I have never done things small. Today, on the brink of turning 32, I am about to have my first baby. And also, today I finally got full IRB approval for my dissertation…