In biomedical research, testing for differences between groups is a common practice. For example, researchers compare mean quality of life scores before and after an intervention or compare T3 hormone concentrations between primigravida and multigravida Read More
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To succeed in getting your manuscript accepted by a high-impact-factor journal, you will need to convince the journal’s editor that what you are offering is not only original, that is based on original research, Read More
Technology has raised everybody’s living standards and capabilities, but for some it has made particularly dramatic differences. People living with disabilities and chronic illnesses now enjoy greater mobility, communication, and inclusion in society than Read More
Do you want to know what happens behind the scenes during PhD? Meet Anastasia Shavrova, a PhD candidate at University of New South Wales, Australia, who shares the challenges and high points she’s experienced Read More
Biomedical research typically involves a number of variables; researchers often focus on exploring the relationships between them or assessing whether these variables differ between specified groups. Before running any kind of statistical analysis, it’s Read More
Often when we think about a lab, we imagine it as a space with multiple researchers, bustling with activity. Did you know that some labs only have one researcher? How would you like being the Read More
Social media has the power to spread research and make it more accessible in ways that go beyond staid research papers. In 1995, Yoshiaki Nihei from Tohoku University in Japan published his observations of carrion crows Read More
As scientists, we have many statistical tools at our disposal. Similar to how a regression analysis helps us understand relations between an independent variable and its covariates, survival analysis allows us to analyze time-to-event data Read More
Universities produce innovations that not only advance humanity, but also serve as unique business opportunities. For example, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) formed 27 startup companies and received $82.7 million in licensing revenue from its discoveries Read More
I was a research assistant at the University of Queensland in Australia, starting my second year of working in animal health. I had just come back from Christmas holidays from my home country India, and Read More