2019

Are you working on a new research project? We know that you are excited to start, but before you dive in, make sure your study is feasible. You don’t want to end up having to process too many samples at once or realize you forgot to add an…

Have you heard about flesh-eating bacteria? Well, there are a group of bacteria known as group A Streptococcus. They usually cause ‘strep throat’ or streptococcal pharyngitis and rarely are known to attack muscles and cause a necrotizing…

After what became the longest government shutdown in history, the US government has finally reopened, for now. Currently, the dispute over funding for President Trump’s border wall has been delayed rather than resolved. Consequently,…

Earning a Ph.D. requires you to complete years of coursework, perform laboratory studies, publish your work, and attend conferences. Time management, therefore, is a difficult but necessary aspect of this undertaking. In this article, we…

Diabetes has been affecting several irrespective of geography. Despite diabetes being so common very little is known about the pathological changes arising in vascular tissues of these diabetes patients. One of the pathologies of diabetes…

Not many open-access scientific journals meet the draft Plan S requirements. This initiative by European funders aims to make the research they fund freely and immediately available. According to the latest updates, the Coalition S has…

In academic journals, there have been several ethical issues with respect to authorship. This is notably the case with articles having multiple authors. For example, a study done by the International Journal of Nanomedicine showed that 33%…

Gender discrimination in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields is a problem that is now well recognized.  There are even reports that state that the gender gap in STEM has been getting smaller since the early1990s. More…

The progress of Brexit negotiations between the UK and the EU have captured the attention of the global public. As the deadline for the UK to leave the EU draws near, it appears more likely that the two will fail to strike a deal. At the…