Questions tagged [science]
This tag is for questions on academia specifically applicable to students, researchers, and faculty in scientific disciplines.
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How to gain research experience after undergrad?
After graduating with B.Sc Computer Science last year, I got interested in compilers and kernel. I started reading research papers and finally decided to pursue masters, but most programs favour ...
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Should I reject a specific historic fact and not include it in my work? Advice needed on reliability of source
I'm working on a chemistry paper about the Belousov-Zhabotinsky-reaction (a chemical oscillator).
I included some information about the history of that oscillation reaction, in particular about ...
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Is there a scientific field that focuses exclusively on scientific instrumentation research?
I would like to know if there is any scientific field that focuses exclusively on scientific instrumentation research? I know that each field (and sub-field) has its own instrumentation and apparatus, ...
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Reputable alternatives to The Conversation for science communication? [closed]
What are some popular press alternatives to The Conversation that are perhaps more reputable than Medium or HuffPost that accept pitches from academics communicating their research for a general ...
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What advantage is there to getting a PhD in the life sciences when you can do research with only an MD?
During an interview recently Dr. Fauci, the top doctor in the US, called himself "a scientist, and a physician". It appears that he only has an MD, but is an immunologist and a highly cited researcher....
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What are the subjects that one must learn while an undergraduate to pursue an academic career in Biophysics? [closed]
I am an undergraduate student pursuing a B.Sc(Hons.) degree in Physics. I want to pursue an academic career in Biophysics. So, I wanted to know which subjects are required for higher studies in ...
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What is an academic and formal way to define variables?
I'm currently writing my IB Extended Essay in physics. I wonder how I can define variables in a formal way. I originally used a triple bar (e.g. "F≡buoyant force"). However, I'm not sure if this is ...
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Summer courses on data science [closed]
Does anyone know of any prestigious summer courses(in-person or on-line) on data science from Ivy League Universities? Based on my research most of them were for undergraduates.
Ivy League because I ...
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Is it harder for academics to make fundamental discoveries than in the past? [closed]
In present day academia, it seems much harder to make foundational breakthroughs than it was in the past. Most work now synthesizes previously discovered results to study something extremely specific. ...
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Why do breakthroughs in science and research that have enormous (and obvious) potential often not (or barely) go beyond the lab?
Sometimes advances are made in science research that have enormous and very easily visible potential. There are two examples that I have seen recently.
One example is this newly engineered ...
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HiWi payment in Germany for student with international bachelor's [closed]
I am working at a German research institute as a HiWi.
HiWi jobs pay hourly wages based on the education level of the employee.
For instance there is a "without bachelors" and "with bachelors" wage.
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Reporting results that are significant even with correction, without losing my unadjusted ones?
I have a study in which I have several promising variables, all concurring with previous literature and significant at alpha=0.05.
However, I have this one variable that is of special interest and ...
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Should I publish or present in academic conferences before doing science outreach?
I have just finished fieldwork and the media and the community I’ve been working with want me to give a talk on preliminary results. Should I first present data to colleagues?
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Are physics and natural sciences considered liberal arts?
I was surprised to see the description given for "liberal arts education" in Wikipedia as follows:
Liberal arts today consists of four types of areas: the natural sciences, social sciences, arts, ...
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What is the difference in using terms like a model, a framework, an approach, a method, a scheme in scientific research?
in scientific research, I get confused in using terms
like a model, a framework, an approach, a Method and a scheme so what is the difference between them?
when I should use each of them to express my ...
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If I take a PhD from a not so well standing university, will I be less respected in science?
Let me give you additional context on the question.
I am a master student in Computer Science (hopefully graduating this year). I want to do a PhD later on (after working in the industry for a bit). ...
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How to start my own research?
I am currently a researcher (a postdoc) in a research group at a scientific institute. I obtained my Ph.D. degree 2 years ago and right away I got employed at this institute and started as a postdoc. ...
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How do I make submitting letters of recommendation to multiple institutions easier for my supervisors?
I presently work for a biotech company in biotech manufacturing with some other duties (QA/starting a research project) thrown in. I graduated with my bachelors degree in 2010 and am 31 now, and now ...
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Another student has been assigned the same MSc thesis as mine (and already defended)
I am in a dilemma as to how to approach this issue. Basically, myself and another student were assigned the same thesis topic. Only difference is, I have been doing it part time and she completed her ...
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Mentioning possible PhD principal investigators in graduate application w/o being asked to do so?
My title is pretty self-explanatory, but I was wondering how it looks to mention specific researchers to work with in graduate school via my personal statement/s. I'm applying to PhD programs in ...
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Academic postdoc: Interview process time insights
I had an informal meeting via Skype for a postdoc position that I am highly interested in, speaking of which, I was invited for a formal interview soon after. I was asked to give a talk to the lab (...
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Preparing two PhD simultaneously?
I was enrolled in a PhD at the Faculty of Science, and broke up "temporarily" after 4 years due to a horrible Professor, and restarted a new PhD at the Faculty of Engineering.
For the 1st university, ...
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What is the standard scientific conference poster size and quality? [duplicate]
What is an ideal poster size for scientific conference?
Should it be printed on paper or flex or photo paper?
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As a post-doc, should I pursue incremental research or revolutionary research?
I've recently finished my PhD (the field almost doesn't matter, but applied mathematics if it helps), and begun a 3 year grant-funded postdoc with a heavy but very flexible research emphasis, in the ...
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Conjunctive adverbs in academic writing
As scientists, researchers and scholars, how do you feel when you read a scientific document that contains a lot of conjunctive adverbs, like however, in addition, etc?
Does it sound non-scientific ...
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Can scientists be categorized according to temperament and working style? [closed]
I'm doing a bit of informal research about scientists. I would like to know if scientists, at least in the hard sciences, can be categorized according to their working style. And if so, what are some ...
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How important is the orthographic/typographic rigor? [closed]
Science and Orthographic/Typographical Errors
Some people appreciate the attention to have their orthographic/typographical errors corrected/pointed out.
Others find it uncool to just point formal ...
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minor errors in published paper [duplicate]
I am inexperienced in publishing papers in scientific journals. I was going over recently published paper of mine and found that I accidentally reported mean with standard deviation when I meant to ...
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How to denote remainder in a paper in science? [closed]
I want to write a result in a scientific paper that contains the remainder of X (a real number) divided by R (another real number), i.e. X - [X/R]R, where [X/R] is the floor function. Is there an ...
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How to communicate realistic expectations for science faculty research to administration
I teach at a small US liberal arts college with no graduate students. There is no support for research, and the teaching load is 4-6 courses per year.
A colleague was recently denied promotion to ...
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Which kinds of academic revolutions has philosophy of science indentified so far and when?
Recently, I had an interdisciplinary discussion with some friends about Industry 4.0, internet of things,...which brought up the question, which kind of academic revolutions apart from industrial ...
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Help me decide on a grad school [duplicate]
First post
Little about me (without being too specific). I’m in my final year of undergrad at a top U.K. school. I did a year abroad at a top 10 American school and loved it, so applied for PhDs in ...
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Our research is being ignored by other research groups
I am doing a PhD in molecular biology where we conduct research on human skin and skin diseases. Our group (EU based) has been in a discussion with another research group from the USA, where we can ...
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Help and opinions about difficult PhD choice [closed]
I would like to share my situation, as I really need to have opinions from people in the academia or people who had similar doubts in the past. I am totally confused about starting a PhD, I have ...
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Is my Ph.D. research topic worthy?
I am a third-year Ph.D. student in the Industrial Engineering department and my supervisor owns a company based on the technology which I initially intended to work on under his supervision. I am ...
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Are communicability and verifiability the only reasons to prohibit other true results? [closed]
In order to publish a research paper in a particular domain, or the domain itself must satisfy the above two requirements: Communicable to and verifiable by other people. Isn't it?
In this context, I ...
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How to Use a Result Already Under Review in Another Paper?
This may apply to any mathematical scientists. I am working on a paper, which (as far as I can tell) needs a result that I obtained. The result needed is a part of another paper of mine that is ...
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Would I have to conduct an experiment to write a scientific paper? [closed]
I recently got a book named How to write and publish a Scientific Paper by Robert A. Day and Barbara Gastel. The book doesn't really explain the "background" of a scientific paper. Would I have to ...
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Should “I” be used in a science fair conclusion?
I just want to know if I is appropriate to use in writing a science fair conclusion.
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Code plagiarism by teacher at renowned university [duplicate]
As a post-graduate student at a renowned university, I am supposed to make an assignment (see attached images) which is obviously inspired on this licensed scikit tutorial.
Since the assignment (code)...
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Scientific character in tech related bachelor thesis [closed]
So I am currently on the task to find a question or specific topic for my bachelor thesis.
The field I am looking in is the micro service approach.
There are few topics I consider writing about, e.g. ...
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How can we measure the subjectivity in the scientific papers? [closed]
The subjective decisions come up many times in the process of paper writing/doing research. These decisions' consequences are added up at the end. I didn't find research that would actually measure ...
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How to improve scientific writing skills?
What do you do to write better proposals, grants, and papers?
Do you think reading books about how to write scientific content is a good way to improve it?
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How to write large numbers in a scientific thesis?
I know the rule of thumb is to write out numbers 1–10 in words but what if the number has a decimal (i.e 3.4 million)? And if I write it as 3.4 million don’t I have to write the other numbers, for ...
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Is it good to finish a PhD fast?
I am not going to give details about the situation (for obvious reasons) but here it is: I got accepted for PhD to a very good American university, in experimental particle physics and I met a famous ...
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How to deal with political (literal) situations in the workplace?
A few days ago, I went to have lunch with my colleagues (working in the same group). Somehow, the conversation turned towards politics and the "immigrant emergency" that Europe is currently facing.
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Is it wise for researchers to thank Alexandra Elbakyan (founder of Sci-Hub) in the paper acknowledgements? [duplicate]
Alexandra Elbakyan founded the site Sci-Hub, which allows bypassing publisher paywalls.
If this service is used by researchers to access papers that would otherwise be out of their reach - due to ...
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How can I prepare well for a MSc in the UK? [closed]
I am going to study this course in 3 months: MSc Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Systems Management. It is offered by The University of Manchester.
I am a bit nervous and I want to prepare for ...
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Can I copy text from a scientific paper onto my website without directly referencing?
I am writing a text for a website where I'm going to sell nootropics.
I was wondering if it is illegal/fraudulent to copy the text directly from the scientific papers onto my website without directly ...
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How to avoid the “you didn't consider this” review in a scientific publication?
I am a 5th year PhD student, and I have been writing scientific papers for conferences for a few years now.
One constant in the feedback that we get from reviewers is what I call, for lack of a better ...
