Ebola virus (EBOV) is a highly virulent pathogen, resulting in death by Ebola hemorrhagic fever in up to 90% of people who…
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Global Health Ebola Immunopathology and the Outbreak in West AfricaRead more
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The Student Blog Lessons in Online LearningRead more
Massively open online courses, or MOOCs, are rapidly revolutionizing the face of higher education, but this may not be a good thing…
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Artificial Intelligence “Synthetics” – Berkeley Scientific’s Spring 2014 IssueRead more
Berkeley Scientific publishes undergraduate research, features articles, and interviews with UC Berkeley professors spanning many areas of science. In the Spring 2014 issue…
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Academia What can you do with that PhD?: FAQs about non-academic jobsRead more
As the school year winds to a close, another class of students nears graduation and will be asked the inevitable question: “So…
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Physics NASA to SpaceX: the Space Race PrivatizedRead more
Over the several decades that have passed since the Space Race there has been a dramatic decrease in federal support for the…
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The Student Blog The Final Steps of Your Undergraduate Research Experience: Peer Review and PublishingRead more
Conducting research is quickly becoming an integral part of the undergraduate STEM curriculum. The benefits of self-directed research early in an undergraduate…
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The Student Blog Communicating Science Through Hip HopRead more
The Student Blog has talked a lot about ways to communicate research, from eliminating zombie nouns to “sacrificing truth for understanding.” But how about summarizing…
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The Student Blog GRE and Graduate School Success: The Key is in the WritingRead more
What is the remainder when 1416 + 1614 is divided by 10? Do you know what sinecure, plutonian, and interregnum mean?…
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The Student Blog We can’t live with anything less than OpenRead more
The Open Access Button has mapped over 6,000 paywalls since it launched four months ago. We know this is just the tip…
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The Student Blog That Homeostat’s Got Rhythm!Read more
Biological stability, or ‘homeostasis’, where an organism works to maintain an internal ‘steady state’ in response to the environment, is a concept…
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The Student Blog Beakers, Ballplayers, and FailuresRead more
One of the most valuable experiences that I have had while involved in undergraduate research has been that of failure. My participation…
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The Student Blog Science Funding and Politics – Learning How to Play their GameRead more
In this guest post, John Vernon, an undergraduate in the College of Science at Notre Dame, reflects on the lessons he learned…