By Andreas Vilhelmsson When the Ebola virus disease epidemic hit West Africa in late 2013, nobody could imagine that just a year…
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Global Health WHO will lead and who will pay? The World Health Organization, Ebola and the future of global healthRead more
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Neuroscience Reflections on using Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) to treat neuropsychiatric disordersRead more
By Daniel Albaugh One of my most fascinating experiences as a doctoral student of neuroscience began with an early morning trip to…
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The Student Blog Support Open Access publishing with the click of a buttonRead more
The Open Access Button is a web and mobile app that helps students, researchers, patients and the public get access to academic…
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The Student Blog Battling misinformation: The scientific consensus as a gateway belief for climate change and GMOsRead more
By Joseph Timpona Public debate on scientific topics is in no short supply. Though science recognizes the evidence validating evolution, genetically modified…
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Academia Re-launching the PLOS Student Blog & Introducing Travel Awards!Read more
Hi PLOS readers! My name is Sara Kassabian, and I am a Masters candidate in the Global Health Sciences program at University…
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Development Neglected Tropical Diseases: Challenges for the Post-2015 Development EraRead more
This article is being cross-listed with the Harvard graduate student publication Signal to Noise, Special Edition on Infectious Disease. Health equity is based…
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The Student Blog ISCB Student Council – Documenting the efforts of student organisation volunteersRead more
A guest post by: Geoff Macintyre, Thomas Abeel, Magali Michaut In July 2014 the International Society for Computational Biology Student Council will…
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The Student Blog Mechanization, Automation, and the Future of Biological ResearchRead more
Much like a bicycle leverages mechanical advantage to propel a person much faster and further than on his or her own, automation…
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Global Health Ebola Immunopathology and the Outbreak in West AfricaRead more
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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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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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…