How to Engineering a brighter future for refugees
In this photo taken in December 2020, I am reviewing the progress of students at Kampala University, Uganda, where I teach electrical engineering and telecommunications […]
Electronic skin: from flexibility to a sense of touch
Material scientists believe that it will not be the first to be pulled into the fight against COVID-19. But it happened to John Rogers. He […]
Linguistic tricks to grab your online audience’s attention
With presentations moving into a virtual format and looking ready to live even after the end of the epidemic, many have found it challenging to […]
Raising my hand to ask a question terrifies
This is the pre-epidemic era, and I am in a large auditorium. The room is not full but it is still a good turnout, and […]
Report exposes power gap at US universities
According to a study by the Eos Foundation, women make up only 24% of all top income earners in American universities. This study, conducted in […]
Science diversified: Tackling an ‘ableist’ culture in research
Two researchers with disabilities describe an ‘able’ culture at the academia, a system designed for fully fit and healthy people who account very little for […]
How to work from home effectively as an early-career researcher
In this 60-minute webinar, first broadcast live in May 2020 and now available for viewing on demand, Nature talks to researchers whose world was overturned […]
How to take the lead in your career
Austin Gray will have to wait until May to run his lab, but he already knows what he has to do. Gray, an aquatic toxicologist, […]
A fine soft day for surveying moss and liverworts
My work focuses on one side of Ireland that few visitors ever see: the temperate rainforest of Killarney National Park, a reserve of 10,200 hectares […]
Pandemic measures disproportionately harm women’s careers
Shutdowns and social-far-reaching measures aimed at combating the epidemic have damaged the careers and wellbeing of America’s female academic researchers, a report from the National […]