Publicity? I think it’s fair to say that you think that the work you do is important, interesting, and that others around you would do well to know about and support it. That being the case, the question then is, how can you best let people know that: a) the work you do is going… Read More »
Herding Cats Scientists by personality, by training and by experience tend to be individualists and sole operators. They worked on their own project as a PhD student, they worked hard and made sacrifices to get their own grant or research fellowship, and once they’ve set up their own lab, they understandably want to do things… Read More »
The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2014 was announced earlier this week, “for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources”. To some this is a more technically-leaning recipient than they might have liked to see, citing examples,such as the discovery of topological insulators, as being more… Read More »