ANNOUNCEMENT: I am launching a resource for students, postdocs, faculty, industry researchers and science-based entrepreneurs. I want to make a bigger change. 📍 Key reasons are:. 1. Students struggle with advisors, research, presentations, visas, internships, etc. Most have no

ArXiv version: Original paper: MIT press release:

Einstein’s recoil-slit “loophole” has been finally tested. Einstein was wrong. Bohr’s complementarity wins. MIT researchers did a double-slit experiment at the atomic limit to test Einstein’s hypothesis, and found that Bohr was correct. In 1927, Einstein argued that a photon

Dear PhD students:. A great company may be worth a hundred postdoc positions. This is why it’s important to also apply for industry jobs, even if you want to do a postdoc. 1. Until you get multiple offers, don’t prematurely decide on your path. Diversify your opportunities.

Original study: Summary article by the first author Reese Richardson:

They disregard peer review. They disregard ethics. New study in PNAS show that some editors likely cooperate with authors to publish their trashy papers:. 1. Some editors handle suspicious articles far more often than chance would explain. 2. Certain authors prefer these same

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❗ This is huge:. A groundbreaking study connects key pieces of the Alzheimer’s puzzle and points to a potentially powerful solution. For the first time, researchers found that the reduction of Li concentration is associated with memory loss and the neurological hallmarks of

Interestingly and importantly, more people want to see that:.Preprints = Peer reviewed papers. Yes, this is highly debatable. But this problem is at the heart of the entire publishing system. ❗️It is also the Achilles’ heel of the publishing business. Long ago, peer reviewing.

Article in Nature about the current state of peer review developments:.

Journals can’t find peer reviewers. Preprints aren’t taken seriously. Garbage papers slip through peer review. Meantime, AI is slowly taking over. Nature describes the current situation. I highly recommend reading the article. 📍 The summary (+ my comments):. 1. We are facing a

“You either fail or you are a genius.”. I heard of kindergartens in the US that prepare you to pass the exams to a private elementary school, which in turn gets you prepares you for the exams to a special high school, which in turn prepares you to compete for Harvard / Stanford /

I also do NOT recommend interviewing your advisor during your postdoc interview. First, get the offer. Second, do a separate call where you can ask the advisor all your questions. If you try to interview your advisor during the very first call (your postdoc interview), the.

Nature Career Advice that I don’t quite agree with:. “Start by identifying what you want to get out of your postdoc. Do you want to get more papers? Do you want to take on a new role? Do you want teaching or grant-writing experience?”. - I suggest that you should first decide -.

How to pick the right lab for a postdoc if you want to stay in academia. [based on my experience in the US and partly Europe]. 1. Make a list of possible groups in advance. Meet their students & postdocs at conferences. Listen to their feedback. Get opinions from the faculty in

This is hilarious. Spectra without spectra. Published just fine. - Journal? "Molecules" (MDPI). - Peer Review quality? Zero. - Editor's attention? Apparently none. I know that life in academia is hard. But getting access to a real XPS is not so difficult today. .

In academia, ‘visibility factors’ play a HUGE role. A PhD is just a bare minimum. In the past, I applied for faculty positions & was interviewed across the US (and a bit in Europe). I naively assumed that a great research proposal were key to getting a faculty position. But

Some students are desperate to get a PhD position. Some say they’ve spent years applying and trying. As if it's a golden ticket to a better future. I understand them - I was there too. One thing I’ve learned over the years is:. Your true passion may be misaligned with PhD.

“I really love my country, but a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now.”.- PhD student at a top US university. Nature poll:.80% of postdocs consider leaving. 75% of PhD students consider leaving. A postdoc in a biomedical field.:.“Don’t want to leave, but

Many big discoveries were hiding in plain sight. Now, a new breakthrough: the antibiotic kills drug-resistant bacteria without harming human cells. From a garden, scientists took some soil, put it into Petri dishes and stored for a year. Then, they exposed the microbes to

I cover these topics in my podcast:. “PhD Interview: Questions, Answers & Explanation”. “Choose Your PhD Advisor: Everything Explained”.