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September 3, 2015
Want to get published? Shorten your title
A recent study by The Royal Society‘s publishing division showed an association between paper citation and title length. The results of an analysis of over 20 000 papers over seven years showed that for each year papers with the shortest titles received the most citations. “These results are consistent with the intriguing hypothesis that papers … Read more
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August 23, 2015
Image of the Week: Meet Carbon Nanofibres
Scientists may soon be able to pull some strings in the effort to slow climate change – literally. Researchers at George Washington University have sequestered CO2 from the atmosphere through a solar-powered process that turns the earth-heating gas into solid carbon nanofibres. Imagine then taking those nanofibres and creating construction material. This is an amazing example of turning the … Read more
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August 15, 2015
Image of the Week
This shot was composed by the duo Erica Simone and Jaci Berkopec. Titled “The Tree of Life,” it evokes the countless branches of curiosity and exploration within us. At Oxford Science Editing we are interested in all areas of discovery and want to help you bring your findings to a wider audience. Visit us here. Happy weekend!
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August 13, 2015
Top Tips for Writing Up Your Scientific Data: Mastering the Art
Perhaps the most difficult part of the research process is writing up your data. Journals and other scientists want to know the question being asked, understand your reproducible methodology, and be intrigued by the conclusions you came to and how they might affect your field of interest. Scientific data is driven by charts, graphs and images. Bringing … Read more
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July 31, 2015
2022 Olympics in China
Congratulations to our friends and colleagues in China. Beijing has won its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. This makes Beijing the first city in history to host both the summer and winter Olympics. The team advocating for the Chinese capital says that it hopes the winter games will spur greater interest in snow … Read more
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July 24, 2015
The Kinked Jet Stream
It’s been hotter in Alaska this year than some parts of Texas. Scientists are calling it the Land Surface Temperature Anomaly and it makes general climate patterns look upside down. The data, from NASA’s ‘Terra‘ satellite, shows red as above average temperatures for the region and blue as below average temperatures during the same eight-day … Read more
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July 19, 2015
Images of the Week
From our planet to planets far away, images connect us to the world we know and inspire questions for which we still don’t have answers. For help with your questions, contact us here.
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July 16, 2015
Startling Discoveries from Pluto’s Moon
It’s taken more than nine years and three billion miles of space travel, but NASA released on Wednesday the first batch of mesmerizing close-up images of the icy mountains and geologically active moons of Pluto. “We have completed the initial reconnaissance of the solar system, ” says S. Alan Stern, the principal investigator of … Read more
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July 14, 2015
Data Visualization: Turning Data Sets into Discoveries
Scientific discoveries often start with simple ideas. But when those ideas give rise to more and more questions, how can we better visualize a solution and a path to discovery? Data visualization uses visual tools, literally sketches and drawings, to explore complex ideas and turn them into a linear narrative. Giorgia Lupi the design director at … Read more