Image credit: Ed Boyden and Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGovern Institute
Original Source: Optogenetics -- revolutionary new research technique (Image 1)
Courtesy: National Science Foundation
Thursday 8 October 2015
Photo of the Day: Optogenetics. Being Controlled by Light!
Image credit: Ed Boyden and Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGovern Institute
Original Source: Optogenetics -- revolutionary new research technique (Image 1)
Courtesy: National Science Foundation
The best place to be a scientist today
A question that certainly circles in the minds of many scientists today is, "What is the best place to conduct research?". Europe, USA, China, Australia, Russia?
As it seems this variable changes more easily as the weather does. Recently China has an increasing culture focus into producing 'quality and open research', previously being accused of an increasing number of academic fraud.
The Nobel prize awarded to Chinese scientist Youyou Tu for the discovery of a new therapy of malaria, is a great example and indication of this focus. It's not the fact that a Chinese won a Nobel prize that is remarkable in this case, but that the research conducted and the discovery, were done within the confines of a Chinese Institute.
More on these news can be read in the article featured in Science Alert:
China now spends more on science than the EU, will soon overtake the US
The fact that China, the biggest nation in the world, is finally willing to spend more on science research, is joyous news for scientists all around the globe, as the scientific advancements are only bound to intensify as we move on to the future.
A potential healthy competition between scientists of different nations (not pharmaceutical and industrial moguls) is sure to push the boundaries of science research to new levels, and the potential of this could be no more better for the world.
As it seems this variable changes more easily as the weather does. Recently China has an increasing culture focus into producing 'quality and open research', previously being accused of an increasing number of academic fraud.
The Nobel prize awarded to Chinese scientist Youyou Tu for the discovery of a new therapy of malaria, is a great example and indication of this focus. It's not the fact that a Chinese won a Nobel prize that is remarkable in this case, but that the research conducted and the discovery, were done within the confines of a Chinese Institute.
More on these news can be read in the article featured in Science Alert:
China now spends more on science than the EU, will soon overtake the US
The fact that China, the biggest nation in the world, is finally willing to spend more on science research, is joyous news for scientists all around the globe, as the scientific advancements are only bound to intensify as we move on to the future.
A potential healthy competition between scientists of different nations (not pharmaceutical and industrial moguls) is sure to push the boundaries of science research to new levels, and the potential of this could be no more better for the world.