Four past recipients of the Global Scholar-in-Training Award (GSITA) share how their experience at the AACR Annual Meeting impacted their careers.
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Nutrition advice is rife with misinformation − a medical education specialist explains how to tell valid health information from pseudoscience Health – The Conversation
It’s easy to get caught up in the promise of quick health fixes, but they are generally too good to be true.
Engineering the social: Students in this course use systems thinking to help solve human rights, disease and homelessness Science + Tech – The Conversation
Control systems keep your house warm and your car’s speed constant, but they could also help address societal problems.
Medical research depends on government money – even a day’s delay in the intricate funding process throws science off-kilter Science + Tech – The Conversation
A member of a grant review panel explains the ins and outs of applying for research funding – and the consequences of when the process suddenly stops.
Skin phantoms help researchers improve wearable devices without people wearing them Science + Tech – The Conversation
Just 2 layers of materials commonly used in biomedical labs can mimic the electrical properties of human skin.
Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research Science + Tech – The Conversation
‘Paper mills’ are contaminating the world’s scholarly output with fake papers that hinder research. Lifesaving biomedical fields are especially hard hit.
Why building big AIs costs billions – and how Chinese startup DeepSeek dramatically changed the calculus Science + Tech – The Conversation
A machine learning expert breaks down where the money goes in building big AIs, and how DeepSeek found ways to do it far more cheaply.
Bennu asteroid reveals its contents to scientists − and clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded Science + Tech – The Conversation
New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing organic molecules.
Stricter abortion laws may cause increased infant deaths − 2 maternal and child health researchers explain the data Health – The Conversation
The new study reinforces warnings from doctors about abortion laws with limited or no exceptions.
A federal policy expert weighs in on Trump’s efforts to stifle gender-affirming care for Americans under 19 Health – The Conversation
While it doesn’t constitute a national ban on gender-affirming care for minors, the executive order contains provisions that could have a chilling effect on health care providers around the country.