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Buckets full of oil measured by fibre made with a magic laser
Hello! Oh dear god, not again… Yup! I published another paper! And this one’s totally open-access and available to all! 😀 Are you somehow more chirpy and excitable than last time? Yes!! This is the last paper from my PhD and is the sort of final ‘here’s what I made’ paper. Read more…
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You can haz PDF
Oh, how I wish life in science was simple… Actually, scratch that – I love complicated, messy and sometimes explode-y science. Oh, how I wish publishing in science was simple! Last week you may remember that I wrote about my horror at finding out that my paper had a 2 year Read more…
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No PDF for you
About 3 months ago, I had a paper published – there was much rejoicing. Since then I have been planning on doing a big ‘hey, look at my paper’ blog post. I even went so far as to write some other posts that would lay the ground work and background so it Read more…
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Faceplaming my way though paper publishing
During the first year of my PhD, I noted a problem with our equipment. For some unknown reason, the sensor component was taking 1+ hours to stabilise on a single value when the machine was first set up. Given that I was just starting out, the idea of adding an Read more…
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Thesis
What seems like an age ago (October last year) I finished my PhD and submitted my thesis for examination (a month before my deadline 🙂 ). Then after a shocking 8 months (no idea why it took that long…) I had my viva, which went quite well and I thankfully Read more…
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Viva impending
Update: Viva finished and passed. I’ll write up a summary next week! So 6 months after handing in my thesis I am just a day away from my viva/PhD defence. Rather than spend today writing a blog post, I’m off to go furiously read my textbooks while I try to Read more…
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Artistically linked research
Last week I read an excellent blog post by Johanna Kieniewicz on PLOS.org about the combination of art and science. The post details why blending art and science is important and how it can be highly productive for both groups. I am not very artistic (as my previous drawings demonstrate) but Read more…