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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

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Scientific knowledge is proliferating in an unprecedented rate with an increasing number of journal articles and research papers published every year across various disciplines from humanities to medicine and technology. As researchers, our research stands on the shoulders of other researchers.

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Top tips for engaging your STEM students

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Consider how every aspect, from food security to renewable energy technology, links to your subject. growing plants), chemistry (e.g., Geography students can demonstrate their understanding of contours by constructing a topographic model of a mapped landscape out of modelling clay. Make it interactive. Make it interdisciplinary.

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Does city life negatively affect wildlife?

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The researchers can then carefully attach a metal band with a unique reference number onto a bird’s leg. Four 17-day old starling nestlings being held after their tail feathers were sampled for this research project. Sarah holding a starling fledgling after collecting a tail feather for her research.

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Fostering love and knowledge of agriculture and the environment

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The islands face significant challenges with regards to agriculture, which stem from issues related to geography, politics, history, economics and education. “We Agriculture in the US Virgin Islands A US territory, the US Virgin Islands are a collection of tropical islands in the Caribbean. Meet Diana I grew up in Trinidad in the Caribbean.

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Monitoring the canopy temperature of forests

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Addo-Danso , of the CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana , are collaborating on a global project that seeks to monitor the canopy temperature of forests. Photosynthesis — the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy. Monitoring the canopy temperature of forests.

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A rocky revolution: Can virtual 3D models transform the teaching of geology?

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Geology is the fundamental science behind mining, necessary for extracting the resources required to transition to clean energy. Field of Research : Structural Geology. Field of research : Geophysics. Research project : Creating virtual 3D models of geological features to revolutionise the teaching of geology.

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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By combining engineering and human rights disciplines, he is researching the links between access to transport and the inequalities facing Peruvians today. Davis hopes his research findings in Cusco can influence transport policies in Peru and beyond. FIELDS OF RESEARCH : Engineering for Human Rights, Transportation Engineering.