Scientists are rock stars. These posters prove it. Some years ago, UNC Chapel Hill cell biology professor Bob Goldstein was talking to his fellow colleagues, admiring the gig posters that indie bands ...

Research posters should be more than academic advertisements—or, conversely, overwhelming data dumps that attempt to compress ...

Maybe you named one, or two. Chances are you remembered Marie Curie, the famed two-time Nobel Laureate whose work led to the discovery of radioactivity. Yet there are hundreds of female scientists ...

Through the process of trial and error, scientific societies and veteran poster presenters have come up with the following rules of thumb for effective poster presentations. 1. Prepare a banner in ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Tuesday (Sept. 5) marks 40 years since the launch of the Voyager probes and the start of one ...

Doctors at the Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health and universities and institutions around the world do heroic work combating infectious diseases. But it's rare that ...

William Helfand began buying medically themed collectibles in the 1950s when he started working for Merck & Co. Over his 30-year career with the company, Helfand amassed thousands of posters and other ...

Roger Taylor mentions that to battle the absence of reason in government, there is a need for engaging the public (Letters, 23 June). I suggest posters in issues of New Scientist, detailing – with ...

If I had the time and money, I could probably go to a conference on some topic related to my research interests every month or two. Some of us flock to as many conferences as possible; others avoid ...