Lab reports and scientific papers should persuade others to accept or reject hypotheses by presenting data and interpretations; detail data, procedures, and outcomes for future researchers; become part of the accepted body of scientific knowledge when published unless later disproved; and Provide an archival record for reference and document a current situation for future comparison. […]
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Introduction to Notion and Obsidian
The apps Notion and Obsidian are becoming indispensable tools for research, archival, and manipulation of personal knowledge and projects. In our lab, we focus on these two apps, but some others have similar capabilities, and you may find they work better for you in certain cases. Notion Tutorials Using databases in the notion(83) Notion Databases – Full Course for […]
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At the NLD, we standardize on a LaTeX package for preparing technical documents starting from reports and papers to theses and dissertations. We use an online LaTeX typesetting tool Overleaf (at https://www.overleaf.com/). To familiarize yourself with LaTeX and Overleaf, I recommend you watch these LaTex Tutorials on YouTube. We also have a basic NLD paper […]
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The abstract is probably the most important section of your manuscript. It is the first thing readers use in judging the quality of your paper and determining whether to proceed to read it or not. Furthermore, journal editors read the abstract first when deciding whether to send your manuscript for review. While the abstract is […]
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These are the templates you can use to prepare the NLD-related letters and the presentations. We provide templates for Microsoft Word and Powerpoint as well as for Apple Pages and Keynote.
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