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Wei Yang talks about research ethics in China on Nature
Yang Wei wants to reform attitudes towards research ethics at Zhejiang University and across the country.
Yang Wei has an easy smile and a carefree, even distracted, air — but he takes such a solemn approach to life that his wife sometimes tells him to relax. “I take everything seriously,” he says.
New Nature journal launched: Nature Communications
The first issue of the new interdisciplinary Nature journal (Nature Communications) is avilable online. Here is the description of the journal from the website of the journal:
A recent paper about friction laws at the nanoscale
A very recent paper published a few minutes ago in Nature addresses the issue of friction laws at the nanoscale. Here is the abstract of the paper.Interested? here you can download the paper.
A wonderful collection of quotes from Leonardo da Vinci, each fantastic
A well-spent day brings happy
sleep.
Leonardo da Vinci
All our knowledge has its origins
in our perceptions.
Leonardo da Vinci
Although nature
commences with reason and ends in experience it is
necessary for
us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience
and
from this to proceed to investigate the reason.
Leonardo da
Vinci
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to
authority is not using
his intelligence; he is just using his
memory.