About ASK Scientific

This author has not yet filled in any details.
So far ASK Scientific has created 41 blog entries.

Write your results first!

By |2014-08-22T11:36:29+01:00August 22nd, 2014|Categories: Scientific Writing Tips|Tags: , , |

You’ve completed your experiments, have a great story to tell and have a rough idea of your conclusions. You now want to write it all up and submit it- journal or thesis. For some researchers writing the manuscript or thesis is an uninteresting, if not a cumbersome task; it takes time away from what they enjoy doing [...]

Comments Off on Write your results first!

Ebola virus: Life cycle and pathogenicity in humans

By |2017-11-09T12:00:18+01:00August 20th, 2014|Categories: General Science|Tags: |

The much-talked about Ebola virus is an encapsulated single-stranded (ss) negative RNA virus belonging to the family Filoviridae. In this article, we review the structure of the virus and the known function of its components to understand the virus’ life cycle and pathogenicity in humans. […]

The 2014 Ebola Virus Outbreak

By |2017-05-17T11:30:47+01:00August 8th, 2014|Categories: Science News|Tags: , |

Source: WHO, Nature Friday, 8th August 2014 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has just declared the Ebola virus outbreak, in West Africa, an international public health emergency, since the disease is spreading at a rate faster than it can be controlled. […]

Comments Off on The 2014 Ebola Virus Outbreak

Textile Innovations for a Greener World

By |2017-05-17T11:30:47+01:00July 7th, 2014|Categories: Discoveries and Inventions|Tags: |

‘Go Green!’ has been the mantra of the new decade. Vehicular pollution, industrial wastes, smoke from various sources, insecticides and pesticides used in agriculture and improper municipal waste management are among the major sources of air, water, land and noise pollution. […]

Comments Off on Textile Innovations for a Greener World

Active Voice v/s Passive Voice: The Right ‘Voice’ will Help you be Heard!

By |2018-02-20T12:05:33+01:00June 27th, 2014|Categories: Scientific Writing Tips|Tags: , , , , |

The ‘Voice’ of your literary work can determine its readability. In the past, most researchers used the passive voice in their scientific writings, as if it were a norm. However, the use of active v/s passive voice in scientific writing is more a matter of choice for the researcher. Over the years, the use of active [...]

Comments Off on Active Voice v/s Passive Voice: The Right ‘Voice’ will Help you be Heard!

‘Peer’ the Manuscript Review Process

By |2017-05-17T11:30:47+01:00May 7th, 2014|Categories: Science Publishing|Tags: , , , |

Scientists and researchers thrive on publications for their research careers. Future research is often based on past published knowledge and findings. Hence, it is imperative that these publications are as authentic and accurate as possible, and of good quality. As much as it is exciting for researchers to share their findings with their scientific community, the [...]

Comments Off on ‘Peer’ the Manuscript Review Process

Scientific misconduct identified in Nature’s ground-breaking Stem Cell publication

By |2017-05-17T11:30:48+01:00April 4th, 2014|Categories: Science News|

In the two months since the two papers on stem cell generation in Nature1,2 were published, they have been heavily scrutinised. When the publications came out they were lauded for their scientific break-through, and were in the news for being game-changers. However, the scientific community has dissected the paper left, right and centre, and identified a number of inconsistencies. [...]

Comments Off on Scientific misconduct identified in Nature’s ground-breaking Stem Cell publication

What do journal editors and reviewers look for in a research manuscript?

By |2018-02-20T12:05:45+01:00March 26th, 2014|Categories: Scientific Writing Tips|Tags: , , |

Scientific journals receive numerous research manuscripts for publication consideration. The journal editors skim this pool of research papers, and with the help of reviewers, approve a set of manuscripts for publication. […]

Comments Off on What do journal editors and reviewers look for in a research manuscript?

A 30,000-year old virus giant resurrected!

By |2014-08-07T15:48:11+01:00March 7th, 2014|Categories: Discoveries and Inventions|

Scientists from CNRS in France have discovered a 30,000-year old giant DNA virus from Siberian permafrost. Permafrost is soil that has been below water’s freezing point for years. In this case the last time this was above freezing point was over 30,000 years ago. This means that pathogenic organisms and viruses that were within the soil [...]

Comments Off on A 30,000-year old virus giant resurrected!

Does the peer review process require a radical change?

By |2017-05-17T11:30:48+01:00March 7th, 2014|Categories: Science Publishing|Tags: , |

Scientists are under constant pressure to publish their research work. The phrase ‘publish or perish’ is an integral part of a researcher’s life. In fact, apart from its importance to scientific progress and knowledge sharing, research work published in good scientific journals leads to recognition and more funding for future work. However the first publishing step [...]

Comments Off on Does the peer review process require a radical change?

Title

Address

ASK Scientific Ltd
St John's Innovation Centre
Cowley Road
Cambridge
CB4 0WS
United Kingdom

Company no.: 08660128
VAT no.: GB182934091

About us

ASK Scientific is a Cambridge-based company consisting of PhD, post-doctoral researchers, from Cambridge University. We help clients across the world improve the quality of their English research papers. We offer technical translation from 11 languages to English to help non-native English speakers who prefer to write in their own language. Discover our range of publication services, and let us 'Help You Communicate Your research'!
Go to Top