The 3MT® Competition challenges researchers to distill years of work into a captivating three-minute presentation. This year's HKUST champion, Nahid Khodabakhshi, PhD student in Civil Engineering, shared insights into her success.

Sunrise, the start of a new day, usually symbolizes a fresh start, rising hope or a new beginning. However, for HKUST students who spend the whole night studying or working on assignments in the Learning Commons, witnessing the sunrise signifies a sleepless night or the looming deadline they are racing against.As a former HKUST student, the LC was also my haunt during the 4-year study. I also experienced late-night battles in the LC. This picture, taken in 2016, just a few hours before an exam, serves as a reminder of those intense moments.Now, being a library staff managing the LC, I still feel a strong connection with students burning the midnight oil to meet deadlines. Wish you all the best luck in your exams but don’t overburden yourself with too much overnight work!June ORAccess Serviceslbjune@ust.hk  

This week, we present a study on how HKUST researchers write the "Data Availability Statement" section in their papers. Clueless about DAS or not sure how to share your research data? Read our analysis here.

In this post, we will introduce three citation mapping tools – Connected Papers, Litmaps, and Undermind – to help you quickly expand your reading list.

Academic publishing is facing new challenges with the rise of generative AI tools. Retraction Watch, a platform that tracks paper retractions, has revealed a concerning trend: the emergence of papers potentially written by ChatGPT.