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Excalidraw — Fast Sketch Diagrams for Thinking

Excalidraw is the fastest way to get a diagram out of your head: open the page and draw. The hand-drawn look is honest …

Jul 17, 2026 · 6 min read
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BioRender — Scientific Illustration for Life Sciences

BioRender builds pathway and methods diagrams from a huge library of professionally drawn biological icons. Fast and …

Jul 17, 2026 · 6 min read
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GraphPad Prism — Statistics and Graphs for Wet Labs

Prism matches how bench scientists think: pick the design, get the analysis and a journal-style graph. Fast and familiar …

Jul 17, 2026 · 6 min read
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diagrams.net — Free Flowcharts and PRISMA Diagrams

diagrams.net builds methodology flowcharts, PRISMA diagrams, and architecture figures for free, with no account. Exports …

Jan 19, 2026 · 6 min read
Matplotlib data visualization library

Matplotlib — Publication-Quality Figures in Python

Matplotlib gives you exact control over every element of a figure, which is what journal specifications demand. Verbose, …

Jan 5, 2026 · 6 min read
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Academic Conference Poster Template

An Inkscape SVG poster template for A0 portrait (841 × 1189 mm) academic conference posters. Clean three-column grid …

Jan 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Matplotlib publication figure template example output

Matplotlib Publication Figure Template

A Python script with pre-configured rcParams and helper functions that produce clean, publication-ready figures matching …

Jan 1, 2026 · 2 min read
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