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September 20, 2019
08/28/2019
Education Research
In a large observational study of over 3,700 students, Weir and colleagues explore which forms of active learning are most effective in biology classrooms.
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09/12/2019
photovoltaics
Cho and colleagues investigate the stability of cadmium telluride solar cells when irradiated with proton beams.
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09/06/2019
Immunology
Using naïve and CD5-knockout mouse models, Li and colleagues show that CD5 is commonly expressed on murine dendritic cells and inhibits the ability of dendritic cells to activate both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells.
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09/04/2019
Cell Biology
Lee and colleagues show evidence that deficient actin-bundling may account for some differences between Vinculin and Metavinculin, a splice isoform.
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08/28/2019
Public health
Justwan et al. show that vaccination attitudes of individuals with low trust in medical experts can be influenced by proximity to a recent measles outbreak.
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08/28/2019
Health care
Glass and colleagues explore determinants of low adherence to treatment guidelines in a VL monitoring cascade in Lesotho.
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09/20/2019
EVERYONE
Climate change is a global problem and in this blog PLOS ONE takes alook at some recent work on climate change research published in the journal. From studies highlighting the impacts of climate change on our environment and health to research on mitigating solutions, we showcase the variety of ongoing work in this important and multidisciplinary area.
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09/11/2019
Moral Psychology
Wisniewski and colleagues' large cross-cultural study finds that belief in free will is most strongly associated with the belief that mind and body are independent.
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08/30/2019
geochemistry
Predicting sediment and nutrient concentrations from high-frequency water-quality data.
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09/10/2019
Cancer Biology
Chen et al. find CAC1 is involved in colorectal cancer drug resistance, increasing expression of transporter proteins in drug efflux.
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09/05/2019
Ecology
Mariana Abarca compares the performance of an oligophagous butterfly when experiencing consistent versus contradictory environmental cues.
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