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May 20, 2022
05/03/2022
COVID-19
Using patient serum samples, Nguyen and colleagues demonstrated an inverse relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and severity of COVID-19 outcomes for patients, including length of hospital stay.
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05/13/2022
Ecology
In a paired experiment, Min and Choi show that activity of wintering cranes significantly benefits soil biogeochemical processes in rice paddies in South Korea.
Image credit: Fig 1 by Min et al., CC BY 4.0
05/12/2022
Ecology
Hurley and colleagues develop an interactive tool to facilitate best practices in data exploration, quality control and flexible processing for ecological data sets. The package is open-source, and based on the R programming language.
Image credit: Wood River Wetland by BLM Oregon & Washington, CC BY 2.0
05/11/2022
Developmental Psychology
de la Cruz-Pavía and colleagues showed infants images of colorful mosaics and found that they could detect the difference between symmetrical and asymmetrical patterns.
Image credit: Fig 1 by de la Cruz-Pavía et al., CC BY 4.0
05/16/2022
latitude blog
We are excited to launch PLOS Climate‘s first ever call for papers, on the theme of “Cities and Climate Change“, drawing together research on all aspects of urban climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience, covering topics including emission reductions, energy systems, technological solutions, green infrastructure, urban planning and design, policy, social justice and public health.
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04/25/2022
everyone blog
PLOS ONE has published a Lab Protocols Collection to highlight this new article type launched in early 2021. This collection showcases a set of peer-reviewed lab protocols across our broad scope, including cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, structural biology, and archaeology.
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05/10/2022
Latitude blog
Giuliana Panieri, Professor in Geology at the University of Tromsø, prepares to set sail for the Arctic– the latest step in an interdisciplinary, co-creative project.
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05/11/2022
Archaeology
Shemer and colleagues report human activity and geomorphological results dating back to the Middle Pleistocene from an excavation in the Levant.
05/13/2022
Cognitive Psychology
Dündar-Coecke and colleagues investigated how adults and children reason about mechanisms that relate causes to effects.
05/04/2022
Oncology
Kim et al. found that individuals with a cancer diagnosis within 1 year of the COVID-19 outbreak, and those who had received cancer treatment within 3 months of this time, were associated with worse outcomes.
Image credit: Cavitacion by Maleni Ferrari, Pixabay
05/10/2022
Plant Genetics
Heng et al. identified metabolites and genes contributing to the dark red taproot color formation in radish.
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To be considered for this call, papers must be submitted by June 15, 2022.
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