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January 14, 2022
01/07/2022
Earth Sciences
Kikaki and colleagues introduce the open-access benchmark dataset MARIDA for evaluating machine learning algorithms that detect marine plastic debris using satellite data.
Image credit: Earthquake Response by the U.S. Navy by Fox News Insider, CC BY 2.0
01/07/2022
Occupational Health
Casjens and collaborators studied how night and shift work affect sleep deprivation, and their findings suggest the highest sleep debt for permanent night workers compared to other rosters.
Image credit: outdoor-night by vinsky2002, Pixabay License
01/12/2022
Olfactory Dysfunction
Asama & colleagues differentiated nasal breathing from combined mouth breathing to examine olfactory cleft airflow in conductive olfactory dysfunction (COD), providing novel insights into the causes of COD.
Image credit: Portrait by Krivitskiy CC BY 2.0
01/07/2022
Plant Biology
Jaramilo and colleagues explore the expression of ORANGE proteins in cassava to improve understanding of crop biofortification and help tackle provitamin A deficiency.
Image credit: Fig 3 by Jaramilo et al., CC BY 4.0
01/11/2022
PLOS Latitude blog
Lightning is a dramatic and visually impressive weather phenomenon, but it is also a key component and indicator of climate regimes and the trajectory they are taking in the face of anthropogenic forcing. The year 2021 saw the highest ever lightning count in the high Arctic region above 80 degrees North, where lightning had historically been rare. In this article, PLOS Climate Executive Editor Jamie Males discusses this trend and its implications.
Image credit: "Lightning" by J_arred
12/10/2021
Marine Biology
Flower and colleagues study the use of escape gaps in traps to reduce bycatch of juvenile fish and improve fishery sustainability in Montserrat.
12/08/2021
Physiology
Deepening our understanding of movement adaptations in response to pain, a new study shows that ‘taking action’ to relieve pain, can lead to reduced pain perception.
Image credit: Knee by whitesession, Pixabay License
01/12/2022
Eating disorders
Doria and Numer explored the experiences of young Canadian female competitive dancers.
01/07/2022
Cell Biology
Francis and colleagues established a scalable, erythroid-cell specific purification protocol, providing a robust and powerful erythropoiesis system for genetic manipulation and molecular investigations.
01/05/2022
Water Pollution
Gray and Bernhardt assess microbial resistance to antibiotic pollution in freshwater ecosystems.
Image credit: Algal Bloom by eutrophication&hypoxia, CC BY 2.0
01/05/2022
Social Psychology
Park and Kaneshiro conducted a survey with collaborative playlist users to study social music practices and what promotes a positive user experience.
Image credit: Photo by insung yoon on Unsplash
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