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10/10/2018
Insect behavior
Wolf and colleagues investigate how two distinct odometer mechanisms—stride and optic flow—interact with one another to support navigation in desert ants.
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10/03/2018
Bioacoustics
Freeman and colleagues investigate the processes by which algae produce sound during photosynthesis, and how this can help with better estimation of algal abundance.
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10/10/2018
Paleontology
Marsh and Rowe provide the first thorough description of Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis based on completed preparation and CT imaging of specimens. Their findings shed light on recovery in North American vertebrate diversity following a major extinction event.
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10/03/2018
Disease Prevention
Semá Baltazar and colleagues present evidence on the implementation and acceptance of a preventive vaccination campaign.
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09/07/2018
Channel
The Open Source Toolkit features articles and online projects describing hardware and software that can be used in a research and/or science education setting across different fields, from basic to applied research. The Channel editors aim to showcase how open source tools can lead to innovation, democratisation and increased reproducibility.
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09/10/2018
COLLECTION
Women remain underrepresented at higher academic ranks and in the peer-review process and exhibit higher rates of attrition from STEM degrees and careers. The articles in this collection consider factors associated with the inclusion and success of women in STEM fields and propose ways to reduce the gender gap.
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09/07/2018
EveryONE
In this EveryONE blog we discuss a recent study by Larisa DeSantis which involved students from her course on Paleoecological Methods. The study looks at tooth wear across two species of kangaroo and one species of koala.
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10/10/2018
BioROBOTICS
Latif and colleagues study the suitability of conductive polymer and liquid metal electrodes for neurostimulation in roach biobots.
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10/11/2018
Neuroscience
Dana and colleagues describe a novel transgenic mouse line expressing the calcium indicator jRGECO1a. This can be used to image brain activity in intact neural networks.
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09/26/2018
Biomechanics
Koehler-McNicholas and colleagues present a novel bimodal ankle-foot prosthesis.
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10/03/2018
Oncology
Zheng and colleagues determine relative risks of ovarian cancer associated with histological subtype and family history using the Swedish Family-Cancer Database.
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Murphy and colleagues investigate the effect of a hug after a conflict.
Newly-excavate bones provide new clues in colonization of Madgascar.
Evidence suggests cheese production as early as 7,200 years ago.
McIntosh and colleagues find from the 2013 census that Australian fur seal pups are declining.
Murillo-Barroso and colleagues investigate the circulation of amber throughout the prehistoric Iberian peninsular.
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