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March 28, 2023
03/08/2023
education
Troost and colleagues show that, in the Netherlands, neighbourhood affluence has a stronger effect on educational attainment than neighbourhood poverty, and that children with higher educated parents are not affected by neighbourhood poverty.
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03/16/2023
cancer research
Liu and colleagues demonstrate how 3D cell culture can be used to investigate drug effects on breast cancer cells. The approach presents a potential future alternative to animal models and holds promise for personalized medicine.
Image credit: Fig 1c by Liu et al., CC BY 4.0
03/15/2023
Mental Health
Xu and colleagues investigated abnormalities in function brain networks in anxious dogs and find that network topological changes at the node level are correlated with anxiety symptoms.
Image credit: Fig 1 by Xu et al., CC BY 4.0
03/08/2023
Plastic Pollution
Eriksen and colleagues provide an update on their seminal 2014 analysis of plastics floating in the ocean (pone.0111913), using new data from the peer-reviewed literature and 5 Gyres Institute expeditions. They observe a trend of increasing numbers of plastic particles since 2006, to about 82–358 trillion today.
Image credit: Fig 1 by Eriksen et al., CC BY 4.0
03/13/2023
EveryONE
In this interview, PLOS ONE Academic Editor Haroldo V. Ribeiro talks about his editorial experience, complex systems, and sharing data and code.
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03/28/2023
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03/01/2023
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03/15/2023
Computational Biology
Ortoleva and colleagues present a very complete analysis of the epitopes on Zika virus surface.
03/15/2023
Computer science
Küpper and Seyfried study non-walking social group dynamics, using data from crowds waiting on train platforms.
03/09/2023
Research design
Stone and colleagues examine person selection bias in momentary data collection studies.
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03/22/2023
Sports Science
Wang and colleagues find that rearfoot runners are at a higher risk of injuries when running on harder surfaces.
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