In a new study of more than 50,000 Korean adolescents, those who used a smartphone for more than 4 hours per day…
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Research Highlights More than 4 hours of daily smartphone use associated with health risks for adolescents
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Research Highlights Heart over head? Stages of the heart’s cycle affect neural responses
Optimal windows exist for action and perception during the 0.8 seconds of a heartbeat, according to research from PLOS Biology. The sequence…
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Research Highlights Recent scientific briefs share insights to Global Biodiversity Framework goals
In preparation for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) negotiations, a group of experts came together in late 2021, convened by GEO…
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Research Highlights Bats use death metal “growls” to make social calls
Scientists have found that bats use distinct structures in the larynx to produce high-frequency echolocation calls and lower-frequency social calls. Surprisingly, the…
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Research Highlights Ancient Roman coin only clue that Roman leader named Sponsian ever existed
A new analysis of several Roman coins unearthed in 1713 — long thought to be forgeries — suggests that they are authentic…
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Research Highlights Can smartphones predict mortality risk?
Passive smartphone monitoring of people’s walking activity can be used to construct population-level models of health and mortality risk, according to a…
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Research Highlights Dog—human bonds could guide development of social robots
In a step towards development of robots that interact meaningfully with humans, a new study from Katie Riddoch of the University of…
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Research Highlights Drumming in woodpeckers is neurologically similar to singing in songbirds
Researchers led by Matthew Fuxjager at Brown University, U.S. and Eric Schuppe at Wake Forest University, U.S. have found regions in the…
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Research Highlights Gender inequities in mentoring may disproportionately affect women researchers
Recent findings published in PLOS Biology explore a unique facet of academic gender disparities in the life sciences. The study from Oregon…
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Research Highlights Risk of children orphaned from COVID-19 highest in poorest countries
Recently published findings in PLOS Global Public Health have found that the risk of children being orphaned per COVID-19 death is highest…
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Research Highlights New findings reveal COVID-19 disrupted agriculture sector in India, but not agricultural practices
A study published in PLOS Sustainability and Transformation by Lindsay Jaacks at The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom, Abhishek Jain at…
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Research Highlights Simultaneous climate events can risk damaging interlinked socioeconomic systems, according to new study
In a new study from PLOS Climate authors Laura Niggli at University of Zurich, Switzerland and colleagues have found that the cascading…