The last influenza (flu) pandemic declared by the World Health Organization was as recent as 2009. And, even though this was 10…
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In the News PLOS, Center for Open Science, and Flu Lab collaborate to Open Influenza ResearchRead more
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post Were pterosaurs the flamingos of the Jurassic?Read more
Never mind bats and birds, pterosaurs were the first real evolutionary heroes who gained the ability of powered flight. While often mistaken…
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Synthetic Biology Building a CO2-concentrating mechanismRead more
Guest post by Steven Burgess Researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh, York, Cambridge and Princeton have demonstrated a key step…
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Dinosaurs Killer claws or climbing crampons?Read more
I still remember the first time watching Jurassic Park as a kid. Watching the raptors leaping on to their prey, hooking and…
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In the News medRxiv to PLOS: Direct preprint transfersRead more
Authors with preprints on the new health sciences preprint server medRxiv now have the option to transfer their manuscripts for publication consideration…
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Journal enhancements Redefining standards in image data reporting: A new policy at PLOS ONE and PLOS Biology requires raw blot and gel image dataRead more
Note: This blog was written by Renee Hoch, Senior Editor, Team Manager for PLOS ONE’s Publication Ethics Editorial team The integrity of…
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Advocacy The Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform: Catching Up to Plan S and Going FurtherRead more
Guest Authors: Dylan Roskams-Edris (Open Science Consultant and Invited Scholar with the Center for Genomics and Policy,), JB Poline (Associate Professor, Neurology…
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post How did the turtle get its shell?Read more
Turtles are a beautiful mystery in the animal kingdom. Anyone who has ever been lucky enough to see one swimming in the…
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Early Career Drawn to LearningRead more
This post is a short attempt to peel back the curtain on my “bad at pollen” process. Since my very first pollen…
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post Rob and Rubisco: directed evolution of photosynthesisRead more
Researchers from Australia recently reported a novel way to study a key enzyme in photosynthesis and carbon fixation. Using directed evolution…
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Innovation You’ve completed your review – now get credit with ORCIDRead more
For more than five years, PLOS authors have used ORCID to make their professional lives easier. Now reviewers at PLOS can take…
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News How transposons improve CRISPR efficiencyRead more
Guest post by Thomas Clements Gene editing technology is continuously evolving. CRISPR-Cas9 mutagenesis hit the world by storm in 2013 and…