Transcriptional studies have revealed that alterations of gene expression are key mechanisms by which stimuli induce adaptive modifications in the brain. Indeed…
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Basic Neuroscience TMEM168, a new player in mood disorders?Read more
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Conservation Hyenas Among HumansRead more
Increasingly, animals have to share their space with human activities and infrastructure, even in protected nature reserves. Although human activity can often…
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Open Science An Open Letter to the Community from PLOS CEO, Alison MuddittRead more
As the new PLOS CEO, I’ve spent my first months assessing the organization and planning for a thriving future. We are in…
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Biodiversity Saving Species from OurselvesRead more
A recent opinion piece in the Washington Post from Dr. Robert Alexander Pyron has created quite the stir in the conservation and…
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Innovation Unrestricted Text and Data Mining with allofPLOSRead more
Content mining, machine learning, text and data mining (TDM) and data analytics all refer to the process of obtaining information through machine-read…
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Innovation PLOS Channels Provide Opportunity for Discovery, Exploration and Contextual InsightsRead more
Last month, the new PLOS Cholera Channel joined existing Veterans Disability & Rehabilitation Research, Tuberculosis and Open Source Toolkit Channels in providing…
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Conservation The Language of Odors: Different Odor Dialects in Wild Otter PopulationsRead more
Researchers from Cardiff University in Wales have shown for the first time that genetically distinct populations of wild mammals have different “odor…
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Biodiversity An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Invasive Alien SpeciesRead more
A guest post from Susanna Lidström from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Simon West of the Stockholm Reslience Centre Recently, Russell…
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Climate Change Climate Change is Increasing Mosquito Habitat RangesRead more
This month, we are taking a closer look at some of the articles chosen as part of the PLOS Ecological Impacts of Climate…
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Ecology Ants Are Essential Ecosystem EngineersRead more
Ants are the dominant waste managers of tropical rainforests, new research shows. In a large-scale study in the Malaysian rainforest, ants were…
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Assessment To Sign or Not to Sign: A Slice of Transparency in Peer ReviewRead more
Scientists depend on the proper evaluation of research that creates the foundation for future work, and the public expects curated scientific content…
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biosecurity Geoengineering and Synthetic BiologyRead more
Guest post by Devang Mehta This September, as part of their annual symposium, EUSynBioS will hold an Open Discussion on the topic, “Synthetic Biology…