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Tracking Turtles: An Author Spotlight on Sara Maxwell
The beach in Mayumba National Park, located on the coast of Gabon, has one of the highest nesting densities of sea turtles in Africa. Along with the leatherback turtle, Mayumba is also a nesting...
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PLoS ONE Publishes its 20,000th Manuscript!
Today we are happy to announce that PLoS ONE has published its 20,000th manuscript! We could not have gotten here today without the help and support of our authors, reviewers, academic editors, and...
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PLoS ONE Authors Receive “Best Environmental Epidemiology Paper” Award
Authors James H. Fowler and Nicholas A. Christakis have received an award from the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) for their much talked about paper, “Social Network...
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How deep social network “roots” help scientists communicate their research
There’s been a lot of discussion recently about how social networks can specifically help scientists collaborate and spread their messages more effectively. Researchers like Heather Piwowar, Alistair...
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Halloween Highlight 2011: An Author Spotlight with David Hughes and Harry Evans
Zombie ant jack o' lantern In the spirit of Halloween, we’ve asked Dr. David Hughes of Penn State University and Dr. Harry Evans of Federal University of Viçosa Brazil to share with us a bit about...
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Fixing siRNAs by creating an anti-siRNA
Small pieces of RNA in our cells can act like molecular switches that turn genes off by binding to them. These pieces, called small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are also used by researchers to design...
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New fossil suggests giant ‘killer walrus’ was just a toothy fish-eater
Sea lions, otters, humpback whales and harbor seals are familiar sights to most native Californians today, but the waters off this coastline once harbored a much stranger fauna: giant bony-toothed...
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A floral ‘map’ to nectar discourages bumblebee robbers
In the business of survival, the bright colors of blooming flowers mark a serious transaction. Their nectar, color and fragrances are all designed to attract pollinators to come hither and transfer...
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Meet Vectidraco, a European pterosaur the size of a crow
Fossil records show that pterosaurs of all sizes and shapes flew through the skies of China and Central Asia about 145 to 66 million years ago. A new species of small pterosaurs described in a PLOS ONE...
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Balancing nutrient diets determines how ecosystems age
From rainforests to rocky glaciers, the life of an ecosystem is rooted in the balance of nutrients in its soil. Shifting levels of soil nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) define how ecosystems evolve,...
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