For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate. ——Margaret Heffernan Conflicts in research groups are common. Even in a small lab with no more than 10 people, conflicts Category Archives: featured
Conflicts didn’t kill me, but made me stronger
For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate. ——Margaret Heffernan Conflicts in research groups are common. Even in a small lab with no more than 10 people, conflicts Posted by in careers, conflict resolution, Early Career Research Community, ECR, featured, PhD
The Unitary Fund: a no-strings attached grant program for Open Source quantum computing
The Unitary Fund: a no-strings attached grant program for Open Source quantum computing Posted August 20, 2018 by post-info This is a Guest Post written by Will Zeng. Editorial Note: As part of our Posted by in awards, featured, guest post, open-source, quantum computing, scientific computing
“We need to commit to and invest in the changes we seek”: Insights from the MSF Scientific Research Day
“We need to commit to and invest in the changes we seek”: Insights from the MSF Scientific Research Day Posted August 19, 2018 by post-info In recognition of World Humanitarian Day 2018, PLOS ONE Posted by in Aggregators, aid, diptheria, ebola, featured, HIV, HIV testing, humanitarian, Maternal health, Mothers, MSF, neonatal, refugees, tuberculosis
Meet our Editor-in-Chief at #ACSBOSTON in August | Booth 712
Meet our Editor-in-Chief at #ACSBOSTON in August | Booth 712 Posted August 17, 2018 by PLOS ONE editors post-info PLOS ONE is excited to be exhibiting at this year’s American Chemical Society (ACS) Posted by in conferences, featured, News & Policy
The Sickness Lurking Beneath World Cup Fever
The Sickness Lurking Beneath World Cup Fever Posted August 16, 2018 by Dean Schillinger post-info While watching the World Cup, Dean Schillinger was reminded of the ongoing back-and-forth matchup between the soda industry and public National Fossil Day 2018: Events, Part 1
It’s that time of year again, and PLOS Paleontology Community is happy to highlight upcoming events associated with National Fossil Day (October 17, 2018). Many of these events are hosted by U.S. museums, institutions, and Posted by in featured, national fossil day, national park service, NFD
New Book, “Run to the Light,” Chronicles a Journey with Batten Disease
On Sunday, August 19, Taylor King will turn 20. On November 1, Laura King Edwards’s inspiring book “Run To The Light” will be published, by Bedazzled Ink. The memoir is an astonishing tale ofHow to communicate basic research in schools – a case study using Drosophila
0000-0001-8462-0271 By Andreas Prokop, PhD, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester The Manchester Fly Facility maintains an objective-driven, long-term science communication initiative which started in 2011 and promotes the importance ofYoga, Depression, & Clinical Trial Critique 101
A study piqued my curiosity in a news feed recently. Yoga could reduce depression symptoms, researchers said – but only if you expected it to (Uebelacker 2018). Yoga for depression, it turns out, isPosted by in clinical trials, Evidence, featured, Health, Mental health, Study critique
Crowdsourcing plant phenomic data, bacterial niche construction abilities, protocell evolution, microRNA target prediction
Crowdsourcing plant phenomic data, bacterial niche construction abilities, protocell evolution, microRNA target prediction Posted August 13, 2018 by post-info Check out our Editors-in-Chief’s selection of papers from the July issue of PLOS Computational Biology. Crowdsourcing image analysisPosted by in cell biology, computational biology, featured, genetics, halloween, Microbiology, Uta Frith, Xenokeryx