Discovering whether viruses cause cancer is important for public health, since prevention or treatment of these viral infections can avoid a potentially…
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Aggregators The Final Chapter on XMRV and Prostate CancerRead more
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Aggregators PLOS ONE News and Media RoundupRead more
In August, PLOS ONE papers made the news for research on morality in infants, the first domesticated turkeys, the dangers of sea…
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Aggregators PLOS ONE Storify of Richard Wiseman’s paper “The Eyes Don’t Have It: Lie Detection and Neuro-Linguistic Programming”Read more
Read our captured Storify summary of the reaction to Wiseman R, Watt C, ten Brinke L, Porter S, Couper S-L, et al…
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Aggregators What is a species?Read more
How do we determine whether two animals are of the same species? It is not enough to judge based on similar appearance…
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Aggregators No Comment?Read more
Why is it that comment forums provided by online scholarly journals for post-publication review are so consistently underutilized, even though online forums…
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Aggregators PLoS ONE News and Media RoundupRead more
Last month, some PLoS ONE papers in the news included research on: Body odor, robot mimicry and more! New research shows that…
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Aggregators Ask EveryONE: Where can I find Supporting Information in a manuscript?Read more
If you’ve just created a manuscript in Editorial Manager and you’re reviewing it before submitting to the PLoS ONE office, or if…
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Aggregators Announcing the Human Microbiome Project CollectionRead more
For the first time, a consortium of researchers has mapped the full community of microbes that inhabit various parts of the healthy…
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Aggregators PLoS ONE Launches the Mice Drawer System Experiment CollectionRead more
In August 2009, the Italian Space Agency launched its Mice Drawer System (MDS) investigation on the Shuttle Discovery flight 17A/STS-128. Over the…
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Aggregators Identical twins caught red-fingeredRead more
Fingerprints are as unique as snowflakes – or so we’re taught in elementary school. Identical twins, though, provide an interesting caveat to…
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Aggregators Happy Arbor Day!Read more
Today’s internationally recognized tree holiday was founded in 1872 by J. Sterling Morton, former Secretary of Agriculture to US President Grover Cleveland…
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Aggregators Observing World Malaria Day 2012: Sustain Gains, Save LivesRead more
Today is the fifth annual World Malaria Day, commemorated every April 25 to recognize and encourage global efforts to control malaria. This…