Worth a Thousand Words
This week’s featured image comes from the manuscript, Tradeoff between Stability and Maneuverability during Whole-Body Movements by Drs. Alaa Ahmed and Helen Huang at the University of Colorado...
View ArticlePLoS ONE’s Media Tracking Project
Everyday we find PLoS ONE papers in the news. Whether it’s a science blogger in the United Kingdom, an online newspaper in China, or a national news channel in the United States, we see a lot of media...
View ArticleIn support of XMRV researchers
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a mysterious condition. Its cause, diagnosis, even its name have long been sources of controversy, and it appears that this controversy has recently reached new...
View ArticleWorth a Thousand Words
This post is written by Nicholas Ellinwood, who has worked with PLoS ONE since last year. He is a Publications Assistant who focuses on assigning Academic Editors to appropriate manuscripts, managing...
View ArticlePLoS ONE News and Blog Round-Up
In this month’s digest – the T. rex is larger than previously thought, babies can be altruistic and more. The article, A Computational Analysis of Limb and Body Dimensions inTyrannosaurus rex with...
View ArticleAn ocean of pheromones
Human pheromones have been the source of quite a bit of speculation, and while they may have some effect on sexual attraction, it certainly doesn’t appear that they are required for mating. The story...
View ArticleNew Twitter Functionality on PLoS ONE
Recently, we added a nice new functionality to the PLoS ONE site. On the homepage, you will now see a ‘twitter’ widget in the right hand column (to the right of the “In the News” block). Whenever...
View ArticleHow to Use PLoS’s Advanced Search Function
This post was written by Michael Morris. Michael is a Publications Assistant for PLoS Medicine with a Master of Library Science degree. His previous experience in the library field led to an interest...
View ArticleThe “responsible conduct of research” is not limited to properly obtained...
Today we published the article,Willingness to Share Research Data Is Related to the Strength of the Evidence and the Quality of Reporting of Statistical Results, by Wicherts et al. In the manuscript,...
View ArticleFor animals, ‘Value meals’ are not just about quantity
Animals that hunt or forage for prey can be just as picky as humans about their food, and recent studies show that their choices are based on the quality of food they consume rather than its quantity....
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