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February 11, 2025
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07/17/2025
Ecology
Morrow and colleagues identified the genetic links between heritable aspen tree traits and the insect herbivore communities they host. Tree size, leaf metabolites, leaf thickness, and nutritional composition all influenced insect species diversity, with 88 aspen genes found to drive these interactions.
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07/17/2025
Scientific Integrity
Richardson and colleagues correlate the misidentification of SEM instrumentation in materials science and engineering literature with increased post-publication reports of irreproducibility, errors and impropriety. Such inconsistencies are discussed as potential markers for paper mills.
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07/17/2025
Generative AI
Dentella and colleagues compared the responses of human participants against large language models (LLM) in grammaticality judgments. Despite high performance by ChatGPT-4, key differences remain in how LLMs and humans process language, suggesting that increasing model size alone may not reduce the comprehension gap.
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07/24/2025
Digital Health
Roberti and colleagues highlight the importance of personalized, empathetic communication, and reliable technology to enhance the effectiveness of digital adherence technologies for tuberculosis treatment.
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07/16/2025
EveryONE
PLOS One Academic Editors Saima Ahmad and Aloysius Odii share their thoughts on the question "how do you build a meaningful collaboration?“
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07/14/2025
EveryONE
In this interview, PLOS One Academic Editor Daniel Paiva Silva discusses his editorial role, assessing manuscripts, and his experience with fieldwork.
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07/16/2025
EveryONE
In this interview, PLOS One Academic Editor Taiyi He the importance of regional population and green development research, his experience as an editor, and his approach to achieving a thorough peer review process
07/30/2025
Cognitive Psychology
Ekin and colleagues show that accessibility features enhance engagement and readability.
07/28/2025
Urban Environment
Kang and colleagues examine how walking behavior in parks is affected by pathway attributes.
Image credit: Bridge, Park by Roman Grac, Pixabay
07/17/2025
Marine Ecology
Scott and colleagues demonstrate the effect of coral genetics on their algal and microbial symbionts
07/09/2025
Research Article
Zhang presents an efficient and high-stability eel-inspired swimming robot.
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