In a new study of more than 50,000 Korean adolescents, those who used a smartphone for more than 4 hours per day…
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Research Highlights More than 4 hours of daily smartphone use associated with health risks for adolescentsRead more
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Research Highlights Heart over head? Stages of the heart’s cycle affect neural responsesRead more
Optimal windows exist for action and perception during the 0.8 seconds of a heartbeat, according to research from PLOS Biology. The sequence…
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post Your Zoom background might influence the first impression you makeRead more
In a new PLOS ONE study researchers found that participants tended to judge faces appearing against backgrounds featuring houseplants or bookcases as…
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Research Highlights Recent scientific briefs share insights to Global Biodiversity Framework goalsRead more
In preparation for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) negotiations, a group of experts came together in late 2021, convened by GEO…
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Research Highlights Bats use death metal “growls” to make social callsRead more
Scientists have found that bats use distinct structures in the larynx to produce high-frequency echolocation calls and lower-frequency social calls. Surprisingly, the…
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Research Highlights Ancient Roman coin only clue that Roman leader named Sponsian ever existedRead more
A new analysis of several Roman coins unearthed in 1713 — long thought to be forgeries — suggests that they are authentic…
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Research Highlights Can smartphones predict mortality risk?Read more
Passive smartphone monitoring of people’s walking activity can be used to construct population-level models of health and mortality risk, according to a…
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Research Highlights Dog—human bonds could guide development of social robotsRead more
In a step towards development of robots that interact meaningfully with humans, a new study from Katie Riddoch of the University of…
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Research Highlights Drumming in woodpeckers is neurologically similar to singing in songbirdsRead more
Researchers led by Matthew Fuxjager at Brown University, U.S. and Eric Schuppe at Wake Forest University, U.S. have found regions in the…
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Research Highlights Gender inequities in mentoring may disproportionately affect women researchersRead more
Recent findings published in PLOS Biology explore a unique facet of academic gender disparities in the life sciences. The study from Oregon…
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Research Highlights Risk of children orphaned from COVID-19 highest in poorest countriesRead more
Recently published findings in PLOS Global Public Health have found that the risk of children being orphaned per COVID-19 death is highest…
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Research Highlights New findings reveal COVID-19 disrupted agriculture sector in India, but not agricultural practicesRead more
A study published in PLOS Sustainability and Transformation by Lindsay Jaacks at The University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom, Abhishek Jain at…