Genome Biology editorial on the closure of NCBI's SRA
…users of it. These opinions have been published today in an editorial. The editorial addresses the options for data storage in the short term, but also touches on the long-term…
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A sensory guide to Christmas drinking
…of rich, naturally sweet red fruits. Ravel’s String Quartet in F majorTchaikovsky’s String Quartet No 1 in D major – Movement 2 Cabernet Sauvignon. (Demonstrating tannins)Tasting notes: a…
Vladimir Putin and the empty chair: Can people spot fake pictures?
…reach a lot of people: The search string “Putin picture G20 viral” returns nearly a million hits, and it appears that the picture originated with a Facebook post by a Russian…
Drought, disease, and a bear in your yard
…acorn availability, increasing the chance of conflicts. In the short term this implies that a decrease in availability of food – specifically blue acorns – would decrease human-bear incidents. But…
Driving under age: assessing the behavior of older adults behind the wheel
…selective attention, spatial ability and executive function in older drivers adversely affect lane keeping, visual search and coordination. Visual-motor coordination measure is sensitive and effective for driving assessment in older…
Closing the gap between intention and reality in pesticide risk assessment
…balances environmental costs against benefits in terms of yield gains when authorizing new products, and to evaluate whether, for example, more environmentally friendly alternatives are available for a specific crop….
The difference of half a degree for climate change
…risk from conflicts over scarce resources. And in terms of ecosystems, limiting warming at 1.5°C could keep sea level rise below 1m, saving half of the world’s corals, and leave…
Hepatitis research and therapy around the globe – Q+A with editors and reviewers
…the optimization of antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis B and C. Several papers have been published already. Also, a long term electronic follow-up system, named CR-HepB, has been established to…
Redefining the epigenome
…definition. Jeff Mann proposes we need to introduce another term such as “memigenetics”. Memigenetics will specifically distinguish “the study of mitotically and/or meiotically heritable changes in gene function that cannot…
Companion: a new tool to generate and visualize annotation of parasite genomes
…an incomprehensible string of data without scientific meaning. Introducing a new software tool As a response to this need we developed Companion, a new software tool and web server to…