Honey baits for arbovirus surveillance
Authors of a recent study evaluated which mosquito trap is best to use in combination with honey-baited FTA filter paper cards as a surveillance tool… Read more »
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MinION: Democratising biodiversity research by misusing a portable long-read sequencer for short-read barcoding
Many animal species on Earth are awaiting discovery and description, but finding all these unknown species is a monumental task. Here, we discuss how… Read more »
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A groovy kind of protein?
In the first of a series of blog posts on structural biology, we present research featured recently in BMC Molecular and Cell… Read more »
Echo chambers and polarization may not be the same phenomenon in social media
Existence of echo chambers indicates a polarized state of the society concerning beliefs regarding a given topic. However,… Read more »
The new science of prebunking: how to inoculate against the spread of misinformation
The spread of fake news is a growing problem, particularly online, with serious consequences in the real world. In written… Read more »
Complex networks can shed light on the hidden patterns that connect terrorist actors
Network science is constantly proving to be an effective framework to study and analyse social phenomena. Its strengths can be… Read more »
Making it cheaper to track genetically-modified mosquito releases
Mass-rearing and mass-releasing sterile insects is a technique to eliminate harmful insects or to transform a species so that it… Read more »
Interview with Frank Kirchner, Editor-in-Chief of AI Perspectives
AI Perspectives is a newly launched SpringerOpen journal covering “the application of AI in industry, healthcare, transport,… Read more »
Answering the call for real-time plant disease diagnostics in resource-poor regions
Plant pests and diseases are a real concern for the global agriculture industry and to food security. Early warning systems are… Read more »
Robots and the workforce: understanding the research
As artificial intelligence (AI) technology develops at breakneck speed, some worry that robots may take away jobs. A new research… Read more »