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Great news: Apes have a sense of humour and they enjoy teasing each other
New research finds that it is not only human babies who love to playfully tease each other. Researchers reasoned that since language is not required for this behaviour, similar kinds of playful tea…Palm Oil Detectives
Converting rainforest to plantation impacts food webs and biodiversity
Every day, new areas of rainforests are converted into plantations, drastically changing tropical biodiversity and the way the ecosystem functions.ScienceDaily
Food Without Agriculture
In a 2023 article published in Nature Sustainability, researchers write that food production can be more sustainable by focusing less on traditional agriculture and more on alternative methods, lik…Palm Oil Detectives
Food Without Agriculture
In a 2023 article published in Nature Sustainability, researchers write that food production can be more sustainable by focusing less on traditional agriculture and more on alternative methods, lik…Palm Oil Detectives
Research: Palm oil deforestation makes conditions better for disease-carrying Aedes albopictus mosquitoes
A 2023 study published in Nature has found that cutting down rainforest to grow palm oil makes it easier for certain disease-carrying bugs like Aedes albopictus mosquitoes to thrive. The study look…Palm Oil Detectives
Two #TenureTrackJob openings at the #Leibniz Institute for #Baltic Sea #Research #Warnemünde (#IOW), North Germany 🇩🇪
🌅 🌊 🖥️ 📈 📝
Postdoc position (tenure track) in the department of physical #oceanography and instrumentation (PHY 01/2024)
https://www.io-warnemuende.de/files/news/stellenausschreibungen/2024/en_Phy-01-2024-wiss-mit-20240112.pdf
Junior Research Group Leader Optical Remote Sensing (DIR 01/2024)
https://www.io-warnemuende.de/files/news/stellenausschreibungen/2024/en_Dir-01-2024-wiss-mit-20240112.pdf
A new hope for algae biofuel (microalgae, that is)
#algae #biofuels #biofuel #microalgae #fuels #energy #decarbonization #carboncapture #carbonemissions #aquaculture #agriculture #biobased #bioeconomy #bioenergy #renewableenergy #renewable #sdg7 #sustainableenergy #energytransition #science #research
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/12/19/algae-biofuel-haunts-fossil-fuel-stakeholders/
Algae Biofuel Rises From Grave To Haunt Fossil Fuel Stakeholders
After ExxonMobil walks away, algae biofuel gets another shot at success and the US Department of Energy is here for it.Tina Casey (CleanTechnica)
Research: Palm oil deforestation makes conditions better for disease-carrying Aedes albopictus mosquitoes
A 2023 study published in Nature has found that cutting down rainforest to grow palm oil makes it easier for certain disease-carrying bugs like Aedes albopictus mosquitoes to thrive. The study look…Palm Oil Detectives
The National Science Foundation has issued a notice about the use of generative AI in the NSF merit review process: https://new.nsf.gov/news/notice-to-the-research-community-on-ai
Notice to research community: Use of generative artificial intelligence technology in the NSF merit review process
Generative artificial intelligence1 (GAI) systems have great potential to support the U.S. National Science Foundation's mission to promote the progress of…National Science Foundation
Postdoc in Host-microbe interactions – computational and/or experimental
Cornell University
See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/cornell-university-27778-postdoc-in-host-microbe-interactions-computational-and-or-experimental-3/?feed_id=66864
#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
Ithaca, NY #UnitedStatesUS #PostdoctoralFellow
https://jobrxiv.org/job/cornell-university-27778-postdoc-in-host-microbe-interactions-computational-and-or-experimental-3/?feed_id=66864
Postdoc in Host-microbe interactions – computational and/or experimental
Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!jobRxiv
Scientists paid large publishers over $1 billion in four years to have their studies published with open access.
Nature Comms and Sci Reports cornering the market.
Open access = good.
Extortionate APCs with little or no actual editorial service = bad.
Scientists paid large publishers over $1 billion in four years to have their studies published with open access
A study reveals that academic megajournals ‘Scientific Reports’ and ‘Nature Communications’ have cornered the marketManuel Ansede (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
PhD position in viral evolution and diversity @foaylward
Virginia Tech
Funded PhD positions in the Aylward Lab to study the #evolution and #genomics of giant #viruses. Both computational and wet-lab projects available.
See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/virginia-tech-27778-funded-phd-position/?feed_id=64662
#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
Blacksburg #UnitedStatesUS ...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/virginia-tech-27778-funded-phd-position/?feed_id=64662
PhD position in viral evolution and diversity
Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!jobRxiv
https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/control-data-conversions-in-excel-for-windows-and-mac
#excel #dataanalysis #research #bioinformatics
Control data conversions in Excel for Windows and Mac
Based on your feedback, we've improved the Automatic Data Conversion settings, and made them also available in Excel for Mac.https://insider.office.com
Hey Mastodon! 👋 Here is our #introduction post: We are the Data Visualization Lab at Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. You can find more about our work here: https://vis.khoury.northeastern.edu/
We'd love to be connected to more folks and labs in the realms of #DataVisualization #HCI #xAI #AR #VR #VisualAnalytics #PhD #Research
Our lab has been applying visualization to domain areas like #accessibility #UAVs #Genetics #Privacy #Pedagogy #Networks #GraphTheory
Say hi!
Khoury Data Visualization, Northeastern University
Front page Khoury Data Visualization Group, Northeastern Universityvis.khoury.northeastern.edu
Preprint from Salzberg team questioning a 2020 Nature paper from Rob Knight 😮
"the raw read counts were vastly over-estimated for nearly every bacterial species, often by a factor of 1000 or more."
"Our conclusion after re-analysis is that the near-perfect association between microbes and cancer types reported in the study is, simply put, a fiction."
Major data analysis errors invalidate cancer microbiome findings
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.28.550993v1
#microbiome #genomics #research #science
Major data analysis errors invalidate cancer microbiome findings
We re-analyzed the data from a recent large-scale study that reported strong correlations between microbial organisms and 33 different cancer types, and that created machine learning predictors with near-perfect accuracy at distinguishing among cance…bioRxiv
https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/07/26/palm-oil-deforestation-in-guatemala-certifying-products-as-sustainable-is-no-panacea-university-of-michigan/
Palm oil deforestation in Guatemala: Certifying products as ‘sustainable’ is no panacea: University of Michigan
Newly published research from the University of Michigan reveals that despite the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification system being influential, its effectiveness in reducing def…Palm Oil Detectives
#Disability #DisabilityPride #DisabilityPrideMonth
#cartoon #cartoons #comic #comics #instacomic #instacartoon
#academia #science #research
#errantscience
From Collision to Analysis: The Complex Dance of Prompt Data Processing in the CMS Experiment! 💥 💻
Learn more about what CMS does to make essential physics data available to researchers here: https://cms.cern/news/prompt-data-processing-cms
#cern #cmsexperiment #data #physics #particlephysics #research
#ChatGPT #authorship #research #Computing #guidelines #ACM
HPC.social is a server for the High Performance Computing community and those in related fields:
For more info see their About page at https://mast.hpc.social/about or contact their admin @admin
#FeaturedServer #HPC #HighPerformanceComputing #Supercomputing #Supercomputers #Computing #Computers #Research #Data #Science #ComputerScience #CompSci #Fediverse
HPC.social Mastodon
A Mastodon instance to support and encourage communication among the High Performance Computing community and those in related fields. Personal usage permitted. More community features at hpc.socialMastodon hosted on mast.hpc.social
Master or PhD positions
University of Ottawa
Master and PhD in #Canada fully funded positions in #bioinformatics
See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-ottawa-27778-master-or-phd-positions/?feed_id=46627
#ScienceJobs #hiring #research #bioinformatics #machine learning
Ottawa #Canada #PhDStudent #ResearchAssistant
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-ottawa-27778-master-or-phd-positions/?feed_id=46627
Master or PhD positions
Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!jobRxiv
#research #software
Cite software
James Howison and Julia Bullard listed the following examples in descending reputations in their 2016 article Software in the scientific literature: citing publications that describe the respective...Jupyter Tutorial
The ISME Early Career Scientist Committee introduces two new Mastodon series!
If you want to nominate someone for either series, please use the following nomination form: https://forms.gle/nojoL7cBCAVqtLdJ7
#microbe #EarlyCareer #research #ISME
@phylogenomics @jcamthrash @gregory_annc
ISME Twitter Series Nomination Form
Please help us with nominating stellar Early Career Researchers from around the world or People with Cool Careers using their microbial ecology education!Google Docs
"An open database of 46,853,993 free scholarly articles.
We harvest Open Access content from over 50,000 publishers and repositories, and make it easy to find, track, and use."
https://unpaywall.org/
#research #PeerReviewed #AcademicJournals #OpenAccess
How do scientists do disease surveillance and study biodiversity through the lens of genomics? Citizen scientist Blacki Migliozzi joined a group of jungle field researchers to find out.
Through anecdotes and stunning photography he will walk us through what it's like to work with big cats, primates, birds, bats, frogs, snakes and many other kinds of organisms. He'll also provide first-hand observations of the habitat loss endangering these ecosystems as well as the dangers scientists put themselves in when doing this important work.
We're located in Suite 319, you may have to call/text the lab phone (7086371289) to enter.
Biotech Without Borders is a member-led, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, community biolab founded in 2017 to serve the New York City community. See our website for more details!
https://warwick.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9RnoyxctZUsWhWS?Source=Mastodon
This survey is part of a #research project led by @__nate__ and me and it is aimed at understanding the reasons that motivated people to using Mastodon, their expectations in doing so and their current experience using it.
Understanding Mastodon motivations expectation and experiences
This study enquires about the motivations, expectations and experiences of using Mastodon, which will lead to a research agenda.warwick.co1.qualtrics.com
LLRX.com® – the free e-journal on #law, #technology and #research for #Librarians, #Lawyers, #Researchers, #Academics, and #Journalists. Established in 1996 - published monthly.🎆✍️ 📚 #KM
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X22010517?via%3Dihub
This #research used stable isotope probing (SIP) to demonstrate that the bacterium digests plastics (to CO2), and also incorporates the plastic's carbon into its biomass.
Cool study! So we may be feeding specific organisms with our plastic waste. What may this mean for microbial #ecology? An #impact for sure, but the scale remains elusive..
On #Twitter, I loved the common practice of writing threads explaining new #preprints and #papers in an understandable way.
I uttered my concern that through the chronological timeline here people might miss interesting science. A solution would be to agree on names for hashtags and/or a.gup.pe groups to ease tracking these "paper threads".
Following tags were named more then once: #newPaper #paperThread #preprint #researchPaper #mastoPrint #tootPrint.
Also, there was #tootorial, but that might be a slightly different category?
I heard people like participation - so let's do a poll! What's your favourite tag for threads explaining research articles? 📊 Multiple choices possible!
#twitterMigration #scienceTwitter #scientist @academicchatter @neuroscience @cognition @psychology @phdstudents
Leon Lotter (@LeonDLotter@neuromatch.social)
On #scienceTwitter, my favourite thing was reading and, on rare occasions, writing "paper/preprint threads". From the researchers I followed and through the #Twitter algorithm, this became my most important source for new #research.Neuromatch Social
- #newPaper (26%, 67 votes)
- #paperThread (37%, 93 votes)
- #preprint (27%, 68 votes)
- #researchPaper (34%, 85 votes)
- #tootPrint (9%, 23 votes)
#Dandelion seeds close up a bit in #wet #weather and don't travel as far as in their more open, #dry weather form. New #research (Seale et al. 2022) shows that dandelions hold on to seeds in wet weather and release them more in dry weather.
Do #plants exhibit #behavior? I would argue, yes.
Paper: https://elifesciences.org/articles/81962
Explainer: https://elifesciences.org/articles/81962
Environmental morphing enables informed dispersal of the dandelion diaspore
The dandelion diaspore changes its shape depending on the moisture levels in the air, and this morphing enhances the dispersal potential of the seeds regardless of the weather conditions.Madeleine Seale (eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd)
Join us on Monday 6th of February, 2023 for the online open day 🖥️ : we will host two online sessions at 10:00 (UTC+1) and 17:00 (UTC+1). Register by writing to l.j.drost-robbins@hr.nl.
And/or join us on Saturday 11th of February, 2023 at the XPUB studio 🍵 : we will be around from 10:00 to 15:00. You can find us on the 4th floor in the WdKA/PZI building at Wijnhaven 61, Rotterdam.
https://xpub.nl
#publishing #design #art #computers #research #education #rotterdam #floss #freesoftware #publicdomain
The word “invasivore” is a portmanteau combining “invasive Species” with the Latin root “devorare” meaning to swallow (as in "herbivore" or “carnivore”). Thus, #invasivore = one who eats invasive species, those organisms that have been introduced around the world and cause massive environmental and economic damages.
Our website https://www.invasivore.org/ serves a buffet of knowledge about #invasivespecies. At the core of our approach are #recipes featuring invasive ingredients, but we also provide species profiles describing notorious invaders, harvesting tips, exposition and commentary on related topics, summaries of relevant #science and #research, and roundups (#InvasionBites!) of the latest #news and other media about invasive species.
We believe that #education and #awareness can decrease the impacts of invasions by controlling existing populations and preventing new introductions.
invasivore.org | consuming invasive species and invasion science
The word “invasivore” comes from combining “Invasive Species” with the latin for “devour” as in “carnivore”. Thus invasivore = one who eats invasive species and invasion science.invasivore.org
I’ll be drawing some portraits and illustrating the research and discoveries of some interesting scientists✨
Let’s start!
🧬Nettie Stevens. American geneticist who discovered chromosomes X/Y by studying Mealworms (Tenebrio molitor)
#science #womeninstem #womeninscience #molecularbiology #genetics #mastoart #portrait #research #art #ciencia
Hi everyone,
I'm a German ecologist who loves to team up with e.g. #computersciences #arts #design #philosophy #EnvironmentalEthics
I am very concerned about the #biodiversitycrisis and therefore co-founded the NGO Symbio(s)cene (https://symbioscene.com/) as an #ArtsAndSciences collaboration, creating #visions for moving beyond the #anthropocene.
My current research is about #KnowledgeRepresentation working towards an #AtlasOfKnowledge
👋
#ecology #research #OpenScience
But maintaining #ApplicationsSoftware has a cost. Who will pay for this? 💰💰
I haven't quite figured it our yet... 🤔