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A newly discovered bacterium, Uabimicrobium helgolandensis, eats other bacteria and is a kind of 'bacteria of prey,' that should not even exist based on previous concepts about microbial cells. It could be a kind of microbial missing link, researchers suggest.

#biology #nature #life #cell #microbiology #science #research

https://www.labroots.com/trending/microbiology/27762/incomprehensible-cell-parasitic-prokaryote-discovered


#News: #Research shows 97% to 99.99% of #scientists agree that humans cause #climatechange and that telling non-scientists about this consensus may help strengthen their beliefs, counter #misinformation https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/climate/consensus-climate-acceptance/?mc_cid=9a87d34efe&mc_eid=0f959a4412
#science
#communication


#News: Recent #research finds that #deforestation in #Africa during the last two decades induced a higher warming and cloud level rise than that caused by #climatechange, which threatens #biodiversity and water supply in African montane forests. Scientists call for urgent protection of ecosystems #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240819130748.htm


Have you ever thought about questionable research practices (QRPs) in academia?

The Retraction Watch team have highlighted this new paper in PLoSOne that has a systematic analysis. The authors identify 25 QRPs and then survey a lot of academics.

The results are interesting, widespread use of QRPs, sort of a grey area of acedemic behaviour, with some explanatory factors.

I'm bookmarking this for future use.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0304342

#academia #academicchatter #research #researchethics #academicpublishing


DYK not only fish or insects glow? #Research has found that most amphibians glow as well – even if it’s not visible to human eyes. Protect #amphibians and #reptiles every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2024/06/30/blue-and-uv-light-makes-many-amphibians-glow-in-ways-that-people-cant-normally-see/ via
@palmoildetectives


Do you know MediaDive, the world’s largest collection of cultivation media for microorganisms 🧫? It contains detailed introductions how to prepare the medium you need for your strain. In addition to the provision of all media used at the DSMZ, you can also create your own media or search for a medium suitable for your strain. Give it a try 😉
https://mediadive.dsmz.de/

#database #microbiology #research #DSMZDigitalDiversity #bacteria #fungi


New #research #study 🧐 reveals "sustainable" #palmoil isn't any better for workers. RSPO-certified and non-certified co's in #Indonesia use violence and intimidation for #landgrabbing. Take action and #BoycottPalmOil ✊ #humanrights🌴🚫 @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8IK


New #research #study 🧐 reveals "sustainable" #palmoil isn't any better for workers. RSPO-certified and non-certified co's in #Indonesia use violence and intimidation for #landgrabbing. Take action and #BoycottPalmOil ✊ #humanrights🌴🚫 @palmoildetect

http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/08/08/new-research-reveals-sustainable-palm-oil-no-different-in-land-conflicts/


#News: Recent #research into #genetics of nearly all living #bird species has found that the first one to evolve likely had shiny, colourful, iridescent #feathers. #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/birds/common-bird-ancestor-iridescent/?mc_cid=06935980ee&mc_eid=0f959a4412


#News: #research paper finds Male African #elephants, once thought to loosely connected in the past actually vocalise to the herd to say 'let's go' https://peerj.com/articles/17767/


New #research finds #mangroves store up to 70% #carbon after 20 years of growth and are naturally protective to the #environment https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240710195327.htm# #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife


#News: Great #apes tease and prank each other just as humans do. Including body-slamming, hair-pulling and waving objects in front of each other’s faces – new #research study finds #sentience #primatology #primates #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-7gR


DYK not only fish or insects glow? #Research has found that most amphibians glow as well - even if it's not visible to human eyes. Protect #amphibians and #reptiles every time you shop and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2024/06/30/blue-and-uv-light-makes-many-amphibians-glow-in-ways-that-people-cant-normally-see/ via @palmoildetectives


#News: Recent #research finds #animals in #Uganda's forests are consuming virus-infected bat faeces, as alternative food sources dwindle due to agricultural practices and #palmoil #meat #tobacco #deforestation #Boycottpalmoil https://www.ehn.org/deforestation-leads-to-risky-dietary-changes-in-uganda-s-wildlife-2667859688.html


We have two tenure track #lecturer positions available at the #University of #Edinburgh, to support and develop #teaching and #research linked to the undergraduate Dual Award Honours programmes in Integrative Biomedical Sciences and Biomedical Informatics jointly developed in partnership with Zhejiang University, China.

For more info and to apply see the ads here

https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/9999/

https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/10000


#Research in Current Biology finds infant pigtailed #macaques visiting #palmoil #plantations 3x more likely to die young from #pesticide poisoning. #Agricultural #chemicals are detrimental to infant development #Boycottpalmoil @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-7aa


#News: Great #apes tease and prank each other just as humans do. Including body-slamming, hair-pulling and waving objects in front of each other's faces - new #research study finds @palmoildetectives #primatology #primates #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-7gR


#News: #Research published in Nature finds the conversion of #rainforest into #palmoil and #rubber plantations in Indonesia erodes and restructures food webs and fundamentally changes the way they function. #ecocide #deforestation #Together4Forests #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/02/240221160431.htm


@Nature Sustainability #Research: Dietary #fats can be produced in a lab with significantly lower CO2 emissions/climate impact compared to current #palmoil production in #Brazil and #Indonesia. #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife via @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-77c


2023 #research in @Nature finds switching to lab-produced #palmoil has enormous potential to reduce #GHG emissions, #deforestation, water use. Reducing the climate impact of #agriculture over coming decades #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-77c


#Research published in @Nature finds #palmoil #deforestation makes conditions better for disease-carrying mosquitoes linked to Yellow Fever and Dengue Fever. #Boycottpalmoil https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/12/30/research-palm-oil-deforestation-makes-conditions-better-for-disease-carrying-aedes-albopictus-mosquitoes/ via @palmoildetectives


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


When you're doing #research for a new #scifi #novel and google derails you with the most hilarious shit:


#Research study in @Nature finds mosquitos carrying Dengue Fever are able to thrive in #palmoil plantations. #Humanhealth should be more important than greed. #Boycottpalmoil https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/12/30/research-palm-oil-deforestation-makes-conditions-better-for-disease-carrying-aedes-albopictus-mosquitoes/ via @palmoildetectives


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

#AI #Research #Science


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.

#Science #Research

https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-11-21/scientists-paid-large-publishers-over-1-billion-in-four-years-to-have-their-studies-published-with-open-access.html?outputType=amp


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


Finally, after decades, Excel will let you opt-in to not having your data automatically mangled. A spreadsheet is still not a database.
https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/control-data-conversions-in-excel-for-windows-and-mac
#excel #dataanalysis #research #bioinformatics


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!


"New data released Thursday by the National Science Foundation show the exodus of young life scientists from the Ivory Tower to industry has reached the highest level in nearly three decades, deepening concerns about the future of academic science in the U.S....Ph.D. graduates are now pursuing postdocs at the lowest rate since at least 1995, based on STAT’s review of NSF data available online."

https://www.statnews.com/2023/09/28/scientists-exodus-from-academia-historic-levels/

#science #research #academia #industry

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