A dwarf walrus from the Miocene of Baja California Sur, Mexico.

abstract：:Protein aggregation into amyloid deposits and oxidative stress are key features of many neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. We report here the creation of four highly sensitive bifunctional fluorescent probes, capable of H2O2 and/or amyloid aggregate detection. These bifunctional...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Needham LM,Weber J,Fyfe JWB,Kabia OM,Do DT,Klimont E,Zhang Y,Rodrigues M,Dobson CM,Ghandi S,Bohndiek SE,Snaddon TN,Lee SF

更新日期：2018-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The exceptional reactivity of animal collectives to predatory attacks is thought to be owing to rapid, but local, transfer of information between group members. These groups turn together in unison and produce escape waves. However, it is not clear how escape waves are created from local interactions, nor is it unders...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Herbert-Read JE,Buhl J,Hu F,Ward AJ,Sumpter DJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the name of meritocracy, modern economies devote increasing amounts of resources to quantifying and ranking the performance of individuals and organizations. Rankings send out powerful signals, which lead to identifying the actions of top performers as the 'best practices' that others should also adopt. However, se...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Livan G

更新日期：2019-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The black marlin (Istiompax indica) is a highly migratory billfish that occupies waters throughout the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific. To characterize the vertical habitat use of I. indica, we examined the temperature-depth profiles collected using 102 pop-up satellite archival tags deployed off the east coast ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Williams SM,Holmes BJ,Tracey SR,Pepperell JG,Domeier ML,Bennett MB

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When controlling the assembly of magnetic nanorods and chains of magnetic nanoparticles, it is extremely challenging to bring them together side by side while keeping a desired spacing between their axes. We show that this challenge can be successfully resolved by using a non-uniform magnetic field that defeats an inh...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Gu Y,Burtovyy R,Custer J,Luzinov I,Kornev KG

更新日期：2014-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Many scientists communicate with the public about risks associated with scientific issues, but such communication may have unintended consequences for how the public views the political orientations and the credibility of the communicating scientist. We explore this possibility using an experiment with a nationally re...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Vraga E,Myers T,Kotcher J,Beall L,Maibach E

更新日期：2018-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Wildlife researchers often rely on demographic data collected from harvested animals to estimate population dynamics. But demographic data from harvested animals may be non-representative if hunters/trappers have the ability and motivation to preferentially select for certain physical traits. Hunter preference is well...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Allen ML,Roberts NM,Van Deelen TR

更新日期：2018-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study introduces thermogravimetry with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (TG-GC-MS) at four different heating rates to investigate the activation energy and thermal degradation behaviour of walnut shell pyrolysis. The distributed activation energy model (DAEM) was applied to investigate the activation e...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Fan F,Li H,Xu Y,Liu Y,Zheng Z,Kan H

更新日期：2018-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbaria archive a record of changes of worldwide plant biodiversity harbouring millions of specimens that contain DNA suitable for genome sequencing. To profit from this resource, it is fundamental to understand in detail the process of DNA degradation in herbarium specimens. We investigated patterns of DNA fragmenta...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Weiß CL,Schuenemann VJ,Devos J,Shirsekar G,Reiter E,Gould BA,Stinchcombe JR,Krause J,Burbano HA

更新日期：2016-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Archosauria (birds, crocodilians and their extinct relatives) form a major part of terrestrial ecosystems today, with over 10 000 living species, and came to dominate the land for most of the Mesozoic (over 150 Myr) after radiating following the Permian-Triassic extinction. The archosaur skull has been essential to th...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Sookias RB,Dilkes D,Sobral G,Smith RMH,Wolvaardt FP,Arcucci AB,Bhullar BS,Werneburg I

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Strategic microhabitat selection allows animals in seasonally cold environments to reduce homeostatic energy costs, particularly overnight when thermoregulatory demands are greatest. Suitable sleeping areas may therefore represent important resources for winter survival. Knowledge of microhabitat use and potential imp...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Campbell LAD,Tkaczynski PJ,Mouna M,Derrou A,Oukannou L,Majolo B,van Lavieren E

更新日期：2018-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare young and adult sprinters on several biomechanical parameters that were previously highlighted as performance-related and to determine the behaviour of several muscle-tendon units (MTU) in the first stance phase following a block start in sprint running. The ground reaction force (...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Aeles J,Jonkers I,Debaere S,Delecluse C,Vanwanseele B

更新日期：2018-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A major challenge in robotic design is enabling robots to immediately adapt to unexpected physical damage. However, conventional robots require considerable time (more than several tens of seconds) for adaptation because the process entails high computational costs. To overcome this problem, we focus on a brittle star...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Kano T,Sato E,Ono T,Aonuma H,Matsuzaka Y,Ishiguro A

更新日期：2017-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) bone cement has been widely used in clinics as bone repair materials for its excellent mechanical properties and good injection properties. However, it also has defects such as poor biological performance, high temperature, and the monomer has certain toxicity. Our study tried to modify ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Liu X,Cheng C,Peng X,Xiao H,Guo C,Wang X,Li L,Yu X

更新日期：2019-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungus-gardening (attine) ants grow fungus for food in protected gardens, which contain beneficial, auxiliary microbes, but also microbes harmful to gardens. Among these potentially pathogenic microorganisms, the most consistently isolated are fungi in the genus Escovopsis, which are thought to co-evolve with ants and...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Meirelles LA,Solomon SE,Bacci M Jr,Wright AM,Mueller UG,Rodrigues A

更新日期：2015-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of geolocated information and communication technologies opens the possibility of exploring how people use space in cities, bringing an important new tool for urban scientists and planners, especially for regions where data are scarce or not available. Here we apply a functional network approach to determin...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Lenormand M,Picornell M,Cantú-Ros OG,Louail T,Herranz R,Barthelemy M,Frías-Martínez E,San Miguel M,Ramasco JJ

更新日期：2015-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The influential hypothesis by Markus & Kitayama (Markus, Kitayama 1991. Psychol. Rev.98, 224) postulates that individuals from interdependent cultures place others above self in interpersonal contexts. This led to the prediction and finding that individuals from interdependent cultures are less egocentric than those f...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Wang JJ,Tseng P,Juan CH,Frisson S,Apperly IA

更新日期：2019-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We report all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of asymmetric bilayers containing phosphoinositides in the presence of monovalent and divalent cations. We have characterized the molecular mechanism by which these divalent cations interact with phosphoinositides. Ca2+ desolvates more readily, consistent with single-m...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Bradley RP,Slochower DR,Janmey PA,Radhakrishnan R

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, nanoflower-like MoS2 grown on the surface of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)/polyaniline (PANI) nano-stem is synthesized via a facile in situ polymerization and hydrothermal method. Such a novel hierarchical structure commendably promotes the contact of PANI and electrolyte for faradaic energy sto...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Zhang R,Liao Y,Ye S,Zhu Z,Qian J

更新日期：2018-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cooperatively breeding vertebrates occur disproportionately in unpredictable environments, the underlying mechanism shaping this biogeographic pattern remains unclear. Cooperative breeding may buffer against harsh conditions (hard life hypothesis), or additionally allow for sustained breeding under benign con...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Guindre-Parker S,Rubenstein DR

更新日期：2018-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Declines in pollinator abundance and diversity are not only a conservation issue, but also a threat to crop pollination. Maintained infrastructure corridors, such as those containing electricity transmission lines, are potentially important wild pollinator habitat. However, there is a lack of evidence comparing the ab...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Hill B,Bartomeus I

更新日期：2016-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a novel way of using a dynamical model for predictive tracking control that can adapt to a wide range of delays without parameter update. This is achieved by incorporating the paradigm of anticipating synchronization (AS), where a 'slave' system predicts a 'master' via delayed self-feedback. By treating the...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Eberle H,Nasuto SJ,Hayashi Y

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial attractiveness is often studied on the basis of the internal facial features alone. This study investigated how this exclusion of the external features affects the perception of attractiveness. We studied the effects of two most commonly used methods of exclusion, where the shape of an occluding mask was define...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Hong Liu C,Chen W

更新日期：2018-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Our sense of depth perception is mediated by spatial filters at different scales in the visual brain; low spatial frequency channels provide the basis for coarse stereopsis, whereas high spatial frequency channels provide for fine stereopsis. It is well established that monocular blurring of vision results in decrease...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Li RW,So K,Wu TH,Craven AP,Tran TT,Gustafson KM,Levi DM

更新日期：2016-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Carminic acid, a natural hydrophilic dye extensively used in the food and cosmetic industries, is converted in hydrophobic dyes by acetylation or pivaloylation. These derivatives are successfully used as biocolourants for rubber objects. In this paper, spectroscopic properties of the carminic acid derivatives in dimet...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Gabrielli L,Origgi D,Zampella G,Bertini L,Bonetti S,Vaccaro G,Meinardi F,Simonutti R,Cipolla L

更新日期：2018-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce 14 articles published as part of the 'New talent' special collection of invited articles to showcase some of the exciting work being funded by the Royal Society. As Royal Society University Research Fellows or Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship holders, the contributors to this collection are rising stars in thei...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Sanders JKM,Stace A

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study proposes a probabilistic approach for the quantitative assessment of reach- and network-scale hydrological connectivity as dictated by river flow space-time variability. Spatial dynamics of daily streamflows are estimated based on climatic and morphological features of the contributing catchment, integratin...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Garbin S,Celegon EA,Fanton P,Botter G

更新日期：2019-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent study reported on a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in a largely Inuit village. Among newly infected individuals, exposure to additional active cases was associated with an increasing probability of developing active disease within a year. Using binomial risk models, we evaluated two potential mechanisms by which ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Ackley SF,Lee RS,Worden L,Zwick E,Porco TC,Behr MA,Pepperell CS

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In its natural habitat, the one-leaf plant Monophyllaea horsfieldii (Gesneriaceae) shows striking postural changes and dramatic loss of stability in response to intermittently occurring droughts. As the morphological, anatomical and biomechanical bases of these alterations are as yet unclear, we examined the influence...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Kampowski T,Mylo MD,Poppinga S,Speck T

更新日期：2018-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This article studies correlated two-person games constructed from games with independent players as proposed in Iqbal et al. (2016 R. Soc. open sci.3, 150477. (doi:10.1098/rsos.150477)). The games are played in a collective manner, both in a two-dimensional lattice where the players interact with their neighbours, and...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Alonso-Sanz R

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00