The latest PLoS Podcast discusses research by Brian Pasley et al., in which the authors are able to reconstruct words that humans listened to by analyzing neural activity patterns in their auditory cortex. PLoS Biology editor Ruchir Shah discusses with the authors the implications of this research for prosthetics, as well as for “mind-reading”.
This synopsis describes how, in response to sudden environmental stress, B. subtilis cells can defer sporulation for multiple cell cycles using a pulsed positive feedback loop. Read more in the related research article by Michael Elowitz and colleagues.
Conservation corridors are a promising intervention to preserve biodiversity, yet most research has explored corridors in a landscape context different from their intended purpose. This community page asks readers to assist with identifying landscapes to help answer the question: Do corridors work?
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This primer, discussing research by David Moreno-Mateos et al., describes how the science of ecological restoration involves building the technical understanding needed to restore damaged ecosystems, such as wetlands, which provide critical services needed to support human health and economic well-being.
This synopsis explains how cyclic oscillations in the level of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate in phagosomes, regulated by two phosphoinositide kinases and one phosphatase, are critical for phagosome maturation and degradation of apoptotic cells. Read the related research article by Zheng Zhou and colleagues.
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