It is now widely accepted that global climate change is affecting many ecosystems around
the globe and that its impact is increasing rapidly. Many studies predict that impacts will …

Introduction Compliance with the ventilator care bundle affects the rate of ventilator-associated
pneumonia. It was not known, however, whether compliance with sepsis care bundles …

Inventors in the field of mechanical and electronic engineering can access multitudes of
components and, thanks to standardization, parts from different manufacturers can be used in …

Clonally transmissible cancers are somatic cell lineages that are spread between individuals
via the transfer of living cancer cells. There are only three known naturally occurring …

A major challenge in biology is to understand how buds comprising a few cells can give rise
to complex plant and animal appendages like leaves or limbs. We address this problem …

Laboratory measurements reveal the flow structure within and above a model seagrass
meadow (dynamically similar to Zostera marina) forced by progressive waves. Despite being …

Monitoring the response of wild mammal populations to threatening processes is fundamental
to effective conservation management. This is especially true for infectious diseases, …

Background Development of human resources for eye health (HReH) is a major focus of the
Global Action Plan 2014 to 2019 to reduce the prevalence of avoidable visual impairment …

A key challenge in evolutionary biology is to understand how new morphologies can arise
through changes in gene regulatory networks. For example, floral asymmetry is thought to …

Background The Tasmanian devil, the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial, is at risk of
extinction due to devil facial tumour disease (DFTD), a fatal contagious cancer. The Save the …