Search Results - "Royal Society open science"

Susceptibility to misinformation about COVID-19 around the world by Roozenbeek, Jon, Schneider, Claudia R, Dryhurst, Sarah, Kerr, John, Freeman, Alexandra L J, Recchia, Gabriel, van der Bles, Anne Marthe, van der Linden, Sander

“…Misinformation about COVID-19 is a major threat to public health. Using five national samples from the UK ( 1050 and 1150), Ireland ( = 700), the USA ( = 700),…”
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Changes in risk perception and self-reported protective behaviour during the first week of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States by Wise, Toby, Zbozinek, Tomislav D, Michelini, Giorgia, Hagan, Cindy C, Mobbs, Dean

“…Efforts to change behaviour are critical in minimizing the spread of highly transmissible pandemics such as COVID-19. However, it is unclear whether…”
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Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles by Cai, Chenyang, Tihelka, Erik, Giacomelli, Mattia, Lawrence, John F, Ślipiński, Adam, Kundrata, Robin, Yamamoto, Shûhei, Thayer, Margaret K, Newton, Alfred F, Leschen, Richard A B, Gimmel, Matthew L, Lü, Liang, Engel, Michael S, Bouchard, Patrice, Huang, Diying, Pisani, Davide, Donoghue, Philip C J

“…Beetles constitute the most biodiverse animal order with over 380 000 described species and possibly several million more yet unnamed. Recent phylogenomic…”
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Determining consistent prognostic biomarkers of overall survival and vascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma by Menyhárt, Otília, Nagy, Ádám, Győrffy, Balázs

“…Potential prognostic biomarker candidates for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are abundant, but their generalizability is unexplored. We cross-validated markers…”
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Communicating uncertainty about facts, numbers and science by van der Bles, Anne Marthe, van der Linden, Sander, Freeman, Alexandra L J, Mitchell, James, Galvao, Ana B, Zaval, Lisa, Spiegelhalter, David J

“…Uncertainty is an inherent part of knowledge, and yet in an era of contested expertise, many shy away from openly communicating their uncertainty about what…”
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Microplastics and synthetic particles ingested by deep-sea amphipods in six of the deepest marine ecosystems on Earth by Jamieson, A J, Brooks, L S R, Reid, W D K, Piertney, S B, Narayanaswamy, B E, Linley, T D

“…While there is now an established recognition of microplastic pollution in the oceans, and the detrimental effects this may have on marine animals, the ocean…”
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The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris by Woodall, Lucy C., Sanchez-Vidal, Anna, Canals, Miquel, Paterson, Gordon L.J., Coppock, Rachel, Sleight, Victoria, Calafat, Antonio, Rogers, Alex D., Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E., Thompson, Richard C.

“…Marine debris, mostly consisting of plastic, is a global problem, negatively impacting wildlife, tourism and shipping. However, despite the durability of…”
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Greener synthesis of chemical compounds and materials by Kharissova, Oxana V, Kharisov, Boris I, Oliva González, César Máximo, Méndez, Yolanda Peña, López, Israel

“…Modern trends in the greener synthesis and fabrication of inorganic, organic and coordination compounds, materials, nanomaterials, hybrids and nanocomposites…”
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Thioflavin T as an amyloid dye: fibril quantification, optimal concentration and effect on aggregation by Xue, Christine, Lin, Tiffany Yuwen, Chang, Dennis, Guo, Zhefeng

“…Formation of amyloid fibrils underlies a wide range of human disorders, including Alzheimer's and prion diseases. The amyloid fibrils can be readily detected…”
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Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue under natural sunlight using iron titanate nanoparticles prepared by a modified sol-gel method by Vasiljevic, Z Z, Dojcinovic, M P, Vujancevic, J D, Jankovic-Castvan, I, Ognjanovic, M, Tadic, N B, Stojadinovic, S, Brankovic, G O, Nikolic, M V

“…The aim of this work was to synthesize semiconducting oxide nanoparticles using a simple method with low production cost to be applied in natural sunlight for…”
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The natural selection of bad science by Smaldino, Paul E., McElreath, Richard

“…Poor research design and data analysis encourage false-positive findings. Such poor methods persist despite perennial calls for improvement, suggesting that…”
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Challenges and opportunities associated with waste management in India by Kumar, Sunil, Smith, Stephen R., Fowler, Geoff, Velis, Costas, Kumar, S. Jyoti, Arya, Shashi, Rena, Kumar, Rakesh, Cheeseman, Christopher

“…India faces major environmental challenges associated with waste generation and inadequate waste collection, transport, treatment and disposal. Current systems…”
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MiFish, a set of universal PCR primers for metabarcoding environmental DNA from fishes: detection of more than 230 subtropical marine species by Miya, M., Sato, Y., Fukunaga, T., Sado, T., Poulsen, J. Y., Sato, K., Minamoto, T., Yamamoto, S., Yamanaka, H., Araki, H., Kondoh, M., Iwasaki, W.

“…We developed a set of universal PCR primers (MiFish-U/E) for metabarcoding environmental DNA (eDNA) from fishes. Primers were designed using aligned whole…”
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The dispersal of planet-forming discs: theory confronts observations by Ercolano, Barbara, Pascucci, Ilaria

“…Discs of gas and dust around million-year-old stars are a by-product of the star formation process and provide the raw material to form planets. Hence, their…”
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Video game play is positively correlated with well-being by Johannes, Niklas, Vuorre, Matti, Przybylski, Andrew K

“…People have never played more video games, and many stakeholders are worried that this activity might be bad for players. So far, research has not had adequate…”
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Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world's mammals by Ripple, William J., Abernethy, Katharine, Betts, Matthew G., Chapron, Guillaume, Dirzo, Rodolfo, Galetti, Mauro, Levi, Taal, Lindsey, Peter A., Macdonald, David W., Machovina, Brian, Newsome, Thomas M., Peres, Carlos A., Wallach, Arian D., Wolf, Christopher, Young, Hillary

“…Terrestrial mammals are experiencing a massive collapse in their population sizes and geographical ranges around the world, but many of the drivers, patterns…”
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A computational method for sharp interface advection by Roenby, Johan, Bredmose, Henrik, Jasak, Hrvoje

“…We devise a numerical method for passive advection of a surface, such as the interface between two incompressible fluids, across a computational mesh. The…”
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Scaling the phase-planes of social dilemma strengths shows game-class changes in the five rules governing the evolution of cooperation by Ito, Hiromu, Tanimoto, Jun

“…Game theory has been extensively applied to help explain how cooperative behaviour is promoted in human and animal societies. How do humans and animals…”
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High-redshift star formation in the Atacama large millimetre/submillimetre array era by Hodge, J A, da Cunha, E

“…The Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) is currently in the process of transforming our view of star-forming galaxies in the distant ( )…”
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Processing political misinformation: comprehending the Trump phenomenon by Swire, Briony, Berinsky, Adam J., Lewandowsky, Stephan, Ecker, Ullrich K. H.

“…This study investigated the cognitive processing of true and false political information. Specifically, it examined the impact of source credibility on the…”
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