Natural Sciences

Natural sciences comprises the branches of science which aim to describe and understand the fundamental processes and phenomena that define our natural world, including both life sciences and physical sciences.

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381-400 of 5,647 ARTICLES
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.165637.1
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MAXEM: A New Pseudo-Random Number Generating Algorithm with Implementation of Modulo Arithmetic, XORShift, and Entropy Modulation
[version 1; peer review: 2 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Pierre L'Ecuyer; Ran Zhang
PUBLISHED 15 Jul 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.151954.2
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Absent in Melanoma 2 Gene Associated Periodontitis and Coronary Heart Disease
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Athraa Ali Mahmood; Paras Ahmad; Snophia Suresh
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 14 Jul 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.160148.4
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Heavy Metal Contamination: Sources, Health Impacts, and Sustainable Mitigation Strategies with Insights from Nigerian Case Studies
[version 4; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Rupesh Kumar; Qudrat Ullah; Muyiwa Michael Orosun
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 11 Jul 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.163833.1
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LitSieve: An integrated literature search and triage tool for biocuration
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Kim Rutherford
  • Funders
  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory
  • HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
PUBLISHED 11 Jul 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.165017.1
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The Theory of Observational Relativity Serial Report 1: A New Theory with Significant Discoveries
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Jackson Levi Said; Vinod Kumar Bhardwaj
PUBLISHED 09 Jul 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.163839.1
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Amino Acid and Fatty Acid Profiles of Black Soldier Fly Larvae Meal Reared on Rice Bran, Milk Waste, and Slaughterhouse Waste Combined Substrate Under Different Processing Methods
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers pria sembada
  • Funder
  • Directorate of Research and Community Services, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang 65145, Indonesia
PUBLISHED 08 Jul 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.163113.1
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The effect of GeoGebra integrated instruction on students’ learning of the quadratic function concept
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Zutaah Puotier; Torang Siregar; Irvan Irvan
PUBLISHED 07 Jul 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.159115.2
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The first mitochondrial genome of Haemagogus equinus from Jamaica
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Din Syafruddin and Puji Budi Setia Asih; Craig Wilding; Alexey Makunin
  • Funders
  • NSF-Accelerator Project D-688: Computing the Biome
  • Global Infectious Diseases Research Training Program
  • Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute and Bloomberg Philanthropies
  • University at Buffalo Clinical and Translational Science Institute
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 02 Jul 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.164319.1
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Improving rigor and reproducibility in chromatin immunoprecipitation assay data analysis workflows with Rocketchip
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Zhengyao Shao; Karol Bomsztyk
  • Funders
  • Rett Syndrome Research Trust
  • Autism Science Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 25 Jun 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.163152.1
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Leveraging Synthetic Data to Validate a Benchmark Study for Differential Abundance Tests for 16S Microbiome Sequencing Data 
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Aaron W Miller; Graziano Pesole and Giuseppe Defazio
PUBLISHED 25 Jun 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.149263.3
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Recent advances in the design of SERS substrates and sensing systems for (bio)sensing applications: Systems from single cell to single molecule detection
[version 3; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Nabadweep Chamuah; Debasmita Mondal; Ranjan Ganguly
  • Funder
  • Science and Engineering Research Board
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 24 Jun 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.160650.2
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APF-YOLOV8: Enhancing Multiscale Detection and Intra-Class Variance Handling for UAV-Based Insulator Power Line Inspections
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Jeya prakash Kadambarajan; Md Sabid Hasan and Md Mostafizur Rahman Komol
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 23 Jun 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.154432.2
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Deep learning neural network development for the classification of bacteriocin sequences produced by lactic acid bacteria
[version 2; peer review: 4 approved]
Peer Reviewers John J. Georrge; Alaa Kareem Niamah; Ismail Erol; Cristóbal Joel González-Pérez
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 20 Jun 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.162911.2
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Region-wise landmarks-based feature extraction employing SIFT, SURF, and ORB feature descriptors to recognize Monozygotic twins from 2D/3D Facial Images
[version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Dhimas Tribuana; Muhammad Arslan Rauf; Siew Chin Chong
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 20 Jun 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.164918.1
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Impact of industrial wastewater on the microbiome and resistome of waterbodies: a systematic review
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Peer Reviewers Invited
PUBLISHED 19 Jun 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.74223.2
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ALL-IN meta-analysis: breathing life into living systematic reviews and prospective meta-analyses
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Junfeng Wang; Ewelina Rogozinska; Shubhendu Trivedi
  • Funder
  • Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 19 Jun 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.164796.1
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The Limits of AI in Understanding Emotions: Challenges in Bridging Human Experience and Machine Perception
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Peer Reviewers Invited
  • Funder
  • Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
PUBLISHED 13 Jun 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.160217.2
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A guide to selecting high-performing antibodies for Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD1) (UniProt ID: O00767) for use in western blot, immunoprecipitation, and immunofluorescence
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Cecilia Williams and Matilda Holm; Michael L. Garelja; Deborah Moshinsky
  • Funders
  • Ontario Genomics
  • Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
  • Génome Québec
  • Mitacs
  • Genome Canada
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 13 Jun 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.162496.1
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Generation of human iPSC-derived pancreatic organoids to study pancreas development and disease
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 3 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Christof Westenfelder; Ilse Rooman; Maria Cristina Nostro; Mostafa Bakhti and Christos Karampelias; Naoki Tanimizu
  • Funders
  • National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research
  • Wellcome Trust PhD programme PhD studentship
PUBLISHED 10 Jun 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.149829.2
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Quantification of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 in dried blood spots as compared to plasma among Indian adults
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Christopher T Sempos; Katarzyna Dzik; Y S Phaneendra Mallimoggala
  • Funder
  • National Institute on Aging
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 06 Jun 2025
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