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.

All Research Articles

4,121-4,140 of 5,773 ARTICLES
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11501.2
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Effect of PVP on the characteristic of modified membranes made from waste PET bottles for humic acid removal
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Muhammad Roil Bilad; Zuchra Helwani
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 16 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11310.1
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Noise-induced and age-related hearing loss:  new perspectives and potential therapies
[version 1; peer review: 4 approved]
Peer Reviewers Christoph Schreiner; Richard Salvi; Tobias Moser; Robert Fettiplace
  • Funder
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
PUBLISHED 16 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.10703.1
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Dietary assessment methods in epidemiological research: current state of the art and future prospects
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers David Allison; Rikard Landberg; Nancy Potischman
PUBLISHED 16 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11712.1
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A bipedal mammalian model for spinal cord injury research: The tammar wallaby
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Helen Marie Bramlett; Zoltan Varga
PUBLISHED 15 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11111.2
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A putative antiviral role of plant cytidine deaminases
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Pedro Gomez; Israel Pagán
  • Funders
  • European Social Fund
  • Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
  • Consejería de Economía, Innovación, Ciencia y Empleo, Junta de Andalucía
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 15 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.10783.2
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A very simple, re-executable neuroimaging publication
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Konrad Hinsen; Allan J. MacKenzie-Graham; Chao-Gan Yan; Ze Wang
  • Funder
  • National Institutes of Health
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 15 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11407.1
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Four simple recommendations to encourage best practices in research software
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Roberto Di Cosmo; Gregory V. Wilson; Stefanie Betz
  • Funders
  • ELIXIR-EXCELERATE
  • EMBL-ABR
  • Netherlands eScience Center
  • CORBEL
  • Software Sustainability Institute
PUBLISHED 13 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11751.1
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A community proposal to integrate proteomics activities in ELIXIR
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Felix Elortza; Chuming Chen
  • Funder
  • Horizon 2020
PUBLISHED 13 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.10445.1
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Recent advances in the understanding of renal inflammation and fibrosis in lupus nephritis
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Anne Davidson; Chaim Putterman
  • Funders
  • RGC General Research Fund
  • Yu Chiu Kwong Professorship in Medicine
  • Wai Hung Charitable Foundation Limited
  • UGC Matching Grant Scheme
PUBLISHED 13 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.9673.1
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Preliminary assessment of soil contamination by trace metals in peri-urban municipal landfills in Ibadan, Nigeria
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Mynepalli Sridhar; Chidozie C Nnaji
PUBLISHED 12 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11233.1
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Recent advances in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Nelson Chao; Voravit Ratanatharathorn
PUBLISHED 12 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.10427.2
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Insights for conducting real-time focus groups online using a web conferencing service
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Sarah Collard and Edwin Roland van Teijlingen; Marita Hefler
  • Funder
  • Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 12 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11438.2
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The dynamic upper limit of human lifespan
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Jean-Michel Gaillard; Michael R. Rose and Laurence D Mueller; James Vaupel and José Manuel Aburto
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 09 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.10692.1
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Molecular and phenotypic biomarkers of aging
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Eileen Crimmins; Alan Cohen; Kristina Endres
  • Funders
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • Max Planck Society
PUBLISHED 09 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11888.1
Retraction metrics NOT PEER REVIEWED
RETRACTION:  How blockchain-timestamped protocols could improve the trustworthiness of medical science
[version 1; peer review: not peer reviewed]
PUBLISHED 08 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11429.1
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Community and Code: Nine Lessons from Nine NESCent Hackathons
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Eva Amsen; Cameron Neylon
  • Funder
  • National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
PUBLISHED 06 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11221.1
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Screening and identification of novel biologically active natural compounds
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Roger G. Linington; Rolf Müller
PUBLISHED 05 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11057.1
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Immunosurveillance by human γδ T lymphocytes: the emerging role of butyrophilins
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers John Trowsdale; Richard D. Lopez
PUBLISHED 05 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.2-269.v2
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Understanding the association between chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6 and HIV disease: a cross-sectional study
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Susana N. Asin; Mario Clerici; David Camerini
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 01 Jun 2017
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11354.1
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MinION Analysis and Reference Consortium: Phase 2 data release and analysis of R9.0 chemistry
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Wigard P. Kloosterman and Jose Espejo Valle Inclan; Martin C. Frith; C. Titus Brown and Lisa Cohen
  • Funders
  • E o R Börjessons Foundation
  • Koerner Foundation
  • Brain Canada
  • National Human Genome Research Institute
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Rosetrees Trust
  • Antimicrobial Resistance Cross Council Initiative
  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
  • Genome British Columbia
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
  • National Science Foundation
PUBLISHED 31 May 2017
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