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

1,221-1,240 of 5,396 ARTICLES
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.107811.1
Systematic Review metrics
Coffee by-products as the source of antioxidants: a systematic review
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Emil Salim; Ghodratollah Panahi
PUBLISHED 23 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.28352.2
Method Article metrics
Revised
Methods for sequencing the pandemic: benefits of rapid or high-throughput processing
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Bronwyn L. MacInnis; Keith Crandall
  • Funders
  • Arizona Department of Health Services
  • The NARBHA institute
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 21 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51029.2
Method Article metrics
Revised
Numerical model for enhancing stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical microfibers
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Gand Ding Peng; Ahmad Ashrif A Bakar; Choon Kong Lai; Yu Gang Shee
  • Funder
  • Telekom Malaysia Berhad
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 17 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.75243.1
Software Tool Article metrics
SASCRiP: A Python workflow for preprocessing UMI count-based scRNA-seq data
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Fabiola Curion and Luke Zappia; Fangming Xie
  • Funder
  • National Research Foundation
PUBLISHED 15 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.108733.1
Research Article metrics
In silico screening of chloroquine analogues for compounds with more affinity for the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine transporter as potential antimalarial drugs
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers David A. Fidock; Rajalakshmanan Eswaramoorthy
PUBLISHED 15 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.74041.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Rice husk and melaleuca biochar additions reduce soil CH4 and N2O emissions and increase soil physicochemical properties
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Azeem Tariq; Bui Truong Tho
  • Funder
  • This study was funded by the Can Tho University Improvement Project VN14-P6, Japanese ODA loan. The authors declare no competing financial interests.
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 15 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27763.2
Brief Report metrics
Revised
Runcer-Necromancer: a method to rescue data from an interrupted run on MGISEQ-2000
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Simon Andrews; Sergey Knyazev
  • Funder
  • Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 14 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.55156.5
Brief Report metrics
Revised
Impact on carbon emissions of online study for a cohort of overseas students: A retrospective cohort study
[version 5; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Vincent Tawiah; Andy Lane and Sally Caird; Geoffrey R Browne
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 14 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52152.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Students’ perception of online learning amidst the Covid-19 pandemic: A study of junior, senior high school and college students in a remote area
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Xuesong Gao; Reza Rachmadtullah
  • Funder
  • Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Tarutung
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 14 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52317.1
Software Tool Article metrics AWAITING PEER REVIEW
PressPurt: network sensitivity to press perturbations under interaction uncertainty
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Peer Reviewers Invited
  • Funder
  • National Science Foundation
PUBLISHED 11 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.108496.1
Research Article metrics
Effect of microfluidic rectangular microelectrode geometry on bioparticles manipulation in dielectrophoretic application
[version 1; peer review: 4 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Reda Abdelbaset; Mengren Wu; Adil Mustafa; Karina Torres-Castro
  • Funder
  • Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
PUBLISHED 11 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26550.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
A novel genotyping method to determine copy number in a mouse line commonly used for inducible transgene expression in brain and spinal cord
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Virginia Lee and Mandana Hunter; Keiichi Ishihara; Sandy S. Pineda
  • Funders
  • Medical Research Council
  • Motor Neurone Disease Association
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 10 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.74570.2
Review metrics
Revised
Contribution of BCR-ABL molecular variants and leukemic stem cells in response and resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors: a review
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Ala-Eddin Al Moustafa; Pinar Arslan
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 09 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.107925.1
Software Tool Article metrics
NIFtHool: an informatics program for identification of NifH proteins using deep neural networks
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Juan Onofre Orozco-López; Lorena Isabel Barona López
PUBLISHED 09 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26452.1
Software Tool Article metrics
Lessons learned in virulence factor identification and data management from a hackathon on microbial virulence
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Rick Stevens and James Davis; Kevin Tyler
  • Funders
  • Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  • Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
  • Intramural Research Program of the National Library of Medicine
PUBLISHED 09 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.108826.1
Case Study metrics
Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment—A green-building rating system for catalysing climate-change mitigation/adaptation in India
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Hina Zia; Walaa S.E. Ismaeel
PUBLISHED 07 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.28225.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Human Proteinase 3, an important autoantigen of c-ANCA associated vasculitis, shares cross-reactive epitopes with serine protease allergens from mites: an in silico analysis
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Chandrabose Selvaraj; Tomas Erban; Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Funder
  • Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento para la Ciencia, la Tecnología y la Innovación
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 03 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.75856.1
Review metrics
Food supplements to complement brain functioning: the benefits of a combination of magnesium, folic acid, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved]
Peer Reviewers Ned D Heindel
  • Funder
  • Unconditioned grant from Angelini Pharma S.p.A., Rome, Italy (for editorial assistance)
PUBLISHED 03 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.72808.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Student biocuration projects as a learning environment
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Nicole A. Vasilevsky; Anna Delprato
  • Funders
  • National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre
  • Alzheimer’s Research UK
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 02 Feb 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.54445.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Accumulation of essential (copper, iron, zinc) and non-essential (lead, cadmium) heavy metals in Caulerpa racemosa, sea water, and marine sediments of Bintan Island, Indonesia
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Ong Meng Chuan; Zainal Abidin Muchlisin
  • Funders
  • Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture
  • Raja Ali Haji Maritime University
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 01 Feb 2022
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