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February 11, 2025
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09/24/2025
Mental Health & Aging
Ho and Fuller-Thompson examine the factors associated with improvements in physical and mental wellness in old ager adults, finding that social connection and psychological health are associated with regaining optimal wellness in later life.
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09/17/2025
Veterinary
Belshaw and colleagues examine the benefits and challenges of dog ownership on both the primary caregiver and children following an increase in dog ownership during the COVID-19 pandemic, where new puppy owners hoped this would improve their mental health.
Image credit: Lab Puppy 'Nala' by Jerry Frausto, CC BY 2.0
09/22/2025
Publishing
Rao and Colleagues address the challenge of detecting Large-Language-Model (LLM) generated peer reviews by injecting multiple prompts into the paper's PDF, which they then search for references in the generated review, with high statistical success. This offers a potential solution to the one of the many issues posed by Artificial Intelligence impacting the publishing process.
Image credit: Artificial Intelligence by Gerd Altmann , Pixabay
09/18/2025
Sociology
Ailshire and colleagues find that state-level education quality fully accounts for the higher prevalence of dementia in the US South. This suggests education explains regional disparities in dementia and cognitive impairment, and educational environment matters more than educational attainment.
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09/28/2025
EveryONE
In this interview, On World Rabies Day, PLOS One Academic Editor Dr. Zinia T. Nujum shares her perspectives on this year’s theme, “Act Now: You, Me, Community”.
09/16/2025
EveryONE
In this interview, PLOS One Academic Editor Dr Bhardwaj shares how the natural world inspires his research, how it translates into benefits for communities and landscapes, and provides advice for early-career researchers.
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07/24/2025
The Official PLOS Blog
PLOS issued this press release talking about Swindles and colleagues' study which identified the optimal conditions for peat formation and sustained growth using lessons from the past.
09/26/2025
Marine Ecology
Mouy and colleagues quantified Killer Whale acoustic detection ranges.
09/24/2025
psychology
Lavan and colleagues find AI and human voices sound about equally real.
09/24/2025
Contraception and HIV Prevention
Shamu and colleagues explore facilitators and barriers to contraception use.
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09/24/2025
Taxonomy
Hamer and colleagues described three new species for Strumigenys using micro-CT scanning.
This collection highlights how omics advances have transformed our understanding of tumor progression and metastasis.
This collection explores the link between climate justice and gender justice, highlighting efforts toward gender-equitable, climate-resilient development in the Global South.
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