Schleifer and colleagues show that increased fatty acid content leads to increased mortality and reduced consumption in honey bees, and that they can distinguish different types and quantities of fatty acids using their antennae. Image credit: Bees by Dave, Pixabay.
Stantis and colleagues show how local tap water isotope heterogeneity impacts the precision of forensic geolocation in a systematic and somewhat predictable way, with variation tending to be largest in cities across the western USA.
Image credit: Fig 4 by Stantis et al. Vickers and colleagues present the development of a novel methodology using a large-scale international network of a broad and diverse set of scientists to assess scientific opinions.
Using a simple survey-based approach they achieve a high response rate, with the potential for significant scale-up , high repeatability and diverse applications. Image credit: Balloon by Stefan Schweihofer, Pixabay. Tong and colleagues highlight barriers to the implementation of an insulin patient decision aid, designed to increase health literacy and promote patient-centered care for diabetes treatment.
Image credit: Stethoscope by Parentingupstream, Pixabay. Image credit: Dr. Yash Gupta by Dr. Maria Bergh by Dr. Image credit: Slot machine by LoggaWiggler, Pixabay. Image credit: Doctor by Tung Nguyen, Pixabay. Image credit: Baboon by xiSerge, Pixabay. Borad, M. D, highlights research on the biology and epidemiology of rare cancers, and promising approaches for diagnosis and treatment.
