Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Human health

  1. Authors propose co-laborative ethics for microbiome research
    Analysis of ethical concerns in human microbiome research, proposing collaborative frameworks to address geographic bias, community exclusion, and underrepresentation of global researchers.
  2. PFOS detected rapidly with a dual-recognition chemiresistive sensor
    Chemiresistive sensor with molecularly imprinted polymer and fluorine-fluorine interactions achieves 1.3 ng·L⁻¹ detection of PFOS in environmental samples with validated accuracy.
  3. Deliciousness is framed as part of health and sustainability
    Paper examining deliciousness as integral to healthy and sustainable food systems, challenging frameworks that treat taste and pleasure as problematic in food justice and nutrition discourse.
  4. Ecological network balance index distinguishes healthy and dysbiotic gut states
    Ecological network balance index quantifies positive and negative microbial interactions as a marker of dysbiosis, differentiating health from disease states with mechanistic grounding.
  5. Summer ozone levels in Jilin were shaped by weather
    Study analyzing meteorological drivers of summer ground-level ozone in Jilin City (2020-2023) using WRF-CMAQ modeling and health risk assessment to identify atmospheric conditions affecting ozone.
  6. Trace mineral levels varied by species and time in free-living herbivores
    Long-term study establishing species-specific reference intervals for trace minerals and heavy metals in liver tissue of free-living herbivores at Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve in the.
  7. Authors reject support for global biodiversity catastrophe claims
    Critical analysis of the Living Planet Index and planetary boundary frameworks, arguing these metrics are methodologically inappropriate and misleading for guiding conservation practice and policy.