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

1,941-1,960 of 5,774 ARTICLES
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.25148.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
First draft genome assembly of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria
[version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Uwe Homberg; Surya Saha; Joshua B. Benoit
  • Funders
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • University of Pretoria
  • KU Leuven
  • Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
  • Universiteit Gent
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
  • National Science Foundation
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 21 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52549.1
Method Article metrics
Supervised topic modeling for predicting molecular substructure from mass spectrometry
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Joe Wandy; Hunter N B Moseley
  • Funder
  • National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 19 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.16169.3
Research Article metrics
Revised
A thermodynamic description for physiological transmembrane transport
[version 3; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Kyle C.A. Wedgwood; Moisés Santillán
  • Funder
  • PAPIIT-UNAM
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 19 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52676.1
Opinion Article metrics
Rationality over fashion and hype in drug design
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Bruno O. Viloutreix; Maria Sorokina
  • Funder
  • DGAPA-PASPA
PUBLISHED 18 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.50850.3
Research Article metrics
Revised
Identifying potential drug targets and candidate drugs for COVID-19: biological networks and structural modeling approaches
[version 3; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Sugunadevi Sakkiah; Dhurvas C. Dinesh; Turanli Beste
  • Funders
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  • Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
  • Concordia University
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • MITACS Global Research
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 17 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.28260.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Effectiveness of turmeric-enriched pellets to improve the immunity of Clarias batrachus toward motile Aeromonas septicemia disease
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Christopher Marlowe Caipang; Indra Junaidi Zakaria
  • Funder
  • Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Universitas Riau
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 17 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.28040.1
Research Article metrics
Virtual screening of curcumin analogues as DYRK2 inhibitor: Pharmacophore analysis, molecular docking and dynamics, and ADME prediction
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Mohd Athar; Hrvoje Rimac
  • Funders
  • Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, Republic of Indonesia
  • Bandung Institute of Technology
PUBLISHED 17 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26615.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
The varying openness of digital open science tools
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Björn Brembs; Chris H. J. Hartgerink
  • Funder
  • Economic and Social Research Council
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 17 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52693.1
Research Article metrics
Evidence of misuse of nonparametric tests in the presence of heteroscedasticity within obesity research
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Joscha Krause; Rand R Wilcox
  • Funder
  • National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 17 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.23593.2
Study Protocol metrics
Revised
Evaluating adults’ health-related values and preferences about unprocessed red meat and processed meat consumption: protocol for a cross-sectional mixed-methods study
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Mary Dicklin and Kevin Maki; Tomás Meroño
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 13 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52210.1
Research Article metrics
Uropathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern: A retrospective study in a district level hospital in Western Nepal
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations, 2 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Gianluigi Franci; Piyush Rhajbhandari; Adhi Kristianto Sugianli; José Molina-López
PUBLISHED 11 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52178.1
Brief Report metrics
Multi-modality detection of SARS-CoV-2 in faecal donor samples for transplantation and in asymptomatic emergency surgical admissions
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Jonathan Landy; James Kinross
  • Funders
  • Cancer Research UK
  • Birmingham Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre
  • CRUK Centre Birmingham
PUBLISHED 11 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.23547.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Human umbilical cord blood-mesenchymal stem cell-derived secretome in combination with atorvastatin enhances endothelial progenitor cells proliferation and migration
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Anwar Santoso; Anwar Tandar
  • Funder
  • Prodia Education and Research Institute
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 10 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27500.2
Opinion Article metrics
Revised
The need for standardisation in life science research - an approach to excellence and trust.
[version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers David Nickerson; Laurent Falquet; Antonella Lanati
  • Funder
  • Horizon 2020
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 10 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51433.1
Case Report metrics
Case Report: Guitarist’s cramp as the initial manifestation of dopa-responsive dystonia with a novel heterozygous GCH1 mutation
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Hiroshi Ichinose; Taku Hatano; Juei-Jueng Lin
  • Funders
  • The Kawano Masanori Memorial Foundation for Promotion of Pediatrics
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
PUBLISHED 07 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52141.1
Software Tool Article metrics AWAITING PEER REVIEW
Restriction site-associated DNA from Python-implemented Digestion Simulations (RApyDS): a companion tool for RAD sequencing experimental design
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Peer Reviewers Invited
  • Funder
  • Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology
PUBLISHED 07 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51874.1
Research Article metrics
Horizontal transfer and evolution of wall teichoic acid gene cassettes in Bacillus subtilis
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Jeffrey B. Jones; José Escudero; Patrick Eichenberger
  • Funders
  • IARPA
  • Office of the Director of National Intelligence
PUBLISHED 07 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51407.1
Case Report metrics
Case Report: A five-year follow up after pediatric renal transplantation using flow cytometry crossmatch and HLA immunophenotyping based on DNA for screening test
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Ali Ersin Zumrutbas; Nur Rasyid; Nicolas Guillaume; Shigeo Horie
PUBLISHED 06 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.28187.1
Method Article metrics
Validity and reliability of method used to analyse hair cortisol concentration
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Yolanda B. de Rijke; Gabriela Berg and Bibiana Fabre
PUBLISHED 06 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27952.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Cytotoxic T cells response with decreased CD4/CD8 ratio during mammary tumors inhibition in rats induced by non-contact electric fields
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Bilgin Keserci; Elfahmi Elfahmi
  • Funders
  • Ctech Labs Edwar Technology
  • Indonesian Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 04 May 2021
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