Manuel Spitschan, Nayantara Santhi ... Rhiannon White
Research on human sleep and circadian physiology exhibits a bias towards male subjects, creating a sex data gap which holds potential real-world impact and requires concerted effort to close.
Antibodies targeting the protein that causes placental malaria can recognise multiple variants of the protein, which may help guide the development of new vaccines to protect pregnant women from malaria.
Emil Bargmann Madsen, Mathias Wullum Nielsen ... Jens Peter Andersen
The gender gap in publication productivity has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, with potential implications for the careers of women working in research.
In this episode, we hear about contagious cancer in clams, pregnancy and evolution in humans, how a taste for cereals preceded farming, ultraviolet patterns in sunflowers, and the eLife Ambassador Programme
Body-motion sensors can be used to study non-invasively how animals sleep in the wild, opening up exciting opportunities for comparative analyses across species.
