Colony collapse disorder (CCD) has puzzled beekeepers and entomologists alike since it first emerged in the US in the autumn of 2006. Its hallmark is that colonies are apparently abandoned without significant numbers of dead bees being found. Similar problems were then also found in the UK and other European countries (Curr. Biol. 18, R1073). The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) has now re...

Sepsis is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection [1]. Sepsis syndrome represents the body’s host response to infection. Classically, sepsis has been defined and classified as systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis and septic shock based on diagnostic criteria derived from the systemic response to inflammation (Figure 1)....

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s from Papers NASA’s New Breakup Model of EVOLVE 4.0 33rd Scientific Assembly of COSPAR N. Johnson, P. Krisko, J.-C. Liou, P. AnzMeador Analyses of the fragmentation (due to explosions and collisions) of spacecraft and rocket bodies in low Earth orbit (LEO) have been performed this year at NASA/JSC. The overall goals of this study have been to achieve a better understanding of the results of fr...

There was euphoria amongst many delegates to last month's UN climate change conference in Montreal as countries struck a deal at the twelfth hour, but many researchers are concerned that a major study on the degree to which greenhouse gases need to be reduced to stabilise climate is still pressing. " Without an agreement on what level of climate change is 'dangerous' world leaders risk losing s...

Yeast apoptosis debate continues east, as a unicellular organism, would seem to benefit most from self-preservation. But yeast altruism, in the form of apoptosis, is a new-found, if controversial, field of study. Many doubt the validity of experiments supporting programmed cell death in yeast and call for better controls. In this issue, the debate continues with two new articles that suggest th...

In recent years, numerous groups of investigators have reported primary aldosteronism (PAL) to be much more common than previously thought.1–4 This has followed recognition of the aldosterone/renin ratio (ARR) as an improved, more sensitive method of screening for PAL and the application of ARR testing to a wider population, to include normokalemic, as well as hypokalemic, hypertensive subjects...

Mini-Monograph series this year, instead publishing more Review articles on topics that might once have been covered by Mini-Monographs. Here, we explain that decision and give some historical perspective on the Mini-Monographs. EHP was begun in 1972 by David P. Rall, then director of the NIEHS. In addition to publishing original research articles, the journal was intended as a means of publish...

Figure 1. Key performance indicators for Advanced Science during the first years. Table 1 presents the highest cited papers in 2016 (published in 2014 and 2015) which will be the main driving force for the next ISI impact factor. Popular topics include solar cells, batteries, but also photocatalysts, metal-organic frameworks, and hydrogel composites. Since the journal was included in PubMedCent...