Global food demand places significant pressure on the environment and human societies, including land degradation, deforestation, water scarcity and food inequality. Sustainable agriculture is crucial…

The efficacy and safety of a drug is highly impacted not only by how it is designed, but also by how and where it is delivered. In recent years there has been significant progress in the formulation…

This Collection highlights some of PLOS Biology’s Meta-Research articles since 2016 as well as some of PLOS ONE’s articles over the past few years, all about “research on research,” or the…

Transparency in reporting and methodological rigor have received increasing interest in psychology and cognitive science. They are crucial ingredients in ensuring the replicability of our findings…

PLOS ONE is committed to pushing the boundaries of Open Science by improving the reproducibility and transparency of scientific research. Earlier this year we launched Lab Protocols in collaboration…

Issues on health care access have recently been put in sharp relief, as the current COVID-19 pandemic highlights the importance of strengthening health infrastructure and workforce around the world…

Domestication of wild animal and plant species may be considered the largest genetic experiment in human history. Human selection for specific traits and targeted breeding over hundreds or thousands…

Future opportunities to advance patient care include those linked with the development of new technologies for early tumour detection, since patients whose cancers are detected early may have better…

Radionuclides (the radioactive form of elements) have an extensive array of uses in scientific research – in archeology they can provide valuable timelines of past histories, while in nuclear…

In 2000, the UN adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which were intended to address key determinants of human health and welfare, including poverty, hunger, and disease. One of the MDGs…