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NASA is studying fungi to keep space travelers safe on new worlds

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NASA is studying fungi to keep space travelers safe on new worlds

Human presence in closed habitats that may one day be used to explore other planets is associated with changes in the composition of the fungal community – the mycobiome – that grows on surfaces inside the habitat, according to researchers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech.

Microbiome 2017

MRSA emerged years before methicillin was even discovered

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MRSA emerged years before methicillin was even discovered

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) emerged long before the introduction of the antibiotic methicillin into clinical practice. It was the widespread use of earlier antibiotics such as penicillin rather than of methicillin itself which caused MRSA to emerge, researchers at the University of St Andrews, and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK suggest. 

Genome Biology 2017

Enter our “Research in Progress” photography competition

"Research in Progress" Photo Competition

Interested in science and photography? BMC has launched our first ever "Research in Progress" photography competition! We're looking for images that reflect innovation and curiosity from the perspective of our research communities. The winners will receive a cash prize and become part of the new look of BMC, with their photos featured on our website and printed materials. Enter by September 3rd.

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Open Access Funding Support Service

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Did you know that there almost 250 open access article processing charge (APC) funds available to researchers worldwide? At BioMed Central, we offer a free advice service to help our authors to discover and apply for funding. On our support pages you can find our OA checklist along with a list of research funders and institutions that make APC funding available.

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Retrospectively registered trials

Registered Trials

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The Editors’ dilemma

Prospective clinical trial registration aims to address publication and reporting bias. Unfortunately, not all clinical trials are registered before they start. Here we discuss the dilemma faced by editors when receiving submissions reporting a clinical trial that was not registered prospectively, and a new policy for increasing transparency when a trial was registered after participant recruitment has begun.

Citizen science: through the looking glass

Citizen science: through the looking glass

Citizen science: through the looking glass

In this blog, Poppy Lakeman Fraser, Senior Programme Coordinator for the Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) initiative, explains what citizen science actually is and how researchers rely on this form of data collection.

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