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Vessel speed restrictions to protect North Atlantic right whales – Author Interview

Vessel speed restrictions to protect North Atlantic right whales – Author Interview

by PeerJ Staff | Jul 1, 2014 | regular

In an effort to protect the 500 remaining North Atlantic right whales alive today, a NOAA regulation required large vessels to reduce speed in areas seasonally occupied by the whales. A recently published PeerJ article showed that the policy of notifying speeding...
You can’t teach speed – Interview with an Author

You can’t teach speed – Interview with an Author

by PeerJ Staff | Jun 26, 2014 | regular

Today we published a study that might put an end to the debate about the existence of innate talent. ‘You can’t teach speed: sprinters falsify the deliberate practice model of expertise’ indicates that training is crucial, but innate talent is...
Macroinvertebrate community structure – Author Interview

Macroinvertebrate community structure – Author Interview

by PeerJ Staff | Jun 26, 2014 | regular

Right after his paper – looking at the drivers of community structure and macroinvertebrate community metrics in New Zealand – had been accepted for publication in PeerJ, Jonathan Tonkin shared the news with the community. We were very happy to hear he had...
Cell Phones Reflect Our Personal Microbiome – Author Interview

Cell Phones Reflect Our Personal Microbiome – Author Interview

by PeerJ Staff | Jun 24, 2014 | regular

Yesterday, James Meadow told us how happy he was, having chosen PeerJ to publish his previous research on skin microbiome and roller-derby. He’s back today—happier than ever—as we publish his new research on skin microbiome and cell phones! In...
Facelock – a new type of password –  Author Interview

Facelock – a new type of password – Author Interview

by PeerJ Staff | Jun 24, 2014 | regular

What if we could use an authentication system that doesn’t require the user to remember a password? Rob Jenkins and his colleagues made this possible by creating a new type of authentication system based on face recognition. Their article ‘Facelock:...
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