Male nursery web spiders (Pisaura mirabilis) prepare silk-wrapped gifts to give to potential mates. Most gifts contain insects, but some gifts are inedible plant seeds or empty exoskeletons left after the prey has already ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 13, 2011
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The blind Mexican cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) have not only lost their sight but have adapted to perpetual darkness by also losing their pigment (albinism) and having altered sleep patterns. New research published in BioMed ...
Evolution
Jan 22, 2012
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In the absence of eyes, the fresh water polyp, Hydra magnipapillata, nevertheless reacts to light. They are diurnal, hunting during the day, and are known to move, looping end over end, or contract, in response to light. ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 4, 2012
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Ultraviolet vision evolved at least eight times in birds from a common violet sensitive ancestor finds a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. All of these are due to single nucleotide ...
Evolution
Feb 10, 2013
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The parasitic mite Varroa destructor is a major contributor to the recent mysterious death of honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology finds that specific ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2012
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It is well known that plant growth patterns are influenced by a variety of stimuli, gravity being one amongst many. On Earth plant roots exhibit characteristic behaviours called 'waving' and 'skewing', which were thought ...
Biotechnology
Dec 7, 2012
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Pigeons, flamingos and male emperor penguins are all able to produce "milk" in their crop to feed their chicks. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Genomics uses new technology to study the genes ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2011
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The idea of taking a mature cell and removing its identity (nuclear reprogramming) so that it can then become any kind of cell, holds great promise for repairing damaged tissue or replacing bone marrow after chemotherapy. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 29, 2012
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Achieving the best performance from a horse is the goal of not just professional riders, but also the millions of amateur and hobby riders all over the world. A new article published in BioMed Central's open access journal ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 26, 2012
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Male fiddler crabs tread an evolutionary fine line between growing an enlarged claw better for signalling to females or one better for fighting finds research in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 16, 2013
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BioMed Central (BMC) is a UK-based for-profit scientific publisher specializing in open access publication. BMC publishes over 180 scientific journals, and describes itself as the first and largest open access science publisher. BMC sister companies publish the Chemistry Central and PhysMath Central journals. The Chairman is Vitek Tracz and the Publisher is Matt Cockerill.
Most titles are open access, including its flagship journals Journal of Biology, Molecular Cancer Malaria Journal, the innovative Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine and the BMC journal series including the leading titles BMC Biology and BMC Medicine. Others are open access for the research articles portion only, such as Genome Biology, Arthritis Research & Therapy, Breast Cancer Research, andCritical Care. Some review titles, such as Current Opinion in Drug Discovery & Development are entirely subscription based. Open access content is released under the Creative Commons "Attribution" license which grants permission to reuse publications and produce derivative work.
In October 2008, it was announced that BMC, Chemistry Central, and PhysMath Central, had been acquired by Springer Science+Business Media. Previously, since its creation, the company was part of Science Navigation Group, chaired by Vitek Tracz, which also owns The Scientist (a popular science magazine—the daily news section is free access; the remainder is by subscription), Faculty of 1000 (a subscription-only current awareness service highlighting recent biological research), Global DataPoint, People's Archive and, in the past, two other companies which had previously been acquired by Springer, Images.MD (a medical image database) and Current Medicine.
In November 2008, BMC became an official supporting organisation of HIFA2015 (Healthcare Information For All by 2015).
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