Metabolic activation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene; a case for ROS-induced cell damage by Amma Gyapomah Adomako-Bonsu, Jana Jacobsen, Edmund Maser

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Another challenge for scientists by Covarrubias David, Schmidt Christian, Naqvi Hassan R, Christian Laura M, Mathur Shawn

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>By nature, scientists contribute to our understanding of nature and ourselves. …”
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Dossier : « À propos des relations natures/sociétés » − The shift toward social-ecological systems perspectives: insights into the human-nature relationship by Schoon Michael, van der Leeuw Sander

“…This study examines how social and natural scientists converged on a new ontological approach to science. …”
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Selective Inhibition of Human AKR1B10 by <i>n</i>-Humulone, Adhumulone and Cohumulone Isolated from <i>Humulus lupulus</i> Extract by Jan Moritz Seliger, Serhat Sezai Cicek, Lydia T. Witt, Hans-Jörg Martin, Edmund Maser, Jan Hintzpeter

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Letters from Strouhal to Hann by P. Kahlig

“…The letters shed light on the personalities of three well-known natural scientists (Strouhal, Hann, and Hanzlik).…”
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DEBATE ON REFORMING THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES by Vitaly G. Gorokhov

“…The author reflects upon the requirement of matching the science activities with theinternational and domestic “bureaucratic virtual reality”, touches on such themes as real science and pseudoscience, debate between natural scientists and humanities researchers, the importance of a national language for the development of national science.…”
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Long-Term Trends for Blue Mussels from the German Environmental Specimen Bank Show First Evidence of Munition Contaminants Uptake by Jennifer Susanne Strehse, Tobias Hartwig Bünning, Jan Koschorreck, Anita Künitzer, Edmund Maser

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Energetic Compounds in the Trophic Chain—A Pilot Study Examining the Exposure Risk of Common Eiders (<i>Somateria mollissima</i>) to TNT, Its Metabolites, and By-Products by Luca Aroha Schick, Jennifer Susanne Strehse, Tobias Hartwig Bünning, Edmund Maser, Ursula Siebert

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Anthropocene in Friction. Dis-Encounters Between Geology and History by German Alfonso Palacio Castañeda, Alberto Vargas, Elizabeth Hennessy

“…This article brings attention to the need to introduce social sciences to the Global Environmental Change conversation in order to discuss the notion of the “Anthropocene” postulated by prominent natural scientists (Crutzen & Stoermer 2000; Crutzen 2002). …”
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Agroecological transitions: reading, writing, and thinking across disciplinary divides by George Cusworth

“…There is great diversity in the methods, terms, and empirical focuses employed by social and natural scientists working on agroecological transitions. …”
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Release of Ammunition-Related Compounds from a Dutch Marine Dump Site by J. H. den Otter, D. Pröfrock, T. H. Bünning, J. S. Strehse, A. E. D. M. van der Heijden, E. Maser

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Community assembly and the emergence of ecosystem pattern by Simon A. Levin, Jonathan Dushoff, Juan E. Keymer

“…A fundamental problem challenging natural scientists is to understand how macroscopic patterns, such as population abundance distributions and element ratios, emerge and are sustained in ecosystems, given that evolution typically operates most strongly at the level of individuals and their genomes. …”
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God: A Brief History with a Cognitive Explanation of the Concept by ILKKA PYYSIÄINEN

“…In the Old Testament traditions God is an anthropomorphic agent; in Christian theology God often appears as a personalized metaphysical principle; philosophers of religion try to find the inherent rationality of this concept; finally, some natural scientists regard God as the "intelligent designer" of the world. …”
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Socio-oceanography: an opportunity to integrate marine social and natural sciences by Ekaterina Popova, Yevgeny Aksenov, Laurent O. Amoudry, Amani Becker, Lucy Bricheno, Jennifer M. Brown, Michael A. Clare, Alan Evans, Claire Evans, Sara E. Fowell, Svetlana Jevrejeva, Zoe Jacobs, Daniel O. B. Jones, Angela Hibbert, Fran O’Hara, Emma McKinley, Marta Payo-Payo, Christopher R. Pearce, Sarah F. W. Taylor, Christine Sams, Andrew Yool

“…Consequently, a key challenge for natural scientists is to recognise and communicate this in an accessible manner outside their own disciplines. …”
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Understanding landowner decisions regarding access to private land for conservation research by Rebecca S. M. O'Brien, Ashley A. Dayer, William A. Hopkins

“…We found that natural scientists may have more success gaining access if the landowners are interested in learning about the research taking place, if they have previously allowed research on their property, if they have positive attitudes toward conservation, and if they have larger properties. …”
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Human dimensions of bat conservation – 10 recommendations to improve and diversify studies of human-bat interactions by Straka, TM, Coleman, J, Macdonald, EA, Kingston, T

“…Our analysis of 68 papers revealed that compared to papers by natural scientists alone, those by multidisciplinary teams performed better at addressing a broader range of contexts and generating recommendations based on findings, but only slightly better on the conceptual-foundations and literature-review criteria. …”

Natural Resources, Modernity, and Security in the Progressive Era by Gaetano Di Tommaso

“…It argues that Progressive Era politics and culture were crucial for the process of securitization of raw materials and that geologists and natural scientists working for the Department of the Interior were the first to grasp the transformations imposed by the use of oil, thus making the case for the "control" of supply. …”
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Reformed theology and natural science – Conflict or concurrence? by Izak J. van der Walt

“…Atheistic natural scientists propagate a normative materialistic view of the universe, where God as creator is superfluous. …”
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The Spatial Homeostasis Hypothesis by Oleg Epstein

“…This article addresses an interdisciplinary subject and is aimed at natural scientists (physicists, chemists, and biologists) as well as philosophers.…”
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Salinity change evokes stress and immune responses in Atlantic salmon with microalgae showing limited potential for dietary mitigation by Doret R. van Muilekom, Jonas Mueller, Jonas Mueller, Jacqueline Lindemeyer, Thekla Schultheiß, Edmund Maser, Henrike Seibel, Alexander Rebl, Carsten Schulz, Carsten Schulz, Tom Goldammer, Tom Goldammer

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