Science Research Weekly

Welcome to Science Research Weekly, Season 5, Episode 15, Expand Your Scientific Scope. Get ready for algal microplastics remediation, cosmic large-scale structure, coffee and dementia risk, tales of outer membrane vesicles and tumor microenvironment subtypes, why a high R-squared can be misleading, and the MIRA award from the NIH. Science On. References: Remediation and upcycling of microplastics...

Welcome to Science Research Weekly, Season 5, Episode 14, Get ready for chemical synthesis a la LMMs, an amino acid for Alzheimer’s pathology suppression, a trans-Neptunian object with an atmosphere, PhysForge vs. ProtSpace, and cancer grants from the Department of War. References: Chemical reasoning in LLMs unlocks strategy-aware synthesis planning and reaction mechanism elucidation Oral administ...

Welcome to Science Research Weekly, Season 5, Episode 13, Attack of the 50-foot Octopus! Get ready for giant predatory Cretaceous octopuses, ice-water clouds on a distant Jupiter, anti-viral acrylic surfaces, 3D printing inside living cells, March’s top 40 new CRAN packages, and a grant on Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems. Science On. References: Compositional selection of phospholipi...

Welcome to Science Research Weekly, Season 5, Episode 12, Dropping the PepHammer. Get ready for ancient soft sponges, astronomical biosignature spotting via grouped planets, the Epidemiology of AI, crop management via smartphone, an examination of NIH funding outputs, dropping the PepHammer, asking if AI agents save time for scientists, and a grant on specialty crops. Science On. References: A lat...

Welcome to Science Research Weekly, Season 5, Episode 11. Get ready for Vitamin D and dementia-protection, exploding black holes, semi-autonomous robots for Martian exploration, a forbidden planet, a pristine star, Mothbox and Mothbot, One-pass statistical formulas in SAS, and building your own programming language. Science On. References: Association of Circulating Vitamin D in Midlife With Incre...

Welcome to Science Research Weekly, Season 5, Episode 10, Call me Isoptera. Get ready for fusion plasma corrections, Alzheimer’s and meat consumption, cytoplasmic tradewinds, a new termite that looks like Moby Dick, immersive dreaming and restfulness, the Artemis II Crew launch, why learning R in 2026 is a good career move, and the top 40 new CRAN packages for February 2026. Science On. References...

Hello and welcome to Science Research Weekly. Get ready for the dangers of cold weather on cardiovascular health, new amphipods aplenty, a list of habitable rocky exoplanet, pico-satellite concepts, mitochondrial flickers, toxin-antidotesystems in vertebrates, and using science to find the best decaf coffee. Science On. References: Cardiovascular disease mortality attributable to monthly non-optim...

Welcome to Science Research Weekly, Season 5, Episode 8, Cellular Senses and Psyche’s Interior. Get ready for cellular mechanosensing, modeling the interior structure of Psyche, microbial succession in soil restoration, and Bayesian Linear regression in R. Science On. References: Emergent depth-mechanosensing of epithelial collectives regulates cell clustering and dispersal on layered matrices Exp...

Hello and welcome to Science Research Weekly, Season 5, Episode 7. Get ready for 3D ants via synchrotron, recycled aluminum alloys, chickpeas in lunar regolith, planet collisions, World Mouse, R version "Reassured Reassurer", estimating pi by tossing coins, and a grant on reducing housing hazards. Science On. References: High-throughput phenomics of global ant biodiversity New ORNL alumi...

Welcome to Science Research Weekly, Season 5, Episode 6. Get ready for quorum sensing for bacterial engineering, an antibiotic-resistant microbe on ice, a new scimitar-crested spinosaurid, planetesimal snowmen, sheepox viral evolution, the fate of horizontally acquired genes, the R Journal Volume 17/4, and a grant for Feed the Future innovation labs. Science On. References: Revision of the tremato...

Hello and welcome to Science Research Weekly, Season 5, Episode 5, Oops, All Singularities! Get ready for tiny nanopores, a supernova-skipping black hole, kidney disease ultrasounds by robot, and keeping files organized for publication. Science On. References: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-68800-x https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adt4853 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16673 htt...

Welcome to Science Research Weekly, Season 5, Episode 4, And the Crowd Goes Wild for Chitons. Get ready for genes before the last common ancestor, a new Cold Earth, herbivorous microsaurs, lava tubes on Venus, a publicly-named chiton species, paleontology R packages, and the Protean grant from DARPA. Science On. References: Universal paralogs provide a window into evolution before the last univers...

Welcome to Science Research Weekly, Season 5, Episode 3, Cave Robots in Space. Get ready for endoplasmic reticulum remodeling, marine bacteria streamlining shortcomings, robotic run-throughs of space-cave explorations, non-exponential growth for AI, viral protein immune escape constraints, the Top 40 new CRAN packages of December 2025, and pilot projects from the NIH on using common fund data sets...

Get ready for supermassive dark stars, human creativity versus AI, unsinkable metal tubes, robot-assisted microscopy, the Collaborative Microbial Metabolite Center knowledgebase, and a grant to strengthen agricultural systems. Science On. References: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/12/1/1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-25157-3 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/ae2b6f/pdf ht...

Science Research Weekly is back, with new content, deeper dives, and all the science updates you’ve been craving. This week, from viruses in space to 3D visualizations of automotive undercarriages, we’re covering scientific articles, preprints, software, blogs, and grant opportunities. Science On. References: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003568 https://www...

Welcome to the final episode of Science Research weekly for 2025. Covering November and December.

Get ready for the PRIMA system to treat age-related blindness, surprising chemistry on Saturn's moon Titan, Kagome tubes for vibration damping in engineering, the R-Multiverse, and a grant on the Foundations of a Resilient Microbiome. Science On. References: Subretinal Photovoltaic Implant to Restore Vision in Geographic Atrophy Due to AMD SnOx Nanoflakes as Enhanced Near-Infrared Photothermal...

Get ready for neuronal nanotubes, comet versus alien for interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, rain on the Sun, the R Journal 17/2, citation metric distortion, and more new Science Spotlight videos. Science On. References: Intercellular communication in the brain through a dendritic nanotubular network Is the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Alien Technology? Spatiotemporal Low First Ionization Potential Abun...

Get ready for chromosomal instability suppression in breast cancer, the marine origins of leeches, metal-laced hydrogels, better simulations in R, and a grant on Precision Mitochondria. Science On. References: Epigenetic regulation of chromosomal instability by EZH2 methyltransferase The first leech body fossil predates estimated hirudinidan origins by 200 million years Hydrogel-Based Vat Photopol...

Get ready for direct pain relief, pollutant breakdown with biochar, shark-attack resistant wetsuits, an updated timetree for Fungi, edible electronics, simulating the Monty Hall problem in R, the Top 40 New CRAN Packages for August 2025, and the DARPA Young Faculty Award. This episode covers material from September 26th to October 2nd. Science On. References: Targeting prostaglandin E2 receptor 2...

Get ready for a review of acetaminophen and neurodevelopmental disorders, dehydration and stress response, Hycean world woes, hints at the compositional protein code, fraudulent publishing in mathematics, R Journal Volume 17/1, and a grant on microbial dust control for mining operations. Science On. References: Evaluation of the evidence on acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders using...

Get ready for maize shoot stem cells, a five image Einstein cross, identity of some Little Red Dots, ATREIDES for exo-Neptunes, Volume 114 of the Journal of Statistical Software, ggplot2 geoms and stats, and Classic Scientific Paper Review. Science On. References: Journal of Statistical Software Volume 114 Large-scale single-cell profiling of stem cells identifies redundant regulators of shoot dev...

Get ready for Martian mudstone biosignatures, a wide-ranging dwarf planet candidate, mapping mammoth microbes, ice gliding diatoms, extrachromosomal Inocles of the oral microbiome, DNA sequence alignment from scratch in R, and an invitation to check out Science Spotlight. Science On. References: Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars Discovery of a dwarf planet candid...

Get ready for the failure of beta-blockers, cathartocytosis, flagging suspicious journals with AS, extreme ankylosaur armor, the basics of phylogenetic analysis in R, and a tiny space grant from DevelopSpace. Science On. References: Human endogenous retrovirus K (HERV-K) envelope structures in pre- and postfusion by cryo-EM Beta-Blockers after Myocardial Infarction without Reduced Ejection Fractio...

Get ready for deep-ocean oxidation dates, no giant impact for Jupiter’s core, common meds making antibiotic resistance worse, arsenic-mineralizing marine worms, the July 2025 Top 40 new CRAN packages, a plea for PyPAN: the Python Package Archive Network, and a grant on aging mammalian tissues in vitro. Science On. References: Mid-Devonian ocean oxygenation enabled the expansion of animals into dee...