Science Research Weekly

Get ready for blockchain for biology, ancient microbe metabolisms, false vacuum decay evidence, angles vs. slopes, and a grant on convergence research. Science On. References: Three-dimensional nanoscale metal, metal oxide, and semiconductor frameworks through DNA-programmable assembly and templating Emergence of metabolic-like cycles in blockchain-orchestrated reaction networks Aspects of the bio...

Get ready for an ancient black hole, capturing the complexity of fragile ocean life, the magnetic map of the Milky Way, Six not-so-basic R functions, the Six degrees of Hadley Wickham, and a grant on agricultural genomes to phenomes. Science On. References: A small and vigorous black hole in the early Universe Contrast Agent-Free 3D Renal Ultrafast Doppler Imaging Reveals Vascular Dysfunction in A...

Get ready for rolling ringbots, cancer cannibalizing cells, the R Journal Volume 15/3, a new Bioconductor website, a beginner's guide to probability distributions in R, and an EPA grant to reduce air pollution in schools. Science On. References: New Soft Robots Roll Like Tires, Spin Like Tops and Orbit Like Moons Hyperactive Rac stimulates cannibalism of living target cells and enhances CAR-M-...

Get ready for lava-proof ceramics, antibiotic polymers, Trojan horse plant mRNA vesicles, microbiome disturbances in kidney stone formation, Top 10 DO Loop posts from 2023, Mastering Lowess Smoothing in R, and early career grants with no existing preliminary data. Science On. References: Disordered enthalpy–entropy descriptor for high-entropy ceramics discovery A giant stem-group chaetognath Ring-...

Get ready for a brief, asynchronous episode today to cover the break over the Christmas holiday. Merry Christmas! References: Science News Most Popular Stories 2023 Smithsonian Magazine Most Significant Science Stories 2023 IEEE Top Programming Languages 2023 Top R packages Exercism Grants.gov

Get ready for unnatural nucleotides, nutrient-blocking gut microbes, a confluence of newsletters and conferences, Effortless Cool in Data Science, and a grant for long-term ecological research. Science On. References: A unified Watson-Crick geometry drives transcription of six-letter expanded DNA alphabets by E. coli RNA polymerase Microbiome diversity protects against pathogens by nutrient blocki...

Get ready for Japanese mosasaurs, hard-as-diamond materials, cold ocean exoplanets, polychoric correlation, 15 Academic Research Tools, the 10 most popular R books of 2023, and an NSF grant for Emerging Mathematics in Biology. Science On. References: A new derived mosasaurine (Squamata: Mosasaurinae) from south-western Japan reveals unexpected postcranial diversity among hydropedal mosasaurs Synth...

Get ready for better expresso, quasi-particle monopoles, crocodilian phylogeny, Anthrobots, SAS tips for creating effective statistical graphics, a Git repo for throwaway code, and excitement over the ExCITe grant. Science On. References: Moisture-controlled triboelectrification during coffee grinding Revealing emergent magnetic charge in an antiferromagnet with diamond quantum magnetometry Corals...

Get ready for the British oral microbiome across history, the catalogue of gamma-ray pulsars, deep mine microbes, the theme() option in ggplot2, friends not letting friends make bad graphs, and a grant on emerging technologies for cancer research. Science On. References: Ancient dental calculus reveals oral microbiome shifts associated with lifestyle and disease in Great Britain The Third Fermi La...

Get ready for nanoscale protein traps, enigmatic amoeba, keystone microbes, logarithmic regression in R, and project funding for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Science On. References: Stable trapping of multiple proteins at physiological conditions using nanoscale chambers with macromolecular gates Rhabdamoeba marina is a heterotrophic relative of chlorarachnid algae Identifying ke...

Get ready for composite 3D robot parts, spotting sugar-protein interactions, MIC for mitochondrial health, the R Journal Volume 15/2, avoiding alphabetical order in SAS, font changes in ggplot2, and an NSF grant for organoid systems. Science On. References: Vision-controlled jetting for composite systems and robots Minutes-duration optical flares with supernova luminosities Fluorogenic Photo-Cross...

Get ready for the new field of Paleobionics, molecular beasts, virus-attaching viruses, Jurassic planets, the 2023 Python Developers Survey, free DataCamp and 365 Data Science courses, and an NSF grant for designing synthetic cells beyond the bounds of evolution. Science On. References: Soft robotics informs how an early echinoderm moved Distinctive microfossil supports early Paleoproterozoic rise...

Get ready for the sunken remains of a planet, long-lived fish, near infrared detection on Uranus, R and Bioconductor updates, and NASA grants for life in space. Science On. References: Moon-forming impactor as a source of Earth’s basal mantle anomalies Centenarian lifespans of three freshwater fish species in Arizona reveal the exceptional longevity of the buffalofishes (Ictiobus) Detection of the...

Get ready for technosignatures from space, hypertension-reducing gut microbes, DNA nanomachines, molten Martian layers, a RegEx treasure hunt in R, and a radiation medical countermeasures grant. Science On. References: A Simultaneous Dual-site Technosignature Search Using International LOFAR Stations Genetically engineered Lactobacillus paracasei rescues colonic angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (AC...

Get ready for polygenic risk score stumbling blocks, million-color-palette miniaturized DNA-based painting, the human brain cell atlas, rogue nanowaves, tiny particle accelerators, a Peanuts Halloween themed R release, the Power of Functional Programming in R, and a grant for developing models of oncoaging in cancer research. Science On. References: Performance of polygenic risk scores in screenin...

Get ready for X-ray blasted 3D prints, a prehistoric “Pontus” tectonic plate, microbial dark matter protein families, function approximation in SAS, Bionic Reading in R, and a small business grant opportunity for genomic medicine. Science On. References: Dendritic deformation modes in additive manufacturing revealed by operando x-ray diffraction Plate tectonic cross-roads: Reconstructing the Panth...

Get ready for highly sensitive dancing DNA detection, rare-earth munching bacteria, Python 3.12.0, the Top 9 R packages that every Data Scientist must know, and the Cancer Research Education Grants Program. Science On. References: A New Tissue-Agnostic Microfluidic Device to model physiology and disease: The Lattice Platform Nanomechanoelectrical approach to highly sensitive and specific label-fre...

Get ready for falling antimatter, water flea waste treatment, super solar distillation, R Journal volume 15/1, future programming languages, how NOT to format time series data, and an Ideas Lab grant for Personalized Engineering Learning. Science On. References: Observation of the effect of gravity on the motion of antimatter Harnessing water fleas for water reclamation: A nature-based tertiary wa...

Get ready for bone loss mitigation in space mice, a northern paleo-ocean on Mars, a new deep-sea virus, graphs within graphs in SAS, types of statistical contrasts, and a pediatrics grant from the March of Dimes. Science On. References: Bisphosphonate conjugation enhances the bone-specificity of NELL-1-based systemic therapy for spaceflight-induced bone loss in mice Longitudinal genomic surveillan...

Get ready for atmospheric water harvesting, entering the lipidome, Wi-Fi reading through walls, electric-producing bacteria, shape-shifting microflyer origami robots, the return of the Journal of Statistical Software, top picks for posit::conf 2023, the TidyTuesday GitHub repository, and a grant to establish a Center for Exposome Research Coordination. Science On. References: Molecularly confined...

Get ready for distractingly dense planets, SAMURI ribozymes, serious clinical sepsis incidence, jittering in R, the Bioconductor 3.18 release schedule, and the NIH HEAL Initiative. Science On. References: A super-massive Neptune-sized planet A SAM analogue-utilizing ribozyme for site-specific RNA alkylation in living cells The Rhabdodontidae (Dinosauria, Ornithischia), an enigmatic dinosaur group...

Get ready for allergic disease and the infant gut microbiome, three-eyed arthropods, titanium micro-spikes for killing pathogenic fungus, array thinking in R, and a grant to culture difficult eukaryotic pathogens. Science On. References: Delayed gut microbiota maturation in the first year of life is a hallmark of pediatric allergic disease The early Cambrian Kylinxia zhangi and evolution of the ar...

Get ready for naked-mole rat longevity transfer into mice, kirigami for engineering, a new antibiotic from microbial dark matter, eDNA for vertebrate biomonitoring, Julia cracking the top 20 programming languages, template files with R, and a Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award. Science On. References: Increased hyaluronan by naked mole-rat Has2 improves healthspan in mice MIT engi...

Get ready the Dinosaur Coliseum, cancer-detecting bioengineer bacteria, embedding Unicode into SAS, a web-crawling Katana, and a Million Dollar Bike ride for rare disease research. Science On. References: Clinical efficacy of ONC201 in H3K27M-mutant diffuse midline gliomas is driven by disruption of integrated metabolic and epigenetic pathways Vertebrate ichnology and palaeoenvironmental associati...

Get ready for bacterial circadian clocks, a new form of bacterial transduction, the effect of DNA stretches and twists on mutation rates, web development training materials, and a music-based intervention grant. Science On. References: The circadian clock of the bacterium B. subtilis evokes properties of complex, multicellular circadian systems Dual pathogenicity island transfer by piggybacking la...