Science Research Weekly

• Beating Blindness and Resilient Microbiomes (Season 4: Episode 40)

  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 AMDSnOx Nanoflakes as Enhanced Near-Infrared Photothermal Therapy Agents Synthesized from Electrochemically Oxidized SnS2 PowdersHydrogen cyanide and hydrocarbons mix on TitanTopological polarization of kagome tubes and applications toward vibration isolationPotassium-40 isotopic evidence for an extant pre-giant-impact component of Earth’s mantleOverlay multiple custom density curves on a histogram in SASGo for Launch! Packages Shipped to the R-MultiverseWhat’s new for Python in 2025?leap: Foundations of a Resilient MicrobiomeChan Zuckerberg Initiative: Implementation of Synthetic Biology Principles in ImmunologyR Packages:alpmixBayes: Bayesian Estimation for Alpha-Mixture Survival ModelsbayesQRsurvey: Bayesian Quantile Regression Models for Complex Survey Data Analysisarete: Automated REtrieval from TExtnbpInference: Inference on Average Treatment Effects for Continuous Treatmentspartialling.out: Residuals from Partial Regressions

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• When It Rains, It's Aliens (Season 4: Episode 39)

  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 networkIs the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Alien Technology?Spatiotemporal Low First Ionization Potential Abundance: A Catalyst for Coronal CondensationTree swallows as indicators of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure and effects at select Department of Defense sites along the East Coast and at sites with different sources in the Upper Midwest, United States90% of science is lost. This new AI just found itR Journal Volume 17/2New, work-in-progress book on spatial data visualization in RBeyond Fraud: How IHME Distorts Academic MetricsScience SpotlightR Packages:descsuppRplots: Generate Plots for All Variables in Descriptive Tablesmedicalcoder: Tools for Working with ICD Codes and Comorbidity AlgorithmsGINAX: Performs Genome-Wide Iterative Fine-Mapping for Non-Gaussian Data using GINA-XeasyRef: Easy Reference Generation for R Packages

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• Metal Power and Mitochondria Precision (Season 4: Episode 38)

  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 methyltransferaseThe first leech body fossil predates estimated hirudinidan origins by 200 million yearsHydrogel-Based Vat Photopolymerization of Ceramics and Metals with Low Shrinkages via Repeated Infusion PrecipitationDeploy Multiple Shiny Apps from One R PackageA new simstudy function to make simulating replications easierARIA: Precision MitochondriaR Packages:mda.biber: Functions for Multi-Dimensional Analysispwranova: Power Analysis of Flexible ANOVA Designs and Related Testssummarytabl: Generate Summary Tables for Continuous, Ordinal, and Categorical Data

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• Eat Electronics, Not Wetsuits (Season 4: Episode 37)

  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 in Schwann cells inhibits inflammatory pain but not inflammationThe geologic history of marine dissolved organic carbon from iron oxidesStructure-performance relationship of biochar for direct degradation of organic pollutantsDOLPHIN advances single-cell transcriptomics beyond gene level by leveraging exon and junction readsEffectiveness of bite-resistant materials to reduce injuries from white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) and tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) bitesNanotechnology-driven coordination of shoot–root systems enhances rice nitrogen use efficiencyDetection of organic compounds in freshly ejected ice grains from Enceladus’s oceanA timetree of Fungi dated with fossils and horizontal gene transfersPrinted Integrated Logic Circuits Based on Chitosan-Gated Organic Transistors for Future Edible SystemsSimulating Monty Hall’s ProblemPlotting Distributions in RAugust 2025 Top 40 New CRAN PackagesSpurious Correlations in R – Correlation is not CausationLearning And Exploring The Workflow of RNA-Seq Analysis – A Note To MyselfDARPA: Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2026R Packages:eDNAfuns: Working with Metabarcoding Data in a Tidy Formatspuriouscorrelations: Datasets with Strong and Spurious Correlations

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• Controversies in Medicine and Math (Season 4: Episode 36)

  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 the Navigation Guide methodologyHabitual fluid intake and hydration status influence cortisol reactivity to acute psychosocial stressSub-Neptunes Are Drier than They Seem: Rethinking the Origins of Water-rich WorldsA domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of MongoliaTracing the Origin of the Genetic Code and Thermostability to Dipeptide Sequences in ProteomesTiny protein pairs may hold the secret to life’s originHow to Fight Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences: Joint Recommendations of the IMU and the ICIAMFraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical SciencesThe R Journal Volume 17/1Birthdays and the coupon collector's problemNIH: Pilot Projects to Enhance the Human Virome ProgramNIH: Clinical Trial Readiness for Rare Diseases, Disorders, and SyndromesNSF/CASIS Transport Phenomena Research at the International Space Station to Benefit Life on EarthMicrobial dust control and surface stabilizationR Packages:bnpMTP: Bayesian Nonparametric Sensitivity Analysis of Multiple Testing Procedures for p ValuesMicrobTiSDA: Microbiome Time-Series Data Analysisplumber2: Easy and Powerful Web ServersggDNAvis: 'ggplot2'-Based Tools for Visualising DNA Sequences and Modifications

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