Science Research Weekly
A weekly overview of helpful scientific research topics and the successor of the podcast Statistics Weekly. Every week, I will cover 3 topic areas: Research Articles, Research Tools, and Research Funding. Science On.
Episodes
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Get ready for a potential cancer vaccine, a carbon ring stabilized by smaller rings, Uranus’ newest tiny moon, absurd conversions in R, and funding from the American Lung Association. Science On.
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Get ready for Antarctic submarine canyons, a medicated gel for diabetic wound healing, rapid electronic detection of infectious and chronic diseases, SAS and R in tandem, and several grants from private foundations. Science On.
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Get ready for the power of iNaturalist in biodiversity research, mechanisms behind lightning strikes, multi-region brain organoids, programmable chromosome engineering, an idealized double-slit experiment, why hardware may need a new foundation, animated maps in R, and a grant from PepsiCo on novel proteins. Science On.
Get ready for radiation-hardened data chips, a universal Deepfake detector, plant virus cancer immunotherapy, June’s top 40 new CRAN packages, and a grant from the NSF on Future Computing Research. Science On.
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Get ready for cancer cells going up in sugary flames, live-action planetary formation, deep sea plastic biodegradation, a 150-year-old museum fossil specimen finally gets figured out, The R Journal: Volume 16/4, dealing with non-values in R, and some Science Spotlights. Science On.
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Get ready for Parkinson’s disease sniffing dogs; the bladed microtube scheme for massive magnetic fields; a giant, spinning black hole merger; ghost galaxies; lasagna plots in SAS; and an NSF grant on Programmable Cloud Laboratories. Science On.
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Get ready for Big Five Workouts, CryoRhodopsins, double detonation supernovae, moon-rice, the 4 layers of testing for R packages, and a three-track grant from the NSF on Translation to Practice. Science On.
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Get ready for cancer cell states, ADHD diagnosis difficulties, body profiles from Ediacaran trace fossils, LMMS for work you can do yourself, May 2025 Top 40 New CRAN Packages, and a Google Research grant for Quantum Neuroscience. This episode covers materials from June 27th to July 3rd. Science On.
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Get ready for UV-resistant lichen, microbes for bioprinting Martian regolith, a new mammalian organelle called the hemifusome, and ways to make candlestick and segmented total bar charts in R. Science On.
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Get ready for Pandora’s box of respiratory pathogens, mixed-up earthworm genomes, the insane energies of Extreme Nuclear Transits, a virus-like clade of Archaea, R version 4.5.1 codename “Great Square Root", the new declarative physical modeling language Dyad, Post-Bayesianism using R, and the NIH Directors Transformative Research Awards. Science On.
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Get ready for pain killing at the nerve level, solving an Earth science seismic anomaly, ocean giant virus genomes, the SAS Hackathon, a warning against scientific vibe coding, and a pilot study testing school lunches. Science On.
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