In our latest monthly media coverage roundup, we highlight the top mentions that eLife papers generated in January. You can view the coverage, along with the related research articles, below:
Kistler et al.’s Research Article, ‘Evidence for adaptive evolution in the receptor-binding domain of seasonal coronaviruses OC43 and 229E’, was mentioned in:
- Nature – How some viruses give you the sniffles year after year
- ScienceNet (China) – Why do some viruses give you a runny nose every year? (Translated)
- Dong-A (South Korea) – Viruses have been found to avoid human immunity (translated)
- Yonhap News (South Korea) – Why am I not immune to frequent colds? (Translated)
- Bhaskar (India) – Vaccine Tracker: Study claims virus proteins may change (translated)
Vedor et al.’s Research Article, ‘Climate-driven deoxygenation elevates fishing vulnerability for the ocean's widest ranging shark’, was covered in:
- The Scientist – Climate Change Could Drive Sharks to Fishing Grounds: Study
- Público (Portugal) – Ocean deoxygenation makes blue sharks more vulnerable to fishing (translated)
The Research Article by Landis et al., ‘The diversity and function of sourdough starter microbiomes’, was highlighted in:
- The Hindu – Sourdough's microbe influence
Whitford et al.’s 2017 Research Article, ‘Neurophysiological evidence of efference copies to inner speech’, was featured in:
- Medical News Today – Hallucinations: What explains these tricks of the mind?
Schmutz et al.’s Research Article, ‘TINF2 is a haploinsufficient tumor suppressor that limits telomere length’, was mentioned in:
- Forbes – Longer Telomeres, A Heavily Hyped Goal Of Anti-Aging Tonics And Salves, Create A Predisposition To Cancer
Zanco et al.’s Research Article, ‘A dietary sterol trade-off determines lifespan responses to dietary restriction in Drosophila melanogaster females’, was mentioned in:
- K-News (Kyrgyzstan) – New discovery: dietary cholesterol prolongs life (translated)
- UkrMedia (Ukraine) – Scientists have found out how nutrition affects life expectancy (translated)
Dominy et al.’s Research Article, ‘Mummified baboons reveal the far reach of early Egyptian mariners’, was featured in:
- Istoe (Brazil) – The riddle of baboon skulls (translated)
- El País (Spain) – Two 3,300-year-old baboon skulls reveal the birthplace of a mysterious civilization (translated)
- Weekend (Argentina) – Scientists find two mummified baboon skulls that prove the existence of a thousand-year-old city (translated)
- TN8 Nicaragua – Baboon skulls uncover traces of a mysterious civilization (translated)
The 2018 Research Article by Matthies et al., ‘Single-particle cryo-EM structure of a voltage-activated potassium channel in lipid nanodiscs’, was covered in:
- 20 Minutes (France) – Observing proteins down to the atom is possible with electron cryo-microscopy (translated)
Cardozo-Ojeda et al.’s Research Article, ‘Thresholds for post-rebound SHIV control after CCR5 gene-edited autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation’, was highlighted in:
- News24 (South Africa) – Formula predicts ideal stem cell dose to cure HIV
Pina et al.’s Feature Article, ‘Meta-Research: A retrospective analysis of the peer review of more than 75,000 Marie Curie proposals between 2007 and 2018’, was mentioned in:
- Spektrum (Germany) – Video conferences can cause fatigue (translated)
Wong et al.’s Research Article, ‘Isoform-specific roles for AKT in affective behavior, spatial memory, and extinction related to psychiatric disorders’, was featured in:
- Suara (Indonesia) – The effectiveness of psychiatric drugs is not the same for everyone (translated)
Berger et al.’s 2017 Short Report, ‘Homo naledi and Pleistocene hominin evolution in subequatorial Africa’, was covered in:
- NLD (Vietnam) – Scientists discover a new human species (translated)
Gagne et al.’s Research Article, ‘Impaired adaptation of learning to contingency volatility in internalizing psychopathology’, was highlighted in:
- ABC (Spain) – Researchers show that thinking about past successes helps reduce anxiety and depression in difficult times (translated)
And the Research Article by Lee et al., ‘Deep-learning-based three-dimensional label-free tracking and analysis of immunological synapses of CAR-T cells’, was mentioned in:
- MK (South Korea) – Next-generation artificial intelligence technology used for analysing immune cells (translated)
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