In our latest monthly media coverage roundup, we highlight the top mentions that eLife papers generated in February. You can view the coverage, along with the related research articles, below:
The Research Article by Havekes et al., ‘Sleep deprivation causes memory deficits by negatively impacting neuronal connectivity in hippocampal area CA1’, was mentioned in:
- Mail on Sunday – Pulling an all-nighter affects WOMEN more than men: Study reveals huge gender difference in working memory after staying up until dawn
You can read the eLife press release about this study here.
Ocklenburg at al.’s Research Article, ‘Epigenetic regulation of lateralized fetal spinal gene expression underlies hemispheric asymmetries’, was covered in:
- The Mirror – Scientists discover awesome secret hiding in our early pregnancy ultrasound scan
- El Pais (Spain) – Princess Leonor: a left-handed girl in a world of right-handed (translated)
Eve Marder’s Editorial, ‘Beyond scoops to best practices’, was picked up in:
- The Atlantic – In Science, There Should Be a Prize for Second Place
The Research Articles, ‘Developmental evolution of the forebrain in cavefish, from natural variations in neuropeptides to behavior’, and ‘Hypocretin underlies the evolution of sleep loss in the Mexican cavefish’, by Alié et al. and Jaggard et al., respectively, were featured in:
- Nature – Fish forgo sleep thanks to a molecule in the brain
- Popular Science – A fish that barely sleeps could help turn humans into all-night party animals
- United Press International – Mexico's blind cave fish could help scientists understand insomnia
- The Scientist – Blind Cavefish in Mexico Offer Clues to Sleep Regulation
Cantor et al.’s Research Article, ‘Preserving neuromuscular synapses in ALS by stimulating MuSK with a therapeutic agonist antibody’, has been mentioned in:
- POLITICO – New York Health Care digest
Read the eLife press release about this study here.
Mhatre et al.’s Research Article, ‘Tree crickets optimize the acoustics of baffles to exaggerate their mate-attraction signal’, was featured in:
- The Hindu – How tree crickets use leaves as loudspeakers
Lu et al.’s Research Article, ‘Transgenerational dynamics of rDNA copy number in Drosophilamale germline stem cells’, was mentioned in:
- Debate (Mexico) – Key against aging in fruit fly stem cells (translated)
Fazakerley et al.’s Research Article, ‘Mitochondrial CoQ deficiency is a common driver of mitochondrial oxidants and insulin resistance’, was covered in:
- Perth Now (Australia) and Daily Mail – Molecule link may prevent diabetes
And the Feature Article by Himmelstein et al., ‘Sci-Hub provides access to nearly all scholarly literature’, was picked up by:
- The Scientist – Sci-Hub Loses Domains and Access to Some Web Services
- El Espectador (Spain) – Is it the end of the website that allows access to science for free? (Translated)
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