In our latest monthly media coverage roundup, we highlight the top mentions that eLife papers generated in December. You can view the coverage, along with the related research articles, below:
Wada et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Protonation/deprotonation-driven switch for the redox stability of low-potential [4Fe-4S] ferredoxin’, was featured in:
- Asia Research News – Uncovered a mystery of “electron carrier” existing in all living organisms: Discovery of a “nano-switch mechanism” controlled by a single hydrogen atom
- Diário da Saúde (Brazil) – Single-atom nanokey controls all living organisms (translated)
Seltzer et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Female Moths Incorporate Plant Acoustic Emissions into Their Oviposition Decision-Making Process’, was picked up by:
- The New York Times – When They Hear Plants Crying, Moths Make a Decision
- ZAP (Portugal) – Plants also suffer. When they hear them cry, moths decide where to lay their eggs (translated)
- National Geographic (Netherlands) – A moth prefers to avoid ‘screaming’ plants. How about that? (translated)
- Slate (France) – Some insects listen to the sound of plants to know where to lay their eggs (translated)
- Um Só Planeta (Brazil) – Moths use sound made by ‘stressed’ plants to decide where to lay their eggs (translated)
Schuergers et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Cyanobacteria use micro-optics to sense light direction’, was mentioned in:
- Quo (Spain) – What you see is not bacteria but eyes (translated)
Bouret et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Linking the evolution of two prefrontal brain regions to social and foraging challenges in primates’, was featured in:
- Revista Natura (Italy) – The primate brain has evolved (translated)
Angaji et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘High-density sampling reveals volume growth in human tumours’, was featured in:
- Scienze Notizie (Italy) – New findings reveal the uniform growth of tumours (translated)
- Origo (Hungary) – Decades of misconceptions about cancer have been overturned; there may be a turning point in the fight against the disease (translated)
- Aerzteblatt (Germany) – Tumour growth does not only take place at the surface (translated)
Ryu, Nam, Lee, Jeong et al.’s Reviewed Preprint/Research Article, ‘The sperm hook as a functional adaptation for migration and self-organized behavior’, was picked up by:
- ChosunBiz (Korea) – Researchers discover mouse sperm’s hook shapes enhance uterine penetration
Vignale, Garcia et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) genome provides new insights into convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis’, was picked up by:
- La Gaceta (Argentina) – Argentine scientists managed to decipher the DNA of mate (translated)
- TV Publica (Argentina) – The secrets of the leaf: Argentine researchers decipher the genome of yerba mate (translated)
- Revista Chacra (Argentina) – Scientists decipher the genome of yerba mate (translated)
- Agritotal (Argentina) – Scientists decode the genome of yerba mate (translated)
- Radio 3 Cadena Patagonia (Argentina) – Scientists decipher the genome of yerba mate: an advance that promises to revolutionise crops (translated)
Protsiv et al.’s Research Article, ‘Decreasing human body temperature in the United States since the Industrial Revolution’, was picked up by:
- The Jerusalem Post – 36.6°C no longer the average human body temperature
- Financial Express – Human body’s average temperature is not 36.6 degree Celsius anymore-Here’s why
Thomas et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Seasonal and comparative evidence of adaptive gene expression in mammalian brain size plasticity’, was mentioned in:
- Sverige Radio (Sweden) – The shrew’s brain shrinks in winter (translated)
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