Media Coverage: June roundup of eLife papers in the news

High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in June 2018, including the Huffington Post, Irish Times and Science.
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In our latest monthly media coverage roundup, we highlight the top mentions that eLife papers generated in June. You can view the coverage, along with the related research articles, below:

Zhang, Li et al.’s Tools and Resources article, ‘Novel transgenic pigs with enhanced growth and reduced environmental impact’, was covered in:

  • The Huffington Post – Scientists Engineer Cleaner Pig Poop
  • Popular Science – Cleaner pig poop could reduce bacon's environmental burden
  • Xinhua (China) – GM pigs developed by Chinese researchers release less pollution: report (translated)
  • Sohu (China) – Chinese scientists have successfully cultivated genetically modified “green pigs” (translated)
  • AgWeb – Improved Nutrient Digestion Can Reduce Pork’s Carbon Footprint

The Research Articles by Richter et al., ‘Gene family innovation, conservation and loss on the animal stem lineage’, and by Grau-Bové et al., ‘Dynamics of genomic innovation in the unicellular ancestry of animals’, were mentioned in:

  • Science – The momentous transition to multicellular life may not have been so hard after all

Stilling et al.’s Research Article, ‘Social interaction-induced activation of RNA splicing in the amygdala of microbiome-deficient mice’, was picked up in:

  • The Irish Times – ‘Social microbes’ critical to brain development - UCC study

Sherrard-Smith et al.’s Research Article, ‘Synergy in anti-malarial pre-erythrocytic and transmission-blocking antibodies is achieved by reducing parasite density’, was featured in:

Liu, Yuan, Chen et al.’s Research Article, ‘Perception of social interaction compresses subjective duration in an oxytocin-dependent manner’, was covered in:

Vitali et al.’s Research Article, ‘Independent evolution of functionally exchangeable mitochondrial outer membrane import complexes’, was mentioned in:

  • Focus (Germany) – Proteins with different evolutionary history prove to be functionally identical

Wang, Oh et al.’s Research Article, ‘A multi-scale model for hair follicles reveals heterogeneous domains driving rapid spatiotemporal hair growth patterning’, was featured in:

The Feature Article by Müller et al., ‘Donated chemical probes for open science’, was highlighted in:

  • CORDIS – Chemical tools available to everyone can speed up the development of necessary drugs

Maboudi et al.’s Research Article, ‘Uncovering temporal structure in hippocampal output patterns’, was covered in:

  • Futurity – Brain ‘ripples’ lock in mental maps while bodies rest

Clement, King, Giles et al.’s Research Article, ‘Neurocranial anatomy of an enigmatic Early Devonian fish sheds light on early osteichthyan evolution’, was highlighted in:

  • PLoS Blogs – Fossil Friday Roundup: Jun 1, 2018

The Research Article by Arora et al., ‘NK cells inhibit Plasmodium falciparum growth in red blood cells via antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity’, was mentioned in:

Swinburne et al.’s Research Article, ‘Lamellar projections in the endolymphatic sac act as a relief valve to regulate inner ear pressure’, was featured in:

  • IFLScience – The Function Of A Mysterious Structure In The Ear Has Been Revealed
  • ScienceAlert – We Finally Know Why There's a Bizarre Structure in Our Inner Ears Nobody Talks About

Wang et al.’s Research Article, ‘First bone-cracking dog coprolites provide new insight into bone consumption in Borophagus and their unique ecological niche’, was picked up in:

  • Science Trends – Jack Of All Trades Or Master Of One? Answers From Fossils And Dog Poop

Ocklenburg et al.’ s Research Article, ‘Epigenetic regulation of lateralized fetal spinal gene expression underlies hemispheric asymmetries’, was covered in:

  • El Confidencial (Spain) – The real reason why there are lefties, according to science (translated)
  • 20 minutos (Spain) – Scientists discover the reason why some people are left-handed, and it has nothing to do with the brain (translated)
  • Cubadebate – The possible cause of being left-handed or right-handed (translated)

Saponaro et al.’s Research Article, ‘A synthetic peptide that prevents cAMP regulation in mammalian hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels’, was featured in:

  • Le Scienze (Italy) – State University of Milan – TRIPnano: a molecule able to counteract the "heart-beating" (translated)

Verasztó et al.’s Research Article, ‘Ciliary and rhabdomeric photoreceptor-cell circuits form a spectral depth gauge in marine zooplankton’, was picked up in:

  • Science – Paired photoreceptors function as an oceanic depth gauge

And the Research Article by Carrotte et al., ‘Caveolae internalization repairs wounded cells and muscle fibers’, was mentioned in:

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