In our latest monthly media coverage roundup, we highlight the top mentions that eLife papers generated in August. You can view the coverage, along with the related research articles, below:
Freas et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Polarised Moonlight Guides Nocturnal Bull Ants Home’, was featured in:
- EveryEye (Italy) – This ant orients itself in a really strange way: How does it do it? (translated)
- Focus (Italy) – There is an ant that uses the Moon as a compass to orient itself (translated)
This study was also summarised by the eLife press release, ‘Ants detect and monitor low levels of moonlight to navigate at night’.
Ruan et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Deficiency of IQCH causes male infertility in humans and mice’, was featured in:
- Genotipia (Spain) – IQCH gene deficiency causes male infertility (translated)
Belsky et al.’s Research Article, ‘DunedinPACE, a DNA methylation biomarker of the pace of aging’, was featured in:
- IFL Science – Can This Tool Really Work Out Your Biological Age?
Deem et al.’s Research Article, ‘Cold-induced hyperphagia requires AgRP neuron activation in mice’, was mentioned in:
- LiveScience – Why do you feel less hungry when it’s hot out?
Rosien et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Food-washing monkeys recognize the law of diminishing returns’, was picked up by:
- InnovaNews (Russia) – Pack leaders are ready to endure everyday inconveniences in order to maintain leadership (translated)
Bessonova,Raman’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Serotonergic amplification of odor-evoked neural responses maps onto flexible behavioral outcomes’, was featured in:
- Notizie Scientifiche (Italy) – How serotonin turns a solitary grasshopper into a gregarious insect (translated)
Wang et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Neuro-evolutionary evidence for a universal fractal primate brain shape’, was picked up by:
- SciTechDaily – Groundbreaking Study Identifies Universal Blueprint for Mammalian Brains
This study was also summarised in the eLife press release, ‘Study identifies universal blueprint for mammalian brain shape’.
Wolniewicz et al.’s Research Article, ‘An armoured marine reptile from the Early Triassic of South China and its phylogenetic and evolutionary implications’, was featured in:
- Sciencepost (France) – Discovery of a new armored marine reptile that predates the dinosaurs (translated)
Ngo, Vu et al.’s Research Article, ‘Deciphering the actin structure-dependent preferential cooperative binding of cofilin’, was featured in:
- Asia Research News – The functions of actin-binding proteins are regulated by the flexibility and specific helical twists of actin filaments
Kanaparthi et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘On the nature of the earliest known lifeforms’, was picked up by:
- New Scientist – Oldest rocks on Earth may contain strange and ancient life forms
- Popular Mechanics – 3.8 Billion-Year-Old Rocks May Contain the Earliest Hints of Life on Earth
Dolgova et al.’s Research Article, ‘MEMO1 binds iron and modulates iron homeostasis in cancer cells’, was featured in:
- Technology Networks – Iron Metabolism Could Be Targeted To Treat Aggressive Form of Cancer
James et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Female-dominated disciplines have lower evaluated research quality and funding success rates, for men and women’ was commented on by:
- Nature – Gender bias might be working at level of whole disciplines
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