In our latest monthly media coverage roundup, we highlight the top mentions that eLife papers generated in September. You can view the coverage, along with the related research articles, below:
Saal et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Memory at your fingertips: how viscoelasticity affects tactile neuron signaling’, was featured in:
- Neuroscience News – Memory in Touch: Fingertips Recall Past Forces
This study was also summarised by the eLife press release, ‘Scientists decipher the fingertip’s ‘memory’’.
Zheng et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘Physiological and metabolic insights into the first cultured anaerobic representative of deep-sea Planctomycetes bacteria’, was covered in:
- WION (India) – Scientists discover mysterious and unique new species of marine bacteria
- Robotitus (Spain) – Scientists discover a new strain of bacteria on the seabed that coexists with its natural enemy (translated)
- Nauka Telegraf (Serbia) – A mysterious type of marine bacteria discovered at the bottom of the ocean, then grown in the laboratory (translated)
- Terra (Brazil) – Mysterious bacteria found in the depths of the ocean (translated)
- ZIMO (Croatia) – A new and mysterious species of bacteria discovered deep on the ocean floor (translated)
- Russian Traveler (Russia) – Mysterious marine bacteria discovered in the depths of the ocean (translated)
This study was also summarised by the eLife press release, ‘New species of marine bacteria isolated from a deep-sea cold seep’.
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:
- New Scientist – Ancient armoured animal leads to rethink of reptile evolutionary tree
- Nauka W Polsce (Poland) – A New Look at the Evolution of Water Life in Dead Reptiles (translated)
Li et al.’s Research Article, ‘Sexual dimorphism in obesity is governed by RELMα regulation of adipose macrophages and eosinophils’, was featured in:
- Santé Log (France) – Obesity: Discovery of a protein that protects women (translated)
Hermanns et al.’s Research Article, ‘Mosquito community composition shapes virus prevalence patterns along anthropogenic disturbance gradients’, was featured in:
- Geo (France) – Mosquitoes: By destroying the tropical forest, humans increase the prevalence of certain viruses (translated)
Lorenzi et al.’s Short Report, ‘Manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging reveals light-induced brain asymmetry in embryo’, was covered in:
- Le Scienze (Italy) – Brain asymmetry: study sheds light on brain development (translated)
Hermanns et al.’s Research Article, ‘Mosquito community composition shapes virus prevalence patterns along anthropogenic disturbance gradients’, was featured in:
- Quotidiano Sanità (Italy) – From the destruction of rainforests, resistant and infected mosquitoes in population centers (translated)
- Earth.com – Biodiversity loss promotes the spread of viruses
Aso et al.’s Research Article, ‘Neural circuit mechanisms for transforming learned olfactory valences into wind-oriented movement’, was featured in:
- Neuroscience News – How Flies Turn Memories into Upwind Food Hunts
Sadino et al.’s Research Article, ‘Prolonged partner separation erodes nucleus accumbens transcriptional signatures of pair bonding in male prairie voles’, was mentioned in:
- The Scientist – Molecular Signatures of a Broken Heart
Karelina et al.’s Research Article/Reviewed Preprint, ‘How accurately can one predict drug binding modes using AlphaFold models?’, was featured in:
- Nature – AlphaFold touted as next big thing for drug discovery – but is it?
MaBouDi et al.’s Research Article, ‘How honey bees make fast and accurate decisions,’ was covered in:
- SciTechDaily – Researchers Discover That Bees Can Make Decisions Better and Faster Than We Do
Wu et al.’s Research Article, ‘Amelioration of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by targeting adhesion G protein-coupled receptor F1 (Adgrf1)’, was picked up by:
- StudyFinds – New drug treatment may save millions from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
This study was also summarised by the eLife press release, ‘Study identifies new drug target for preventing fatty liver disease’.
Holzinger et al.’s Research Article, ‘Scorpionfish BPI is highly active against multiple drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from people with cystic fibrosis’, was featured in:
- StudyFinds – Yes, the scorpionfish is venomous and creepy – but it might just help cystic fibrosis patients
This study was also summarised by the eLife press release, ‘Scorpionfish protein kills drug-resistant bacteria from patients with cystic fibrosis’.
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