In our latest monthly media coverage roundup, we highlight the top mentions that eLife papers generated in March. You can view the coverage, along with the related research articles, below:
Szigeti et al.’s Research Article, ‘Self-blinding citizen science to explore psychedelic microdosing’, was mentioned in:
- Medical News Today – Psychedelic microdosing benefits and the placebo effect
- Science – Traces of psychedelics make you feel good, but so does placebo, finds unusual ‘self-blinding’ study
- Live Science – Microdosing with 'shrooms or LSD no better than placebo, study finds
- Courrier International (France) – The effect of LSD microdosing is no better than a placebo (translated)
- Videnskab (Denmark) – Placebo may be just as effective as microdosing LSD, according to a new study (translated)
Morrison et al.’s Research Article, ‘Social groups buffer maternal loss in mountain gorillas’, was highlighted in:
- Science – Gorillas in the wild often adopt young orphaned apes
- Forbes – Motherless Gorillas Get By With Help From Friends, Study Suggests
- Galileu (Brazil) – Mountain gorillas welcome orphans that have lost their mother, study shows (translated)
- ČT24 (Czech Republic) – Gorillas in the wild often adopt orphaned young (translated)
The Research Article by Hightower et al., ‘How oscillating aerodynamic forces explain the timbre of the hummingbird’s hum and other animals in flapping flight’, was covered in:
- The Telegraph – Dutch and American scientists unlock mystery of what makes the hummingbird hum
- The Guardian – Scientists unlock secret of why hummingbirds hum
- The Hindu – Question Corner: Why are hummingbirds called so? Do they hum?
- Live Science – Why do hummingbirds 'hum'?
- Sina (China) – Scientists explain in detail how hummingbirds hum
Chin et al.’s Research Article, ‘Cohesin mutations are synthetic lethal with stimulation of WNT signaling’, was featured in:
- Sky Tg24 (Italy) – Good news from Cnr-Irgb: a possible new weapon against cancer (translated)
Fallerini et al.’s Short Report, ‘Association of Toll-like receptor 7 variants with life-threatening COVID-19 disease in males: findings from a nested case-control study’, was mentioned in:
- La Nazione (Italy) – Severe forms of COVID-19 found in men who have a gene mutation (translated)
- Masrawy (Egypt) – COVID-19 today: an effective vaccine against the South African variant and some virus mutations overcome immunity (translated)
Vaidyanathan et al.’s Research Article, ‘Cortical astrocytes independently regulate sleep depth and duration via separate GPCR pathways’, was covered in:
- Hankyung (South Korea) – Star-shaped cells in the brain have ‘sleep control’ function (translated)
- Iatronet (Greece) – Astrocytes and sleep disorders (translated)
The Research Article by Bowerman et al., ‘Archaeal chromatin ‘slinkies’ are inherently dynamic complexes with deflected DNA wrapping pathways’, was featured in:
- Science News – Archaea microbes fold, twist and contort their DNA in extreme ways
Vedor et al.’s Research Article, ‘Climate-driven deoxygenation elevates fishing vulnerability for the ocean's widest ranging shark’, was highlighted in:
- Diário de Notícias (Portugal) – A lack of oxygen pushes sharks to the surface (translated)
Beaudet et al.’s Short Report, ‘Preliminary paleohistological observations of the StW 573 (‘Little Foot’) skull’, was mentioned in:
- Galileu (Brazil) – Study details skull of Pé Pequeno, a 3.6 million-year-old hominid (translated)
And Chioh et al.’s Research Article, ‘Convalescent COVID-19 patients are susceptible to endothelial dysfunction due to persistent immune activation’, was covered in:
- ABC (Spain) – An overactive immune system causes blood clots in some Covid-19 survivors (translated)
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