In our latest monthly media coverage roundup, we highlight the top mentions that eLife papers generated in July. You can view the coverage, along with the related research articles, below:
Rey et al.’s Research Article, ‘Oxygen isotopes suggest elevated thermometabolism within multiple Permo-Triassic therapsid clades’, was featured in:
- The Conversation – More than 252 million years ago, mammal ancestors became warm-blooded to survive mass extinction
- Scientific American (Laelaps blog) – Hot to Trot
- United Press International (UPI) – Scientists find evidence of our earliest warm-blooded relatives
- IFLScience – Warm-Bloodedness May Have Evolved Independently Twice In Mammals' Ancestors
Wang and Takeuchi’s Research Article, ‘Individual recognition and the ‘face inversion effect’ in medaka fish (Oryzias latipes)’, was mentioned in:
- New Scientist – Fish can’t recognise faces if they’re upside down – just like us
Wiederman et al.’s Research Article, ‘A predictive focus of gain modulation encodes target trajectories in insect vision’, has been covered in:
- Us Weekly – Predatory Dragonflies Can Predict Path of Their Flying Prey
- Australian Financial Review – University of Adelaide test dragonfly neuron for artificial vision system in driverless cars
- Gizmodo (Australia) – How The Dragonfly's Surprisingly Complex Brain Makes It a Deadly Hunter
- UPI – Dragonflies can predict their prey's next move
Yu et al.’s Research Article, ‘Microfluidic-based mini-metagenomics enables discovery of novel microbial lineages from complex environmental samples’, was featured in:
- Global Times – Scientists find secret of virus resisting high temperature, strong acid
- XinhuaNet – Scientists find secret of virus resisting high temperature, strong acid
Wang et al.’s Research Article, ‘A multi-scale model for hair follicles reveals heterogeneous domains driving rapid spatiotemporal hair growth patterning’, has been mentioned in:
- La Stampa (Italy) – Two molecules hold the secret language that regulates hair growth (translated)
- Daily Mail – Hair speaks through 'words' and 'sentences': Reactivating lost communication could cure baldness AND unwanted growth
- Mirror – Breakthrough could lead to a cure for baldness as scientists discover hairs 'talk to each other'
- New Scientist – Hairs use chemical signals to tell each other when to grow
Brent et al.’s Research Article, ‘An insect anti-antiaphrodisiac’, was featured in:
- UPI – Female insects use 'anti-antiaphrodisiac' to let males know they're ready to mate
Mishra et al.’s Research Article, ‘Efficacy of β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combination is linked to WhiB4-mediated changes in redox physiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis’, was covered in:
- The Hindu – IISc works to make a common antibiotic more effective against TB
And Nazarova et al.’s Research Article, ‘Rv3723/LucA coordinates fatty acid and cholesterol uptake in Mycobacterium tuberculosis’, was covered in:
- India Today – Novel mechanism may help treat tuberculosis
- Financial Express (India) – Novel mechanism may help treat tuberculosis
For any questions about the studies or media mentions listed here, please contact:
Emily Packer, Press Officer, eLife
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