Science Research Weekly

Episode 48: Diamond Doppelgangers and Distant Oceans

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Get ready for Japanese mosasaurs, hard-as-diamond materials, cold ocean exoplanets, polychoric correlation, 15 Academic Research Tools, the 10 most popular R books of 2023, and an NSF grant for Emerging Mathematics in Biology. Science On.


References:

  • A new derived mosasaurine (Squamata: Mosasaurinae) from south-western Japan reveals unexpected postcranial diversity among hydropedal mosasaurs
  • Synthesis of Ultra-Incompressible and Recoverable Carbon Nitrides Featuring CN4 Tetrahedra
  • Prospects for Cryovolcanic Activity on Cold Ocean Planets
  • Discovery of a Drug-like, Natural Product-Inspired DCAF11 Ligand Chemotype
  • What is polychoric correlation?
  • what is family-wise error rate?
  • Top 15 Academic Research Tools For Scholars And Tutors
  • The 10 most popular R books of 2023
  • Edge of Tomorrow: Preparing R Functions for the Unexpected
  • NSF: Emerging Mathematics in Biology


    • R Packages:

    • DFBA: Distribution-Free Bayesian Analysis
    • dunlin: Preprocessing Tools for Clinical Trial Data
    • shinyquiz: Create Interactive Quizzes in 'shiny'
    • TaxaNorm: Feature-Wise Normalization for Microbiome Sequencing Data
    • simtrial: Clinical Trial Simulation
      • ...more
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      Science Research WeeklyBy Mark R Williamson