Get ready for a perfect Einstein ring, extracellular imaging adventures, into the candidate phyla radiation, mantis shrimp phononic shields, InsectNet, and musing on laziness and CRAN in R. Science On.

References:

• Euclid: A complete Einstein ring in NGC 6505
• Live imaging of the extracellular matrix with a glycan-binding fluorophore
• Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligate parasitic bacterium and proposal of Minisyncoccaceae fam. nov., Minisyncoccales ord. nov., Minisyncoccia class. nov. and Minisyncoccota phyl. nov. formerly referred to as Candidatus Patescibacteria or candidate phyla radiation
• Does the mantis shrimp pack a phononic shield?
• Ocean stratification impedes particulate transport to the plumes of Enceladus
• InsectNet: Real-time identification of insects using an end-to-end machine learning pipeline
• Surface Lipids in Nematodes are Influenced by Development and Species-specific Adaptations
• JuliaHub Newsletter February 2025
• The Best Reasons to Run a Pilot Study
• Two Way Repeated Measures ANOVA in R
• Lazy introduction to laziness in R
• Is CRAN Holding R Back?
• Estimating a Bayesian proportional hazards model

R Packages:

• R.AlphA.Home: Feel at Home using R, Thanks to Shortcuts Functions Making it Simple
• powerHE: Power and Sample Size Calculations with Hierarchical Endpoints
• MIC: Analysis of Antimicrobial Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Data