Hello and welcome to Science Research Weekly, Season 5, Episode 5, Oops, All Singularities! Get ready for tiny nanopores, a supernova-skipping black hole, kidney disease ultrasounds by robot, and keeping files organized for publication. Science On.

References:

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-68800-x
• https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adt4853
• https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16673
• https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16641
• https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.16.706223v2
• https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.24.629435v2
• https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.11.693795v2
• https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/keeping-files-organised-for-publication/

R Packages:

• Framework: Structured Data ScienceProject Scaffolding
• gsDesignNB: Sample Size andSimulation for Negative Binomial Outcomes
• SimtablR: Easy Publication-ReadyTables and Regression Analysis
• Scholid: Tools for Scholarly andAcademic Identifiers

R Packages:

Framework: Structured Data Science Project Scaffolding

gsDesignNB: Sample Size and Simulation for Negative Binomial Outcomes

SimtablR: Easy Publication-Ready Tables and Regression Analysis

Scholid: Tools for Scholarly and Academic Identifiers

References:

Chemistry-drivenautonomous nanopore membranes

Disappearanceof a massive star in the Andromeda Galaxy due to formation of a black hole

NeighborhoodStability as a Measure of Nearest Neighbor Searchability

TowardsAutonomous Robotic Kidney Ultrasound: Spatial-Efficient Volumetric Imaging viaTemplate Guided Optimal Pivoting

Differentialanalysis of genomics count data with edge*

Virus-freecontinuous directed evolution in human cells using somatic hypermutation

TranscriptionalActivation of Estrogen Receptor-alpha and Estrogen Receptor-beta from ElephantShark (Callorhynchus milii)

Keeping files organised forpublication

R Packages:

Framework: Structured Data ScienceProject Scaffolding

gsDesignNB: Sample Size andSimulation for Negative Binomial Outcomes

SimtablR: Easy Publication-ReadyTables and Regression Analysis

Scholid: Tools for Scholarly and AcademicIdentifiers