Get ready for synthetic microbe community therapy, VR taste testing, narwhal tusk behavior, detecting space debris, microbial patterns across the ISS, the Top 40 New CRAN Packages for January 2025, and Department of Defense grants for the MURI program. Science On.

References:

• A designed synthetic microbiota provides insight to community function in Clostridioides difficile resistance
• A sensor-actuator–coupled gustatory interface chemically connecting virtual and real environments for remote tasting
• Use of tusks by narwhals, Monodon monoceros, in foraging, exploratory, and play behavior
• The generation of whistler, lower hybrid, and magnetosonic waves by satellites passing through ionospheric magnetic field aligned irregularities
• The International Space Station has a unique and extreme microbial and chemical environment driven by use patterns
• R version 4.4.3 (Trophy Case) has been released
• A Bayesian proportional hazards model with a penalized spline
• Constructing the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
• Working with Clinical Trial Data? There’s a Pharmaverse Package for That
• January 2025 Top 40 New CRAN Packages
• Better documentation for R-universe!
• DoD: Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI)

R Packages:

• MetabolSSMF: Simplex-Structured Matrix Factorisation for Metabolomics Analysis
• mixtree: A Statistical Framework for Comparing Sets of Trees
• mbX: A Comprehensive Microbiome Data Processing Pipeline
• blit: Bioinformatics Library for Integrated Tools

Get ready for PAN-GO, tardigrade medication, the unsung biological driving forces of fire and ice, brewing tea for lead reduction, and the 2025 NASA ROSES omnibus. Science On.

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• A compendium of human gene functions derived from evolutionary modelling
• Local structural flexibility drives oligomorphism in computationally designed protein assemblies
• Radioprotection of healthy tissue via nanoparticle-delivered mRNA encoding for a damage-suppressor protein found in tardigrades
• The Neoproterozoic glacial broom
• Anomalous δ15N values in the Neoarchean associated with an abundant supply of hydrothermal ammonium
• Brewing Clean Water: The Metal-Remediating Benefits of Tea Preparation
• Use the EFFECTPLOT statement to visualize binomial regression models in SAS
• NASA ROSES 2025: A.58 INNOVATE

R Packages:

• mermboost: Gradient Boosting for Generalized Additive Mixed Models
• qountstat: Statistical Analysis of Count Data and Quantal Data
• codelist: Working with Code Lists

Get ready for exoplanet atmosphere, secret shark bases, 3D-printed thrusters, active matter, dependent variables that can’t be used for linear models, and bible translations in R. Science On.

References:

• Vertical structure of an exoplanet’s atmospheric jet stream
• Shallow seamounts are “oases” and activity hubs for pelagic predators in a large-scale marine reserve
• High-Impulse, Modular, 3D-Printed CubeSat ElectrosprayThrusters Throttleable via Pressure and Voltage Control
• Aberrant neuronal hyperactivation causes an age-dependent behavioral decline in Caenorhabditis elegans
• An aperiodic chiral tiling by topological molecular self-assembly
• Traveling Strings of Active Dipolar Colloids
• 6 Types of Dependent Variables that will Never Meet the Linear Model Normality Assumption
• What’s Artificial Intelligence all about?
• Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Everything
• The Last Statistical Model You’ll Ever Need in SAS
• Coupon: 92F7BB1DF31947F16207

R Packages:

• logos: Access to the Hebrew, Greek, and English Version of the Bible
• musicXML: Data Sonification using 'musicXML'
• indexr: A Thoughtful Saver of Results

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

Get ready for asteroid collision simulations, zero thermal expansion material, effective ribosomal collisions, the benefits of cold immersion, and using AI to learn like an Oxford genius. Science On.

References:

• Climatic and ecological responses to Bennu-type asteroid collisions
• Local chemical heterogeneity enabled superior zero thermal expansion in nonstoichiometric pyrochlore magnets
• Long-term imaging of individual ribosomes reveals ribosome cooperativity in mRNA translation
• Effects of cold-water immersion on health and wellbeing: A systematic review and meta-analysis
• Crane 1.0.0 released!
• Oxford Researchers Discovered How to Use AI To Learn Like A Genius

R Packages:

• tergo: Style Your Code Fast
• rmcmc: Robust Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods
• authoritative: Parse and Deduplicate Author Names

Get ready for asteroid analysis, precision probiotics, nifty nanolattices, dark dimensions, frozen stars, and the return of the Top 40 new CRAN package blog series. Science On.

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Get ready for futuristic chainmail, synthetic yeast, subsurface ammonia production, living bacterial Jello, exocomet belts, BioChatter, R Journal Volume 16/1, clearing up level confusion, R for cell biologists, and Innosphere's Life Sciences Incubator. Science On.

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Get ready for long-lasting DNA lesions, DNA nanorafts, de novo antivenom, a second look at SAS blog posts, working with colors in R, and K-type award from the NIH. Science On.

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Get ready for RNA lanterns, fungal batteries, punk rock mollusks, supercharged hornworts, the top 10 DO LOOP posts of 2024, vanishing sentences in R, and a Trailblazer award from the NIH. Science On.

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Get ready for a recap of the best scientific articles from 2024. Science On.