Science Research Weekly

Science, Roll Out! (Season 3: Episode 2)

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Get ready for rolling ringbots, cancer cannibalizing cells, the R Journal Volume 15/3, a new Bioconductor website, a beginner's guide to probability distributions in R, and an EPA grant to reduce air pollution in schools. Science On.


References:

  • New Soft Robots Roll Like Tires, Spin Like Tops and Orbit Like Moons
  • Hyperactive Rac stimulates cannibalism of living target cells and enhances CAR-M-mediated cancer cell killing
  • Microbiome homeostasis on rice leaves is regulated by a precursor molecule of lignin biosynthesis
  • Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus uses chimeric fibre proteins to recognize and invade a broad range of bacterial hosts
  • R Journal Volume 15/3
  • Blog posts from 2023 that deserve a second look
  • Bioconductor
  • Retrieving Data From The Bottom Of The Ocean
  • Unveiling the Smooth Operator: Rolling Averages in R
  • Probably More Than Chance: A Beginner’s Guide to Probability Distributions in R
  • Goodbye Complicated Dropdowns: Welcome to the New Era of Human Readable Filters
  • Financial Assistance is Available for Your R User Group in 2024!
  • EPA: Grant Funding to Address Indoor Air Pollution at Schools
  • NSF: Research in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering


    • R Packages:

    • Apoderoides: Prioritize and Delete Erroneous Taxa in a Large Phylogenetic Tree
    • bscui: Build SVG Custom User Interface
    • dittoViz: User Friendly Data Visualization
    • tidyMC: Monte Carlo Simulations Made Easy and Tidy
    • tidyplate: Transform Microplate Data into Tidy Dataframes
      • ...more
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      Science Research WeeklyBy Mark R Williamson