Eeny, Meeny, Mimas, Moe (Season 3: Episode 7‪)‬ Science Research Weekly

Get ready for a mini Mimas ocean, microbes for low-cost molecular biology, Ordovician fossils from France, a 3D-printed titanium metamaterial, Emacs for R, and a NASA omnibus funding announcement chock full of opportunity. Science On.



References:


A recently formed ocean inside Saturn’s moon Mimas
Efficient natural plasmid transformation of Vibrio natriegens enables zero-capital molecular biology
The quest for superheavy elements and the limit of the periodic table
The Cabrières Biota (France) provides insights into Ordovician polar ecosystems
Pleural macrophages translocate to the lung during infection to promote improved influenza outcomes
Titanium Multi-Topology Metamaterials with Exceptional Strength
An exact formula for the sampling distribution of the correlation coefficient
NIA Career Transition Award
NASA ROSES: Astrophysics Data Analysis Program
NASA ROSES: New Frontiers Data Analysis Program
NASA ROSES: Exobiology



R Packages:


circlesplot: Visualize Proportions with Circles in a Plot
multe: Multiple Treatment Effects Regression
valentine: Spread the Love for R Packages with Poetry