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EPISODE · May 18, 2026 · 8 MIN

Expand Your Scientific Scope (Season 5: Episode 15)

from Science Research Weekly · host Mark R Williamson

Welcome to Science Research Weekly, Season 5, Episode 15, Expand Your Scientific Scope. Get ready for algal microplastics remediation, cosmic large-scale structure, coffee and dementia risk, tales of outer membrane vesicles and tumor microenvironment subtypes, why a high R-squared can be misleading, and the MIRA award from the NIH. Science On.References:Remediation and upcycling of microplastics by algae with wastewater nutrient removal and bioproduction potentialLarge-scale Structure in COSMOS-Web: Tracing Galaxy Evolution in the Cosmic Web up to z ∼ 7 with the Largest JWST SurveyCoffee and Tea Intake, Dementia Risk, and Cognitive FunctionLoad Identification in Bistable Spacecraft Boomsvia Parametric Data-Driven Modeling"Like Taking the Path of Least Resistance": Exploring the Impact of LLM Interaction on the Creative Process of ProgrammingDiscovery and characterisation of OMVs produced by the bee gut microbiotaTumorArchetypeR: A modular framework to derivesignature-based tumor subtypesLearning Data Science: Why a High R^2 Can Be MisleadingMaximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (ESI)R Packages: marsruntime: Portable Mars Runtime ReplayQsRutils: R Functions Useful for Community EcologyROCsurvcomp: ROC-Based Methods for Comparing Survival Distributions with Right, Left, and Doubly Censored Datawarmthcompetence: Warmth and Competence Detectors

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