Science Research Weekly is back, with new content, deeper dives, and all the science updates you’ve been craving. This week, from viruses in space to 3D visualizations of automotive undercarriages, we’re covering scientific articles, preprints, software, blogs, and grant opportunities. Science On.

References:

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003568

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-025-02962-9

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09971-3

https://www.jstatsoft.org/issue/view/v115

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.14213

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.14208

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.20.700692v1.full.pdf

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.17.700094v1.full.pdf

https://journal.r-project.org/issues/2025-3/

https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/setting-up-a-cluster-of-tiny-pcs-for-parallel-computing-a-note-to-myself/

https://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2026/01/07/9-dataviz-distrib-sas-part1.html

https://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2026/01/14/9-dataviz-distrib-sas-part_2.html

https://www.vastspace.com/science-rfp-eligibility

R-PACKAGES:

col2hex2col: Convert Between Color Names and Hex Codes

VennItem: Generate Venn Diagrams with Items Listed in the Sections

Welcome to the final episode of Science Research weekly for 2025. Covering November and December.

Get ready for the PRIMA system to treat age-related blindness, surprising chemistry on Saturn's moon Titan, Kagome tubes for vibration damping in engineering, the R-Multiverse, and a grant on the Foundations of a Resilient Microbiome. Science On.

References:

• Subretinal Photovoltaic Implant to Restore Vision in Geographic Atrophy Due to AMD
• SnOx Nanoflakes as Enhanced Near-Infrared Photothermal Therapy Agents Synthesized from Electrochemically Oxidized SnS2 Powders
• Hydrogen cyanide and hydrocarbons mix on Titan
• Topological polarization of kagome tubes and applications toward vibration isolation
• Potassium-40 isotopic evidence for an extant pre-giant-impact component of Earth’s mantle
• Overlay multiple custom density curves on a histogram in SAS
• Go for Launch! Packages Shipped to the R-Multiverse
• What’s new for Python in 2025?
• leap: Foundations of a Resilient Microbiome
• Chan Zuckerberg Initiative: Implementation of Synthetic Biology Principles in Immunology

R Packages:

• alpmixBayes: Bayesian Estimation for Alpha-Mixture Survival Models
• bayesQRsurvey: Bayesian Quantile Regression Models for Complex Survey Data Analysis
• arete: Automated REtrieval from TExt
• nbpInference: Inference on Average Treatment Effects for Continuous Treatments
• partialling.out: Residuals from Partial Regressions