In today’s episode, we will talk about how plants can remember the drought, the dogs can feel jealous, the molecule considered as the origin of life, smart glasses capable of considerable reduction of energy consumption, female mental capability vs males, turning wood into plastic and the benefit of drinking cocoa.
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The papers reviewed in this podcast:
1- Bo Xu, Yu Long, Xueying Feng, Xujun Zhu, Na Sai, Larissa Chirkova, Annette Betts, Johannes Herrmann, Everard J. Edwards, Mamoru Okamoto, Rainer Hedrich, Matthew Gilliham. GABA signalling modulates stomatal opening to enhance plant water use efficiency and drought resilience. Nature Communications, 2021; 12 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21694-3
2- Amalia P. M. Bastos, Patrick D. Neilands, Rebecca S. Hassall, Byung C. Lim, Alex H. Taylor. Dogs Mentally Represent Jealousy-Inducing Social Interactions. Psychological Science, 2021; 095679762097914 DOI: 10.1177/0956797620979149
3- Keiji Murayama, Hikari Okita, Takumi Kuriki, Hiroyuki Asanuma. Nonenzymatic polymerase-like template-directed synthesis of acyclic l-threoninol nucleic acid. Nature Communications, 2021; 12 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21128-0
4- Harmut H. Hillmer, Mustaqim Siddi Que Iskhandar, Muhammad Kamrul Hasan, Sapida Akhundzada, Basim Al-Qargholi, Andreas Tatzel. MOEMS micromirror arrays in smart windows for daylight steering. Journal of Optical Microsystems, 2021; 1 (01) DOI: 10.1117/1.JOM.1.1.014502
5- Lise Eliot, Adnan Ahmed, Hiba Khan, Julie Patel. Dump the 'dimorphism': Comprehensive synthesis of human brain studies reveals few male-female differences beyond size. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021; 125: 667 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.02.026
6- Xia, Q., Chen, C., Yao, Y. et al. A strong, biodegradable and recyclable lignocellulosic bioplastic. Nat Sustain, 2021 DOI: 10.1038/s41893-021-00702-w
7- Rosalind Baynham, Jet J.C.S. Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Paul W. Johns, Quang S. Pham, Catarina Rendeiro. Cocoa Flavanols Improve Vascular Responses to Acute Mental Stress in Young Healthy Adults. Nutrients, 2021; 13 (4): 1103 DOI: 10.3390/nu13041103
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Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
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