Roni Dengler

Freelance science writer. Former contributor @DiscoverMag, news intern @NewsfromScience, @AAASMassMedia Fellow @NewsHour, PhD.

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Tell me what's missing from the research content you read regularly, and what kind of content appeals to you.

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Thrilled to share that I'll be heading up @Nature's new Translational Research Briefing, a free weekly newsletter covering #drugdiscovery research, #biotech and #pharma. I want this newsletter to inform, engage and delight readers. Drop a comment or message me with:

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What you'd like to read about or see in this newsletter (research summaries? infographics? GIFs? Video? Day in the Life? Methods? Comics?)

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This impressionistic bloom was “a beautiful mistake,” according to Chia-Chien Kao. It appeared one day when Kao was recrystallizing a chromophore and accidentally let all the solvent evaporate. Read more about this #CENChemPics: 📸 https://t.co/jtTyAAXJ7Z

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What’s holding up development of a CMV vaccine? Are you a #CMV researcher? Reply here⬇️

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Social stress can speed up immune system aging – new research https://t.co/JHSPvyZ8bA

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Enjoy the 4th but remember, fireworks are prohibited on public lands. #RecreateResponsibly #WYResponsibly

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Canada Battles More Than 180 Wildfires With Hundreds Dead In Heat Wave https://t.co/9T2PJCl5Jh

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The Dolores "River" yesterday at the Big Gypsum Recreation Site. While describing this scene as a river may not be appropriate, the Dolores part remains apt...River of our Lady of Sorrows.

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“Perhaps our rush for lithium is also emotional and prevents us from thinking on a longer time scale”

Wonderful story, with so much to consider

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These rocks rich in lithium could help reduce dependence on fossil fuels and power 400,000 clean-energy car batteries. But there's one roadblock: a rare, fragile species of buckwheat, which for a mine might mean extinction: https://t.co/EsNUpJ6dlH

📸: Aubrey Trinnaman

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Only a WEEK left to apply for Begley-STAT Science Reporting Fellowship ($75K + health insurance) for early-career journalists from underrepresented groups.

Apply here: https://t.co/z2jw22nPa4

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There are several wildfires burning across Colorado right now and as you’ve noticed, wildfire smoke has been filling our skies along the Front Range but some areas of Colorado have it much worse. https://t.co/0Tkb9SEM5F

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Canyonlands in a megadrought

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"By ripping it out, water officials estimate the region can conserve 10 percent of its total available Colorado River water supply."

[PBS News @NewsHour]

A new Nevada law will outlaw about 31 percent of the grass in the Las Vegas area in an effort to conserve water amid a drought that’s drying up the region’s primary water source: the Colorado River. https://t.co/gxBeoQXKJT

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how creepy bizarre and magical

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Like something out of science fiction, these small stalagmite-like structures are cypress knees, a distinctive formation above the roots of any type of cypress tree. Their function is unknown, but they are generally seen on trees growing in swamps.

📷: USFWS

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“Representatives of the seven states that rely on the Colorado River soon plan to start negotiating new rules for dealing with shortages after 2026, when the current set of agreements expire.”
Maybe sooner would be better?
https://t.co/5pAfmf3WOO via @azcentral

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Few Car Crashes with Deer in Wisconsin, Perhaps Thanks to Wolves https://t.co/9OAR0ELRUw

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“A curtain that stretches across the southern border of the universe (from the perspective of Earth) and consists of thousands of galaxies”

[MIT Technology Review @techreview]

Astronomers have found one of the largest structures in the known universe last year—a “wall” of galaxies that’s at least 1.4 billion light-years long. And given how close it is to us, it’s remarkable that we haven’t seen it before now.
https://t.co/sPnPaFwlQy

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Have you started your spring planting plans? Check out our Native Plants Database to find the best plants to attract birds to your yard or garden. https://t.co/vNt57c2dbk #PlantsForBirds