Articles by Frontiers Science Communications

New high-tech helmets may protect American football players from debilitating concussions

June 9, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Evidence is mounting that head impacts in American football can lead to devastating neurological [...]

Science for all with compatible AI

June 8, 2023 // 0 Comments

Watch Mirjam Eckert, chief publishing officer at Frontiers, introduce the publisher and demystify its machine learning tool. With thanks to the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. [...]

Why diversity and inclusion needs to be at the forefront of future AI

June 8, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Inês Hipólito/Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: shutterstock.com Inês Hipólito is a highly accomplished researcher, recognized for her work in esteemed [...]

Science shows why our taste in music can’t be siloed into catch-all genres

June 7, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Music genres have long been used to describe people’s musical taste. Now, a team of scientists has [...]

Frontiers announces membership of STM

June 6, 2023 // 0 Comments

Gold open access publisher Frontiers has announced that it has become a member of the International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers, better known [...]

Seeing inside a dying brain: Here are five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss

June 5, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of [...]

Underwater forest’s recovery offers hope for marine restoration across the globe

June 2, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Enric Ballesteros Scientists show that efforts to restore the building blocks of marine ecosystems are paying off, [...]

Frontiers appoints Julian Oei as Group Business Officer

June 1, 2023 // 0 Comments

Digital media executive Julian Oei has been appointed to the position of group business officer by the open access publisher Frontiers. In the newly created role, Mr. Oei [...]

‘Rethinking health beyond disability and disease’

May 31, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Liad Hollender, Frontiers science writer Image: Prof Gerold Stucki Is there more to health than just the absence of disease? According to a team of researchers from Swiss [...]

New health indicator can revolutionize how we measure and achieve well-being

May 31, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Liad Hollender, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock Researchers reveal how a new assessment of health called ‘human functioning’ could bridge health and [...]

Humans evolved to walk with an extra spring in our step

May 30, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Scientists have discovered that the recoil created by the flexible arch of human feet helps [...]

Slovenian CTK Consortium signs national deal with Frontiers

May 26, 2023 // 0 Comments

Frontiers announces a landmark national agreement with Slovenia, via the CTK Consortium. Credit: Frontiers Slovenian universities represented in the CTK Consortium formed a [...]

Termite mounds reveal secret to creating ‘living and breathing’ buildings that use less energy

May 26, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Macrotermes termite mound in Namibia. Image credit: D. Andréen Scientists studied the ‘egress complex’ of Macrotermes [...]

Reflections on the 2023 Camp ER&L

May 25, 2023 // 0 Comments

Frontiers attended the 2023 Camp ER&L, a landmark yearly meeting dedicated to collaboration in e-resources that has been running for 18 years. Camp ER&L (Electronic [...]

Researchers at the center of Frontiers’ new partnership with ResearchGate

May 23, 2023 // 0 Comments

Open access publisher Frontiers and ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, have entered a partnership agreement to support researchers in accessing and [...]

Can charismatic robots help teams be more creative?

May 22, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Scientists found that students given a task by a social robot with a voice programmed to be [...]

Our brain prefers positive vocal sounds that come from our left

May 19, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Researchers have shown that the brain’s primary auditory cortex is more responsive to human vocalizations associated with [...]

Science on tap: Frontiers co-sponsors Pint of Science Switzerland festival

May 17, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Pint of Science festival returns to Switzerland this year 22-24 May 2023 co-sponsored by open access publisher Frontiers. Pint of Science Switzerland is part of the [...]

Abigail Watson – Shifting the Narrative

May 16, 2023 // 0 Comments

Author: Lucy Thompson Abigail Watson is a research fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), contributing to the institute’s work on peace and security. At [...]

Occasional cannabis use during pregnancy may be enough to impact fetal growth significantly

May 16, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com As cannabis products are being legalized around the world, the notion that they are safe to consume – [...]

Frontiers’ Volunteers: A people’s park full of London lore

May 12, 2023 // 0 Comments

Frontiers’ volunteers have always been at the forefront of community and societal responses. Amy Tighe shares her volunteering efforts cleaning up a local park and learning [...]

Leading Sino-Swiss experts gather to discuss research integrity

May 11, 2023 // 0 Comments

The National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLCAS), the Swiss Embassy in China, SwissNex and the leading science publisher Frontiers, held a joint [...]

‘Sea butterfly’ life cycle threatened by climate change may impact Southern Ocean ecosystem

May 11, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Shelled pteropods, commonly known as sea butterflies, are tiny, free-swimming sea snails, which are an [...]

Scientists discover microbes in the Alps and Arctic that can digest plastic at low temperatures

May 10, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Image: Beat Stierli Scientists from Switzerland have identified 19 novel strains of cold-adapted specialist bacteria and fungi [...]

Can lions coexist with cattle in Africa?

May 9, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Laurence G Frank/Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock Protecting lions and the interests of cattle producers in Kenya is a difficult [...]

Funders share insights on open science

May 5, 2023 // 0 Comments

Earlier this spring Frontiers hosted a research funders discussion forum to explore the challenges and opportunities faced by funders in supporting and incentivizing open [...]

Secret behind Amazonian ‘dark earth’ could help speed up forest restoration across the globe

May 5, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Researchers from Brazil showed that Amazonian dark earth (ADE), soils enriched by Amerindian people thousands of years ago, [...]

Ill-fitting gear puts female firefighters at risk: Five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss

May 4, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: CAL FIRE_Official/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global [...]

Old dogs with dementia sleep less deeply, just like people with Alzheimer’s

April 28, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Scientists have shown that old dogs with canine dementia have sleep and brain wave patterns that mirror those found in people [...]

Top scientists to address climate emergency in Montreux this week

April 24, 2023 // 0 Comments

Photo credit: Frontiers More than 500 top scientific researchers and influencers will meet in Switzerland later this week for the Frontiers Forum Live, which is taking place [...]

Jayati Ghosh – It’s not just analysis, it’s a call for action

April 24, 2023 // 0 Comments

Author: Sorcha Brennan Professor Jayati Ghosh taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi for nearly 35 years, and since January 2021 she has been a [...]

The right sports bra may increase your running performance by 7%

April 21, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Suzanna Burgelman, science writer Researchers are one step closer to understanding the influence of good running apparel on running performance and injury risk. A new [...]

Restoring Asia’s roar: Our plan to see tigers flourish again in historic locations

April 20, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Dr Thomas Gray, WWF Tigers Alive Initiative Image: Shutterstock.com Dr Thomas Gray is a conservation biologist and Tiger Recovery Lead at the WWF Tigers Alive Initiative. [...]

‘Think of the teachers!’ How secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, and burnout are increasingly impacting teachers

April 19, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Glenys Oberg, School of Education, University of Queensland, Australia Glenys Oberg Glenys Oberg is a PhD student and research assistant at the School of Education of the [...]