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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 [...]

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 responds to the European Council’s conclusions on open science publishing

June 1, 2023 // 0 Comments

On 23 May 2023, the European Council adopted conclusions that called for transparent, equitable, and open access to scholarly publications. It argued for immediate and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 – [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Frontiers responds to the US National Institutes of Health’s call on public access to science

May 2, 2023 // 0 Comments

The National Institutes of Health, the foremost federal agency for medical research in the US and the world’s biggest public funder of biomedical and behavioral [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) forms open access publishing agreement with Frontiers 

April 19, 2023 // 0 Comments

The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) has joined the Sikt Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement, the national partnership agreement for open access publishing [...]

Orb weaver spider glue properties evolve faster than their glue genes, scientists find

April 18, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Orb weaver spiders make the capture threads of their webs sticky with an aqueous glue made in [...]

‘Farmer’ beetle finds suitable host trees by tracing scent of its fungus crop

April 14, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Alnus ambrosia beetles (Xylosandrus germanus) in their galleries, tending the brood and fungus. Image credit: Antonio Gugliuzzo [...]

Coral-eating fish poo may act as ‘probiotics’ for reefs

April 13, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Coral-eating fish are thought to weaken coral reefs because they consume coral tissue, whereas [...]

Most plastic eaten by city vultures comes straight from food outlets

April 12, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Black vultures, Coragyps atratus, in the US. Image credit: Hannah Partridge Researchers have shown that black and turkey vultures [...]

Obstructive sleep apnea may directly cause early cognitive decline

April 6, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Obstructive sleep apnea is a debilitating disease, which can lead to fragmented and poor sleep and daytime sleepiness Patients [...]

How a city walk may improve your mood: Here are five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss

April 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 [...]

New low-cost camera could help scientists forecast volcano eruptions affecting millions

April 4, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Monitoring emissions from volcanoes – particularly sulfur dioxide (SO2) using specialized cameras – [...]

California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology forms publishing agreement with Frontiers 

April 3, 2023 // 0 Comments

California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology(CIBNP) has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with [...]

Babies’ gut microbiome not influenced by mothers’ vaginal microbiome composition

March 30, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Alterations in babies’ gut microbiomes during early life are commonly associated with negative health [...]

Lizards at US Army installation are stress eating during flyovers

March 29, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Colorado checkered whiptail, Aspidoscelis neotesselata. Image credit: Carina Kusaka Scientists studied the response of an [...]

The Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies forms open access publishing agreement with Frontiers 

March 29, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress (Nasjonalt Kunnskapssenter om vold of Traumatisk stress – NKVTS) supports their authors in publishing open [...]

Shh! Intensive care incubators resonate sounds and risk damage to premature babies’ hearing, scientists say

March 27, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Although the effects of a noisy environment in the neonatal intensive care unit have been studied [...]

Frontiers’ Volunteers: February’s friendly competitions for good

March 24, 2023 // 0 Comments

Frontons wasted no time when it came to jumping back into volunteer activities at the start of the new year, even challenging colleagues to join them in doing good with some [...]

Oslo Metropolitan University forms open access publishing agreement with Frontiers 

March 23, 2023 // 0 Comments

Image: Skjalg Bøhmer Vold/OsloMet We are delighted to announce that Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this [...]

Unusual Toxoplasma parasite strain killed sea otters and could threaten other marine life

March 22, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image by Mr Laird Henkel, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Four sea otters that stranded in California were [...]

Kristiania University College forms open access publishing agreement with Frontiers 

March 20, 2023 // 0 Comments

  Kristiania University College supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, Kristiania University College has joined the Sikt Open [...]

Climate crisis calls world’s top scientists to Montreux

March 20, 2023 // 0 Comments

~ Experts gather in Montreux to chart a course toward sustainable future ~ World-renowned scientists and thought leaders will gather next month at the Frontiers [...]

Common meat-free proteins may trigger soybean and peanut allergies in some people

March 16, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Meat-free proteins based on legumes are increasingly common. But so are allergies to soy and [...]

Rapid surge in highly contagious killer fungus poses new threat to amphibians across Africa

March 15, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Researchers studied the prevalence of the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in a total of 16,900 historical and recent [...]

Machine learning helps researchers separate compostable from conventional plastic waste with ‘very high’ accuracy

March 14, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Compostable plastics are on the rise. Despite their merits, these products, including wrappers and [...]

Why understanding human evolution on Earth will be absolutely essential for any future deep-space colonies to survive and thrive

March 13, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Lee G Irons, Norfolk Institute, and Morgan A Irons, Cornell University Photo of Lee and Morgan, Credit: Lee Irons and Morgan Irons Is human migration into space [...]

Wings, not webs: Certain bugs are the winners of urbanization, impacting cities’ insect diversity

March 7, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Dr Marion Chatelain. Occurrence and abundance of the ‘cucumber green spider’ decreased along the rural-urban [...]

Bees follow linear landmarks to find their way home, just like the first pilots

March 6, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Scientists have shown that honeybees retain a memory of the dominant linear landscape elements in their home area like channels, [...]