New surgical strategy offers hope for repairing spinal injuries
Surgery to reconnect sensory neurons to the spinal cord after traumatic spinal injury works because offshoots from the spinal cord complete the spinal circuit. [...]
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Horizon Scan 2018: Emerging Issues in Marine Science
Frontiers in Marine Science is proud to launch the second edition of our annual Research Topic: Horizon Scan 2018: Emerging Issues in Marine Science. [...]
Birds avoid crossing roads to prevent predation
Recent research, in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, demonstrates that roads can be problematic to birds, especially small, forest-dwelling species. [...]
Current threats to our oceans are revealed
Recent study, published in Frontiers in Marine Science, highlights emerging issues faced by the marine environment. [...]
Exercise in early life has long-lasting benefits
Frontiers in Physiology study demonstrates that exercise in early life counteracts some of the damaging effects of a high-fat diet. [...]
Frontiers eBooks published in July 2017
List of Frontiers eBooks published in July 2017. Frontiers eBooks are Research Topics compilation of academic articles. eBooks are open access. [...]
Study finds 90 percent of American men overfat
The overfat pandemic is alarmingly prevalent in developed countries with up to 90% of adult males and 50% children may suffer from this condition. [...]
Heavy drinking during adolescence: Dire effects on the brain
Binge drinking during adolescence alters the brain, leading to reduced cognitive abilities and increased risk for developing alcohol use disorder. [...]
Study reveals most impactful neuroscience research
A study has identified the 100 most-cited neuroscience papers, and their research topics and journals. [...]
Empowering robots for ethical behavior
Researchers have developed a concept called Empowerment to help robots and humans to work and live side-by-side safely and effectively. [...]
Bacteria found in Alzheimer’s brains
Brains from patients with Alzheimer's disease show changes in bacterial populations compared with healthy brains. [...]
Elderly yoginis have greater cortical thickness
Elderly female yoga practitioners have greater cortical thickness in the left prefrontal cortex, suggesting that yoga may protect against cognitive decline. [...]
Data analysis in the kitchen
New research published in Frontiers in ICT suggests and analyses a possible new principle behind ingredient mixing in traditional cuisines [...]
One step closer to a DNA vaccine against dengue virus
A recent study published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology sheds new light on the development of a DNA vaccine against dengue virus. [...]
Self-driving cars may soon be able to make moral and ethical decisions as humans do
Can a self-driving vehicle be moral, act like humans do, or act like humans expect humans to? New study has found that human morality can be modeled. [...]
Depression affects the brains of males and females differently
New findings suggest that adolescent girls and boys might experience depression differently and that sex-specific treatments could be beneficial for adolescents. [...]
Creating music by thought alone
Neurologists have created a hands-free, thought-controlled musical instrument, which they've recently described in a report in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. [...]
Does the European public understand the impacts of climate change on the ocean?
First in-depth study, published in Frontiers in Marine Science, looking at public engagement with marine climate change issues across 10 European countries. [...]
Menstruation doesn’t change how your brain works — period
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience study suggests that hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle have no impact on aspects of cognition [...]
Science to transform our global food system: EAT Food Forum
Food, health, and environmental sustainability: interconnected issues to be tackled. Experts discuss at the EAT Stockholm Food Forum 2017. [...]
Frontiers contributes to the shaping of Research & Innovation in Europe
The future of Europe and its economy is based on research and innovation. Over 700 scientists, innovators, business people and policy makers came together at the recent [...]
Research & Innovation – Shaping our future
High Level Group calls for doubling of R&I funding and a renewed focus on impact, with ‘openness’ a key factor The report of the European Commission’s High Level [...]
Open Science Drives Impact: Frontiers Reports 2017
The latest Frontiers Reports with key facts and contributions, and details on our leading journals, their impact and outstanding researchers on board. [...]
Screen time or story time?
New study published in Frontiers in psychology suggests electronic media may pose less of an impact to learning for toddlers than is the case for preschoolers [...]
Frontiers journals in the top of impact metrics
Analysis of the 2016-JCR shows Frontiers journals lead in citations in their fields and rank in the top Impact Factor percentiles. This year, 24 Frontiers journals covering [...]
Creating human super intelligence: winner of Spotlight Award 2017
Superintelligence: fact or fiction. First Frontiers Spotlight Award Winner for outstanding research into human brain augmentation [...]
Open Science can save the planet
Open Access publisher Frontiers’ CEO, Kamila Markram, makes a case for why open science is the key to innovation, economic growth and solutions to a sustainable future. [...]
Sleep and Chronobiology new Editor Yves Dauvilliers
Led by the new Specialty Chief Editor Prof. Yves Dauvilliers, this multidisciplinary section is open for submissions of studies on sleep, circadian rhythms and their [...]
Water for People or Nature: Do we Really Need to Choose?
New research published in Frontiers in Environmental Science discusses, for the first time, how to improve ecosystem conditions for societal use. [...]
Simply wearing a police uniform may cause bias
Students wearing police uniforms show biased attention towards people wearing hoodies.
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Medical Sociology: Highlighting the Move towards Interdisciplinary Research
Medical Sociology is the most recent section to be launched in Frontiers in Sociology and spans the fields of medicine, public health and the social sciences. [...]
Frontiers in Medicine launches new specialty section – Innovative Therapies.
New section will focus on the use of gene editing in gene therapy, dealing with the ethical issues in the field, and making gene therapy more widely available. [...]
Did Humans Create the Sahara Desert?
New research challenges the idea that changes in the Earth’s orbit triggered Sahara desertification. [...]
Empowering women to progress in traditionally male dominated fields
What are the factors that affect women from diverse backgrounds progressing in STEM fields? [...]
In Politics Does Rudeness Win?
A new research project wants to track if our politics is getting ruder or whether it’s the media – stupid! — Tanya Petersen “Happy New Year to all, including to [...]
Open Science will take us into a new world
Open Science: Removing the limits on science to drive innovation and advance knowledge.
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Horse-riding can improve children’s cognitive ability
Study shows how the effects of horseback riding improve learning in children. [...]
Calculating Climate Change losses in major European Coastal Cities
Researchers urge policy-makers not to settle for traditional approaches and point to high potential economic losses. [...]
Frontiers in Psychiatry launches a new section – Psychopharmacology
We are pleased to announce the launch of our brand new section Psychopharmacology in Frontiers in Psychiatry. [...]
Teach yourself everyday happiness with imagery training
Our emotions are often affected by images and visual memories. What if we could train our own brains to use imagery and effect our emotional state? [...]
Hammerhead shark migration gives new hope for conservation
New information on the migration patterns of the Great Hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran, will help to protect this endangered species, scientists suggest. [...]
Future space missions and the Earth-Moon system
How the complex dynamics of the Earth-Moon system and its applied and fundamental physics may play a crucial role in the future of space exploration – by Claudio Bogazzi, [...]
Females no longer neglected in obesity research
Scientists revise the typical use of male rats and point to sex-differences that can drastically change how we approach obesity in females. [...]
A way out of the junk-food eating cycle
Study shows that junk-food is habit-forming in rats – but that the habit could easily be broken by pairing it with the right environmental cues. [...]
Where belief in free will is linked to happiness
Researchers show that the phenomenon, previously seen in Western populations, also occurs in Chinese teenagers, and can cross cultural divides [...]
Frontiers position statement: Impact of EU copyright reform on open science and innovation
To innovate effectively, the results of research must be open to all of society. Today, there is exponential growth in the knowledge produced by scientific, medical and [...]
Deeper than obesity: a majority of people is now ‘overfat’
Researchers describe a new pandemic and argue for a change in global health efforts against chronic and metabolic diseases [...]
Second annual Frontiers Spotlight Award announced for 2018
The annual $100,000 competition is now open. All Frontiers Research Topics completed in 2017 will be considered. [...]
Frontiers Journals with Impact Factors
With the latest release of the 2016 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) by Clarivate Analytics (f.k.a. Thomson Reuters), 24 Frontiers journals now have Impact Factors, up from 19 last year. [...]
