Engineering

Scientists knit futuristic eco-building designs using fungal networks

July 14, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image courtesy of the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment Scientists have developed mycocrete, a paste made [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Human test subjects may no longer be needed for mosquito bite trials thanks to invention of new biomaterial

February 9, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Studies on mosquito feeding behavior are crucial to fighting malaria, dengue, and other [...]

5 articles you need to check out on the future of materials research

November 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com In a fast-moving field of research like materials science, it can be difficult to keep up with [...]

4 articles you need to check out on the future of building engineering

March 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Colm Gorey, Science Communications Manager Image: Robert Kneschke/Shutterstock.com The infrastructure that makes up our towns and cities is undergoing a technological and [...]

Frontiers in Materials – Trending Research

August 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

Get the Frontiers' Editorial Office picks of top research published in Frontiers in Materials [...]

Frontiers eBooks published in May 2017

June 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Frontiers, home to some of the most cited open access science, has published an eBooks list for May 2017, being a compilation of academic research articles in Science, Health and Engineering [...]

Most-cited articles in Frontiers

August 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

To celebrate the publication of 50,000 peer-reviewed articles in Frontiers, we take a peek at the Top 10 most-cited Original Research articles in Engineering, Health and Science. We also included the Latest Original Research articles in Humanities and Social Sciences, to honour our youngest program. [...]