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Scientists find inorganic food additives might make babies more vulnerable to allergies

December 5, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Inorganic nanoparticles used to help process food may be crossing the placental barrier and [...]

4 articles you need to check out on the future of behavioral neuroscience

September 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com How mice and rats help study depression Mice and rats are key model animals that help us [...]

Bees, blue light, and bacteria in beetles’ ‘back pockets’: Most viewed articles of August 2022

September 23, 2022 // 0 Comments

Image: Shutterstock.com by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Each month, Frontiers shines a spotlight on some of the leading research across a wide range of [...]

41% of teenagers can’t tell the difference between true and fake online health messages

August 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Suzanna Burgelman, science writer Image: Shutterstock.com A new study has found that teenagers have a hard time discerning between fake and true health messages. Only 48% [...]

Dr Deborah Nadal: Why a rigid rabies elimination strategy can struggle to take hold in a world of local complexities

June 24, 2022 // 0 Comments

Dr Deborah Nadal. Image: Rebecca Rodrigues Dr Deborah Nadal is an affiliate researcher at the University of Glasgow, where she works on rabies-related projects, and [...]

Living at high altitudes may lower chance of having a deadly stroke

September 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

By Conn Hastings, science writer A town in the Ecuadorian Andes mountains. Image: ireneuke/Shutterstock.com Researchers in Ecuador are the first to investigate the risk of [...]

New antigen test for detecting COVID-19 could help triage patients during the pandemic

May 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

Test can identify an infected person in 15 minutes at point-of-care sites that lack facilities or time for sophisticated testing: Frontiers in Medicine [...]

Researchers study role culture plays in feeling sick

March 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

A person's cultural values may shape their views and actions on "socially appropriate sickness": Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [...]

Frontiers eBooks published in February 2018

March 12, 2018 // 1 Comment

Neurodevelopment congenital heart defects

Chocolate, touch screens, consumer behavior and more - see the latest eBook collections of Research Topic articles, all free to download, share and distribute. [...]

Frontiers eBooks published in January 2018

February 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

Frontiers eBooks published in January 2018. All Frontiers eBooks are free to download, share and distribute. [...]

Frontiers eBooks published in December 2017

January 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

Dynamic Personality Science. Integrating Between-Person Stability and Within-Person Change, Hosted by Nadin Beckmann and Robert E. Wood

Frontiers eBooks published in December 2017. All Frontiers eBooks are free to download, share and distribute. [...]

Gene therapy can cure lameness in horses

November 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

The finding that DNA injected into damaged horse tendons can cure lameness has big implications for future of human medicine: Frontiers in Veterinary Science [...]

Frontiers eBooks published in October 2017

November 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

Rabies is an ancient zoonotic viral disease that still exerts a high impact on human and animal health

The latest eBook collections of research topic articles -- eruption dynamics, rabies, brain homeostasis, food microbes and more! [...]

Frontiers eBooks published in September 2017

October 2, 2017 // 2 Comments

Fiber tracking using Diffusion Tensor Imaging on a Large Data Set

Below is a list of Frontiers eBooks published in September 2017. All Frontiers eBooks are free to download, share and distribute. [...]

Frontiers eBooks published in August 2017

September 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

Attachment is a biologically emotion regulation based system guiding cognitive and emotional processes.

Frontiers eBooks published in August 2017. All Frontiers eBooks are free to download, share and distribute. [...]

Beware Zombies and Unicorns – Toward Critical Patient and Public Involvement in a neoliberal context

June 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

Article published in Frontiers in Sociology covers issues surrounding the UK National Health Service Patient and Public Involvement Program [...]

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 [...]

Vitamin D improves gut flora and metabolic syndrome

December 22, 2016 // 0 Comments

Extra vitamin D can restore good bacteria in the gut, according to a study in mice, giving hope in the fight against risk factors for diabetes and heart disease [...]

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. [...]