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‘Red sea plume’ alga may cut greenhouse gas emissions from cow poo nearly in half

July 13, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Methane production in the livestock sector greatly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. Animals with [...]

Stressed rattlesnakes found to calm down in the company of a nearby ‘friend’

July 6, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Jasper Nance/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) When a creature’s stress levels decrease because of the presence of a companion, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

European big cat population threatened with extinction as genetics show the population is near collapse

February 13, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Eurasian lynxes dispersed across the Swiss border with France in the late 1970s, but the [...]

‘Many kids go through a phase where they want to be a marine scientist. For me, it wasn’t a phase’

February 6, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Patricia Albano/Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Patricia stands with remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer during [...]

Medicines that modify the circadian clock might help heal scars more cleanly

February 1, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Scientists determined that compounds which play key roles in both collagen synthesis and circadian [...]

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. [...]

Gender bias in science – new data on a man’s world

December 8, 2017 // 3 Comments

Gender bias in science – the need for data

Eradicating gender bias in science requires evidence-based action - which in turn requires open data on the inner workings of 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. [...]

The World’s Oceans are in Crisis but the First UN Meeting on Oceans Brings Hope

June 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

The World’s Oceans are in Crisis but the First UN Meeting on Oceans Brings Hope, article published by Nina Hall for Frontiers in Marine Science [...]

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 [...]

High-energy charged particles: the beginning and end of cancer

May 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Research Topic, published in Frontiers in Oncology, consists of a collection of scientific articles investigating high-energy charged particles either for cancer treatment or for space radiation protection. [...]

The cost of feeling like a fraud

November 22, 2016 // 0 Comments

New study on the impostor phenomenon in the workplace shows how it affects career prospects and productivity [...]

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. [...]