Environment
Soils store carbon, sustain ecosystems, and underpin global food and water systems. A new Frontiers in Science paper details how AI tools can help us adapt soils—and the systems they nurture—to a changing climate.
Featured news
Accessible digital tool recording writing speed and number of strokes in complex handwriting tasks could aid diagnosis of cognitive decline, study shows
Featured news
At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of thousands of articles published each year, it’s impossible to see all that research in the same way scientists do. Here are some images that showcase some of the newest findings published in the last month.
Featured news
Helium isotope readings from geothermal springs indicate that the Kafue Rift has broken through the Earth’s crust
Health
Embodying surgical robots with next-gen AI can safely augment practice if ethical and regulatory questions are addressed, say experts writing today in Frontiers in Science.
Health
Humans exposed to infrasound don’t detect it, but have raised cortisol and irritability levels — offering a possible explanation for ‘haunted’ locations .
Health
Cognitively stimulating home can protect against higher risk of ADHD and peer relationship problems in preschoolers with congenital heart disease
Health
Wildlife monitoring could alert us to the spread of highly antibiotic resistant bacteria into unexposed ecosystems, highlighting a potential public health strategy
Neuroscience
Accessible digital tool recording writing speed and number of strokes in complex handwriting tasks could aid diagnosis of cognitive decline, study shows
Neuroscience
Dr Maria Santacà describes how not only how fish and birds perceive their worlds, but also how ecological pressures shape the evolution of perception.
Neuroscience
Scientists find that words you’ve been told to recall are better remembered than words with negative emotional connotations — but surprisingly, sleeping doesn’t help.
Neuroscience
Listening to joyful music helped study participants with motion sickness recover better than other participants — while sad music helped less than doing nothing.
Environment
Seagrass seedlings come from sexual reproduction, not cloning, preserving essential genetic diversity
Environment
Soils store carbon, sustain ecosystems, and underpin global food and water systems. A new Frontiers in Science paper details how AI tools can help us adapt soils—and the systems they nurture—to a changing climate.
Environment
Immediate call for global action to shift world towards a “nature positive” approach is published in Frontiers in Science.
Environment
‘Microbial cross-feeding’ and previously unknown enzymes help community of bacteria to digest toxic phthalate esters
Psychology
For better play, give children space to choose and accessible games, scientists say
Psychology
Research shows that problems with focus and identifying emotions may make young people more vulnerable to short video addiction, but mental training can help
Psychology
With less than one month before the holidays, many of us are gearing up for the annual Christmas shopping extravaganza. We’re highlighting five articles you won’t want to miss before hitting the shops.
Psychology
Scientists find that people mostly avoid social media ads when they see them, but many ads blend in seamlessly.
Space sciences and astronomy
Scientists have shown for the first time that solar activity can predict the rate at which space junk and satellites descend from orbit
Space sciences and astronomy
What if future planetary robots did not have to wait for instructions from Earth before examining every rock?
Space sciences and astronomy
Guest editorial by Prof Heidi Newberg, an astrophysicist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and author of a new Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences article
Space sciences and astronomy
Scientists successfully identify microbe fossils in terrestrial rocks like those found on Mars, opening up the possibility of searching for fossils on the Red Planet.
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