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31 Oct 2024
Frontiers ebook releases: October 2024
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31 Oct 2024
Time to grow a mustache: five Research Topics exploring men-related issues
Research Topics on men's reproductive health, advancements in prostate cancer detection and treatment, and more.
Life sciences
30 Oct 2024
Giant rats could soon fight illegal wildlife trade by sniffing out elephant tusk and rhino horn
Researchers trained African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife species and remember targets for several months
Institutional partnerships
25 Oct 2024
Open Access Week 2024: embracing community over commercialization with fully open access partnerships
As we celebrate Open Access Week 2024, the theme of "Community over Commercialization" resonates deeply within the evolving landscape of academic publishing. Librarians, as key players in the academic ecosystem, have a crucial role to play in driving this shift towards a more open and equitable future.
Featured news
21 Oct 2024
Male flies with shorter eyestalks make up for being less attractive by fighting more fiercely
Male stalk-eyed flies with longer eyestalks are more attractive to females and more intimidating to males — but males with a genetic variant that causes shorter eyestalks are fiercer fighters.
Life sciences
18 Oct 2024
Scientists create new overwintering sites for monarch butterflies on a warming planet
Migrating monarch butterflies depend on mountain forests of sacred firs in Mexico as overwintering sites. These forests are under threat from global warming. But researchers from Mexico have now shown that seedlings derived from their original range can be transplanted successfully to a new site further east, on the higher and colder volcano Nevado de Toluca. The resulting new stand of sacred firs could ultimately serve as the overwintering sites of the future.
Research Topics
18 Oct 2024
Open Access Week: three Research Topics fueling solutions for complex global challenges
During Open Access Week, we highlight the work of researchers who break down silos and share knowledge openly.
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15 Oct 2024
How ‘vaccinating’ plants could reduce pesticide use and secure global food supplies
Induced resistance, where plants’ immune systems are activated in a controlled way that prepares them to fight pests and disease, could help build a sustainable and resilient agricultural system
Frontiers news
11 Oct 2024
Georgina Catacora-Vargas - Securing our food: Women scientists and the pursuit of food security in the Global South
Dr Georgina Catacora-Vargas is a professor of agroecology at the Academic Peasant Unit "Tiahuanacu" of the Bolivian Catholic University; president of the Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology (SOCLA), advisor for Agroecology Fund; and research associate at AGRUCO, Faculty of Agricultural and Livestock Sciences at the University Mayor de San Simón (Bolivia), with decades of experience in agriculture, agroecology, and policymaking. She is also a member at the IPES-Food think tank and the Ad Hoc Expert Technical Group on Farmers Rights under the International Treaty of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of the United Nations Organization on Food and Agriculture. Previously, Dr Catacora-Vargas worked at the Ministry of Environment and Water in Bolivia as chief of the Forest Management and Development Unit and advisor of the National Competent Environment Authority. In honor of World Food Day and in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Dr Catacora-Vargas took the time to sit down with us and discuss her journey in agroecology.
Featured news
11 Oct 2024
Different types of teenage friendships critical to wellbeing as we age, scientists find
Scientists find that peer acceptance in young teenagers, and close friendships in older teenagers, predict low social anxiety and high life satisfaction in young adults.
Life sciences
10 Oct 2024
Hot dragonfly summer: species with darker wings have evolved to withstand heat and attract partners
Researchers found that male dragonflies with dark coloration on their wings have evolved to tolerate higher temperatures, possibly a decisive advantage in a warming world
Featured news
07 Oct 2024
Can milk, meat, and flour help stop tumors from growing? Here are five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss
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 cover all of them. Here are just five amazing papers you may have missed.
Featured news
04 Oct 2024
How future heatwaves at sea could devastate UK marine ecosystems and fisheries
Around the world, marine heatwaves have devastated fisheries, coral reefs, and kelp forests, damaging economies and stripping countries’ natural capital. So far, the UK has largely escaped a serious marine heatwave – but a short-lived, intense June 2023 heatwave shows what could happen.
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02 Oct 2024
One-minute phone breaks could help keep students more focused in class and better in tests
Researchers conducted a term-long experiment that showed that allowing college students to use their phones for just one minute could result in less phone use during class and higher test scores
Institutional partnerships
02 Oct 2024
Frontiers institutional partnerships update – summer 2024
The latest news on our collaborations with research institutions, libraries, consortia, and funders.