Institutional partnerships
16 May 2024
Frontiers institutional partnerships update – spring 2024
The latest news on our collaborations with research institutions, libraries, consortia, and funders.
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13 May 2024
Five Research Topics exploring the science of mental health
This Mental Health Awareness Week, we highlight five Research Topics that help everyone achieve better mental health.
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10 May 2024
Villars Institute Summit 2024: Catalyzing systematic change through interdisciplinary cooperation
The Villars Institute Summit 2024 was a pivotal gathering of minds, set against the picturesque backdrop of Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland. Over three days, more than 280 experts, entrepreneurs, investors, and philanthropists met to address the pressing challenges of our time: the climate and biodiversity crises. Through plenary discussions, workshops, and roundtables, participants focused on how interdisciplinary cooperation can accelerate systemic change and address these crises in a holistic manner.
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07 May 2024
World’s deepest sinkhole discovered in Mexico: 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.
Environment
03 May 2024
Bumblebee nests are overheating due to climate change, threatening future populations
Wild bumblebees all over the world need a similar nest temperature — with global warming driving temperatures up, their nests could be too hot for them to thrive.
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02 May 2024
Why do male chicks play more than females? Study finds answers in distant ancestor
Researchers observed the frequency of play by aged chicks between six and 53 days old. Males engaged more frequently in social and object play than females, but there was no difference in the frequency of locomotor play. The researchers concluded that these patterns can be explained by the strong sexual dimorphism of adult junglefowl, the ancestors of domestic chickens. This means that male chicks benefit more from practicing skills related to physical ability and social tactics.
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01 May 2024
The popular kids in school may be sleeping less
Scientists found that popular teenagers sleep less than their peers, and that popular girls experience more insomnia symptoms than popular boys
eBooks
30 Apr 2024
Frontiers ebook releases: April 2024
Download the top ebook releases from this month. All ebooks are free to download, share, and distribute.
Frontiers news
29 Apr 2024
Frontiers’ Volunteers: the London Marathon's mindful miles
Frontiers’ volunteers have always been at the forefront of community and societal responses. Hannah Devine shares her experience running the 2024 London Marathon in support of Mind.
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25 Apr 2024
Puzzling link between depression and cardiovascular disease explained at last: they partly develop from the same gene module
It’s long been known that depression and cardiovascular disease are somehow related, though exactly how remained a puzzle. Now, researchers have identified a ‘gene module’ consisting of 256 functionally related, co-expressed genes, which is part of the developmental program of both diseases. These genes can now be used as biomarkers for both depression and cardiovascular disease, and could ultimately help to find new drugs to target both.
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25 Apr 2024
Experts call for global genetic warning system to combat the next pandemic and antimicrobial resistance
Scientists champion global genomic surveillance using latest technologies and a ‘One Health’ approach to protect against novel pathogens like avian influenza and antimicrobial resistance, catching epidemics before they start.
Health
23 Apr 2024
Women’s heart disease is underdiagnosed, but new machine learning models can help solve this problem
Using machine learning, scientists built more accurate models to predict heart disease risk and found that women are underdiagnosed compared to men, highlighting the need for sex-specific criteria
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19 Apr 2024
Baby sharks prefer being closer to shore, show scientists
Scientists have shown for the first time that juvenile great white sharks gather in waters up to 10 meters deep with a temperature between 6 and 22 °C – a very different habitat from that of adults. These preferences may optimize their growth and minimize the risk of predation. These results can inform conservation efforts and help to avoid negative shark encounters.
Institutional partnerships
18 Apr 2024
UKSG 2024: open access and the evolving scholarly landscape for libraries
The UKSG 47th Annual Conference and Exhibition just concluded, and one key theme dominated discussions: the ongoing transition to open access (OA) publishing. While the benefits of broader research dissemination are clear, librarians are grappling with complex challenges – tight budgets, the slow pace of change, and economic sustainability concerns.
Frontiers news
18 Apr 2024
The power of open science: Frontiers’ collaborative approach to addressing climate change
Climate change poses an existential threat to society. Rising temperatures and shifting weather patterns are fueling environmental degradation, natural disasters, weather extremes, food and water insecurity, economic disruption, conflict, and terrorism. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2024 identifies climate-related changes as some of the most severe risks over the next decade. And nearly two-thirds of the 1.2 million participants in the United Nations Development Programme’s 2021 People Climate Vote said that climate change is a ‘global emergency.’