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31 Jul 2025
Microbial map reveals countless hidden connections between our food, health, and planet
Researchers have mapped how microbes underpin healthy food systems—and how we can stop their decline.
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31 Jul 2025
4,000-year-old teeth record the earliest traces of people chewing psychoactive betel nuts
New methods make the ‘invisible visible’ to find evidence of deeply rooted cultural practice which otherwise might have been lost in the archaeological record
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29 Jul 2025
How much time did our ancestors spend up trees? Studying these chimpanzees might help us find out
A study on savannah-living chimpanzees suggests the need to move safely on thin tree branches could explain why early hominins that could walk upright kept their tree-climbing adaptations.
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29 Jul 2025
Frontiers' Research Integrity team uncovers peer review manipulation network
Frontiers Research Integrity Auditing team has uncovered a network of authors and editors who conducted peer review with undisclosed conflicts of interest and who have engaged in citation manipulation. The unethical actions of this network have been confirmed in 122 articles published in Frontiers, across 5 journals, and has led to their retraction.
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25 Jul 2025
Persistently, intensely grieving relations are nearly twice as likely to die within 10 years after losing a loved one
Researchers followed 1,735 people in Denmark over 10 years after their loss of loved one. 6% participants showed unabatingly high levels of grief symptoms, and these had a 88% higher hazard rate of dying from any cause over the time period than those with persistently low symptoms. The first group were likewise more likely to use healthcare services, with 186% higher odds of receiving talk therapy or other mental health services, and between 160% and 463% higher odds of being prescribed psychotropic medication. This is the first study on the long-term mortality rate and the use of healthcare in a large-scale cohort of bereaved persons. The results suggest that patients at risk for long-term ‘high grief’ may be identified in advance, and need additional support from the healthcare system.
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24 Jul 2025
Students more likely to pass oral exams at noon — and that might apply to job interviews, too
Physiological rhythms could explain why Italian university students were more likely to fail exams early or late in the day.
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22 Jul 2025
Some people could sound angrier when complaining, new study finds
The French sound sad, Québécois sound angry: research shows different cultures may utter complaints differently, highlighting that complaints could be shaped by cultural and social conventions
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21 Jul 2025
Frontiers supports Alzheimer's research with expert-led interview series focused on open data and drug discovery
Frontiers today announces the launch of a new interview series ‘Empowering proteomics and transcriptomics in Alzheimer’s drug discovery’. The series is hosted by Dr Ornit Chiba-Falek, Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Molecular Medicine and Division Chief of Translational Brain Sciences in the Department of Neurology at Duke University, and Dr Ara Khachaturian, Executive Vice President of the Campaign to Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease.
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18 Jul 2025
Gene essential for vitamin D absorption could help unlock treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases
Scientists have identified the human gene SDR42E1 as essential for the absorption of vitamin D from the intestine, its subsequent metabolic processing, as well as the production of lipids and steroids. Without the functional protein, the survival of cells dropped by 53%. This discovery has at least two potential applications in precision medicine. First, the experiments showed that the gene can be blocked to selectively kill cancer cells. Second, boosting SDR42E1’s expression could help treat many other diseases, for example, autoimmune and metabolic disorders, against which vitamin D and its related forms are thought to protect.
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17 Jul 2025
Specialty of the house: Neanderthals at two nearby caves butchered the same prey in different ways, suggesting local food traditions
Differences in cut-marks left behind by butchery can’t be explained by different resources, tools, or skill levels, indicating cultural practices might be responsible.
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15 Jul 2025
Mental health from supermarket shelves? This is the evidence we have about over-the-counter herbal products and dietary supplements used for depression
Guest editorial by Rachael Frost, a senior lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University and author of a new Frontiers in Pharmacology article.
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11 Jul 2025
‘Molecular shield’ placed in the nose may soon treat common hay fever trigger
Researchers here developed a monoclonal antibody specific against mugwort pollen – an important allergen causing hay fever – in mice, which is highly effective in blocking symptoms of IgE immunoglobin-mediated allergy against this pollen. The monoclonal antibodies can be delivered inside the nose, rather than intravenously, acting almost like a ‘molecular shield’. The study is a proof-of-principle, which can be extended to other pollen species.
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10 Jul 2025
Chemicals from turmeric and rhubarb could help fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria lurking in wastewater
Scientists monitoring wastewater find a range of antibiotic-resistant bacteria — but natural compounds show promise for fighting them off.
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08 Jul 2025
Matching your workouts to your personality could make exercising more enjoyable and give you better results
Researchers find that people with certain personality traits may benefit from certain workouts more than others and that some people may particularly profit from the stress-relieving effects of exercise
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07 Jul 2025
How does a shrinking population weaken us in tackling the climate crisis? Here are five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss on World Population Day
We’re highlighting five recently published Frontiers articles that examine the effects of shrinking populations, movement of people, and health of some demographic groups on a warming planet.