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Frontiers news

02 Oct 2017

New Specialty Chief Editor for Frontiers in Environmental Science

We welcome Professor Hayley Jane Fowler, Newcastle University, as the new Specialty Chief Editor of our Interdisciplinary Climate Studies specialty section.

Frontiers news

02 Oct 2017

New Section Launch: Crop and Product Physiology

Frontiers in Plant Science is pleased to announce the launch of a new section, ‘Crop and Product Physiology’

Sustainability

29 Sep 2017

Tree is life vs tree is cash

A paper in Frontiers in Communication looks at how changes in the way people view themselves and their place in their environment can affect conservation.

Health

28 Sep 2017

Maternal diet could affect kids’ brain reward circuitry

Children from high-fat diet mothers have altered brain circuitry into adulthood. Research from Frontiers in Endocrinology explains how a preference for unhealthy foods can be passed from mother to child during pregnancy.

Life sciences

27 Sep 2017

Newly revealed autism-related genes include genes involved in cancer

Researchers have identified new networks of related genes that may be involved in autism spectrum disorder, including those related to cancer, as described in Frontiers in Genetics.

Life sciences

26 Sep 2017

What was the population of Easter Island?

Recent research in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution reveals Easter Island’s population may have reached 17,500 people during its prime, far off early estimates of a much smaller population.

Humanities

21 Sep 2017

“Humans aren’t really running the show anymore”

Interview with Professors Scott Schaffer and Nandita Biswas Mellamphy on a new Research Topic in Frontiers in Sociology

Frontiers news

12 Sep 2017

Competing interests in Peer Review: The importance of transparency

Transparency is the central theme of Peer Review Week 2017, we highlight how we raise the standard for transparency in Frontiers peer review

Frontiers news

06 Sep 2017

New Section Launch: Neuroinfectious Diseases in Frontiers in Neurology

New specialty section on Neuroinfectious Diseases to be headed by Chief Editor, Dr. Avindra Nath.

Psychology

05 Sep 2017

Inattentive kids show worse grades in later life

A study of young kids, published in Frontiers in Psychology, reveals that inattentiveness is linked to poor grades up to 10 years later.

Neuroscience

05 Sep 2017

Brain augmentation brought to Russian audience

A collection of research published in Frontiers in Neuroscience is being brought to the Russian public by popular science neuroscience website – Neuronovosti.

Frontiers news

01 Sep 2017

New Frontiers in Chemistry specialty section: Catalysis and Photocatalysis

New specialty section on Catalysis and Photocatalysis to be headed by Chief Editor, Professor Bunsho Ohtani.

Neuroscience

29 Aug 2017

Our brains do change from early to mid-adulthood

Contrary to belief, study published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, shows considerable structural changes in the brain from early to mid-adulthood.