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Climate action
14 Dec 2015
VIDEO: Capturing CO2 in hopes of saving the planet
By Jessica Mitchell Save the planet. This is just the motivation that ultimately drives the research of Professor Berend Smit, who says that through his research “in the long term, we may actually save the planet.” Berend Smit is currently Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley and EPFL in Sion, Switzerland. He is also Director of the Energy Centre and Chair of Molecular Simulation at the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, as well as Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Energy Research. A computational quest for novel nanopore materials Smit leads a team of researchers who use computational methods to screen novel nanoporous materials, known as metal organic frameworks, for their suitability for various energy-related applications- including capturing CO2 from flue gases and storing methane. These materials are the ideal playgrounds for chemist; by varying the basic chemical constituents we can make millions of different materials, each with its own specific properties. But, as Smit comments, “experimentally, however, because of practical limitations we can only synthesize a small fraction of them.” By adopting computational techniques, Smit and his team are able to explore the properties of these novel nanoporous materials in silico and assess their […]
Impact analysis
14 Dec 2015
Quality and Impact Analysis: the Field of Frontiers in Neuroscience
For the second year on a row, Frontiers is the #1 most cited and largest open-access publisher in the category of Neuroscience.
Frontiers news
10 Dec 2015
Making the most of the postdoc experience
About three years ago, Dr Nicola Dynes and Dr Petra Schwalie arrived at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) to do their first postdoc. Nicola is working on centrosomes, small non-membrane bound organelles that play a central role in cell division, in the institute of experimental cancer research, and Petra is part of a genetics and genomics lab in which her work is focused on fat cells and adipogenesis. Their labs are separated by just one building, but they actually met through the Life Science Postdoc Association at EPFL. This association started in 2012 as the initiative of a group of postdocs together with the current dean, with the idea of creating a community of postdocs at EPFL, a place to meet people and to cover unmet career development needs. They organize different networking and career events to which any postdoc interested in life sciences, also from outside this field or EPFL, is welcome. Nowadays Petra and Nicola are engaged in this association as president and vice-president respectively, and will tell us why today. How did you decide to be part of the SV postdoc association? N: I learnt about the association through one of my colleagues, who […]
Frontiers news
09 Dec 2015
Frontiers in Physiology reaches new milestone
Frontiers in Physiology publishes its landmark 2000th article.
Frontiers news
08 Dec 2015
Most viewed Psychology articles in November 2015
Working Memory Training is Associated with Long Term Attainments in Math and Reading Stina Söderqvist* and Sissela Bergman Nutley Cueing Musical Emotions: An Empirical Analysis of 24-piece Sets by Bach and Chopin Documents Parallels with Emotional Speech Matthew Poon and Michael Schutz* Ghost-in-the-Machine Reveals Human Social Signals for Human-Robot Interaction Sebastian Loth*, Katharina Jettka, Manuel Giuliani and Jan P. de Ruiter Inter-Group Conflict and Cooperation: Field Experiments Before, During and After Sectarian Riots in Northern Ireland Antonio S. Silva* and Ruth Mace Genetic Factors of Individual Differences in Decision Making in Economic Behavior: A Japanese Twin Study Using the Allais Problem Chizuru Shikishima*, Kai Hiraishi, Shinji Yamagata, Juko Ando and Mitsuhiro Okada Rhythmic Effects of Syntax Processing in Music and Language Harim Jung, Samuel Sontag, YeBin S. Park and Psyche Loui* Neural Processing of Emotions in Traumatized Children Treated with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy: A hdEEG Study Cristina Trentini*, Marco Pagani, Piercarlo Fania, Anna Maria Speranza, Giampaolo Nicolais, Alessandra Sibilia, Lucio Inguscio, Anna Rita Verardo, Isabel Fernandez and Massimo Ammaniti When Deception Becomes Easy: The Effects of Task Switching and Goal Neglect on the Truth Proportion Effect Bram Van Bockstaele, Christine Wilhelm, Ewout Meijer, Evelyne Debey and Bruno Verschuere* Is the Motor System Necessary for Processing Action and […]
Frontiers news
07 Dec 2015
Most viewed Neurology articles in November 2015
Altered Amygdala Connectivity in Individuals with Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury and Comorbid Depressive Symptoms Kihwan Han*, Sandra B. Chapman and Daniel C. Krawczyk Plasma 24-metabolite Panel Predicts Preclinical Transition to Clinical Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease Massimo S. Fiandaca, Xioagang Zhong, Amrita K. Cheema, Michael H. Orquiza, Swathi Chidambaram, Ming T. Tan, Carole Roan Gresenz, Kevin T. FitzGerald, Michael A. Nalls, Andrew B. Singleton, Mark Mapstone and Howard J. Federoff* Structural Connectivity is Differently Altered in Dementia with Lewy Body and Alzheimer’s Disease Stefano Delli Pizzi, Raffaella Franciotti, John-Paul Taylor, Roberto Esposito, Armando Tartaro, Astrid Thomas, Marco Onofrj and Laura Bonanni* Early Shifts of Brain Metabolism by Caloric Restriction Preserve White Matter Integrity and Long-Term Memory in Aging Mice Janet Guo, Vikas Bakshi and Ai-Ling Lin* High-Frequency Repetitive Sensory Stimulation as Intervention to Improve Sensory Loss in Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome I Marianne David*, Hubert R. Dinse*, Tina Mainka, Martin Tegenthoff and Christoph Maier The Virtual Brain: Modeling Biological Correlates of Recovery after Chronic Stroke Maria Inez Falcon, Jeffrey D. Riley, Viktor Jirsa, Anthony R. McIntosh, Ahmed D. Shereen, E. Elinor Chen and Ana Solodkin* Frequency of Direct Funduscopy Upon Initial Encounters for Patients with Headaches, Altered Mental Status, and Visual Changes: A Pilot Study. […]
Frontiers news
06 Dec 2015
Most viewed Physiology articles in November 2015
Salivary Hormones Response to Preparation and Pre-Competitive Training of World-class Level Athletes Gaël Guilhem*, Christine Hanon, Nicolas Gendreau, Dominique Bonneau, Arnaud Guével and Mounir Chennaoui Neck-Cooling Improves Repeated Sprint Performance in the Heat Caroline Sunderland*, Ryan Stevens, Bethan Everson and Christopher J. Tyler Non-Linear Leak Currents Affect Mammalian Neuron Physiology Shiwei Huang*, Sungho Hong and Erik De Schutter Simulated Firefighting Task Performance and Physiology Under Very Hot Conditions Brianna Larsen*, Rod Snow, Michael Williams-Bell and Brad Aisbett Lipid Storage Changes in Human Skeletal Muscle During Detraining Rong Zhu, Caiyun Wen, Jiance Li, M. Brennan Harris, Yung-Yang Liu and Chia-Hua Kuo* An Antennal Carboxylesterase from Drosophila melanogaster, Esterase 6, Is a Candidate Odorant-Degrading Enzyme Toward Food Odorants Thomas Chertemps, Faisal Younus, Claudia Steiner, Nicolas Durand, Chris W. Coppin, Gunjan Pandey, John G. Oakeshott and Martine Maïbèche* Performance Changes and Relationship Between Vertical Jump Measures and Actual sprint Performance in Elite Sprinters with Visual Impairment Throughout a Parapan American Games Training Season Irineu Loturco*, Ciro Winckler, Ronaldo Kobal, Cesar C. Cal Abad, Katia Kitamura, Amaury W. Veríssimo, Lucas A. Pereira and Fábio Y. Nakamura Thermal and Cardiovascular Strain Mitigate the Potential Benefit of Carbohydrate Mouth Rinse During Self-Paced Exercise in the Heat Matthew N. Cramer, Martin W. Thompson and Julien D. Périard* Negative Response of […]
Frontiers news
06 Dec 2015
Most viewed Neuroscience articles in November 2015
The Eye is Listening: Music-Induced Arousal and Individual Differences Predict Pupillary Responses Bruno Gingras*, Manuela M. Marin, Estela Puig-Waldmüller and W. T. Fitch Chronic Intermittent Ethanol Regulates Hippocampal GABA(A) Receptor Delta Subunit Gene Expression Paolo Follesa*, Gabriele Floris, Gino P. Asuni, Antonio Ibba, Maria G. Tocco, Luca Zicca, Beniamina Mercante, Franca Deriu and Giorgio Gorini* Your Brain on Art: Emergent Cortical Dynamics During Aesthetic Experiences Kimberly L. Kontson*, Murad Megjhani, Justin A. Brantley, Jesus G. Cruz-Garza, Sho Nakagome, Dario Robleto, Michelle White, Eugene Civillico and Jose L. Contreras-Vidal Dopamine, Reward learning, and Active Inference Thomas H. B. Fitzgerald*, Ray J. Dolan and Karl Friston Visual Feedback of Tongue Movement for Novel Speech Sound Learning William F. Katz* and Sonya Mehta Effectiveness of Music Therapy as an Aid to Neurorestoration of Children with Severe Neurological Disorders Maria L. Bringas*, Marilyn Zaldivar, Pedro A. Rojas, Karelia Martinez-Montes, Dora M. Chongo, Maria A. Ortega, Reynaldo Galvizu, Alba E. Perez, Lilia M. Morales, Carlos Maragoto, Hector Vera, Lidice Galan, Mirielle Besson and Pedro A. Valdes-Sosa Probabilistic Atlases of Default Mode, Executive Control and Salience Network White Matter Tracts: An fMRI-Guided Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Tractography Study Teresa D. Figley, Navdeep Bhullar, Susan M. Courtney and Chase R. Figley* Fourier Power, Subjective Distance and Object Categories All […]
Frontiers news
05 Dec 2015
Most viewed Microbiology articles in November 2015
A Novel C-Terminal Domain of RecJ Is Critical for Interaction with HerA in Deinococcus radiodurans Kaiying Cheng, Ye Zhao*, Xuanyi Chen, Tao Li, Liangyan Wang, Hong Xu, Bing Tian* and Yuejin Hua* Investigation of Antioxidative and Anticancer Potentials of Streptomyces sp. MUM256 Isolated from Malaysia Mangrove Soil Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Hooi-Leng Ser, Wai-Fong Yin, Kok-Gan Chan, Learn-Han Lee* and Bey-Hing Goh* Integrated ‘Omics’, Targeted Metabolite and Single-cell Analyses of Arctic Snow Algae Functionality and Adaptability Stefanie Lutz*, Alexandre M. Anesio, Katie Field and Liane G. Benning* Volatile Organic Compounds from Native Potato-associated Pseudomonas as Potential Anti-oomycete Agents Mout DeVrieze, Piyush Pandey, Thomas D. Bucheli, Adithi R. Varadarajan, Christian H. Ahrens, Laure Weisskopf and Aurélien Bailly* Solute Concentrations Influence Microbial Methanogenesis in Coal-Bearing Strata of the Cherokee Basin, USA Matthew F. Kirk*, Brien H. Wilson, Kyle A. Marquart, Lydia H. Zeglin, David S. Vinson and Theodore M. Flynn A Fragrant Neighborhood: Volatile Mediated Bacterial Interactions in Soil Kristin Schulz-Bohm*, Hans Zweers, Wietse De Boer and Paolina Garbeva Differences in Intertidal Microbial Assemblages on Urban Structures and Natural Rocky Reef Elisa L.-Y. Tan*, Mariana Mayer-Pinto, Emma L. Johnston and Katherine A. Dafforn Antimicrobial Resistance and Genotypic Diversity of Campylobacter Isolated from Pig, Dairy and Beef Cattle in Tanzania Isaac P. Kashoma, Issmat […]
Frontiers news
05 Dec 2015
Most viewed Oncology articles in November 2015
Telomeres and Telomerase in the Radiation Response: Implications for Instability, Reprogramming, and Carcinogenesis Brock J. Sishc*, Christopher B. Nelson, Miles J. McKenna, Christine L. R. Battaglia, Andrea Herndon, Rupa Idate, Howard L. Liber and Susan M. Bailey Impact of Charged Particle Exposure on Homologous DNA Double-Strand Break Repair in Human Blood-Derived Cells Melanie Rall, Daniela Kraft, Meta Volcic, Aljona Cucu, Elena Nasonova, Gisela Taucher-Scholz, Halvard Bönig, Lisa Wiesmüller* and Claudia Fournier* Increase in Tumor Control and Normal Tissue Complication Probabilities in Advanced Head-and-Neck Cancer for Dose-Escalated Intensity-Modulated Photon and Proton Therapy Annika Jakobi*, Armin Lühr*, Kristin Stützer, Anna Bandurska-Luque, Steffen Löck, Mechthild Krause, Michael Baumann, Rosalind Perrin and Christian Richter Paving the Road for Modern Particle Therapy – What Can We Learn from the Experience Gained with Fast Neutron Therapy in Munich? Hanno M. Specht*, Teresa Neff, Waltraud Reuschel, Franz M. Wagner, Severin Kampfer, Jan J. Wilkens, Winfried Petry and Stephanie E. Combs First Steps Towards Ultrasound-Based Motion Compensation for Imaging and Therapy: Calibration with an Optical System and 4D PET Imaging Julia Schwaab*, Christopher Kurz, Cristina Sarti, André Bongers, Frederic Schoenahl, Christoph Bert, Jürgen Debus, Katia Parodi and Jürgen Walter Jenne Mutant p53: Multiple Mechanisms Define Biologic Activity in Cancer Michael Paul Kim, Yun Zhang […]
Frontiers news
04 Dec 2015
Most viewed Immunology articles in November 2015
Structural Relationship of the Lipid A Acyl Groups to Activation of Murine Toll-Like Receptor 4 by Lipopolysaccharides from Pathogenic Strains of Burkholderia mallei, Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Kirill V. Korneev, Nikolay P. Arbatsky, Antonio Molinaro, Angelo Palmigiano, Rima Z. Shaikhutdinova, Mikhail M. Shneider, Gerald B. Pier, Anna N. Kondakova, Ekaterina N. Sviriaeva, Luisa Sturiale, Domenico Garozzo, Andrey A. Kruglov, Sergei A. Nedospasov, Marina S. Drutskaya, Yuriy A. Knirel* and Dmitry V. Kuprash* Correlation of Hsp70 Serum Levels with Gross Tumor Volume and Composition of Lymphocyte Subpopulations in Patients with Squamous Cell and Adeno Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Sophie Gunther, Christian Ostheimer, Stefan Stangl, Hanno M. Specht, Petra Mozes, Moritz Jesinghaus, Dirk Vordermark, Stephanie E. Combs, Friedhelm Peltz, Max P. Jung and Gabriele Multhoff* Precision Subtypes of T Cell-Mediated Rejection Identified by Molecular Profile Paul Ostrom Kadota, Zahraa Hajjiri, Patricia W. Finn and David L. Perkins* Measles Virus Epitope Presentation by HLA: Novel Insights into Epitope Selection, Dominance and Microvariation Ingrid M. Schellens, Hugo D. Meiring, Ilka Hoof, Sanne N. Spijkers, Martien C. M. Poelen, Jacqueline A. M. van Gaans-van den Brink, Ana I. Costa, Harry Vennema, Can Kesmir, Debbie Van Baarle and Cecile A. C. M. Van Els* Cetuximab Reconstitutes Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Secretions and […]
Frontiers news
03 Dec 2015
Most viewed Plant Science articles in November 2015
Gladiolus hybridus ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE 5 (GhABI5) Is an Important Transcription Factor in ABA Signaling that Can Enhance Gladiolus Corm Dormancy and Arabidopsis Seed Dormancy Jian Wu, Shanshan Seng, Juanjuan Sui, Eliana Vonapartis, Xian Luo, Benhe Gong, Chen Liu, Chenyu Wu, Chao Liu, Fengqin Zhang, Junna He and Mingfang Yi* Transformation and Evaluation of Cry1Ac+Cry2A and GTGene in Gossypium hirsutum L. Agung N. Puspito, Abdul Q. Rao, Muhammad N. Hafeez, Muhammad S. Iqbal, Kamran S. Bajwa, Qurban Ali*, Bushra Rashid, Muhammad A. Abbas, Ayesha Latif, Ahmad A. Shahid, Idrees A. Nasir and Tayyab Husnain Flg22-Triggered Immunity Negatively Regulates Key BR Biosynthetic Genes Tamara Jiménez-Góngora, Seong-Ki Kim, Rosa Lozano-Durán* and Cyril Zipfel* A Genetically Modified Tobacco Mosaic Virus that Can Produce Gold Nanoparticles from a Metal Salt Precursor Andrew J. Love*, Valentine V. Makarov, Olga V. Sinitsyna, Jane Shaw, Igor V. Yaminsky, Natalia O. Kalinina and Michael E. Taliansky* Short Day Transcriptomic Programming During Induction of Dormancy in Grapevine Anne Y. Fennell*, Karen A. Schlauch, Satyanarayana Gouthu, Laurent G. Deluc, Vedbar Khadka, Lekha Sreekantan, Jerome Grimplet, Grant R. Cramer and Kathy L. Mathiason Variation for N Uptake System in Maize: Genotypic Response to N Supply Trevor Garnett*, Darren Plett, Vanessa Conn, Simon Conn, Huwaida Rabie, J. Antoni […]
Young Minds
03 Dec 2015
Frontiers for Young Minds – Call for Papers
We are currently accepting articles in four disciplines: Neuroscience, Earth and its Resources, Astronomy and Space Science and Health.
Frontiers news
02 Dec 2015
Most viewed Genetics articles in November 2015
Identification of Low-Confidence Regions in the Pig Reference Genome (Sscrofa10.2) Amanda Warr, Christelle Robert, David Hume, Alan L. Archibald, Nader Deeb and Mick Watson* Mapping Mammalian Cell-type-specific Transcriptional Regulatory Networks Using KD-CAGE and ChIP-seq Data in the TC-YIK Cell Marina Lizio, Yuri Ishizu, Masayoshi Itoh, Timo Lassmann, Akira Hasegawa, Atsutaka Kubosaki, Jessica Severin, Hideya Kawaji,Yukio Nakamura, the FANTOM consortium, Harukazu Suzuki, Yoshihide Hayashizaki, Piero Carninci and Alistair R. R. Forrest* riboFrame: An Improved Method for Microbial Taxonomy Profiling from Non-Targeted Metagenomics Matteo Ramazzotti*, Luisa Berná, Claudio Donati and Duccio Cavalieri* Genome-Wide Screening of mRNA Expression in Leprosy Patients Andrea de Faria F. Belone, Patrícia S. Rosa, Ana P. F. Trombone, Luciana R. V. Fachin, Cássio C. Guidella, Somei Ura, Jaison A.Barreto, Mabel G. Pinilla, Alex F. de Carvalho, Dirce M. Carraro, Fernando A. Soares and Cleverson T. Soares* Evaluation of Genome Wide Association Study Associated Type 2 Diabetes Susceptibility Loci in Sub Saharan Africans Adebowale A. Adeyemo, Fasil Tekola-Ayele, Ayo P. Doumatey, Amy R. Bentley, Guanjie Chen, Hanxia Huang, Jie Zhou, Daniel Shriner, Olufemi Fasanmade, Godfrey Okafor, Benjamin Eghan Jr., Kofi Agyenim-Boateng, Jokotade Adeleye, Williams Balogun, Abdel Elkahloun, Settara Chandrasekharappa, Samuel Owusu, Albert Amoah, Joseph Acheampong, […]
Health
02 Dec 2015
VIDEO: Leading change in how research is done and published in veterinary sciences
As a Professor of Clinical Pathology at the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and with over 100 publications to her name, Christopher is a dedicated researcher of what goes wrong in animal bodies.