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Featured news
19 Apr 2018
Music lessons improve children’s cognitive skills and academic performance
Structured music lessons significantly enhance children’s cognitive abilities which lead to improved academic performance: Frontiers in Neuroscience
Environment
18 Apr 2018
High levels of hazardous chemicals found in plastics collected from Lake Geneva
The first analysis of plastic from the lake’s beaches finds cadmium, mercury and lead, sometimes at levels exceeding those permitted under EU law: Frontiers in Environmental Science
Featured news
16 Apr 2018
Analyzing past failures may boost future performance by reducing stress
Duke, Rutgers & University of Pennsylvania researchers show for first time how writing about past failures helps boost future performance: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Featured news
22 Mar 2018
High numbers of elderly Japanese women will soon live in poverty
Behavior changes and an unfavorable pension system will disproportionately impoverish elderly Japanese women: Frontiers in Physics
Featured news
15 Mar 2018
Commercial pesticides: Not as safe as they seem
Lack of testing on adjuvants in commercial pesticide formulations ignores the potential risk of these on people and the environment: Frontiers in Public Health
Psychology
01 Mar 2018
Color of judo uniform has no effect on winning
Study finds significant win bias for first called judo athlete, regardless of the color of their outfit: Frontiers in Psychology
Environment
15 Feb 2018
Organic food provides significant environmental benefits to plant-rich diets
The study of more than 34,000 people is the first to investigate the environmental impacts of both food choices and farm production systems: Frontiers in Nutrition
Life sciences
15 Feb 2018
Inflammation in testes could explain link between obesity and reduced fertility
Chronic testicular inflammation in obese men might contribute to poor sperm quality and reduced fertility
Climate action
06 Feb 2018
Key challenges for food security in the face of climate change
Meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals for food security requires a climate-smart approach: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Featured news
01 Feb 2018
US energy colonialism a key cause of Puerto Rico’s Hurricane María crisis
A colonial legacy, $73-billion debt crisis, outdated infrastructure and two hurricanes created a perfect storm of devastation in the country, says article in Frontiers in Communication.
Life sciences
01 Feb 2018
Study finds bacteria in milk linked to rheumatoid arthritis
Bacteria found in milk and beef may trigger the development of rheumatoid arthritis in people who are genetically at risk, finds a study in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Open science and peer review
05 Dec 2017
Frontiers Open Science Platform enables scientific excellence at scale
Our state-of the-art Open Science Platform is a key strategy to review, publish, evaluate and disseminate research efficiently and at high quality.
Frontiers news
30 Nov 2017
Frontiers community by numbers
75,000+ researchers on our Editorial Boards and 300,000+ authors from around the world.
Sustainability
07 Nov 2017
Wild grape yeast could be more effective than pesticides in preventing grape molds
A wild yeast described in Frontiers in Microbiology could be an eco-friendly alternative to chemical pesticides.
Life sciences
02 Nov 2017
Gene therapy can cure lameness in horses
The finding that DNA injected into damaged horse tendons can cure lameness has big implications for future of human medicine: Frontiers in Veterinary Science