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01 Aug 2024
Beyond the podium: five Research Topics on the science of optimizing performance
The science behind athletic performance to achieve gold at events like the 2024 Paris Games.
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30 Jul 2024
Three-step plan to cut overlooked methane emissions could help us stop global warming faster
Methane, the second most potent greenhouse gas, has been neglected—but now scientists lay out a new plan and a new tool to cut emissions down to size.
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26 Jul 2024
Conflicting health advice from agencies drives confusion, study finds, but doctors remain most trusted
Researchers from the US analyzed replies to the Health Information National Trends Survey and found that doctors are more trusted than scientists and especially government health agencies. The results revealed that perceived uncertainty in health recommendations, inherent in the scientific process, tends to confuse the public and undermine its trust in experts apart from doctors. This implies that doctors are best placed to communicate changes in recommendations, to ensure better health and restore trust in agencies.
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25 Jul 2024
Pesticides potentially as bad as smoking for increased risk in certain cancers
Researchers assessed the impact of commonly used agricultural pesticides on cancer incidence and found that pesticide use is associated with increased cancer risk
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24 Jul 2024
Cook like a Neanderthal: scientists try to replicate ancient butchering methods to learn how Neanderthals ate birds
A pilot study indicates that fire-roasted birds are easier to process, but only birds butchered raw show cutmarks — evidence that we can use to understand Neanderthal diets.
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18 Jul 2024
Pompeii skeleton discovery shows another natural disaster may have made Vesuvius eruption even more deadly
Scientists think that skeletons of individuals trapped and killed inside buildings by earthquakes during the 79CE eruption of Vesuvius could provide a more complete history of destruction
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15 Jul 2024
Five Research Topics on the human impact of population growth
Five Research Topics tackling some of the most urgent issues emerging from our planet's growing population.
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15 Jul 2024
'We lost instruments chewed or crunched by bears and sea otters': how Dr Manuel Castellote listens out for elusive belugas
Castellote is the corresponding author of a new article in Frontiers in Marine Science which reveals the stealthy movements of the elusive Cook Inlet beluga, and has kindly taken the time to share some thoughts about his career and research as part of the Frontier Scientist series.
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12 Jul 2024
Real-life ‘stillsuit’: Dune-inspired upgrade for spacesuits allow astronauts to recycle urine into water
Existing waste management systems for spacesuits are uncomfortable, unhygienic, and don’t recycle valuable water in urine. Now, researchers from Cornell University have designed a prototype for an integrated urine collection and recycling system, which can be carried on the back of next-generation spacesuits. The system is now ready for testing.
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11 Jul 2024
Frontiers expands partnership options for institutions with fully OA flat fee model
Frontiers, a leading open access publisher dedicated to scientific advancement, announced the roll-out of its flat fee open access model for institutions.
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10 Jul 2024
Spectacular auroras are caused by head-on blows to Earth’s magnetic field that could damage critical infrastructure
Scientists find that interplanetary shocks which strike Earth’s magnetic field head-on cause more powerful ground-level electric currents, threatening pipelines and submarine cables.
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09 Jul 2024
Water stored under artificial turf could make cities cooler and safer to play in
Artificial turf with an integrated subsurface water storage and irrigation system could make sports courts safer and cooler while helping cities with water and flood management
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08 Jul 2024
What happens when the ocean’s biggest predators start hunting each other? 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.
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05 Jul 2024
Desert-loving fungi and lichens pose deadly threat to 5,000-year-old rock art
Researchers sampled microflora from the rocks bearing unique, millennia-old petroglyphs in the Negev desert. The diversity and abundance of species found on these rocks was low, suggesting that few can survive the harsh conditions. Most identified species from the petroglyphs were specialized microcolonial fungi and lichens, known to damage rock art through mechanical and chemical means. The authors cautioned that these natural deterioration processes can’t be stopped, making it necessary to monitor and document this important cultural heritage.
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04 Jul 2024
Seven Research Topics on the emerging technologies disrupting the world of science
Inspired by the top 10 emerging technologies in 2024 report, developed in partnership with the World Economic Forum, we’ve curated seven Research Topics harnessing the power of transformative technologies.