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Health

16 Jun 2022

Pride Month 2022: Article collections on health and wellbeing in the LGBTQIA+ community

Pride month 2022’s theme is celebrating 50 years of Pride with a focus on acknowledging the many positive achievements of the LGBT+ movement. We are proud to showcase the top closed and open article collections on improving the health and wellbeing of LGBT+ individuals. Researchers explored topics spanning from transgender pain and queer aging to HIV prevention and sexual health in non-binary adolescents.

eBooks

16 Jun 2022

Frontiers ebook releases: June 2022

Download the top ebook releases from this month, including special issues on new alternatives to combat bacterial infections, challenges and solutions to LGBT+ inclusion in schools, the response of seagrass to environmental changes, understanding the roles of glia and circulating leukocytes in neurodegenerative diseases, the effects of achievement emotions on classic cognitive processes of learning and many more! All ebooks are free to download, share and distribute.

Research Topics

16 Mar 2022

Break the Bias: Research Topics celebrating the findings of female scientists

To celebrate Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, we are highlighting the top Research Topics from women in science. Break the gender bias in research by reading the findings of these incredible female scientists. With collective views of almost half a million, researchers explored topics spanning from signal processing and infectious disease to materials and gynecological oncology.

eBooks

16 Mar 2022

Top ebook releases from female scientists

In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, we gathered the top ebooks released in the past year by female editorial teams. Explore the research advances made by these incredible women, including special issues on the effects of ice loss on marine biodiversity, the educational response to Covid-19, enhancing natural regeneration to restore landscapes, recent discoveries in molecular mechanisms in chronic kidney disease, new perspectives on canine intervertebral disc disease and many more!

Engineering

03 Mar 2022

4 articles you need to check out on the future of building engineering

By Colm Gorey, Science Communications Manager Image: Robert Kneschke/Shutterstock.com The infrastructure that makes up our towns and cities is undergoing a technological and scientific revolution. Now, to help shine a light on some of these significant changes and what it means for engineering, Frontiers highlights just four of the latest research articles helping shape the future of construction. For most of the last century, humanity as a species was focused almost solely on building larger cities as fast as possible and with little thought on its impact to the environment. Now, with the climate crisis an unavoidable reality, this old style of thinking is being replaced by not only more sustainable engineering practices, but ones that revolutionize our very understanding of how we build. Here are just four recent articles published to Frontiers from some of the top researchers in their field as part of the Research Topic ‘Horizons in Built Environment‘. Comprehensive review on the dynamic and seismic behavior of flat-bottom cylindrical silos filled with granular material Storage containers of bulk material are known as bins, silos or even bunkers. Although there is no globally accepted definition for each of the previous terms, ‘bins’ or ‘bunkers’ are commonly used […]

Neuroscience

24 Feb 2022

3 articles you need to check out on the future of neural circuit research

By Colm Gorey, Science Communications Manager Image: Andrii Vodolazhskyi/Shutterstock.com In an ever-changing field of research such as neural circuits, it can be difficult to keep up with the latest breakthroughs. Now at Frontiers, we highlight just three of the latest research articles to shed more light on how the mind works. The human brain continues to fascinate us, but still hides many mysteries that scientists aim to solve. Among the most studied aspects of the brain is its vast array of neural circuits which carry out a variety of crucial everyday functions in the body, and has inspired computer scientists to build powerful AI systems using artificial neural circuits. Here are just three recent articles published to Frontiers from some of the top researchers in their field as part of the Research Topic ‘Horizons in Neural Circuits’. Endocannabinoid-Mediated Control of Neural Circuit Excitability and Epileptic Seizures Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, with an incidence of 50.4 per 100,000 people per year. Although many drugs and surgical treatments are available for the treatment of epilepsy, approximately 30% of patients continue to have uncontrolled seizures despite treatment. One of the most important discoveries in the field of cannabinoid […]

eBooks

11 Feb 2022

Frontiers ebook releases: February 2022

Download the top ebook releases from this month, including special issues on the development of vaccines against emerging pathogens, novel therapies for combating bone diseases through advances in bone remodeling, mental health implications of Covid-19 on professional athletes, recent discoveries in soil-based ecosystem services, new perspectives on infection control during the pandemic in dentistry and many more! All ebooks are free to download, share and distribute.

Research Topics

17 Jan 2022

Top 10 Research Topics from 2021

Find the answers to your biggest research questions from 2021. With collective views of over 3.7 million, researchers explored topics spanning from nutritional immunology and political misinformation to sustainable agriculture and the human-dog bond. Research Topics: 1. Infectious disease 29 articles | 1,643,000 views Uncovering the many ethical, legal, and social issues that have arisen during the pandemic 2. Nutritional immunology 29 articles | 768,000 views How specific foods and nutrients affect COVID-19 severity and outcomes 3. Music therapy 44 articles | 268,000 views Examining the ability of music to create and maintain social bonds during the pandemic 4. Political misinformation 11 articles | 219,000 views Understanding how to halt the spread of false news while increasing the circulation of information from credible sources during the pandemic 5. Plant science 15 articles | 198,000 views The enormous potential of plants to contribute effectively to fighting pandemics 6. Sustainable agriculture 49 articles | 168,000 views Demonstrating the potential of various microbes to enhance plant productivity and yield in cropping systems 7. Mental health 22 articles | 136,000 views Discovering insights from altered states of consciousness through psychedelic therapies 8. Aging brains 18 articles | 134,000 views Evaluating factors that predispose aging […]