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20 Feb 2024
Scientists track world’s largest turtles to previously unknown foraging locations
Using movement behavior models, scientists tracked leatherback sea turtles to new foraging locations off the US east coast
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20 Feb 2024
Using movement behavior models, scientists tracked leatherback sea turtles to new foraging locations off the US east coast
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16 Feb 2024
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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15 Feb 2024
New findings imply that the interpretation of emotional facial expressions is shaped by the language and culture embedded in our minds
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14 Feb 2024
Scientists used DNA metabarcoding to show for the first time that jellyfish are an important food for amphipods during the Arctic polar night in waters off Svalbard, at a time of year when other food resources are scarce. Amphipods were not only observed to feast on ‘jelly-falls’ of dead jellyfish, but also to prey on live jellyfish. These results corroborate an ongoing ‘paradigm shift’ which recognizes that jellyfish aren’t a trophic dead-end but an important food for many marine organisms.
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08 Feb 2024
In a new Frontiers’ guest editorial, Prof Dr Lembit Sihver and his co-authors explore the impact the microbiome has on human health in space. They also discuss potential applications as well as challenges of the study of the microbiome of astronauts.
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07 Feb 2024
We have compiled a list of 10 Research Topics that embrace the potential of technology to advance scientific breakthroughs and change the world for the better.
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05 Feb 2024
A survey of people who had been diagnosed with Covid-19 but never hospitalized found that 76% developed insomnia — and anxious or depressed people were more vulnerable.
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31 Jan 2024
Patients in palliative care often receive psychological therapy to help cope with stress. Researchers have now shown that the short-term effectiveness of a novel intervention, Flourishing-Life-of-Wish Virtual Reality Relaxation Therapy, in improving the physical and emotional well-being of patients is double that of standard-of-care coaching in diaphragmatic breathing.
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29 Jan 2024
People who speak the Berlin dialect trust social robots speaking the same dialect more than social robots speaking standard German.
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26 Jan 2024
New research has shown that writing by hand leads to higher brain connectivity than typing on a keyboard, highlighting the need to expose students to more handwriting activities
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23 Jan 2024
A study of ant communities shows that using diverse plant sources for bioenergy is crucial to protect ecosystems while making more eco-friendly fuel
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16 Jan 2024
From biotechnology innovation to tracking climate change impacts, the KMAP Global Ocean Gene Catalog 1.0 offers diverse applications for science and society.
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15 Jan 2024
People living in poverty in the US are known to suffer increased mortality, as are people with chronic inflammation. Now, researchers have shown in an epidemiological study that these effects are not simply additive but synergistic: people living in poverty with chronic inflammation ran a 127% increased heart disease mortality risk and a 196% increased cancer mortality risk when measured over 15 years.
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11 Jan 2024
New research shows that observing facial expressions of others eating raw broccoli can influence our own liking of the vegetable
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09 Jan 2024
In the context of climate emergency, making scientific research open has never been more important. But for research to be trusted, it must be of the highest quality. Facing an industry-wide rise in fraudulent science, Frontiers has increased its focus on safeguarding quality.