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Caribou feed near the Kuparuk oilfield in Alaska. A UC study examined the landscape use of caribou in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge By Michael Miller, University of Cincinnati Human activities might have shifted the movement of caribou in and near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, according to scientists with the University of Cincinnati. Each year caribou take on one of nature’s longest land migrations, trekking hundreds of miles across Alaska and Canada to give birth and find food....

By Colm Gorey, Science Communications Manager At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a worldwide audience. But with tens of thousands of articles published each year, many often fly under the radar. Now, as part of new series each month, Frontiers will highlight just some of those amazing papers you may have missed. 1: Too hot to nest? In a hot summer, one tortoise can switch from nesting to developing eggs internally...

Frontiers appoints head of public affairs and advocacy for North America Research publisher Frontiers appoints Tom Ciavarella as head of public affairs and advocacy for North America to strategize and execute advocacy initiatives to support Frontiers’ mission and accelerate transition to open science. Tom has 20 years’ experience in relationship management, business development, and content strategy. After an early career in copy editing and writing, he worked at F.A. Davis Company, an independent medical publisher in the US, where he acquired and developed new medical textbooks and helped bring print-only resources into the digital world....

Neurologists have created a hands-free, thought-controlled musical instrument, which they’ve recently described in a report in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. A newly-developed hands-free musical instrument now allows people to make music with their minds. — By KED Coan “The Encephalophone is a musical instrument that you control with your thoughts, without movement,” explains Thomas Deuel, a neurologist at Swedish Medical Center and a neuroscientist at the University of Washington, and first author of the report....

We are delighted to inform you that the University of Zurich is in a publishing agreement with Frontiers The University of Zurich covers 25% of Article Publishing Fees for corresponding authors affiliated with the University who wish to publish in any Frontiers journal. A 2.5% membership discount will be applied to the net price which would otherwise be payable for publication, after deduction of any other discounts that may apply....

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Prof Hendrik Tevaearai as Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)...

Frontiers is proud to announce the launch of two complementary journals on reproductive health and global women’s health. Let’s empower women to take their health into their own hands – that is one of the key missions of the #EachForEqual International Women’s Day campaign on 8th March. To mark this year’s global day, Frontiers is proud to announce the launch of two complementary journals: Frontiers in Reproductive Health and Frontiers in Global Women’s Health....

The Frontiers in Chemistry and Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences teams are delighted to announce that the section Protein Chemistry and Enzymology is online and open for submissions. The section Protein Chemistry and Enzymology is led by Specialty Chief Editor Professor Neil Marsh, from the University of Michigan in the United States, and becomes the latest section to be launched in the “Frontiers in” series. The specialty section is listed under the Frontiers in Chemistry and Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences Journals, allowing authors to submit manuscripts through either journal....

By Suzanna Burgelman, Frontiers science writer Researchers are one step closer to understanding the ‘internal GPS’ of animals and humans, by investigating whether rats can learn spaces just by observation. In a new study published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, the researchers show that rats do not need to physically explore an environment to learn about a specific location; simply observing another rat is sufficient. Learning by observation has been reported in invertebrates (for example in bees), birds, fish, and mammals....

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer Researchers in Japan have developed a virtual reality platform that mimics the sensation of walking by stimulating their feet, all while sitting motionlessly. During testing, participants experiencing a digital world through a first-person perspective found it enhanced the simulation of walking. However, those who saw themselves from a third-person perspective felt it impaired the sensation of movement. Despite virtual reality (VR) technology being more affordable than ever, developers have yet to achieve a sense of full immersion in a digital world....

By Conn Hastings, science writer A new study shows the long-term implications of severe Covid-19 infection, with such patients demonstrating significantly increased chances of death in the 12 months following the illness. The majority of deaths occurred for a wide variety of reasons, suggesting that severe infection damages overall health. The stark findings highlight the need to reduce the numbers of severe infections through vaccination. Can long Covid kill? Striking findings presented in a new study published to Frontiers in Medicine show that patients who survive severe Covid-19 have more than twice the risk of dying over the following year, compared with those who experience mild or moderate disease or remain uninfected....

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. This institutional agreement means that eligible EMPA researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process. Articles may benefit from a 10% membership discount. The library EMPA supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage EMPA researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available....

By Prof Joanne Nicholson, the Institute for Behavioral Health at The Heller School, Brandeis University, Massachusetts Researchers working in the area of parental mental illness and substance use disorders face a number of challenges conducting rigorous research and implementing change effectively. Now, the highly experienced Prof Joanne Nicholson of the Institute for Behavioral Health at The Heller School, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, reveals that despite the urgency, the opportunities for scaling out and sustaining prevention and intervention innovation for these families are largely unrealized....

Are you a courageous scientist ready to freely share your work and empower the scientists of the future? Do you remember the everlasting curiosity you had as a kid? The great pleasure and empowerment you felt when adults honestly asked your feedback? And are you now a courageous scientist who believes science should be open and accessible for all? Then you are the one we are looking for! — By Hedwig Ens...

Greenhouse gas emission impact from peatland fires underestimated by 200%-300%, shows new study in Frontiers in Climate By Suzanna Burgelman, Frontiers science writer Deforestation fires in Brazil and Indonesia accounted for 3% and 7%, respectively, of the planet’s total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in 2019 and 2020, finds a new study in Frontiers in Climate. Of that amount, fires in peatlands contributed to between 40% and 60% of the GHG emission impact, showing a severe underrepresentation by previous estimations....

Horseshoe crab blood is invaluable for drug and safety testing, but this commercial demand threatens these ‘living fossils’: Frontiers in Marine Science The unique properties of horseshoe crab blood make it invaluable for drug and safety testing — but this commercial demand threatens these ‘living fossils,’ along with climate change, habitat destruction and use as bait. — By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour, Frontiers science writer Blood from horseshoe crabs is essential for many drug, implant and environmental safety tests — but blood harvesting, together with capture for bait and impacts from climate change and habitat destruction, is threatening populations of these “living fossils....

Identification of a 467 bp Promoter of Maize Phosphatidylinositol Synthase Gene (ZmPIS) Which Confers High-Level Gene Expression and Salinity or Osmotic Stress Inducibility in Transgenic Tobacco Hongli Zhang, Jiajia Hou, Pingping Jiang, Shoumei Qi, Changzheng Xu, Qiuxia He, Zhaohua Ding, Zhiwu Wang, Kewei Zhang and Kunpeng Li* MES Buffer Affects Arabidopsis Root Apex Zonation and Root Growth by Suppressing Superoxide Generation in Root Apex Tomoko Kagenishi, Ken Yokawa and Frantisek Baluska*...

Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan is a scientist and academic at the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India, who specialises in molecular ecology and population genetics. We talked about her work in the field, the lack of female leaders, and lessons learnt having been an international student. Author: Emma Phipps, Journal Specialist Could you explain your current role? “I am a scientist and professor at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, in India and I’ve been working here for the last fifteen years or so....

We invite you to read the (forgotten) story of Esther Miriam Zimmer Lederberg Frontiers for Young Minds takes you down on a dive into the depths of the historical scientific archives and introduces you to scientists you may have not heard about, but you should! This time, we tell you the story of a scientist who made major discoveries which pioneered the field of microbial genetics in the 1950s. By Ilaria Pisano...

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Scientists use complex mathematical modeling of sea states, sea level rise, and local geography to predict the permanent loss of between 56 and 65% of the current area of sandy beaches in the Balearic Islands by the end of the 21st century, depending on the global warming scenario. During extreme weather conditions such as the strongest storm surges with the highest waves, between 84 and 86% of the beach area will be flooded....