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Frontiers – a community driven open-access publisher and research networking platform – is pleased to launch Frontiers in ICT. It is now open for submissions. Frontiers in ICT is an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed open-access journal that brings all specialisms across information and communications technologies together on a single platform. From big data to digital health and quantum computing to digital education, each relevant specialty will be led by dedicated team of international researchers....

New research published in Frontiers in Neuroscience discusses the facts, fiction and controversy surrounding brain augmentation. New research published in Frontiers in Neuroscience discusses the facts, fiction and controversy surrounding brain augmentation. Creating super intelligence or enhancing the brains of patients with neurological disorders through brain augmentation is currently a hot topic in both scientific literature and the media. This is a remarkable development because just a decade or two ago the idea of brain augmentation was reserved for science fiction....

Investing only 1% of global GDP into green recovery would immediately cut emissions by up to 8.5%, finds new study in Frontiers in Climate By Tayyibah Aziz, science writer A novel green recovery investment scenario has shown that a 1% global GDP investment could reduce global CO2 emissions by 6 to 8.5% by 2030. The researchers demonstrated that even a temporary stimulus package could potentially achieve a long-lasting reduction of CO2 emissions from energy production and industrial processes....

Second Primary Malignancies in Adults with Gastric Cancer – A US Population-Based Study Binay Kumar Shah*, Amit Khanal and Yvonne Hewett Higher Initial DNA Damage and Persistent Cell Cycle Arrest after Carbon Ion Irradiation Compared to X-irradiation in Prostate and Colon Cancer Cells Annelies Suetens, Katrien Konings, Marjan Moreels*, Roel Quintens, Mieke Verslegers, Els Soors, Kevin Tabury, Vincent Grégoire and Sarah Baatout Differences of Variable Number Tandem Repeats in XRCC5 Promoter Are Associated with Increased or Decreased Risk of Breast Cancer in BRCA Gene Mutation Carriers Jian Cui, Jiangtao Luo, Yeong C....

Christian Voolstra is working on establishing a model system for corals to help in the research that scientists cannot do in nature. As a specialist in coral reefs genomics, Christian Voolstra is a Frontiers’ Review Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology and Associate Editor for Frontiers in Marine Science. He is currently an Associate Professor in Marine Science Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) working from the Red Sea Research Centre, in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia....

Academic output has exploded over the last 100 years but how can the most relevant research be found? — by Melissa Cochrane In 2009, it’s estimated there were at least 50 million research publications floating around the coves of the internet. If you printed all of them out and put them side by side, you could go all the way around the earth. Based on the recent data, however, it appears the number of publications are at least 3 times larger than previously thought, at around 160 million, and the growth rate has increased to 0....

UPDATE: From 14/10/2022, CSIC no longer supports paying the cost of the APC for affiliated researchers due to the end of the centralized quota for 2022. Authors should ensure they have their own source of funding to pay the article processing charge before submitting an article. CSIC will re-evaluate the situation at the beginning of 2023. The Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC) has established an open access publishing agreement with Frontiers....

Frontiers for Young Minds is proud and excited to announce the launch of its newest specialty section, Understanding Biodiversity. This new specialty will be led by the Specialty Chief Editor Chelsea Specht of UC Berkeley and will provide articles that help our curious young readers to better understand the biological diversity that exists on our planet! The Understanding Biodiversity specialty is now open for submissions and will publish articles with the following scope:...

Children in Montessori preschools show improved academic performance and social understanding, while enjoying their school work more, shows a study in Frontiers in Psychology. Montessori preschool boosts children’s academic performance and social understanding, while reducing differences between low- and high-income children — By Conn Hastings Children in Montessori preschools show improved academic performance and social understanding, while enjoying their school work more, shows a study in Frontiers in Psychology. Strikingly, children from low-income families, who typically don’t perform as well at school, were not disadvantaged in Montessori preschools, and showed similar academic performance compared with children from high-income families....

Model shows that ending lockdown in two steps is optimal, while suddenly releasing everyone is a high-risk strategy: Frontiers in Public Health — by Mischa Dykstra, Frontiers Science Writer As the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic wanes in Europe, many countries are relaxing their lockdown rules, but the advice for non-essential workers is to continue working from home if possible. The important question when lockdown should be lifted for non-essential workers in the UK and elsewhere is answered in a new study in Frontiers in Public Health....

Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The university library Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. Information for researchers When submitting your article, please select Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro as the institutional payer in the payment information section....

Crop rotations with beans and peas offer more sustainable and nutritious food production, finds new study in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems By K.E.D Coan, science writer Adding more legumes, such as beans, peas and lentils, to European crop rotations could provide nutritional and environmental benefits, shows a recent study. The authors use a first-of-its-kind approach to show that the increased cultivation of legumes would deliver higher nutritional value at lower environmental and resource costs....

Understanding the Earth and its Resources aims to provide up-to-date research to the next generation who will live with, and study, these planet-wide questions. Frontiers for Young Minds is proud to announce and would like to give a warm welcome to Mark Brandon and Daniel Kammen who are joining us as Specialty Chief Editors of Understanding the Earth and its Resources. Mark Brandon joins us from the school of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences at The Open University , in the United Kingdom....

Author: Lucy Thompson Monica Montgomery is the Political Director for the non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization Council for a Livable World. The organization is dedicated to reducing the danger of nuclear weapons and eventually eliminating them through advocating sensible national security policies and helping elect congressional candidates who support them. Today, we discuss Monica’s journey into policymaking, the importance of representation, and the intersection of peace and policy within society. What was your inspiration that led you to your current role?...

Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week Science Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science Science Many psychology papers fail replication test Times Higher Education More than half of psychology papers are not reproducible Wired Science has its problems, but the web could be the fix Wall Street Journal Fake peer review scandal shines spotlight on China Five Thirty Eight Podcast: bad incentives are blocking better science...

Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week Science Magazine Self-correction in science at work Science Magazine Promoting an open research culture Blogs Berkeley A giant leap for science Times Higher Education Peer review: not as old as you might think Inside Higher Education Data are always the smoking gun Library Journal Sharing policy draws criticism; Elsevier responds Plos Blogs Research matters Phys.org Springer acquires three pioneering open access journals from the Max Planck Society The Australian Financial Review‎ Research students must be trained for jobs in industry Pacific Standard Is our medical research honing in on the right issues?...

Researchers at Osaka University have made their robot child face more expressive, by measuring and calibrating 3D movement at over 100 facial areas; Frontiers in Robotics and AI Researchers at Osaka University employ a quantitative approach to add rich nuance to the expressions of their robot child face — by Osaka University, Japan Japan’s affection for robots is no secret. But is the feeling mutual in the country’s amazing androids? We may now be a step closer to giving androids greater facial expressions to communicate with....

Exposure to sucralose and acesulfame-K in the womb and via breastmilk leads to altered intestinal flora and liver toxicity in mouse pups; Frontiers in Microbiology — by Matthew Prior, Frontiers science writer Exposure to sucralose and acesulfame-K in the womb and via breastmilk leads to altered intestinal flora and liver toxicity in mouse pups As a sugar substitute, zero-calorie sweeteners reduce tooth decay and blood sugar spikes. Seven are approved worldwide and safe for humans – but does this mean they’re healthy?...

A QUT study finds problematic phone use is getting worse in Australia; Frontiers in Psychiatry A QUT study finds problematic phone use is getting worse in Australia — by Queensland University of Technology One in five women and one in eight men are now losing sleep due to the time they spend on their mobile phones, according to new QUT-led research that has found a jump in ‘technoference’ over the past 13 years....

Inflammatory response can cause T cells to become depleted, leaving patients prone to secondary infection: Frontiers in Immunology — by Nora Belblidia, Frontiers Science Writer Cytokine storms may affect the severity of COVID-19 cases by lowering T cell counts, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Immunology. Researchers studying coronavirus cases in China found that sick patients had a significantly low number of T cells, a type of white blood cell that plays a crucial role in immune response, and that T cell counts were negatively correlated with case severity....