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By Colm Gorey, Science Communications Manager, Frontiers Each month, Frontiers shines a spotlight on some of the leading research across a wide range of topics. Here are just some of the highlights that resonated strongly with readers on our news site in the month of March. Leftovers in prehistoric pots let scientists peek into the kitchen of an ancient civilization How do you reconstruct the cookery of people who lived thousands of years ago?...

Computational Identification of Key Regulators in Two Different Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines Darius Wlochowitz*, Martin Haubrock, Jetcy Arackal, Annalen Bleckmann, Alexander Wolff, Tim Beißbarth, Edgar Wingender and Mehmet Gültas* Paths of Heritable Mitochondrial DNA Mutation and Heteroplasmy in Reference and gas-1 Strains of Caenorhabditis elegans Riana I. Wernick, Suzanne Estes, Dana K. Howe and Dee R. Denver* Identification of a Bitter-Taste Receptor Gene Repertoire in Different Lagomorphs Species Ana M. Ferreira*, Andreia T....

A review of surveys covering over 50,000 students reveals that the use of ‘essay mills’ is rising rapidly around the world; Frontiers in Education A review of surveys covering over 50,000 students reveals that the use of ‘essay mills’ is rising rapidly around the world. — by Swansea University, UK Universities worldwide are gripped by an epidemic of contract cheating, wherein students pay someone else to write their essays, coursework or exam answers for them....

The market, direct applications, the will for seeking knowledge, understanding risks through research, involving the public, and opening up the field are the main elements that influence robotics research in 2015. Public perception of robotics and automation research is often shaped by sensational news instead of reports of active researchers. Frontiers in Robotics and AI had the privilege to attend ICRA 2015 and engage in conversations with the cutting edge scientists and engineers of robotics in 2015....

Frontiers Science Hero: John Mauro from Frontiers on Vimeo. Frontiers Science Hero, John Mauro is Frontiers’ Chief Editor of Glass Science. He is also Senior Research Manager in Glass Research at industrial glass company Corning Inc. in Corning, NY, USA. A Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, Mauro is also the co-inventor of several new glass compositions. “If it’s glass, I’m interested,” says Mauro, in an interview with Frontiers where he shares how his passion for glass initially started....

Brief, directed smartphone exercises can help quickly improve our mood. This is the latest finding from psychologists at the University of Basel and their international colleagues, reported in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. Participants in the international study felt more alert, calmer and uplifted after – using five-minute video tutorials on their smartphones as a guide – they had, for example, practiced concentrating on their bodies. The subjects could choose between various established or more modern psychotherapeutic exercise modules known as micro-interventions....

From more than 400 article collections, 10 finalists are now in the running for the 2nd annual Frontiers Spotlight Award. https://blog.frontiersin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-spotlight-finalists-announcement-image.png From more than 400 outstanding article collections published in 2017, 10 finalists are now in the running for the 2nd annual Frontiers Spotlight Award – and the chance to win US $100,000 to organize an international conference on their topic’s field. Published as Frontiers Research Topics, these shortlisted article collections each address a globally important field of research with the potential to drastically impact our future — from artificial intelligence to better health to sustainable agriculture....

A colonial legacy, $73-billion debt crisis, outdated infrastructure and two hurricanes created a perfect storm of devastation in the country, says article in Frontiers in Communication. New study argues the ongoing crisis is an ‘unnatural,’ not natural, disaster caused by US and territorial government energy policies and industrial contracts – By Tanya Petersen Four months after Hurricane María blasted Puerto Rico with 250 km/hour winds, the Caribbean island remains in crisis — a humanitarian disaster that a new paper published in open-access journal Frontiers in Communication argues is as much to blame on US energy colonialism as it is on the hurricane itself....

Join the Frontiers in Microbiology Editorial Board as an Associate Editor or Review Editor Thanks to our stellar international Editorial Board and Authors, Frontiers in Microbiology is the worlds’ most cited microbiology journal. Are you looking for the opportunity to work with leaders in the field, shape the research published in the leading journal in microbiology, and contribute to microbial research? Then contact us to find more at microbiology@frontiersin.org Frontiers in Microbiology is recruiting Associate and Review Editors in all specialties....

Recent study, published in Frontiers in Marine Science, highlights emerging issues faced by the marine environment. A new method of surveying published research, which has highlighted current issues faced by the marine environment, hopes to place scientific knowledge at the heart of policy agendas. — By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour Covering two-thirds of our planet, the ocean was once thought to be too big to be threatened by human activity. Scientific evidence now shows that our use and abuse of this environment is having a detrimental effect on marine habitats across the globe....

New specialty section on Nanoscience to be headed by Chief Editor, Professor Fan Zhang, who hopes to increase the availability and visibility of Nano research New specialty section on Nanoscience to be headed by Chief Editor, Professor Fan Zhang, who hopes to increase the availability and visibility of Nano research via Open Access. We are delighted to announce the launch of the new specialty section on Nanoscience within Frontiers in Chemistry....

Our authors talk about their experience communicating their research to a younger audience. Our authors talk about their experience communicating their research to a younger audience. – By Josh Firth and Sarah Firth, authors of How Do Birds Cope with Losing Members of Their Group? ​When I was first asked to write this blogpost about my recent venture into a new avenue for science communication for children, I initially thought it wasn’t worth blogging about....

Eye-Movement Training Results in Changes in qEEG and NIH Stroke Scale in Subjects Suffering from Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Control Trial Frederick Robert Carrick*, Elena Oggero, Guido Pagnacco, Cameron H. G. Wright, Calixto Machado, Genco Estrada, Alejandro Pando, Juan C. Cossio and Carlos Beltrán Dissociation between Conceptual and Perceptual Implicit Memory: Evidence from Patients with Frontal and Occipital Lobe Lesions Liang Gong*, JiHua Wang, XuDong Yang, Lei Feng, Xiu Li, Cui Gu, MeiHong Wang, JiaYun Hu and Huaidong Cheng*...

According to social media experts, scientists can greatly benefit from social networking technologies. General networks offer large audiences for public outreach while specialist and professional platforms help researchers connect with peers. By Constanze Böttcher, Science Journalist At the heart of every modern, knowledge-based economy, science is a powerful driver for change and growth. As a result, the global scientific community is growing too, pumping out research at an ever increasing rate....

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer A new study is the first to compare breast milk between mothers from the older order Mennonite community who live on traditional farms versus urban women. Communities such as old order Mennonites are known to have a low prevalence of atopic diseases associated with allergies, presumably due to environmental and lifestyle factors. The results show that breast milk from Mennonite mothers is richer in neutral or beneficial bacteria, certain cytokines and fatty acids, and IgA antibodies important for defense against bacteria....

The library of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) has an institutional agreement with Frontiers The library of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) supports its researchers by covering article-processing charges (APCs) for open access articles by affiliated corresponding authors where there are no other sources available to cover these fees. As part of this support the library of the HU Berlin has entered an institutional agreement with Frontiers whereby affiliated corresponding authors publishing in any of the (currently 60) Frontiers journals receive a 5% discount on the APC....

This week, we speak with Dr. Miriam Rengel, a researcher at Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Gottingen, Germany. Her research focuses on the atmosphere of solar and extrasolar planets. Dr. Rengel has been involved in propelling the mission on the NASA/DLR airborne telescope SOFIA to observe the atmosphere on Titan, Jupiter’s moon. Author: Leticia Nani Silva Space has always been a massive curiosity of mine as a scientist....

Computer modelling suggests that drug combinations could protect from long-term drug level reductions in certain patients after a break from anti-cancer drug. Computer modelling suggests that drug combinations could protect from long-term drug level reductions in certain patients after a break from anti-cancer drug tamoxifen. — By Conn Hastings Researchers in Germany have used computer modelling techniques to estimate how a break from taking cancer medication affects the amount of drug in patients’ blood....

We are delighted to announce that the Francis Crick Institute has joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. This landmark deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing for researchers in the UK, who publish 7% of the world’s research. The Francis Crick Institute supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this deal, eligible authors may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process....

As a Professor of Clinical Pathology at the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and with over 100 publications to her name, Christopher is a dedicated researcher of what goes wrong in animal bodies. Frontiers Science Hero: Mary Christopher from Frontiers on Vimeo. Throughout her career, Prof Mary Christopher has witnessed different research cultures in time and space, and has had an impact in the field that she finds fascinating....