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As little as two weeks of compassion meditation training may reduce the distress a person feels when witnessing another’s suffering: Frontiers in Psychology As little as two weeks of compassion meditation training may reduce the distress a person feels when witnessing another’s suffering. — By University of Wisconsin–Madison It can be distressing to witness the pain of family, friends or even strangers going through a hard time. But what if, just like strengthening a muscle or learning a new hobby, we could train ourselves to be more compassionate and calm in the face of others’ suffering?...

We celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People by speaking with Dr Trudy Cardinal, Associate Professor of the University of Alberta, about her vastly different experience as an Indigenous person. Author: Carolina Capelo Garcia As we celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, we speak to Dr Trudy Cardinal – mother, grandmother, sister and daughter – Associate Professor of the University of Alberta, Canada, and co-editor of Frontiers in Education’s Research Topic on Assessment Practices with Indigenous Children, Youth, Families, and Communities....

By Alice R Jensen, Frontiersin.org Research is underway to stop newborn babies from becoming tolerant and dependent on the pain relief drugs given to them while in intensive care. Opioids, such as Morphine, Fentanyl and Tramadol, are often used for pain relief in newborn babies. However, tolerance and dependence to these drugs builds quickly. Professor Kanwaljeet J. S. (“Sunny”) Anand, Specialty Chief Editor for Frontiers in Pediatrics, aims to tackle this by finding new ways to prevent tolerance development and treat withdrawal syndrome in infants....

Frontiers is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a Data Services Workshop on the 8 February 2017, to be held at the SwissTech Convention Center. The event, entitled “Data Services in an Open-Access World,” will be open to the public without any requirement for prior registration; details about the program are provided below. The workshop will be held in the context of a week-long series of meetings of three open-science research consortia of the European Horizon 2020 framework program....

Frontiers Publishing Partnerships is ending 2022 with much to celebrate and we are looking forward to an exciting year of growth and development in 2023. Our partnerships team has been working with an expanding community of societies and institutions from across the world, including several landmark journals which launched with us in 2022. One of these is Aerospace Research Communications, the official journal of Zhejiang University Press (ZJUP), which publishes cutting-edge research in the field of aerospace science and engineering....

Helping young people at risk of social exclusion to develop skills such as self-regulation helps them to bounce back from adversities and do better in life. — By Fabienne Eckert Failing an exam at school, getting rejected for a job or being screamed at by your teacher or superior are only a few examples of situations that may cause despair, disappointment or a sense of failure. Unfortunately, such set-backs are part of anyone’s life and can start early-on....

We invite you to read the compelling (forgotten) story of Margaret M. Crane. Margaret Crane, 1965 | Photo Credit | Anna Kaufman Moon Margaret M. Crane, known as “Meg”, was born in 1941 and today is living in New York. Though she is not a scientist by training, she created the first at-home pregnancy test, increasing women’s autonomy and giving them the power of knowledge first. However, she was forgotten for this achievement – and it is time to shine the spotlight on her!...

Survival of coronavirus particles on surfaces depends on material: Frontiers in Materials By University of Trento Press Office and External Relations In addition to washing hands, should handles, phones, keyboards, desks and other surfaces be cleaned for protection from Covid-19? What about shoes and clothes? And why? Is there a risk of infection from touching a surface? The question has been debated since the beginning of the pandemic. And it is still debated in these days, as an investigation has been conducted on the safety of public transportation in Italian cities, and found traces of the virus on some of the most common touchpoints....

Rejection makes you stronger and good research should not be wasted! Read our blog about why rejection is important to science, and why to take it with a positive attitude. In scholarly research, peer review is a critical part of the publication process. Authors write up papers based on their research and submit them to journals for publication. People with a similar background and expertise to the authors – their peers – check the papers to ensure they are clear and evidence-based before publication....

By Carolyn E. Unck | KAUST Discovery A likeness between genes of the SARS and COVID-19 viruses could inform research into potential treatments Understanding any similarities between SARS and COVID-19 inflammation could help in a clinical setting. A protein in the viruses causing COVID-19 and SARS is almost identical. Researchers propose testing if targeting COVID-19 with FDA-approved drugs, already tested in mice infected with SARS, could improve the outcomes for COVID-19 patients experiencing severe respiratory symptoms....

By Dr Gianluca Calcagni, IEM-CSIC Writing as part of our Frontier Scientists series, Dr Gianluca Calcagni of IEM-CSIC in Madrid gives us an insight into his research that aims to find answers to some of the most puzzling and complex mysteries that makes up almost everything in the universe. Dr Gianluca Calcagni obtained his degree in physics in Italy at Padua University and, in 2005, his PhD at Parma University. He has worked at a number of research institutes in Japan, the UK, the US, Germany and Spain and is now a faculty member of the Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IEM-CSIC) in Madrid....

Our Publishing Partnerships team is pleased to announce that they will be attending the upcoming Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) annual conference and awards. The conference, which will take place 14 – 16 September in Manchester, UK, is the first major face-to-face event the association has held since 2019. Frontiers is proud to be sponsoring this landmark occasion as a Gold Sponsor. Since the last ALPSP conference in 2019, Frontiers Publishing Partnerships has grown significantly....

Could ‘big data’ of the past allow us to build an historical social network? The Venice Time Machine Project is finding out — by Kevin Baumer Meet Battista Nani, the Venetian ambassador to France from 1643-1668. By using new technologies to digitize, transcribe and index over 1000 years of historical documents — enough data to fill 80km of shelf space — we can now reconstruct parts of his life in much more detail....

Chief Editors Soenke Bartling and Sean Manion lead new specialty on Blockchain for Science There have never been more scientists alive today but it doesn’t mean doing science has gotten any easier. Reports suggest that there’s a high degree of fear among scientists of being scooped. There’s also the difficulty in reproducing data in a number of disciplines. In 2015, it was estimated that 20% of US health science can’t be replicated or reproduced....

Colorado State University supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, Colorado State University Libraries has entered an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. This institutional agreement means that eligible Colorado State University researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them. Articles may benefit from a 7.5% membership discount. To be eligible, a publication’s corresponding author must be affiliated with Colorado State University....

By quickly monitoring changes in pasture nutrients, farmers can adapt their animals’ grazing methods accordingly: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Over-grazing pasture to below 7 cm lowers digestibility and protein levels, reveals a new cheap and easy method for regular monitoring of nutrients in grasslands — By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour, science writer A fast new way of checking nutrient levels in grasslands allows farmers to quickly monitor changes in pasture nutrients and adapt their animals’ grazing methods accordingly....

Mortality risk factors include old age, underlying health conditions, and bacterial and respiratory co-infections: Frontiers in Medicine — by Nora Belblidia, Frontiers Science Writer If we understand the risk factors that lead to mortality among COVID-19 patients, we can prevent deaths caused by the disease. That was the impetus behind the recent paper published in Frontiers in Medicine, in which researchers in Wuhan, China studied how the illness progressed among fatal cases....

University of South-Eastern Norway (Universitetet I Sørøst-Norge / USN) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, University of South-Eastern Norway will cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible articles centrally for their eligible authors. Furthermore, the University of South-Eastern Norway will benefit from a 10% membership discount under the terms of the UNIT Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement. Eligible authors are corresponding authors affiliated with University of South-Eastern Norway....

Only rapid reduction of greenhouse gases will save Gulf of Mexico corals: Frontiers in Marine Science — By Rice University If coral reefs are the canary to the ocean’s coal mine, it’s getting awfully bleak in the Gulf of Mexico. A new study by Rice University Earth scientists asserts: Without a rapid and dramatic reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, fragile coral reefs in the Gulf of Mexico, like those around the world, face catastrophe....

Lack of knowledge when designating MPAs lets ecologically important species slip through the net, but small, targeted changes can have big effects on protected area efficiency: Frontiers in Marine Science New assessment finds lack of knowledge when designating MPAs lets ecologically important species slip through the net — and that small, targeted changes can have big effects on protected area efficiency — By Freya Wilson, Frontiers science writer Current marine protected areas (MPAs) leave almost three-quarters of ecologically and functionally important species unprotected, concludes a new performance assessment of the Finnish MPA network....