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Streetlights affect insects and spiders living beneath the lights, finds a study in Frontiers in Environmental Science Night-time electric lighting near water affects the number and types of insects and spiders living in grass beneath the lights — By Conn Hastings Researchers in Germany have found that streetlights near waterways can disrupt the surrounding ecosystem by attracting flying insects from the water and changing the predator community living in the grass beneath the lights....

A type of bacteria, which can cause diarrhea and inhibit growth in children in developing countries, is highly prevalent in a sample of children in an industrialized country. By Conn Hastings, Frontiers Science Writer A type of bacteria, which can cause diarrhea and inhibit growth in children in developing countries, has been found in 14% of a sample of children in an industrialized country. However, the children had only mild gastrointestinal symptoms or no symptoms at all....

Under the terms of the Austria Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement, the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule St. Pölten/FH St. Pölten) will cover Article Publishing Fees for eligible authors in any of the Frontiers journals. Eligible authors are corresponding authors of a given article who meet the funding criteria of the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences. If the author(s) are members of a FWF-funded project, the FWF may cover the APCs (more information here)....

Uppsala University (Uppsala universitet) supports their authors publishing open access. As part of this support, eligible authors from Uppsala University will benefit from a 10% discount under the terms of the Sweden Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement. Eligible authors are corresponding authors of a given article who meet the funding criteria of Uppsala University. To submit your article under this institutional agreement, it is recommended you submit with an email domain affiliated to your institution....

We invite you to explore our free, kids oriented science journal- we just achieved 15 million article views! 2021 was quite a year for Frontiers for Young Minds! Our mission to connect kids with real scientists relentlessly continues. We have now reached 15 million article views! An amazing feat for which we are extremely proud and we could not have done this without the amazing support of all our authors, editor and young reviewers our there....

Frontiers in Pediatrics is thrilled to announce Professor Barbara Ludwikowski (Auf Der Bult Children’Hospital, Hannover) as the new Specialty Chief Editor of the Pediatric Surgery section. In her career as clinical scientist, she has made important scientific contributions to the understanding of urological diseases and genital anomalies in children and infants. As Prof. Ludwikowski emphasizes: “One of the challenges in Pediatric Surgery is the inevitable development of ever more narrow subspecialty areas....

Catch up with the most viewed articles from Frontiers in Microbiology this July. All are Open Access – enjoy! 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)...

Selectively Disrupted Functional Connectivity Networks in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Yaojing Chen, Zhen Liu, Junying Zhang, Guihua Tian, Linzi Li, Sisi Zhang, Xin Li, Kewei Chen and Zhanjun Zhang* The Right Supramarginal Gyrus Is Important for Proprioception in Healthy and Stroke-Affected Participants: A Functional MRI Study Ettie Ben-Shabat*, Thomas A. Matyas, Gaby S. Pell, Amy Brodtmann and Leeanne M. Carey Discrimination between Alzheimer’s Disease and Late Onset Bipolar Disorder Using Multivariate Analysis Ariadna Besga*, Itxaso Gonzalez, Enrique Echeburua, Alexandre Savio, Borja Ayerdi, Darya Chyzhyk, Jose L....

Self-healing fabric, abrasion-resistant coatings, precision drug delivery and smart textiles are among the potential applications of squid ‘ring tooth’ protein; Frontiers in Chemistry Self-healing fabric, abrasion-resistant coatings, precision drug delivery and smart textiles are potential applications of squid ‘ring tooth’ protein The remarkable properties of a recently-discovered squid protein could revolutionize materials in a way that would be unattainable with conventional plastic, finds a review published in Frontiers in Chemistry. Originating in the ringed teeth of a squid’s predatory arms, this protein can be processed into fibers and films with applications ranging from ‘smart’ clothes for health monitoring, to self-healing recyclable fabrics that reduce microplastic pollution....

Frontiers in Psychology study examines impact of gender stereotypes on the self-concept of female students in STEM subjects with females under-representation — Fabienne Eckert Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, the so-called STEM subjects, are traditionally male dominated and it is well established that females remain underrepresented in such programmes to this day. This gender discrepancy has been a hot topic among researchers and advocates who seek to understand this phenomenon to ultimately close or at least reduce the gap....

Last updated October 1, 2018 Combining all its journals, Frontiers supports one of the largest groups of editors in the world of academic publishing, with more than 63,000 board members, enabling them to facilitate the publication of most recent advances in knowledge and research methods in their fields. But why do top scientists and scholars join a Frontiers’ editorial board? BUILDING A JOURNAL BASED ON YOUR BELIEFS One of the many reasons members of the research community have joined Frontiers is because they agree with our vision that oversight and quality control of the scholarly literature should be vested squarely in the research community itself and, in particular, involve active scientists and scholars at all levels....

Did humans speak through cave art? New paper links ancient drawings and language’s origins: Frontiers in Psychology Did humans speak through cave art? New paper links ancient drawings and language’s origins — By Massachusetts Institute of Technology CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — When and where did humans develop language? To find out, look deep inside caves, suggests an MIT professor. More precisely, some specific features of cave art may provide clues about how our symbolic, multifaceted language capabilities evolved, according to a new paper co-authored by MIT linguist Shigeru Miyagawa....

Two new specialties on Urban Greening and Urban Transportation Systems and Mobility are now open for submissions by Fabienne Roth We, as humans, have had undeniable impact on the environment as we’ve migrated to urban centers. While cities have become our main cultural, economic and social hubs, living in them means we’ve actively contributed to environmental pollution, greenhouse gases and to depleting natural resources. With a predicted further 2.5 billion people living in urban centers by 2050, it’s more important than ever to think about how to tackle these issues....

Catch up with the most viewed articles from Frontiers in Microbiology this June. All are Open Access – enjoy! 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)...

Catch up with the most viewed articles from Frontiers in Psychology this May. All are Open Access – enjoy! 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)...

We are delighted to announce that Newcastle University 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. Newcastle University supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this deal, UKRI-funded eligible authors may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process....

“The twentieth century has witnessed an unprecedented advancement of biomedical sciences, especially in drug discovery and design. After World War II, life-saving pharmaceutical innovation has materialised primarily through systematic research, and has consisted of a series of thematic developments that have been tightly-linked not only to the contemporary technological advances, but also particularly to the contemporary understanding of human physiology and pathophysiology.” By organising the Frontiers Research Topic “Pharmaceutical innovation after World War II: from rational drug discovery to biopharmaceuticals” in Frontiers in Pharmacology, Professor Tilli Tansey OBE and Dr Apostolos Zarros aim to explore, delineate, and conceptualise pharmaceutical innovation in the post-World War II era with contributions covering a broad spectrum of paradigm shifting factors and achievements that have shaped the pharmaceutical landscape....

Autonomous University of Barcelona has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. This institutional agreement means that eligible Autonomous University of Barcelona 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. Autonomous University of Barcelona Library Service supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage Autonomous University of Barcelona researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available....

“If we do not protect rhinos they will become extinct and then we will not know rhinos and what they are about.” This year, Frontiers for Young Minds worked together with seven-year old Ethan (who also put together the fantastic collage above for this blog!) to learn about rhinos from full-time rhino caretaker James Mwenda. James was the man tasked with the protection of the last male northern white rhino, Sudan, who sadly passed away in March of 2018....

Functional Connectivity Is Altered in Concussed Adolescent Athletes Despite Medical Clearance to Return to Play: A Preliminary Report Mary R. Newsome*, Xiaoqi Li, Xiaodi Lin, Elisabeth A. Wilde, Summer Ott, Brian Biekman, Jill V. Hunter, Pramod K. Dash, Brian A. Taylor and Harvey S. Levin State Anxiety Subjective Imbalance and Handicap in Vestibular Schwannoma Yougan Saman*, Lucie Mclellan, Laurence Mckenna, Mayank B. Dutia, Rupert Obholzer, Gerald Libby, Michael Gleeson and Doris-Eva Bamiou...