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By Conn Hastings, science writer Patients with impaired immunity have faced a difficult predicament during the pandemic. Their condition places them at risk of severe Covid-19 complications, but until now, no-one knew if they were at higher risk of adverse side-effects following vaccination against Covid-19. A new study trialed two mRNA vaccines in such patients and found that they are safe and well tolerated. The results will help immunocompromised patients in making an informed choice about vaccination....

Contrary to popular belief, a Frontiers in Psychology study shows that children who learn to solve a puzzle on a tablet can transfer the learning to the physical world. Contrary to conventional belief, researchers show that children can learn to solve a problem on a tablet computer and transfer this learning to the physical world. — By Conn Hastings Researchers confirm that when 4-6 year old children learn how to solve a puzzle using a touchscreen tablet, they can then apply this learning to the same puzzle in the physical world....

By Suzanna Burgelman, Frontiers science writer Political candidates with a disability have historically been underrepresented. A new study has found for the first time that voters do not apply certain stereotypes associated with disability to such candidates. Voters see them as honest, hard-working, and concerned with social welfare issues. The results show that the cause of under-representation may not lay with voters’ perceptions, but with a lack of support from governments and political parties....

We are delighted to inform you that Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum holds a Central Invoicing agreement with Frontiers Information for authors: Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum will in most cases be covering Article Publishing Fees for corresponding authors affiliated with the University who wish to publish in any of the Frontiers journals. To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘Ruhr – University Bochum’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article....

The Research Topic will specifically highlight women working in physics, chemistry and astronomy. A new Research Topic aims to highlight the impact of female researchers working in physics, chemistry and astronomy. — By Claudio Bogazzi, Frontiers Journal Development Manager Gender inequality is undoubtedly one of society’s major problems. This same problem affects the academic world and, particularly, the scientific community. According to data from the UNESCO Institute of Statistics, less than 30% of the world’s researchers are women....

A study of African-American and Latino adults in a high-risk urban community challenges stereotypes by revealing not only risk factors for substance use problems, but also resilience. — By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour A new study finds that, despite a very high prevalence of numerous, serious risk factors and structural and environmental challenges, the rate of substance use problems is low — and comparable to the general U.S. population — for a substantial proportion of African-American/Black and Latino adults residing in a high-risk urban community....

Gender, personality and how often people drive are all potentially linked to distraction during driving: Frontiers in Psychology — By Conn Hastings New research finds that gender, personality and how often people drive are all potentially linked to distraction during driving. The study, recently published in Frontiers in Psychology, found that young men, extraverted or neurotic people, and people who drive more often, are more likely to report being distracted during driving, while older women and those who felt that they could control their distractive behavior were less likely to report distraction....

by Mikhail Prokopenko, Centre for Complex Systems, University of Sydney Complex systems is a new approach to science, engineering and management that studies how relationships between parts give rise to the collective behaviors of the entire system, and how the system interacts with its environment. Dynamics of a complex system cannot be predicted, or explained, as a linear aggregation of the individual dynamics of its components, and the interactions among the many constituent microscopic parts bring about macroscopic phenomena that cannot be understood by considering any single part alone (“the whole is more than the sum of the parts”)....

Frontiers in Immunology has been selected for indexation in the Journal Citations Reports. This means that the journal will be included in the Web of Science database, and the title will receive its first official impact factor in summer 2015. 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 pleased to announce the first-ever Frontiers in Nanotechnology Editors Awards. These Awards recognize the members of our Associate Editors and Review Editors Boards, who have gone above and beyond in the past year. These editors have contributed to the growth of Frontiers in Nanotechnology by safeguarding the quality of the articles we have published during peer-review, as well as by suggesting and leading inaugural article collections on themes that are of high importance in the field....

Books rich in causal information could help increase their motivation to read: Frontiers in Psychology — by Conn Hastings, Frontiers Science Writer Children have an insatiable appetite to understand why things are the way they are, leading to their apt description as “little scientists”. While researchers have been aware of children’s interest in causal information, they didn’t know whether it influenced children’s preferences during real-world activities, such as reading. A new study in Frontiers in Psychology finds that children prefer storybooks containing more causal information....

Study suggests that understanding between humans and dogs transcends training: Frontiers in Psychology — by Conn Hastings, Frontiers Science Writer If you have a dog, hopefully you’re lucky enough to know that they are highly attuned to their owners and can readily understand a wide range of commands and gestures. But are these abilities innate or are they exclusively learned through training? To find out, a new study in Frontiers in Psychology investigated whether untrained stray dogs could understand human pointing gestures....

Frontiers in Immunology is delighted to announce the launch of its latest section, Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Disorders Frontiers in Immunology is delighted to announce the launch of its latest section, Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Disorders. The section enjoys the steadfast leadership of two renowned experts in the field, Prof. Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky (National Institutes of Health [NIH]) and Prof. Betty Diamond (Feinstein Institute for Medical Research). Dr Diamond leads the Center for Autoimmune, Musculoskeletal and Hematopoietic Diseases at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research where she studies the autoimmune disease “systemic lupus erythematosus”, focusing on the role that DNA-reactive B cells play in the disease....

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer The findings of a study published with Frontiers suggests that those who engage in regular exercise may lower their risk of developing anxiety by almost 60%. Using data on almost 400,000 people spanning more than two decades, the authors from Lund University in Sweden were also able to identify a noticeable difference in exercise performance level and the risk of developing anxiety between males and females....

By Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Different kinds of escapism can motivate people to take part in running, but using running to escape from negative experiences rather than using it to escape to positive ones may lead to exercise dependence. Recreational running offers a lot of physical and mental health benefits – but some people can develop exercise dependence, a form of addiction to physical activity which can cause health issues....

This month, we talk to fellow Frontons Rachael Benson, Salla Lyyra, Simona Pesce, Francesca Tettamanzi and Hugo Tornero about their volunteering work at Partage Warehouse, an organization that ‘fights against hunger and food waste on a daily basis’. Author: Anastasia Long Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers have been at the forefront of community and societal responses. This month, we talk to fellow Frontons Rachael Benson, Salla Lyyra, Simona Pesce, Francesca Tettamanzi and Hugo Tornero about their volunteering work at Partage Warehouse, an organization that ‘fights against hunger and food waste on a daily basis’....

Here are the top 5 original research articles published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution in 2015. Introduction by Mark Elgar What helps a publication have a high impact: a novel angle, impressive science, an unexpected result, conceptual breadth, or simply a satisfying story? At Frontiers, we recognize that while the impact of individual articles affects the collective impact of the journal, the converse is not necessarily the case. More importantly, we think that measures of an article’s impact shouldn’t be confined to citations by peers in the primary literature, but rather should reflect the reactions from both the scientific and broader community....

Bioengineers have created new tools for controlling neurons with light, that allow researchers to probe deeper into the function of the brain; Frontiers in Neuroscience Bioengineers have created new tools for controlling neurons with light, that allow researchers to probe deeper into the function of the brain. — by Matthew Prior, Frontiers science writer One of the founding fathers of optogenetics – among the most powerful techniques in neuroscience – has created new tools for controlling neurons with light....

Frontiers will host some of the world’s top scientists, policymakers, and industry leaders at our annual Forum in Montreux this May. ~ Former US Vice President to address climate solutions in Montreux ~ Please note – this event has now been postponed until 27 – 30 May 2021. Switzerland will host some of the world’s top scientists, policymakers, and industry leaders at a major international science event in Montreux this May....

A defined set of guidelines is required to ensure neuroscientific techniques are used correctly and effectively in law: Frontiers in Neuroscience A defined set of guidelines is required for neuroscientific techniques to be used correctly and effectively in law. — By Freya Wilson Neuroscientific techniques continue to advance, but their applications in law raise concerns of a threat to individual rights. Previous applications of neuroscientific evidence include using brain scans to detect deception in an individual, and neurological responses to determine whether someone has intimate knowledge of a crime....