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First-of-its-kind study asked top cyclists and field athletes to rank effectiveness of different anti-doping strategies: Frontiers in Psychology A first-of-its-kind study asked top cyclists and field athletes to rank how effective they believe different strategies are in combating doping — By Kristen Coan When trying to determine how best to deter doping in competitive sports, who better to ask than the athletes themselves? A first-of-its-kind study in Frontiers in Psychology did precisely that by asking top level German cyclists and field athletes to rate which anti-doping methods they perceived as the most effective....

The annual list highlights the most discussed and shared research from the past year. A study on apple bacteria published in Frontiers in Microbiology has been recognized in Altmetric’s 2019 Top 100 list. The annual list highlights the most discussed and shared research from the past year, covering a broad range of globally significant topics such as climate change, public health, and artificial intelligence. The apple study, featuring at number 80 in the list, claims organic varieties of apples harbor a more diverse and balanced bacterial community than conventional ones....

What is a healthy diet? Is gluten free actually better for you? Are there good fats? Find the answers to your biggest research questions on nutrition with our top article collections about what to put on your plate. With collective views of over 1.2 million, researchers explored topics spanning from antioxidants and food additives to sustainable diets and the rise of flexitarianism. Article Collections: Mediterranean diet 4 articles | 62,000 views...

The medicine of the 21st century is moving from the “one-size-fits-most” practice to a targeted personalized approach, tailored to the specific characteristics and needs of an individual. The rapidly changing field of medicine and healthcare increasingly adopts scientific and technological innovations, making interdisciplinary collaborations especially important. The implications of these changes for medicine and the key components of successful interdisciplinary programs are discussed in Prof. Michel Goldman’s «Education in Medicine: Moving the Boundaries to Foster Interdisciplinarity»....

By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour, Frontiers Science Writer A person’s genetic risk for psychiatric disorders is related to his or her vulnerability to substance use and misuse There are many reports of drug use leading to mental health problems, and we all know of someone having a few too many drinks to cope with a bad day. Many people who are diagnosed with a mental health disorder indulge in drugs, and vice versa....

Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – May 22, 2015 Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week Ars Technica EU blocks global copyright reform that would allow wider access to knowledge Nature Why we are teaching science wrong, and how to make it right Björn Brembs Blog Evidence-resistant science leaders? BioMed Central Blog A new open access policy in international development OpenSource What is Open Science?...

A new initiative launched by Frontiers in Immunology Associate Editor Dr Francesca Di Rosa helps immunologists – both women and men – pursue their scientific career after maternity or paternity leave. Dr. Francesca Di Rosa shares her vision of equal opportunities for women — and men — working in the field of immunology — By Nikolaos Chatziandreou, PhD Gender imbalance in the professional arena is a global issue. Dr. Francesca Di Rosa, an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Immunology and member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Society of Immunology, Clinical Immunology and Allergology (SIICA), identified a specific problem faced by women in Immunology — and formulated a way to address it....

Professor Sören Krach from Lübeck University, Germany, is Specialty Chief Editor of the new Social Cognition section Frontiers in Psychiatry welcomes Professor Sören Krach from Lübeck University, Germany, as Specialty Chief Editor of the new Social Cognition section Professor Sören Krach heads the Social Neuroscience in Psychiatry group at Lübeck University’s Social Neuroscience Lab. His clinical research focuses primarily on Autism Spectrum Disorder and social anxiety. As the Specialty Chief Editor of the new Frontiers in Psychiatry section, he aims “to encourage scientists in the field of psychiatry to dare new avenues in the study of social cognition....

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities launches with the aim of exploring solutions to problems raised by growing urban environments and populations — By Rossella Rebecchi Solutions for tomorrow, today The OECD predicts nine billion people will live in cities by 2100. Sustainable alternatives to fossil energy, cleaner production processes, healthier air and the reduction of ground-level ozone and emissions are now the urgent goals of urban environments worldwide — alternatives that the new journal Frontiers in Sustainable Cities aims to explore and share....

Structural Relationship of the Lipid A Acyl Groups to Activation of Murine Toll-Like Receptor 4 by Lipopolysaccharides from Pathogenic Strains of Burkholderia mallei, Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Kirill V. Korneev, Nikolay P. Arbatsky, Antonio Molinaro, Angelo Palmigiano, Rima Z. Shaikhutdinova, Mikhail M. Shneider, Gerald B. Pier, Anna N. Kondakova, Ekaterina N. Sviriaeva, Luisa Sturiale, Domenico Garozzo, Andrey A. Kruglov, Sergei A. Nedospasov, Marina S. Drutskaya, Yuriy A. Knirel* and Dmitry V....

Newly Isolated Paenibacillus tyrfis sp. nov., from Malaysian Tropical Peat Swamp Soil with Broad Spectrum Antimicrobial Activity Yoong-Kit Aw, Kuan-Shion Ong, Learn-Han Lee, Yuen-Lin Cheow, Catherine M. Yule and Sui-Mae Lee* Biogeochemical and Microbial Variation across 5500 km of Antarctic Surface Sediment Implicates Organic Matter as a Driver of Benthic Community Structure Deric R. Learman*, Michael W. Henson, J. Cameron Thrash, Ben Temperton, Pamela M. Brannock, Scott R. Santos, Andrew R....

An iPad-based system allows quick identification of cognitive impairment in MS patients in routine clinical practice, with minimal resource requirements or burden on staff time: Frontiers in Neurology An iPad-based system allows quick identification of cognitive impairment in MS patients in routine clinical practice, with minimal resource requirements or burden on staff time — By Cambridge Cognition Cognitive dysfunction is a leading cause of disability in multiple sclerosis (MS), yet practical restraints mean it often goes unassessed in routine clinical care....

A group of national funders, joined by the European Commission and the European Research Council, announce plans to make Open Access publishing mandatory for recipients of their agencies’ research funding. In this Perspective, a group of national funders, joined by the European Commission and the European Research Council, announce plans to make Open Access publishing mandatory for recipients of their agencies’ research funding. — By Marc Schiltz, President, Science Europe, Brussels, Belgium...

In collaboration with the journal’s Field Chief Editor, Izuru Takewaki, Frontiers in Built Environment is delighted to announce that the winner Chayut Ngamkhanong, PhD student at the University of Birmingham, has won the first ever Joseph M. Sussman prize for the best article published in Frontiers in Built Environment — Transportation and Transit Systems in 2018. In 2018, Frontiers in Built Environment — Transportation and Transit Systems introduced a new prize to commemorate the legacy of late Specialty Chief Editor of the section, Massachusetts Institute of Technology JR East Professor Joseph M Sussman....

Under the terms of the Sweden Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement, the University of Gothenburg (Göteborgs universitet) will receive a 10% discount on Article Processing Charges 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 University of Gothenburg. To submit your article under this institutional agreement, it is recommended you submit with an email domain affiliated to your institution....

Specialty Chief Editor Professor Laura Elisa Marcucci aims to promote collaboration and interaction among researchers working in this vital research field. Specialty Chief Editor Professor Laura Elisa Marcucci aims to promote collaboration and interaction among researchers working in this vital and vast research field. — by Claudio Bogazzi Frontiers in Physics is pleased to announce the launch of a new section, Nuclear Physics, led by Professor Laura Elisa Marcucci from the University of Pisa, Italy....

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer This is the first report of fossils of a species of giant camel, Camelus knoblochi, from today’s Mongolia. The author show that the species’ last refuge in the world was in Mongolia until 27,000 years ago. There, they coexisted with archaic humans and the much smaller wild Bactrian camel C. ferus. Climate changing leading to desertification and possibly hunting by humans and competition with C....

We are delighted to announce that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Frontiers have formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, the MIT Libraries has entered an institutional agreement with Frontiers. Under the terms of this agreement, MIT-affiliated corresponding authors will benefit from a 15% membership discount on article processing charges (APCs) when publishing in any of Frontiers’ open access journals, irrespective of what fund covers the APC....

Led by the new Specialty Chief Editor Prof. Yves Dauvilliers, this multidisciplinary section is open for submissions of studies on sleep, circadian rhythms and their disorders, including the clinical practice. We are happy to announce that Professor Yves Dauvilliers has joined Frontiers in Neurology and Frontiers in Psychiatry as the Specialty Chief Editor of the section “Sleep and Chronobiology”. “Sleep is a universal physiological need that plays a key role in the prevention of health problems....

By Conn Hastings, science writer A new study investigates tiny tumbling soft robots that can be controlled using rotating magnetic fields. The technology could be useful for delivering drugs to the nervous system. In this latest study, researchers put the robots through their paces and showed that they can climb slopes, tumble upstream against fluid flow and deliver substances at precise locations to neural tissue. Would you let a tiny MANiAC travel around your nervous system to treat you with drugs?...