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How fast are nutrients from decaying jellyfish blooms recycled into marine ecosystems? Frontiers in Microbiology By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour, science writer Decaying jellyfish blooms fuel the rapid growth of just a few specific strains of seawater bacteria, causing temporary changes to the water column food web. This is the finding of a new study furthering our understanding of how jellyfish blooms, which are happening with more frequency, impact marine ecosystems. It details these fast-growing bacteria effectively reduce the amount of jellyfish detrital material reaching the seafloor, keeping it instead within the water column food web....

In vivo Sarcomere Lengths and Sarcomere Elongations Are Not Uniform across an Intact Muscle Eng Kuan Moo, Rafael Fortuna, Scott C. Sibole, Ziad Abusara and Walter Herzog* Contributions of Central Command and Muscle Feedback to Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Contracting Human Skeletal Muscle Daniel Boulton, Chloe E. Taylor, Vaughan G. Macefield and Simon Green* High Intensity Training May Reverse the Fiber Type Specific Decline in Myogenic Stem Cells in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Jean Farup, Ulrik Dalgas, Charly Keytsman, Bert O....

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While cybergossiping can lead to risky behavior like cyberbullying, it also serves a valuable socializing function for teenagers: Frontiers in Psychology A new study analyzes little known information about cybergossiping among teenage high school students — and finds it’s not all negative. — By the University of Cordoba A study looking at online behavior and evaluative comments made by teenagers when they are gossiping concludes that while cybergossiping can lead to risky behavior such as cyberbullying, it also serves a valuable socializing function....

As we head into our second annual Editor’s Summit this weekend, we wanted to take a look back of some of our editors who have grown with us through the years. It’s not easy to launch a journal and create a vibrant community around it, but time after time, the dedication of our Field Chief Editors has been rewarded with their journals becoming the most cited in their category. Idan Segev from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is the Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Neuroscience....

An electrical and biomedical engineer, Dr. Calhoun’s research mainly focuses on brain imaging applications to study mental illness. Frontiers in Neuroscience is delighted to announce that Dr. Vince Calhoun is taking over from Dr. Russell A Poldrack and Dr. Jean-Baptiste Poline as Specialty Chief Editor for the Brain Imaging Methods section. An electrical and biomedical engineer, Dr. Calhoun’s research mainly focuses on brain imaging applications to study mental illness. He is currently President of The Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, and Distinguished Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico....

Frontiers is pleased to announce it has entered into a new partnership with the World Economic Forum (WEF). The gold open access publisher will join the WEF as a platform partner, formalizing a longstanding collaborative relationship between the two organizations. As part of the new agreement, Frontiers will join the WEF’s Centre for New Society and Economy and will champion open science across the network. Supporting global initiatives in the field, Frontiers will work with its WEF partners to share and promote the evidence-based benefits of open science and to influence global thinking on its positive impact on society....

This is Nina Rothe, Journal Manager at Frontiers. Nina’s from Berlin and has a PhD in marine biology from the University of Southampton. We’ve invited her to highlight her personal favorite paper from Frontiers. Read the paper (OA): http://fron.tiers.in/go/eMyoEc Rudd MA (2014) Scientists’ perspectives on global ocean research priorities Frontiers in Marine Science 1:36 … Nina writes: “In this paper, Dr Murray Rudd, from the University of York Environment Department, presents a survey that asked 2,197 scientists from 94 countries, who ranged in background from marine geologists to anthropologists, to state what research was needed most urgently to help sustain global ocean health....

The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (JPPS) will move to gold open access publisher Frontiers as part of an agreement signed by the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (CSPS). The partnership was finalized in September 2022 and the journal will open for submissions with Frontiers in early 2023. The agreement will be Frontiers’ first partnership in Canada. Commenting on the agreement, JPPS Editor in Chief Fakhreddin Jamali said: ‘Partnering with Frontiers will enable us to take our commitment to open access publishing to the next level....

New research, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience compares two fitness routines to explore anti-aging effects on the brain in the elderly. A comparison of two different fitness routines shows that both can have an anti-aging effect on the brain in the elderly, but only dancing gives rise to a measurable difference in behavior. — By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour As we grow older we suffer a decline in mental and physical fitness, which can be made worse by conditions like Alzheimer’s disease....

Frequently used forest trails have fewer birds and not as many species – even when the trails have been used for decades: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Forest trails that are used more frequently for human recreation have fewer birds and not as many bird species – even when the trails have been used for decades — By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour, science writer The first study to disentangle the effect of forest trails from the presence of humans shows the number of birds, as well as bird species, is lower when trails are used on a more regular basis....

A Consensus Network of Gene Regulatory Factors in the Human Frontal Lobe Stefano Berto*, Alvaro Perdomo-Sabogal, Daniel Gerighausen, Jing Qin and Katja Nowick* Computational Detection of Stage-Specific Transcription Factor Clusters During Heart Development Sebastian Zeidler*, Cornelia Meckbach, Rebecca Tacke, Farah S. Raad, Angelica Roa, Shizuka Uchida, Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann, Edgar Wingender and Mehmet Gültas Global Intersection of Long Non-Coding RNAs with Processed and Unprocessed Pseudogenes in the Human Genome Michael J. Milligan, Erin Harvey, Albert Yu, Ashleigh Morgan, Daniela-Lee Smith, Eden Zhang, Jonathan Berengut, Jothini Sivananthan, Radhini Subramaniam, Aleksandra Skoric, Scott Collins, Caio Damski, Kevin V....

Task Failure During Exercise to Exhaustion in Normoxia and Hypoxia is Due to Reduced Muscle Activation Caused by Central Mechanisms While Muscle Metaboreflex Does Not Limit Performance Rafael Torres-Peralta, David Morales-Alamo, Miriam Gonzalez-Izal, José Losa-Reyna, Ismael Pérez-Suárez, Mikel Izquierdo and Jose A. L. Calbet* Hot and Hypoxic Environments Inhibit Simulated Soccer Performance and Exacerbate Performance Decrements When Combined Jeffrey W. F. Aldous, Bryna C. R. Chrismas, Ibrahim Akubat, Ben Dascombe, Grant Abt and Lee Taylor*...

Open Science: Removing the limits on science to drive innovation and advance knowledge. Open Science: Removing the limits on science to drive innovation and advance knowledge Don’t miss Kamila Markram, our co-founder and CEO, live on Monday, 6 March, at 7 pm CET at TEDxBrussels on the importance of open science to drive innovation and advance knowledge. Kamila is a neuroscientist, autism researcher and the co-founder and CEO of Frontiers, a leading Open Access academic publisher and Open Science IT platform on a mission to make science open for the benefit of humanity....

A new specialty section of Frontiers in Pediatrics, with a focus on pediatric autoimmune and auto-inflammatory disorders research is now open for submissions. Pediatric Rheumatology, a new specialty section of Frontiers in Pediatrics, with a focus on pediatric autoimmune and auto-inflammatory disorders research is now open for submissions. The new section is led by Prof. Rolando Cimaz, Head of the Pediatric Rheumatology Unit at Gaetano Pini Hopital in Milan. An expanding field...

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine is pleased to announce Professor Jeanette Erdmann as the Specialty Chief Editor for the section Cardiovascular Genetics and Systems Medicine. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine is pleased to announce Professor Jeanette Erdmann as the Specialty Chief Editor for the section Cardiovascular Genetics and Systems Medicine. The section is open for submissions (see scope of section) and welcomes applications to the editorial board. Jeanette Erdmann is Professor at the University of Lübeck and Director of the Institute for Integrative and Experimental Genomics in Lübeck....

Frontiers in Microbiology has an Impact Factor of 4.165 and is the 2nd most-cited open-access journal in Microbiology. Coming soon: 2017 analysis based on the most recent Journal Citation Reports by Clarivate Analytics (formerly published by Thomson Reuters). 11.Jul.2016: In June 2016, Frontiers in Microbiology received the official Impact Factor of 4.165 — up from 3.989 in the previous report. Since its launch in 2010, it has become the 2nd most-cited open-access journal in Microbiology....

OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS: Our new section Structural Materials is led by Specialty Chief Editor Prof. John L Provis from The University of Sheffield and is now open for submissions. Structural Materials is a new specialty section available through the community-run open-access journals Frontiers in Materials and Frontiers in Built Environment. The new section Structural Materials is led by Specialty Chief Editor Prof John L Provis, University of Sheffield, UK. The mission of Structural Materials is to provide a forum for dissemination and active discussion of the most important advances in the fundamental and applied science of the key materials which comprise the built environment, and the societal and industrial infrastructure of the modern world....

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Scientists used a ‘virtual autopsy’ to examine the mummy of a child found in an aristocratic family crypt, revealing him most probably as Reichard Wilhelm (1625-1626). Despite his wealthy background, the child experienced extreme nutritional deficiency and a tragically early death from pneumonia. A team of scientists based in Germany have examined a 17th century child mummy, using cutting-edge science alongside historical records to shed new light on Renaissance childhood....

Researchers have identified a gene mutation in cyanobacteria that creates resistance to free radicals, and could be used to accelerate cell growth in biotech applications; Frontiers in Microbiology Researchers have identified a gene mutation in cyanobacteria that creates resistance to free radicals, and could be used to accelerate cell growth in biotech applications — by MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory Scientists have delved further into how cyanobacteria, one of the planet’s most abundant organisms, manage how they capture light to do expand photosynthesis....