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The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, SLU) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, eligible authors from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 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 the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. To submit your article under this institutional agreement, it is recommended you submit with an email domain affiliated to your institution....

Findings on emotional eating may help in the early detection and treatment of eating disorders: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience — by Nora Belblidia, Frontiers Science Writer Turning to a tub of ice cream after a break-up may be a cliché, but there’s some truth to eating in response to negative emotions. Eating serves many functions – survival, pleasure, comfort, as well as a response to stress. However, emotional overeating – eating past the point of feeling full in response to negative emotions, is a risk factor for binge eating and developing eating disorders such as bulimia....

The University Libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, UNC Libraries are piloting an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. Under the terms of the agreement, eligible authors from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to the author....

By Tania FitzGeorge-Balfour, Frontiers science writer In recent years there has been an explosion in the number of smartphone apps aimed at ‘brain training’. These games often make confident statements about improving our mental performance, but there is little scientific evidence to show that they do. A new study in the open-access journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience has investigated why consumers decide to download these apps, how they use them and what they think their benefits may be....

Estimating Effect Sizes and Expected Replication Probabilities from GWAS Summary Statistics Dominic Holland*, Yunpeng Wang, Wesley K. Thompson, Andrew Schork, Chi-Hua Chen, Min-Tzu Lo, Aree Witoelar, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics through Meta Analysis Consortium, Thomas Werge, Michael O’Donovan, Ole A. Andreassen and Anders M. Dale Identification of Metabolic Pathway Systems Sepideh Dolatshahi and Eberhard O. Voit* Structural and Dynamic Characterization of the C313Y Mutation in Myostatin Dimeric Protein, Responsible for the “Double Muscle” Phenotype in Piedmontese Cattle Silvia Bongiorni, Alessio Valentini and Giovanni Chillemi*...

A Frontiers in Neuroscience study has shown that the number of neuroscience papers and highly-productive core neuroscience journals has grown. A study of neuroscience papers from 2006–2015 has revealed the most productive journals and contributing countries, and the most popular research topics — By Conn Hastings A study of the impact and research topics of neuroscience papers from 2006–2015 has shown that the number of papers and highly-productive core neuroscience journals has grown, while psychology and behavioral sciences have become more popular research areas....

A trial NASA rover mission in the Mars-like Atacama desert has successfully recovered subterranean organisms — strange, scattered, salt-resistant bacteria that could lead the search for Martian life deeper underground; Frontiers in Microbiology A trial NASA rover mission in the Mars-like Atacama desert has successfully recovered subterranean organisms — strange, scattered, salt-resistant bacteria that could lead the search for Martian life deeper underground A robotic rover deployed in the most Mars-like environment on Earth, the Atacama Desert in Chile, has successfully recovered subsurface soil samples during a trial mission to find signs of life....

Frontiers in Microbiology warmly welcomes our new Field Chief Editor, Prof. Paul D. Cotter, the Head of Food Biosciences at Teagasc and a Principal Investigator with APC Microbiome Ireland, Vistamilk and Food for Health Ireland. On this occasion, we would also like to express our heartfelt gratitude to our retiring Field Chief Editor, Prof. Martin G. Klotz who had been an inspiration and motivation to not only the editorial board members but also the entire journal team for the past 11 years....

Online Seminar Series 25th May – 22nd June 2022 This seminar series is presented by field chief editor of the Frontiers in Virtual Reality journal, Prof Mel Slater and members of the GuestXR European Project. By now we are likely to have come across horror stories from ‘the metaverse‘ about how easy it is to encounter abuse, racism, misogyny, and have an overall unpleasant experience. On the other hand, social virtual environments have been studied for many years and there is evidence about how people behave in virtual meetings....

Research published in Frontiers in Psychology investigates humanity’s hypothetical reaction to the discovery of extraterrestrial microbial life Research published in Frontiers in Psychology investigates humanity’s hypothetical reaction to the discovery of extraterrestrial microbial life. – By Arizona State University Austin, Texas, Feb. 16, 2018 – As humans reach out technologically to see if there are other life forms in the universe, one important question needs to be answered: When we make contact, how are we going to handle it?...

Frontiers in Psychiatry is proud to announce the new Chief Editor of the Schizophrenia section, Merete Nordentoft — by Robyn Mugridge Frontiers in Psychiatry is proud to announce the new Specialty Chief Editor of Schizophrenia — Professor Merete Nordentoft of the University of Copenhagen. Merete Nordentoft is professor in clinical psychiatry, and works as a clinician at the Mental Health Center Copenhagen where she also heads a research unit of more than 60 researchers....

Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week Times Higher Education Open peer review ‘better quality’ than traditional process Chronicle of Higher Education Journal publishers rethink a research mainstay: peer review [paywall] Retraction Watch Elsevier retracting nine papers for fake peer review BioMedCentral Blog Ready, set, open access! BioMed Central Evolving service user involvement – next step, academic publishing Nature Russian secret service to vet research papers...

New solution to capture CO2 from truck’s exhaust systems involves liquefying it on vehicle’s roof: Frontiers in Energy Research — by Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne In Europe, transport is responsible for nearly 30% of the total CO2 emissions, of which 72% comes from road transportation. While the use of electric vehicles for personal transportation could help lower that number, reducing emissions from commercial transport – such as trucks or buses – is a much greater challenge....

By Mark Wartenberg, Frontiers Science Writer Emotionally invested parents can mean children are more likely to be successful later in life, a study published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience shows. Looking at 27 children aged between four and six, the study examined the quality of the emotional bond to their parents, and their cognitive control including: resisting temptation, their ability to remember things, and whether they are shy or withdrawn....

Given similar academic results, students who expect higher scores actually attain them: Frontiers in Psychology Given similar academic results, students who expect higher scores actually attain them — National Research University Higher School of Economics Confidence in good results is related to academic progress, as confirmed by the results of a study conducted by researchers from the Higher School of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute and published in Frontiers in Psychology....

Catch up with the most viewed articles from Frontiers in Plant Science 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)...

By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour, science writer Excessive exposure to blue light, for example example through TVs, laptops, and phones, may have an aging effect on our body, suggests a new study. It shows that the levels of specific metabolites – chemicals that are essential for cells to work correctly – are altered in the cells of fruit flies exposed to blue light. These metabolites have the same function in humans, so avoiding excessive blue light exposure may be a good anti-aging strategy....

New Specialty Section in Frontiers in Energy Research will look at how Smart Grid frameworks can solve energy-related challenges for today’s society. New Specialty Section in Frontiers in Energy Research will look at how Smart Grid frameworks can solve energy-related challenges for today’s society. – By Louisa Woods Smart Grid technologies have been touted as the answer to the world’s energy storage problems. By allowing for near-real-time communication between various grid elements in generation, transmission, distribution and loads, energy consumption is optimized in these intelligent energy networks....

Nutritious and safe crops would be a dietary supplement to assist remote space missions: Frontiers in Plant Science — by Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers Science Writer Astronauts in space generally live on processed, pre-packaged space rations such as fruits, nuts, chocolate, shrimp cocktails, peanut butter, chicken, and beef to name a few. These have often been sterilized by heating, freeze drying, or irradiation to make them last and key a challenge for the US Space Agency NASA has been to figure out how to grow safe, fresh food onboard....

Traveling this summer? As many countries open up to tourists, we are highlighting the most recent Research Topics on transportation. Enjoy research spanning from app-based transit and sustainable mobility in the post-COVID-19 era to medical travel and aerospace health and safety. Check out our curated list of the best Research Topics addressing these issues! Research Topics: Collaborative Transportation Artificial Intelligence in Transport and Logistics Safety, Risk and Uncertainties in Transportation and Transit Systems...