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Deborah Pirchner
Editor
21 news posts
Featured news
07 May 2024
World’s deepest sinkhole discovered in Mexico: Here are five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss
At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of thousands of articles published each year, it’s impossible to cover all of them. Here are just five amazing papers you may have missed.
Featured news
01 May 2024
The popular kids in school may be sleeping less
Scientists found that popular teenagers sleep less than their peers, and that popular girls experience more insomnia symptoms than popular boys
Health
23 Apr 2024
Women’s heart disease is underdiagnosed, but new machine learning models can help solve this problem
Using machine learning, scientists built more accurate models to predict heart disease risk and found that women are underdiagnosed compared to men, highlighting the need for sex-specific criteria
Featured news
15 Apr 2024
Air pollution could increase the risk of neurological disorders: Here are five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss this Earth Day
At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of thousands of articles published each year, it’s impossible to cover all of them. Now, with Earth Day approaching on 22nd April, we take a look at just five recent papers that shine a light on why we must do everything to help protect our planet.
Featured news
26 Mar 2024
Italians’ and Swedes’ gestures vary when they tell stories, which may show cultures think differently about narratives
Researchers found that Swedes and Italians use different gestures, which may reveal culturally different ways of conceptualizing narratives when telling a story
Featured news
20 Mar 2024
Machine learning tools can predict emotion in voices in just over a second
Scientists showed that machine learning tools can identify emotions from audio fragments lasting just 1.5 seconds on par with human ratings
Featured news
15 Mar 2024
Women involved in car crashes may be more likely to go into shock than men
Using clinical data, researchers examined injury patters of car crash victims and found that women have an elevated shock index more often than men, even when their injuries are less severe
Featured news
11 Mar 2024
New dinosaur skeleton closes evolutionary gap: Here are five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss
At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of thousands of articles published each year, it’s impossible to cover all of them. Here are just five amazing papers you may have missed.
Featured news
08 Mar 2024
Many type 2 diabetes patients lack potentially life-saving knowledge about their disease
Scientists found that many people with type 2 diabetes know little about their condition, indicating a need to improve communication about the disease
Featured news
05 Mar 2024
Special insecticide paint may help curb zika and dengue fever outbreaks
Scientists showed that insecticide paint could effectively decrease mosquito presence in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) for up to one year, making this paint a potential strategy to decrease the transmission of vector-borne diseases.
Featured news
20 Feb 2024
Scientists track world’s largest turtles to previously unknown foraging locations
Using movement behavior models, scientists tracked leatherback sea turtles to new foraging locations off the US east coast
Featured news
16 Feb 2024
Cake and cookies may increase Alzheimer’s risk: Here are five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss
At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of thousands of articles published each year, it’s impossible to cover all of them. Here are just five amazing papers you may have missed.
Featured news
15 Feb 2024
Language and culture may influence how our brain processes emotional faces
New findings imply that the interpretation of emotional facial expressions is shaped by the language and culture embedded in our minds
Featured news
08 Feb 2024
Why studying astronauts’ microbiomes is crucial to ensure deep space mission success
In a new Frontiers’ guest editorial, Prof Dr Lembit Sihver and his co-authors explore the impact the microbiome has on human health in space. They also discuss potential applications as well as challenges of the study of the microbiome of astronauts.
Featured news
26 Jan 2024
Writing by hand may increase brain connectivity more than typing on a keyboard
New research has shown that writing by hand leads to higher brain connectivity than typing on a keyboard, highlighting the need to expose students to more handwriting activities