Featured news
01 Jul 2025
Cheese may really be giving you nightmares, scientists find
Scientists find lactose intolerance may link consuming dairy, bad dreams, and poor sleep.
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Frontiers news
24 Jun 2025
Shaping the future: World Economic Forum and Frontiers reveal Top 10 Emerging Technologies for 2025
Cutting-edge technologies addressing climate, healthcare, and digital authenticity are spotlighted in the report co-published by the World Economic Forum and Frontiers. Pooling the expertise of hundreds of leading scientists from around the world, the report identifies early-stage technologies with the potential to become fully developed and adopted within the next five years.
Health
27 May 2025
Global warming could be driving up women’s cancer risk
A study on Middle Eastern countries links higher temperatures to an increased risk of breast, ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers.
Featured news
31 Mar 2025
One hour’s screen use after going to bed increases your risk of insomnia by 59%, scientists find
Using a screen in bed at night makes it much more likely you’ll sleep less and sleep badly — but social media use is no worse than any other form of screen use.
Health
07 Mar 2025
Suicide, the music industry, and a call to action
Dr George Musgrave is both a musician and an academic, with first-hand experience of the music industry’s challenges. In this guest editorial, inspired by their moving and urgent new article in Frontiers in Public Health, he and co-author Dr Dorian Lamis, who is a clinical psychologist and suicide prevention expert, turn the spotlight on the toll of death by suicide in the music industry, and call for immediate action to support vulnerable artists.
Neuroscience
31 Jan 2025
Ear muscle we thought humans didn’t use — except for wiggling our ears — actually activates when people listen hard
The auricular muscles, which helped our distant ancestors move their ears to improve hearing quality, activated when people were trying to listen to competing sounds.
Featured news
30 Jan 2025
How tackling sepsis can save millions of lives — and prevent future pandemic deaths
Understanding the different types of immune dysregulation that cause sepsis will let us target treatments, lower future death tolls, and prevent lingering illness like long COVID-19.
Featured news
17 Dec 2024
Patients whose allergies cause the sniffles have different fungi living in their noses, compared to healthy people
Scientists investigated the noses of people with asthma and allergic rhinitis and found that the fungi in their noses are different to healthy people, suggesting future targets for treatments.
Featured news
09 Dec 2024
Sugary drinks significantly raise cardiovascular disease risk, but occasional sweet treats don’t, scientists find
A large-scale study in Sweden suggests that drinking sweetened drinks significantly increases your risk of serious cardiovascular disease, but limited consumption of treats doesn’t.
Featured news
18 Nov 2024
Migrating birds have stowaway passengers: invasive ticks could spread novel diseases around the world
Ticks have always travelled on migrating birds — but the rising temperatures of the climate crisis mean they may now survive at their destination, and so could the pathogens they carry.
Featured news
15 Nov 2024
Students who use dating apps take more risks with their sexual health
Researchers from the US looked for associations between the use of dating apps, sexual behavior, and a history of HIV/STIs among college students in North Texas. They showed that there was an association between risky sexual behavior and the use of dating apps. They propose that the two may be mutually reinforcing.
Featured news
04 Nov 2024
Scientists create a world-first 3D cell model to help develop treatments for devastating lip injuries
Scientists have successfully immortalized lip cells, allowing new treatments for injuries and infections to be trialed on a clinically relevant lab-based model.
Featured news
19 Sep 2024
Your Zoom background could influence how tired you feel after a video call
Researchers found which type of background could leave you feeling less exhausted after a day of videoconferencing
Featured news
12 Sep 2024
Kids in families with too much screen time struggle with language skills
Scientists find that children whose families use screens a lot have weaker vocabulary skills — and videogames have the biggest negative effect.
Health
16 Aug 2024
Arts and crafts improves your mental health as much as having a job, scientists find
Scientists find that taking part in creative activities boosts people’s sense that life is worthwhile, their happiness, and their satisfaction with life.