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Did you know that taking at least 20' out of your day to stroll or sit in a place that makes you feel in contact with
#nature
will significantly lower your
#stress
hormone levels?
#psychology
#wellbeing
#stresscontrol
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What's the most effective dose of an
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Most microbes are inside the
#apple
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#organic
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#Stress
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#Organic
#apples
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A new study by researchers from
@Cambridge_Uni
@Harvard
@Harvardmed
@UCSanDiego
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#OCD
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@Cambridge_Uni
@Harvard
@Harvardmed
@UCSanDiego
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#OCD
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#moths
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#behavioral
#ecology
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When you eat the whole apple, you get 10x as many bacteria per fruit (on top of extra fiber, flavonoids & flavor) as your core-discarding counterparts.
Is it a good thing? Probably. But it depends on how your apples were grown.
Study in
@FrontMicrobiol
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To the heroes among you who eat the whole
#apple
: besides extra fiber,
#flavonoids
& flavor, you’re quaffing 10x as many bacteria per fruit as your core-discarding counterparts.
Find out more in this
@FrontMicrobiol
paper:
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@FrontMicrobiol
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Did you know that
#organic
#apples
harbor a more diverse and balanced bacterial community? And this could make them healthier and tastier than conventional apples, as well as better for the environment?
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@FrontMicrobiol
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Trick... and treat
#OCD
.
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@FrontNeurosci
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@FrontPsychiatry
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#behavioral
#ecology
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@FrontEcolEvol
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@FrontMarineSci
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@FrontEcolEvol
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#moths
taste so bad, they don’t need to flee their predators.
#behavioral
#ecology
Research published in
@FrontEcolEvol
:
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@FrontMedicine
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@FrontBioeng
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#apple
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#organic
.
Research published in
@FrontMicrobiol
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@time
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@FrontConservSci
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@FrontBioeng
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@FrontPediatrics
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@FrontPhysiol
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@FrontSustain
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@FrontEcolEvol
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@FrontConservSci
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@FrontMedicine
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@FrontMaterials
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Neuroscientists have shown that we respond more strongly to positive human sounds, like laughter or pleasant vocalizations, when they come from the listener’s left side.
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@FrontNeurosci
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Scientists have shown that, even in an urban population experiencing disrupted sleep, humans experience longer REM sleep in winter than summer and less deep sleep in autumn.
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@FrontNeurosci
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Humans are changing the environment so rapidly that animals have not evolved to deal with the consequences. Plastic waste presents an 'evolutionary trap' from which our marine life is unable to escape.
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@FrontEarthSci
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Tens of thousands of articles are published each year, but it’s impossible to cover all of them.
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Researchers have recently shown that microalgae and other microscopic, plant-like organisms could help feed the world’s growing population more sustainably than current agricultural systems.
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@FrontNutrition
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@FrontMarineSci
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@FrontVetScience
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@FrontSoilSci
: , or our news story ⬇️
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@FrontCellInfect
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A new study shows that feces from coral-eating fish contain bacteria that can be beneficial to corals, but feces from grazers contain high levels of pathogens that can kill corals.
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@FrontMarineSci
: , or our news story ⬇
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Are patients allergic to particular legumes at risk from meat-free proteins made of legumes even if they contain different legumes?
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@FrontAllergy
: , or in our news story ⬇
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We are proud to share that
@FrontYoungMinds
has been featured in a
@washingtonpost
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#scienceforkids
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@FrontWomHealth
: or our news story ⬇
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Recreational running offers a lot of physical and mental health benefits – but some people can develop exercise dependence, a form of addiction to physical activity which can cause health issues.
Read the study in
@FrontPsychol
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What does flattery do to our brains? How does climate change cause amphibians to seek new habitats?
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Researchers have shown for the first time that obstructive sleep apnea itself is sufficient to cause early cognitive decline in middle-aged non-obese men.
Read more about the study in
@FrontSleep
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Researchers have investigated if the timing of cannabis exposure impacts fetal growth, and found that exposure in just the first trimester resulted in a significant decrease in newborn weight.
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@FrontPediatrics
: , or our news story ⬇️
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Researchers have shown that black and turkey vultures in US urban areas get most of the plastic they ingest from nearby food stores and restaurants.
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@FrontEcolEvol
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One of the largest academic surveys gives a snapshot of the outbreak's effects on the scientific community.
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Scientists have found that 10 years of restoration efforts have helped a damaged forest regrow to richness comparable to forests that have never been disturbed.
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@FrontMarineSci
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@FrontEnvSci
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Our oceans are littered with plastic. Marine life is suffering. A recent study identified 343 pieces of plastic in a single marine turtle.
Read the study here:
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Groundbreaking research shows that neurological health depends as much on signals sent by the body’s large leg muscles to the brain as it does on directives from the brain to the muscles. Published in
@FrontNeurosci
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Rare preserved soft tissue – feathers from early Cretaceous birds at Jehol Biota – sheds new light on the world in which they died, millions of years ago.
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@FrontEarthSci
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Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science! A perfect opportunity to celebrate all the amazing
#Womeninscience
and to inspire other young women to believe they can pursue their dream career in
#STEM
#Womeninscience4SDGs
#UN70212
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@FrontBioeng
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#apple
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The topic editors brought together leading researchers to create an article collection at the intersection of
#cancerplasticity
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#cancer
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#immune
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#SpotlightAward
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Online information about “boosting your
#immunity
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, published in
@FrontMedicine
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Scientists find that short-chain fatty acids in blood can be used as biomarkers in testing for dangerous pregnancy complications such as pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes.
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@FrontCellInfect
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Danish scientists have set out to understand whether robots using a voice designed to sound charismatic would be more successful as team creativity facilitators.
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@FrontComm
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Study in
@FrontNutrition
has measured
#antioxidant
levels in commercially available edible
#insects
; results suggest vegetarians (e.g. silkworms, crickets) have markedly higher antioxidant capacity.
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Scientists have identified a new bird species from the Southern coast of China, the white-faced
#plover
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@FrontGenetics
: or blog post⬇
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Scientists studied the behavior of three different species of antelope with overlapping ranges in Namibia to try to understand how animals of different sizes and behaviors adapt to the heat.
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@FrontEcolEvol
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Participants who ate 57g of almonds daily over four weeks had a higher level of the beneficial oxylipin molecule, 12,13-DiHOME, in their blood after a session of exercise than control volunteers.
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@FrontNutrition
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Bacteria in cow stomachs can be used to digest polyesters in textiles, packaging & compostable bags, finds a study in
@FrontBioeng
, published just in time for the international
#PlasticBagFreeDay
.
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Scientists asked people who use emojis to respond to internet chat messages and report their feelings and emoji use.
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@FrontPsychol
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How do orangutans that have left their mothers and now live far from their natal ranges, where the available foods may be different, decide what to eat and figure out how to eat it?
Find the answer to this question in
@FrontEcolEvol
: , or our news story ⬇
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“Swarms” of wolf-dog crossbreeds could drive Europe’s
#wolves
out of existence, according to a study published in
@FrontEcolEvol
.
Read the original study: or our blog post ⬇
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Researchers have shown that bumblebees can also use their sense of smell to locate their nest.
Read the study in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience to learn more: , or our news story ⬇
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A study in
@FrontSportsAL
suggests that greater breast support during running is associated with increased knee joint stiffness, altering the lower body biomechanics of female runners.
Read more about the study: , or our news story ⬇
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Ecologists have identified volatile compounds released by the alnus ambrosia beetles’ own fungal symbiont as odors that attract females to existing colonies.
Read the study in
@FrontMicrobiol
: , or our news story ⬇
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Apples originally evolved in the wild to entice ancient megafauna to disperse their seeds; then, humans began spreading trees along Silk Road; dispersing
#apple
trees led to domestication
Read paper
@FrontPlantSci
: or blog post ⬇
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Led by a global team of editors, this Research Topic on
#CoralReefs
in the
#Anthropocene
has drawn the support of
@Greenpeace
and the confidence of the
@IUCN
Read the complete article collection and see why it's a 2019
#SpotlightAward
finalist!⬇
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Study in
@FrontMarineSci
shows that dolphins may adapt to anthropogenic disturbance under some circumstances. The findings highlight the need for proper management of coastal construction sites.
Read the study: , or our article ⬇
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Earlier in the month we explored the impact of plastic pollution on baby marine turtles but did you know that microplastics affect even the smallest of marine animals?
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Researchers in Ecuador find that those living at higher altitudes have a reduced risk of death or hospitalization because of a stroke and tend to experience strokes at a greater age.
Read the research in
@FrontPhysiol
: or our news site ⬇
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Researchers have examined how supplementing cow feces – rather than cow feed – with a natural methane inhibitor influences methane emission from manure.
Explore the study in
@FrontSustain
: , or our news story ⬇
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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, many often fly under the radar.
Here are just 5 papers you may have missed ⬇
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A gursky’s spectral tarsiers' ability to sing demanding notes could signal fitness to conspecifics, similarly to the costly tail of peacocks, shows new research published in
@FrontEcolEvol
.
Read the study: , or our news story ⬇
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Jayati Ghosh (
@Jayati1609
), Prof. of Economics at
@UMassAmherst
shares her insights on the importance of interdisciplinary cooperation in helping to address global inequality and climate change as part of UN SDGs 5 and 13.
@SustDev
#WomenInScience
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Scientists hoping to reduce the environmental impact of the construction industry have developed a way to grow building materials using knitted molds and the root network of fungi.
Explore the full study in
@FrontBioeng
: , or our news story ⬇
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Scientists studying the impact of oxygen supplementation on motor learning have found a promising treatment that could help patients who have experienced neurological trauma recover old skills.
Explore the study in
@FrontNeurosci
: , or our news story ⬇
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Scientists studied coffee-drinkers to understand whether the wakefulness effect is dependent on the properties of caffeine, or if it’s about the experience of drinking coffee.
See the results in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience: , or our news story ⬇
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Scientists have shown that the expression of protein-coding genes in white blood cells changes rapidly when astronauts reach the International Space Station.
Find out more in
@FrontImmunol
: , or our news story ⬇
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“Development and maintenance of
#neuromuscular
performance is a life-long issue, paramount for athletic performance,
#injury
prevention and healthy
#aging
,” say the Research Topic Editors of this 2019
#SpotlightAward
finalist.
Learn more about this article collection ⬇
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