Environment
22 May 2026
Seagrass seedlings come from sexual reproduction, not cloning, preserving essential genetic diversity
Environment
21 May 2026
Soils store carbon, sustain ecosystems, and underpin global food and water systems. A new Frontiers in Science paper details how AI tools can help us adapt soils—and the systems they nurture—to a changing climate.
Neuroscience
20 May 2026
Accessible digital tool recording writing speed and number of strokes in complex handwriting tasks could aid diagnosis of cognitive decline, study shows
Life sciences
19 May 2026
Scientists shows that simply sampling seawater can reveal health of dolphin populations, in a first for conservation
Life sciences
18 May 2026
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 see all that research in the same way scientists do. Here are some images that showcase some of the newest findings published in the last month.
Life sciences
14 May 2026
Leaffooted bug nymphs face ‘existential challenge’ that includes dangerous journey down trees to acquire bacterial symbionts needed to survive and grow, study shows
Earth science
12 May 2026
Helium isotope readings from geothermal springs indicate that the Kafue Rift has broken through the Earth’s crust
Sustainability
11 May 2026
Q&A with Dr Ainara Ballesteros and Raquel Torres, authors of a new Frontiers in Marine Science article on the use of jellyfish bycatch as a sustainable collagen source
Life sciences
07 May 2026
Chemical compound in magic mushrooms may reduce energetically costly social behaviors like aggressive swimming bursts, shows study demonstrating first evidence of calming effect in fish
Health
07 May 2026
Embodying surgical robots with next-gen AI can safely augment practice if ethical and regulatory questions are addressed, say experts writing today in Frontiers in Science.
Space sciences and astronomy
06 May 2026
Scientists have shown for the first time that solar activity can predict the rate at which space junk and satellites descend from orbit
Social science
05 May 2026
Archaeologists uncover possible evidence of ancient copper smelting spanning more than 2,000 years in a mountain cave more than 2,000 meters above sea level
Life sciences
30 Apr 2026
Fur seals back on land speed up their heart to clear waste products and replenish oxygen stores
Health
27 Apr 2026
Humans exposed to infrasound don’t detect it, but have raised cortisol and irritability levels — offering a possible explanation for ‘haunted’ locations .
Social science
24 Apr 2026
Researchers analyzing pollen trapped in the waterproofing layers of long sunken Roman Republic ship find proof that it may have been patched up successively at different locations throughout the Adriatic Sea
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