. Scientific Frontline
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Rearing conditions influence the immune system of brown trout

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Picture of a brown trout native to Switzerland. Photo Credit: © Jonas Steiner Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary...

Testosterone Improves Fat Distribution for Older Women

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As we age, the amount and distribution of fat in our bodies changes. Photo Credit:  Centre for Ageing Better Scientific Frontline: "At ...

Neanderthals may have used birch tar for wound care

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Photo Credit: Tjaark Siemssen Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Neanderthal Use of Birch Tar for Wound Care T...

White-Rot Fungi Show Promise for Reducing Pharmaceutical Residues in Biosolids

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Turkey tail mushroom (Trametes versicolor) Photo Credit:  Johan Doe Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Mycoaug...

Sea turtle shells reveal hidden records of ocean change

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Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) Photo Credit: Evan D'Alessandro, Ph.D. Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary : Sea Turtle ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

First Global Map Reveals the Deep Reach of Ocean Tides into Coastal Rivers

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Photo Credit:  Jon Flobrant Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Riverine Tidal Dynamics The Core Concept : The ...

European plants respond unevenly to climate warming

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Photo Credit: Adi Suez Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Thermophilization of European Ecosystems The Core Co...

Study in mice reveals how individual brain activity drives collective behavior

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Photo Credit:  fr0ggy5 Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary : Cortical Regulation of Collective Social Dynamics Main Discov...

Scientists discover bee species that depends on Texas shrub

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Silas Bossert, assistant professor in the WSU Department of Entomology, holds a pinned specimen of the new bee species that he and colleague...

Beavers can turn riverbeds into powerful carbon sinks

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Photo Credit:  Derek Otway Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Beaver-Engineered Wetlands as Carbon Sinks The C...

Brown University scientists discover neuron pair in fruit flies that makes life or death decisions

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SELK neurons, shown here in green, are among the many partners of bitter-and-sweet-sensing taste neurons, highlighted here in magenta. Image...

Female song in Galápagos warblers challenges assumptions about birdsong

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Female Galápagos warbler Photo Credit: © Çağlar Akçay Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Female Galápagos Yell...

Stable, Fast, Mass-producible: Breakthrough in Light-based Data Connections

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The compact modulator enables fast and energy-efficient data transmission and can be produced at low cost. Photo Credit: Hugo Larocque, EPFL...

Key Alzheimer’s proteins are competing inside brain cells

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Microtubules in blue, tau represented in green, and a-beta in yellow. Image Credit: Ryan Julian/UCR Scientific Frontline: Extended "At ...

Brain circuit needed to incorporate new information may be linked to schizophrenia Impairments of this circuit may help to explain why some people with schizophrenia lose touch with reality.

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MIT researchers have identified neurons in the mediodorsal thalamus (labeled pink) whose dysfunction can lead to impairments in the ability ...