For Yet Better Science

There is a gap between most researchers’ work and what happens in everyday life of clinicians who practise in a sports context or deliver health-related programmes for the community. For example, scientists advocate using Nordic hamstrings exercise for injury prevention, but very few players do it. Why? Do they want to sustain a severe performance-limiting injury? In the public health sector, despite a large amount of research showing the benefits of physical activity in reducing the risk of premature death, little progress has been made in translating the WHO guidelines on physical activity into actions within the communities in most countries. It is unlikely that people prefer the adverse health outcomes of inactivity, and it is more considerate to assume that our messages do not reach and affect those intended. We acknowledge that this is a complex problem,   and we think we can come a long way if we tackle it from our side—the knowledge creators—and those working for knowledge diss

The Commission established an Expert Working Group (EWG) to develop a common education and training framework for the EU to fulfil the requirements under Articles 23, and 24 of Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. All Members States and main stakeholder organisations were invited to nominate experts to participate in the work. The EWG met on 22 - 23  February and 19-20 September 2012, and 3-4 July 2013. The objectives of the EWG were to develop a common framework to facilitate meeting the requirements for competence of all those involved in use and care of animals for scientific purposes and free movement of personnel. This document is the result of the work of the EWG meetings (including those on Project Evaluation/Retrospective Assessment and Inspection and Enforcement), discussions with the Member States as well as legal input from the Commission.  

The impact of data science and AI on science and knowledge production is an important and timely topic. The Frontiers Research Topic entitled “ Data science and artificial intelligence for (better) science ” has collated unique mixes of various contributions from experts, exploring a range of novel approaches to help solving problems facing scientists and advance scientific goals.

Janet Rossant, CC, FRS, FRSC is a developmental biologist well known for her contributions to the understanding of the role of genes in embryo development. She is a world renowned leader in developmental biology. Her current research interests focus on stem cells, molecular genetics, and developmental biology.

Maria Sibylla Merian  (2 April 1647 – 13 January 1717 ) was a German  entomologist ,  naturalist  and  scientific illustrator . She was one of the earliest European naturalists to observe insects directly. Merian was a descendant of the  Frankfurt  branch of the Swiss  Merian family .

Lydia Villa-Komaroff  (born August 7, 1947) is a molecular and cellular biologist who has been an academic laboratory scientist, a university administrator, and a business woman. She was the third   Mexican-American  woman in the  United States  to receive a doctorate degree in the sciences (1975) and is a co-founding member of The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science ( SACNAS ).  Her most notable discovery was in 1978 during her post-doctoral research, when she was part of a team that discovered how bacterial cells could be used to generate  insulin .

Maria Mitchell was an American astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator. In 1847, she discovered a comet named 1847 VI that was later known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet" in her honor. She won a gold medal prize for her discovery, which was presented to her by King Christian VIII of Denmark in 1848.