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From the database of Essential Science Indicators^SM from Thomson Reuters, this list of Emerging Research Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for the current period of January 2005-December 31, 2010, and the previous period of November 2004-October 31, 2010 (sliding 6-year period). Of the 6,844 Research Fronts in the January 2005-December 31, 2010 file, a total of 585 (8%) were new. Some of the Research Fronts contain commentary sent in by authors of the core papers. Many contain images/descriptions of their work.

Field	Research Front Name
Agricultural Sciences	YIELD PROPHET (R); FARMERS; MONITOR; WHEAT YIELD PROGRESS; AUSTRALIAN DRYLAND FARMERS; MANAGE CROPS; RE-INVENTING MODEL-BASED DECISION SUPPORT
Biology & Biochemistry	EXPRESSION ARRAY PROFILES; CLINICALLY RELEVANT MOLECULAR SUBTYPES; MOLECULAR SUBCLASSES; INTEGRATED ARRAY-COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; HIGH-GRADE GLIOMA PREDICT PROGNOSIS; RESEMBLE STAGES
Chemistry	HETEROGENEOUS CATALYTIC ASYMMETRIC EPOXIDATION; MANGANESE-SALEN PROMOTED EPOXIDATION; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSTS; REUSABLE HOMOGENEOUS; CHIRAL SALEN COMPLEXES
Clinical Medicine	HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION (HCT)-SPECIFIC COMORBIDITY INDEX; ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA; NEW TOOL; ALLOGENEIC HCT
Computer Science	BOTANY ARRAY RESOURCE; COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMS-BIOLOGY DATABASE; EXPRESSION ANGLING; PROMOTER ANALYSES; E-NORTHERNS
Economics & Business	MONITORING CORRUPTION; COMMUNITY-BASED MONITORING; RANDOMIZED FIELD EXPERIMENT; EVIDENCE; CROSS-NATIONAL EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
Engineering	ORGANOSELENIUM CHEMISTRY; TOXICOLOGY; EXOTIC METALLOIDS; ORGANIC SYNTHESIS; SPECIATION STUDIES
Environment/ Ecology	BIOLOGICAL INVASION; PROPAGULE PRESSURE; INVASION SUCCESS; BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS; ECOLOGICAL RESISTANCE Emerging Research Front Commentary: " Betsy Von Holle on the Idea of ‘Ecological Resistance’ to Invasion."
Geosciences	WEST ANTARCTIC ICE STREAM; LARGE QUATERNARY ICE SHEET; FAST-FLOWING ICE STREAMS; 2500-KM-LONG NORWEGIAN-SVALBARD MARGIN (57 DEGREES-80 DEGREES N); MEGA-SCALE GLACIAL LINEATIONS OBSERVED BENEATH
Immunology	LIVER DAMAGE; INTERLEUKIN-17-PRODUCING CD4(+) T CELLS INCREASE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; LYMPHOID ORGAN; SEVERITY
Materials & Science	FREE-STANDING NANOPARTICLE SUPERLATTICE SHEETS; HIGHLY ORDERED NANOPARTICLE MONOLAYERS; NANOPARTICLE STRIPE PATTERNS; CLOSE-PACKED NANOPARTICLE ARRAYS; KINETICALLY DRIVEN SELF ASSEMBLY
Mathematics	COUPLED CELL NETWORKS; MULTIPLE ARROWS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; GROUPOID FORMALISM; PATTERNS
Microbiology	PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA GENOME EVOLUTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS; GENETIC ADAPTATION; DYNAMICS; AIRWAYS
Molecular Biology & Genetics	GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE ASSOCIATIONS; COMPLEX TRAITS
Multidisciplinary	TRANSLATION EFFICIENCY; NUCLEOTIDE RESOLUTION USING RIBOSOME PROFILING; GENOME-WIDE ANALYSIS IN-VIVO; CODON BIAS; ESCHERICHIA COLI Emerging Research Front Commentary: " Nicholas Ingolia Discusses Ribosome Profiling."
Neuroscience & Behavior	INFLAMMATION-MEDIATED NEURODEGENERATION; MULTIPLE TRIGGERS; COMMON MECHANISM; MICROGLIA-MEDIATED NEUROTOXICITY; MOLECULAR MECHANISMS
Pharmacology & Toxicology	DIRECT CELLULAR RESPONSES; CELLULAR PROCESSING; PLATINUM-INDUCED DNA DAMAGE; PLATINUM ANTICANCER DRUGS; PLATINUM-BASED CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY
Physics	MESOSCOPIC GRAPHITE DEVICES; QUASI-2D GRAPHITE QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRIC FIELD MODULATION; ELECTRIC-FIELD-DEPENDENT TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS; GALVANOMAGNETIC PROPERTIES
Plant & Animal Science	2005 KWAZULU-NATAL SARDINE RUN SURVEY; ANNUAL SARDINE RUN; 21-YEAR ICHTHYOPLANKTON COLLECTION; SARDINE SPAWNING; SARDINE CAUGHT; SARDINE OBSERVED Emerging Research Front Commentary: " Nicholas Provart Talks About the Botany Array Resource."
Psychiatry/ Psychology	1/N PORTFOLIO STRATEGY; HEURISTICS WORK; PEOPLE LEARN; SELECT STRATEGIES; HOMO HEURISTICUS
Social Sciences, general	IRISH LABOUR PARTY; IRISH GREEN PARTY; MINOR PARTIES; MAINSTREAM PARTY; IRISH POLITICAL LIFE
Space Science	HERSCHEL SPACE OBSERVATORY VIEW; HERSCHEL HI-GAL MILKY WAY; HERSCHEL GOULD BELT SURVEY; HERSCHEL ATLAS; HERSCHEL-SPIRE INSTRUMENT Emerging Research Front Commentary: " Göran Pilbratt Discusses the Herschel Space Observatory."
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