From the database of Essential Science Indicators^SM from Clarivate, this list of Fast Moving Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for the current period of May 2004-April 30, 2010, and the previous period of March 2004-February 28, 2010 (sliding 6-year period).

As part of this bimonthly processing, Special Topics identifies the Research Fronts that are growing most rapidly in each of the 22 major fields covered by Essential Science Indicators. Fast Moving Fronts are those having the largest percentage increase in number of core papers from one period to the next in their respective fields. Some fronts may have been mapped. This symbol indicates that the author(s) of the comments below have also sent along accompanying images/descriptions of their work.

Field	Research Front Name
Agricultural Sciences	PROBIOTIC CULTURES; FUNCTIONAL CULTURES; PROBIOTIC CELLS; MICROENCAPSULATION Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Claude P. Champagne
Biology & Biochemistry	CELL SURFACE MECHANICS; CELL SHAPE; MECHANICAL SIGNALS TRIGGER MYOSIN II REDISTRIBUTION; TENSILE FORCES GOVERN GERM-LAYER ORGANIZATION
Chemistry	INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS; SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYTE CERAMICS; SELECTED OXIDE ELECTROLYTES Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Dan Brett
Clinical Medicine	ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE IMPROVES SUCCESS RATE; MULTIPLE INJECTION AXILLARY BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK; ULTRASOUND-GUIDED REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE STIMULATION GUIDANCE
Computer Science	GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS; IDENTIFYING UNAPPROVED GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) FOOD INGREDIENTS; GMO DETECTION METHODS
Economics & Business	MARKET LIQUIDITY-FUNDING LIQUIDITY; FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET ARBITRAGE; CREDIT CRUNCH 2007-2008; FINANCIAL CRISES Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Carmen M. Reinhart
Engineering	HIGHER ORDER RATIONAL DIFFERENCE EQUATION; (K+1)TH ORDER DIFFERENCE EQUATION; LINEAR DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS MOD 2; NONLINEAR DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS
Environment/ Ecology	NON-POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER FLAME RETARDANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDES); E-WASTE RECYCLING REGION; GREAT LAKES HERRING GULLS Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Robert J. Letcher
Geosciences	SANTA MARIA DI LEUCA COLD WATER CORAL PROVINCE (NORTHERN IONIAN SEA-APULIAN CONTINENTAL SLOPE); "SANTA MARIA DI LEUCA" COLD-WATER CORAL MOUNDS; DEEP-WATER SML CORAL PROVINCE (MEDITERRANEAN) Fast Moving Front Commentary by: J. Murray Roberts
Immunology	IL-17-PRODUCING HUMAN PERIPHERAL REGULATORY T CELL SUPPRESSIVE FUNCTION RETENTION; HUMAN T HELPER 17 CELLS; HUMAN CD25(HIGH)FOXP3(POS) REGULATORY T CELLS Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Richard A. O'Connor
Materials & Science	ACID MILD STEEL CORROSION; EFFECTIVE ACID CORROSION INHIBITOR; HYDROCHLORIC ACID CORROSION; EFFECTIVE CORROSION INHIBITOR
Mathematics	NONLINEAR TIME-DELAY STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; DISCRETE NONLINEAR STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR H-INFINITY FILTERING; UNCERTAIN STOCHASTIC TIME-DELAY SYSTEMS Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Weihai Zhang
Microbiology	GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HLA GENES; ANRS GENOME WIDE ASSOCIATION; WHOLE-GENOME ASSOCIATION; DISTINCT GENETIC LOCI CONTROL PLASMA HIV-RNA
Molecular Biology & Genetics	EMBRYONIC STEM CELL SELF-RENEWAL; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; PLURIPOTENT EPIBLAST STEM CELLS; GROUND STATE PLURIPOTENCY; NEW CELL LINES
Multidisciplinary	REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT GENE KNOCKOUT PROCEDURE; HIGHLY EFFICIENT GENE REPLACEMENTS; IMPROVED GENE TARGETING
Neuroscience & Behavior	NEURONAL CALCIUM MISHANDLING; BETA PLAQUES; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS IN-VIVO; INTERCELLULAR CALCIUM WAVES Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Ilya Bezprozvanny & Mark P. Mattson
Pharmacology & Toxicology	CELLULAR MEMBRANES; RED BLOOD CELLS VISUALIZED; INDUCE CELLULAR TOXICITY; MANUFACTURED NANOPARTICLES; CULTURED CELLS Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Andre Nel
Physics	SINGLE SOLID CHIRAL STATE; COMPLETE CHIRAL PURITY INDUCED; RACEMIC AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTEINOGENIC AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID CATALYSIS Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Cristobal Viedma (Commentary added in Jan. 2011.)
Plant & Animal Science	DNA PHOTOLYASE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE-MECHANISM; CPD-LIKE DNA LESION; WIND ENERGY FACILITIES; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Bridget Stuchbury
Psychiatry/ Psychology	COGNITIVE CONTROL NETWORK TRIANGULATION DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)-FUNCTIONAL MRI METHOD; STOP SIGNAL RESPONSE INHIBITION; MONKEY MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX
Social Sciences, general	NATIONAL TOBACCO CESSATION COLLABORATIVE'S CONSUMER DEMAND; TOBACCO CESSATION QUITLINES; EVIDENCE-BASED CESSATION TREATMENT; PILOT SMOKING-CESSATION MEDIA CAMPAIGN Fast Moving Front Commentary by: K. Michael Cummings
Space Science	LOW LUMINOSITY Z SIMILAR; HUBBLE ULTRA DEEP FIELD; SUB-L* Z SIMILAR; SUBARU DEEP FIELD PROJECT; DEEP HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE ACS FIELDS Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Xiaohui Fan
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