This Collection aims to unite research from diverse disciplines, encompassing theoretical, computational, and experimental studies that elucidate links between geometry, molecular architecture, and dynamical observables.

This Collection focuses on innovative research on pluripotent stem cell (PSC)-based approaches for neurological disorders, including transplantation, safety, immunosuppression, and high-purity differentiation methods. It also welcomes studies using PSC-derived models for drug discovery, biomarker identification, extracellular vesicle therapeutics, and novel interventions to promote neural regeneration.

Incretin‑based therapies have transformed the management of diabetes and obesity by improving glucose homeostasis and delivering multi‑organ benefits beyond glycaemic control. This Collection focuses on the pleiotropic, tissue‑specific effects, emerging clinical indications, safety considerations, and next‑generation developments of incretin therapies across clinical, translational, and basic research.

This Collection focuses on how viruses behave in wastewater and sludge and examining their persistence, inactivation, and detection within treatment systems.

The global food system is undergoing significant transformation as it confronts mounting challenges such as climate change, population growth, and resource scarcity. Addressing these complex issues requires innovative, interdisciplinary approaches that can enhance food production, preservation, and distribution while minimizing environmental impact.

This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection explores the ways in which classroom design and learning environments fundamentally shape educational experiences. Submissions are welcomed from scholars in education studies, architecture, environmental psychology, sociology, human geography, design studies, policy studies, and related fields.

This special issue of Architectural Intelligence invites broadly framed contributions that leverage artificial intelligence to diagnose urban vulnerabilities, design resilient interventions, and chart sustainable pathways across building, neighborhood, metropolitan, and regional scales. This issue aims to bridge architecture, urban planning, computer science, geography, environmental engineering, and public policy—advancing AI that not only explains the city but helps cities withstand, adapt, an

This Collection seeks to highlight innovative research in metabolic bariatric surgery, encompassing advancements in surgical techniques, devices, and postoperative care. We welcome submissions that explore the efficacy and outcomes of various metabolic bariatric procedures, including sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, and metabolic surgery, with the goal of enhancing patient care and addressing the growing obesity epidemic.

This Collection aims to gather research focused on conservation strategies for crop wild relatives (CWR), emphasizing the importance of genetic diversity and its role in sustainable agriculture. We welcome submissions that explore various conservation methods, the integration of genetic resources into pre-breeding programs, and the potential of CWR in enhancing climate resilience in crops.

The collection aims to advance research on precision additive and hybrid manufacturing techniques at micro and nano scales, focusing on innovative approaches that enable miniaturized, high-performance systems. It seeks to bring together studies that explore process integration, material compatibility, and scalability for applications in electronics, biomedical devices, sensors, and advanced functional materials.

This Collection aims to publish high-quality research dedicated to exploring tropical cyclone–ocean interactions across temporal and spatial scales—from weather to climate and from the open ocean to coastal zones. Advancing the understanding of these interactions will help improve tropical cyclone intensity forecasting and mitigate associated risks and damages.

This Collection focuses on the development of mineral-based advanced materials through innovative processing, detailed characterization, and exploration of emerging applications. It highlights the continuum from mineral resources to high-performance materials, integrating insights from mineralogy, extractive metallurgy, and materials engineering to support sustainable and resource-efficient materials development.

This Collection showcases AI and computational innovations for sustainable cities, smart infrastructure, and resilient urban environments.

The goal of this collection is to explore ways in which the quality of life in urban environments can be improved with AI. The goal is to present modern AI-enhanced systems that either use AI or where built in some manner with AI, through optimization for example.

BMC Psychology welcomes submissions to our Collection, Athlete mental health in organizational culture and sport systems: eastern perspectives and global lessons. With a focus on Eastern and collectivist perspectives, this Collection examines athlete mental health through a psychological lens, emphasizing how cultural context, social relationships, and organizational environments shape wellbeing, distress, and coping in sport.

This issue is particularly relevant to mathematics, a discipline widely regarded as both essential and challenging. Because mathematics underpins all STEM fields, success in learning mathematics can strengthen students’ confidence and increase their interest in pursuing STEM-related careers. However, mathematics has long been perceived as a gatekeeper, influencing individual students’ academic trajectories as well as the development of a nation’s STEM workforce.

This Collection in Scientific Reports invites research tracking the increase of ocean hypoxia, its effects, and potential methods of reversal.

This Collection invites research on immune mechanisms driving cardiovascular disease, spanning basic biology, translational studies, and innovative therapeutic strategies.

With this cross-journal collection, the editors of Nature Communications and Communications Health invite submissions that advance understanding of implementation research as a comprehensive approach to investigating and improving the effectiveness of interventions in real world settings.

This Collection showcases advances in understanding metabolic dysfunction, highlighting pathways, biomarkers, and novel therapies to accelerate translation into effective treatments.