This collection investigates the metabolic pathways shaping immune responses in cancer.

It is anticipated that groundbreaking discoveries will emerge, potentially transforming our approach to treating immune-related conditions. Investigations may uncover novel metabolic pathways that can be targeted to improve immune function or mitigate harmful inflammatory responses, leading to innovative therapeutic strategies.

Waste-derived alkali-activated materials (AAMs) have emerged as sustainable alternatives to conventional cementitious systems, offering compositional flexibility and the potential to enhance radiation shielding performance through the use of industrial by-products. This Collection focuses on the design, characterization, and performance of AAM developed for sustainable radiation shielding applications, covering material formulation, microstructural properties, mechanical and durability behavior.

The Topical Collection showcases research on sustainable skincare materials and technologies aligned with UN SDG3 and SDG12. It covers waterless and multi-purpose formulations, biodegradable and ethically sourced ingredients (including biotech/fermentation alternatives), renewable substitutes for mineral oils and silicones, packaging innovations, and life-cycle environmental impacts from sourcing to disposal.

This Collection focuses on MOF-, COF-, and MOF/COF-derived materials for catalytic and electrochemical applications, emphasizing their design, transformation, and structure–property relationships. It covers advances in electrocatalysis (water splitting and CO₂ reduction) and energy storage (batteries and supercapacitors), highlighting strategies to enhance activity, stability, and sustainability.

This collection is intended to consolidate these latest findings in material degradation through advanced material analysis, bridging the gap between theoretical material science and practical reliability engineering.

Agriculture and ecosystems are facing unprecedented challenges due to climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, and increasing pressure on natural resources. Addressing these complex challenges requires transformative innovations that integrate advanced technologies, systems thinking, and policy-relevant insights while balancing productivity with ecological integrity.

Contribute to the understanding of alignment options in Total Knee Replacement (TKR) through research that addresses patient outcomes, alignment philosophies, and the impact on functionality and satisfaction.

This Topical Collection highlights the latest advancements in electrochemical nano(bio)sensors, focusing on how novel nanomaterials and smart sensing architectures are driving the transition from centralized laboratories to decentralized, point-of-need (PoN) platforms. We welcome original research and comprehensive reviews showcasing the real-world applications of these innovative technologies in clinical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, and food safety.

This collection explores the transition from planar electrodes to complex 3D architectures and nanostructured geometries to enhance mass transport and electrocatalytic selectivity. It highlights the pivotal role of ultramicroelectrodes and computational modeling in advancing electrochemical kinetics and sensing in non-conventional environments.

“Plant Stress Biology and Sustainable Strategies for Resilient Agriculture” brings together cutting-edge research addressing the challenges posed by biotic and abiotic stresses in crop systems under changing climate conditions. It promotes interdisciplinary approaches that integrate physiological, molecular, and management strategies to enhance crop resilience, productivity, and long-term agricultural sustainability.

This topical collection aims to highlight recent methodological, instrumental, and computational advances that are shaping ultrafast molecular science across gas-phase, liquid-phase, interfacial, and condensed-matter systems.

The Collection particularly welcomes submissions addressing themes such as national security exceptions under WTO law, techno-nationalism, strategic autonomy, supply-chain governance, distributive justice in trade, regionalism, deglobalization, WTO in New World Order, Global South in WTO, Trade War and the future of multilateralism. By bringing together scholars from law, international relations, political economy, and global governance.

Deep-sea mining is emerging as a potential source of critical raw materials for the energy transition, but its success and sustainability are fundamentally governed by the geotechnical behavior of ultra-soft deep-sea sediments and weak seabed formations under extreme conditions. This Special Collection brings together state-of-the-art experimental, field, numerical, and data-driven research on the geotechnics and environmental geomechanics of deep-sea mining, spanning seabed characterization, so

The proposed Topical Collection will critically examine the evolving relationship between media, communication, and social transformation in an increasingly globalized and digitally interconnected world. Contemporary societies are witnessing rapid changes driven by digital technologies, platform economies, artificial intelligence, transnational communication networks, and shifting socio-political structures.

Topics germane to the issue include ethnic separatism and conflict, secession movements, populism, nationalism, right-wing authoritarianism, anti-immigrant movements and parties, deglobalization, de-NGO-ization, Euroscepticism, the decline of the post-World War II consensus, and related contemporary forces and phenomena.

This collection invites contributions that push the boundaries of supervised learning in soil science, whether through methodological innovation, comparative model assessment, or novel applications across diverse landscapes and data environments.

This Collection highlights advances in biofabricated materials at the intersection of biomaterials science, bioengineering, and advanced manufacturing, focusing on the development of functional, patient-specific systems for regenerative medicine, drug delivery, tissue engineering, and in vitro models. It emphasizes innovative biomaterial design and sustainable fabrication strategies.

This collection will bring together cutting-edge research, reviews, and perspectives on the development of next-generation tuberculosis vaccines. Topics may include novel antigen discovery, vaccine platforms, immune correlates of protection, mucosal immunity, host-directed and therapeutic vaccination strategies, clinical development, and implementation considerations.

This collection will highlight recent advances in understanding the biology, immunology, epidemiology, and control of Schistosoma spp., and will bring together multidisciplinary studies that address key challenges and emerging opportunities in schistosomiasis research. We particularly welcome submissions that offer mechanistic insight, methodological innovation, or clear relevance to disease control and elimination.