Communications Biology now invites submissions that present innovative methodologies in light microscopy and their biological implications.

This Collection invites high quality, novel original research on the mechanisms, impacts, and management of resistant pathogens.

This Topical Collection focuses on chemical strategies that integrate energy generation, storage, and device fabrication with circular-economy approaches to waste valorization, transforming CO₂, industrial effluents, polymers, and biomass into functional materials and energy carriers. It welcomes interdisciplinary studies spanning catalysis, materials chemistry, electrochemical systems, and life-cycle analysis that demonstrate scalable pathways toward closed-loop, sustainable energy–materials te

This special issue aims to publish state-of-the-art work that applies genome editing for enhancing plant disease resistance.

This Collection calls for submissions of original research into techniques that help to deploy industrial quantum technologies, contributing to advancements in computational power, precision measurement, and practical applications across various industries.

This Collection invites research on next-generation AI in drug discovery, including generative models, multimodal data, resistance prediction, and precision oncology applications.

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is calling for submissions to our Collection on Machine learning to build predictive models in maternal-fetal medicine in 2026 Collection.

This Collection focuses on Artificial Intelligence methodologies and deployment frameworks designed for fragile, conflict-affected, and resource-constrained contexts, where data scarcity, institutional instability, and infrastructure limitations pose unique challenges. It invites research on robust, uncertainty-aware, and adaptive AI systems that support governance, public services, humanitarian coordination, and socio-environmental resilience in complex real-world environments.

BMC Biology is calling for submissions for the Collection on Symbiotic relationships. This Collection aims to gather novel research on symbiotic relationships across various ecosystems, focusing on the interactions between animals, plants, fungi, and microbial communities. We welcome submissions that explore the ecological and evolutionary implications of symbioses, highlighting their importance in biodiversity, ecosystem health, and potential applications in sustainability.

This Collection aims to present original research, new techniques, approaches, reviews, practical-experimental, and case studies contributions on artificial intelligence-based perception for agricultural robotics.

This Collection advances HRI by soliciting novel approaches in multimodal sensorization and XR-based data acquisition to address the scarcity of complex behavioral data. It bridges the gap between raw sensing and socially aware algorithms, enabling safer collaboration in industrial, aerospace, medical, and domestic environments.

This Collection focuses on the frontier directions of advanced battery technologies and the actual needs of industrial applications. We welcome original research and review articles in the fields of new battery materials, new structures, new systems, and new management, aiming to promote the innovation and engineering application of advanced battery technologies. We aim to provide solid technical support for the large-scale and safe development of future electric transportation.

This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection brings together interdisciplinary research on feminism and democratic politics. We welcome contributions (theoretical, empirical, historical or comparative) from political science, sociology, gender studies, history, law, philosophy, anthropology, and related fields.

Precision agriculture, renewable energy infrastructure, and pollution mitigation technologies are transforming land use planning by optimizing resource efficiency, reducing environmental impacts, and integrating health and water governance considerations. This collection welcomes research on remote sensing applications, spatial impacts of new technologies, and integrative models that balance productivity, sustainability, and public well-being aligned with the SDGs.

This Collection welcomes original research articles that provide empirical evidence on psychonutrition. Intervention studies that investigate how nutrition might influence mental health symptoms are welcome.

This Collection focuses on innovative and sustainable approaches in concrete and structural engineering, emphasizing low-carbon binders, LC³, SCMs, and advanced strengthening techniques. It welcomes studies that integrate materials science, durability design, and numerical modelling for resilient, eco-efficient infrastructure.

This Collection in Discover Sustainability explores human heat exposure as a critical dimension of climate related health risk in cities. It welcomes interdisciplinary research that connects human biometeorological assessment, behavioural responses and climate resilient planning and design to better understand and mitigate heat impacts on health and wellbeing. By foregrounding the human experience of heat, the Collection aims to support more equitable and effective urban adaptation pathways.

This collection aims to bring together recent methodological developments and real-world applications that demonstrate how AI enhances robotic intelligence, production optimization, human–robot collaboration, and cyber-physical manufacturing systems.

This Scientific Reports Collection welcomes original research on engineered allografts for regenerative medicine including engineered allografts, bioengineered grafts, decellularised scaffolds, tissue engineering, regenerative allografts, and composite tissue allotransplantation.

By integrating new antigen discovery with adjuvant and delivery engineering, the collection positions the journal at the forefront of immune engineering–based vaccinology and provides a conceptual reference for future vaccine development.