This Special Issue contributes to global sustainability by addressing critical challenges in air pollution, climate change, and public health.

With this Collection, the editors at Communications Health invite manuscripts that identify the heterogeneity in digital health equity, its origin, its association with determinants of health, in addition to strategies to measure and resolve inequity at different levels.

This collection includes work on autophagy initiation, cargo recognition, autophagosome formation and dynamics, lysosomal function, organelle‑specific autophagy pathways, and the integration of autophagy with broader cellular networks.

This Collection highlights electrolyte solvation structure engineering that advances molecular design, interfacial chemistry, and electrolyte formulations for high-voltage cycling, fast charging, high power and wide-temperature operation.

This Collection invites interdisciplinary scholarship that situates the Nobel Prize within broader historical and cultural frameworks. We welcome contributions that explore its evolution as an institution, its role in shaping intellectual and political agendas, and its symbolic power in global contexts.

This Collection invites submissions on the latest research in human accelerated sinkholes and risk monitoring, including multidisciplinary and integrative studies.

This collection brings together international experts to review modern strategies for managing skull base lesions, emphasizing the balance between oncological control and neurological preservation. It showcases up-to-date evidence, evolving surgical techniques, and practical insights from leading skull base surgeons.

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This Collection invites research on smart biomaterials for in situ regeneration that harness endogenous healing by sensing and responding to dynamic biochemical and mechanical cues at sites of injury.

This Collection invites research on food flavor chemistry, including flavor compounds, detection and analysis, formation pathways, sensory perception, flavor-related nutrition and health, and sustainable innovation in food systems.

This collection explores innovations and best-practice frameworks at the intersection of urban-industrial transformation, resilient digital infrastructure, and cybersecurity, with dual emphasis on IT disciplines (smart systems, authentication, IoT, data centers, applied AI) and Business impact (technology transfer, urban analytics, ESG, digital transformation).

This Collection aims at gathering the latest research and innovation advancements concerning design, optimisation and control of fuel cell-powered hybrid powertrains applied to different vehicles.

Self-powered systems using ambient energy (light, heat, motion, RF) enable maintenance-free IoT and biomedical devices beyond battery limits. This Collection invites advances in energy harvesting, ultra-low-power design, system integration, AI optimization, and sustainable applications.

This Collection seeks innovative research on the chemical processes underlying ocean acidification and their impact on marine ecosystems. We welcome submissions investigating carbonate chemistry, seawater pH dynamics, the effects of CO₂ absorption, and mitigation strategies such as seawater buffering and ocean alkalinity enhancement. By emphasizing chemical mechanisms, this Collection aims to advance our understanding of ocean chemistry and inform strategies to preserve marine life.

The proposed Collection is of global interest because sustainable infrastructure development and AI integration in construction materials are worldwide priorities. Researchers across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas are actively advancing eco-friendly materials and data-driven geotechnical solutions.

This Collection will deal with researches on biomaterial highly relevant to current global sustainability goals, and circular economy policies. This section will presents innovative material solutions that enable system-level transformations by moving beyond incremental improvements.

Regional anesthesia is advancing through integration of physiology, ultrasound innovation, and perioperative cardiac assessment to improve safety and outcomes. This Collection showcases emerging techniques, education, and quality improvements that shape the future of patient-centered regional anesthesia.

This collection highlights selected topics presented & discussed at the Global Congress on Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering Innovations (BEBI 2026)—a leading international forum committed to advancing research, technology, & innovation in the field of biomedical engineering. BEBI 2026 brings together a global community of researchers, scientists, healthcare professionals, industry leaders, & innovators to explore transformative breakthroughs that are shaping the future of healthcare.

We now invite submissions or research articles that elucidate the mechanisms, functional consequences, and therapeutic tractability of cancer‑metabolism pathways.

This Collection will focus on the development and application of advanced fluorescent probes, chemical sensors, and analytical methodologies to study subcellular dynamics, with particular emphasis on mitochondrial function, membrane remodeling, lipid droplets, and organelle communication. We welcome contributions that integrate synthetic chemistry, bioanalytical methods, imaging technologies, and translational applications to better understand chemical processes in living systems.