Cutting-edge experimental models and computational approaches revolutionizing our understanding of metabolic disease mechanisms, from molecular to whole-organism scales.

This cross-journal collection will consider submissions of research Articles and Registered Reports that advance the science and practice of cancer prevention, including strategies to reduce cancer risk and improve early detection.

With this Collection, the editors at Communications Health invite manuscripts that explore these healthcare disparities and barriers faced by people with disabilities, and approaches aimed to mitigate them at individual, community, and policy levels.

This Collection seeks to compile innovative research on infectious disease outbreak detection and prevention. We welcome submissions that explore methodologies, technologies, and strategies for monitoring and managing outbreaks, with a focus on enhancing public health responses and infection control. Through this work, we aim to advance our collective capacity to predict and prevent the spread of infectious diseases globally.

This Scientific Reports Collection invites research on hazard risk management related to natural and man-made disasters. Topics include, but are not limited to hazard forecasting, remote sensing of hazards, hazard susceptibility, land management, land resilience, risk reduction and management.

This Collection seeks to compile pioneering research on CAR-T therapy, focusing on its mechanisms, applications, and future directions in cancer treatment. We welcome submissions that investigate the engineering of CAR-T cells, combination strategies with other therapies, and the challenges and successes in treating various cancer types, aiming to foster advancements in this exciting area of immunotherapy.

BMC Public Health invites submissions to its Collection on the complexities of sexual education and care, a growing focus in public health.

This Collection invites research addressing challenges of open-net farming, such as lice transmission, pollution, escapes, and high mortality, while exploring innovations like closed-containment systems, vaccine development, genetic improvement, and digital monitoring technologies to secure the future of sustainable salmon aquaculture.

This Collection honors and builds upon the scientific legacy of Professor Omar M. Yaghi, whose pioneering contributions to reticular chemistry and the rational design of porous crystalline materials have fundamentally shaped the field of Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs). Inspired by this legacy, the Collection welcomes original research articles that advance the chemical understanding of MOFs, with emphasis on coordination chemistry, synthesis, crystal engineering, and structure–property relation

Experimental Artificial Intelligence represents a critical shift from purely algorithmic optimization toward human-centered, adaptive, and context-aware intelligence systems. As AI increasingly influences industrial operations, creative practices, and societal decision-making, there is a growing need to explore experimental frameworks that integrate human values, real-world constraints, and creative intelligence. This theme emphasizes practical experimentation, interdisciplinary validation.

This Collection welcomes research that applies machine learning, computer vision, wearable-sensor analytics, and predictive modelling to quantify athlete behaviour and physiological responses.

This Collection highlights recent advances in the use of edible NADES as sustainable and food-compatible systems for the recovery of valuable bioactive and nutritive compounds from natural resources and agro-industrial by-products. It welcomes contributions addressing NADES design, green extraction strategies, compound stabilization and the application of NADES-based extracts in the development of functional and enriched food products.

This Collection showcases recent, evidence-based advances in pediatric dentistry, emphasizing minimally invasive care, precision prevention, digital innovation, and the integration of oral health with systemic well-being to improve outcomes for children.

This Collection explores the development and application of bio based functional materials derived from agri food resources, including biomass, by products, and natural bioactives. It highlights innovative bioprocessing, green extraction, and material engineering strategies that enable sustainable, high value materials for food, health, packaging, and environmental applications.

Innovative and sustainable material solutions are required due to the rapidly increasing global energy demand and the growing environmental issues. The design, synthesis, characterisation, and usage of cutting-edge materials for energy storage and environmental remediation are the main topics of this Collection.

This Collection addresses fundamental and advanced studies of hybrid and porous materials, focusing on how multiscale structural complexity governs physical phenomena and functional responses. Contributions integrating crystallography, advanced microscopy, theoretical and computational modeling, and investigations of dielectric, magnetic, and coupled properties in complex solids are particularly encouraged.

The scope of the above researchers varies from the use of agro-industrial by-products for various applications to the potential evaluation of the performance of the designed novel products. The intended review articles can significantly highlight the recent developments accepted globally by the various stakeholders.

Lipopeptides, lipid nanoparticles and other peptide based platforms self assemble into versatile nanostructures that are revolutionising drug delivery, catalysis and advanced materials. This Collection brings together the latest advances in the design, self assembly and application of these systems – from LNPs for mRNA therapeutics and peptide targeted delivery to catalytic lipopeptides and responsive biomaterials.

Papers focusing on the relationships between structure, properties, and performance high-efficiency energy systems are welcome. Innovative synthesis, advanced in situ/operando characterization and multiscale simulations, are expected to provide deeper insight into material behavior under realistic working conditions.

Metacognitive Therapy (MCT) is a transdiagnostic approach that targets cognitive attentional syndrome, metacognitive beliefs, and attentional control to address a wide range of psychological disorders. This Collection highlights advances in MCT research, including mechanisms of change, clinical applications, treatment outcomes, and innovative directions in mental health care.