This collection highlights emerging biomedical devices, sensors, and therapeutic technologies for tumor intervention, with a focus on engineering innovations that improve the precision, safety, and effectiveness of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Additionally, this collection aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for engineers, clinicians, and translational researchers developing next-generation technologies for precise tumor intervention.

This collection welcomes original pre-clinical and clinical studies on CNS injuries, focusing on diverse aspects in pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation strategies.

This Collection invites research exploring the use of low carbon alternatives and eliminating waste in sustainable healthcare.

This Collection welcomes original research on wound healing, including mechanism, translational, preclinical or clinical studies.

This Collection aims to compile pioneering research on prostate cancer, focusing on diagnostics, treatment modalities, and patient outcomes. We welcome submissions that explore various aspects of prostate cancer, including the role of PSA testing, biopsy advancements, cancer staging, and the efficacy of surgical interventions. Through this Collection, we seek to enhance knowledge and foster collaboration in addressing the challenges posed by prostate cancer.

This collection invites research on design, implementation and evaluation of digital approaches of health communication and public engagement.

The Collection brings together interdisciplinary contributions that investigate how sustainable logistical systems can enable circular strategies such as reuse, repair, remanufacturing, recycling, and product life extension. The Collection will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working at the intersection of logistics, sustainability, and circular economy research.

This Collection welcomes original research on bioprocess design, scale‑up and renewable feedstocks.

This Collection welcomes original research on novel bioproduction modalities, hybrid biological–chemical systems, continuous bioprocessing, and advanced reactor concepts that expand the technological frontier.

This Collection welcomes original research on genome editing tool development, delivery systems, functional studies, and translational applications.

This Collection welcomes original research on nongenetic drivers of metastasis, with a focus on mechanistic studies of metastatic processes.

This Collection invites original research on targeted radiopharmaceuticals, including their development and use in preclinical models and clinical studies.

This collection explores interdisciplinary advances in sustainable food processing, waste valorization, and functional food development. It focuses on innovative technologies that improve food quality, enhance sustainability, and support circular bioeconomy approaches.

This Collection advances understanding of biodiversity, genetic diversity, and population connectivity in coastal ecosystems such as coral reefs, seagrass/seaweed beds, and tidal flats. It welcomes integrated studies using ecological surveys, eDNA, molecular phylogenetics, population genomics, and oceanographic modelling to support conservation, restoration, and ecosystem resilience.

This Collection focuses on drive‑by structural health monitoring and related indirect sensing approaches, where instrumented vehicles are used as mobile sensor platforms to assess the condition of bridges, pavements and other civil infrastructure.

This Topical Collection seeks to highlight focused research on the development, implementation, and evaluation of Digital Twins specifically designed for smart mechatronic systems.

This special collection will provide a platform for research ranging from the fundamental physics of light-matter interaction to the engineering of AI-enhanced control hardware.

This Special Issue invites theoretical, methodological, empirical, and practice-oriented contributions that examine how urban intelligence is reshaping planning paradigms in the HAI era. We particularly welcome papers that go beyond the application of AI as a technical tool and engage with its deeper implications for planning theory, methodology, institutional practice, ethics, and urban futures.

Editors invite manuscripts that advance the scientific understanding of coral stress responses and climate resilience across molecular, physiological, ecological, and restoration focused dimensions.

This cross-journal Collection highlights cutting-edge research that investigates critical topics such as current collector design, interfacial chemistry, and electrolyte engineering to address the challenges associated with the demanding conditions in initially anode-less (N/P < 1) and anode-free (N/P = 0) batteries.