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Biochar applications in soil and environment
This collection welcomes articles on biochar’s role in soil improvement, carbon sequestration, and environmental remediation. Studies on agricultural applications, pollutant removal, and climate mitigation strategies are encouraged, highlighting biochar as a sustainable tool for resilient ecosystems.
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Biodegradable polymers
This collection welcomes articles on the design, characterization, and application of biodegradable polymers, with a focus on green chemistry, degradation pathways, and sustainable uses in packaging, agriculture, and biomedical devices.
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Citizen science for environmental monitoring
This Collection welcomes research on citizen science applications in environmental assessment, pollution monitoring, mitigation strategies, and sustainable environmental management.
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Diagnostic parasitology: microbiological methods and mechanisms
This Collection welcomes original research on diagnostic parasitology, focusing on microbiological methods that enable sensitive, specific, and scalable parasite detection. Narrative review articles are also welcomed to our sister journal Scientific Reviews. For further information, please view the ‘Participating Journals’ below. Submissions may cover protozoa, helminths, and ectoparasites across clinical and environmental settings, including assay development, validation and implementation.
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Imitation learning
This Collection welcomes research that validates theoretical developments in learning from demonstration through practical implementations related to real-world systems.
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Microbial metabolic interactions
In this cross-journal collection, editors seek articles studying microbial metabolic interactions, including nutrient exchange, complex microbial metabolism and physiology, and microbial ecology and evolution.
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Next-generation electrochemical sensing
This collection welcomes original research articles on novel electrode materials, device architectures, signal amplification strategies, microfluidic integration, and application‑driven innovations for next‑generation electrochemical sensing.
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Power equipment condition monitoring, diagnosis and maintenance
This Collection invites original research on advanced fault diagnosis, condition monitoring, operation, and maintenance optimization. Topics include non‑invasive sensors, machine learning for fault pattern recognition from vibration, thermal, and electrical signatures, prognostics and health management (PHM), remaining useful life prediction, digital twin modelling for thermal‑electric simulation, and intelligent maintenance scheduling. Submissions on multi‑modal data fusion, explainable AI, and edge computing are especially encouraged.
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Tensegrity structures and adaptive systems
This Collection brings together research on the design, analysis, and application of tensegrity systems.
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Advances in biopesticides research
This Collection invites original research that investigates the development, evaluation and application of biopesticides.
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Biomaterials for medical aesthetics and cosmetics
This Collection welcomes original research on biomaterials for medical aesthetics and cosmetics
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Altermagnetic materials