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Industry Showcase 2026: Solutions for Sustainability
In our Industry Showcase collection for 2026, we would like to celebrate the research contributions from industry researchers advancing engineering solutions to address issues of sustainability.
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Autonomous Navigation in Unstructured Environments
This collection explores the various technologies which will lead to safe efficient operation of autonomous vehicles in these demanding environments.
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Cost-Effective Instrumentation and Simplified Design for Optical Imaging
This collection highlights innovative approaches that reduce complexity and cost in the design, fabrication, and deployment of optical imaging technologies.
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Technology for Modelling, Monitoring and Maintaining Women’s Health
In this collection, we aim to showcase cutting-edge engineering research covering conditions and situations.
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Multiscale Engineering and Optimization of Mechanical Metamaterials for Structural Applications
This cross-journal Collection highlights the ability of multiscale, programmatic, control of a material’s topology to direct, improve, and drive structure-property relationships.
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Scalable solutions for circularity in the built environment
This collection will explore scalable solutions for implementation of circularity principles in the built environment, including infrastructure and the building stock.
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Engineering Solutions in Wind Energy Systems: Design, Efficiency, and Sustainability
In this collection, we aim to showcase cutting-edge research and developments that advance the efficiency and sustainability of wind energy systems, from turbine design and performance optimization to conversion, maintenance, multifunctional wind turbine foundations, and end-of-life management.
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Sensing Technologies for Crop Health and Growth
With this cross-journal Collection, we invite manuscripts that highlight continual or real-time sensing systems of any form, primarily for arable farming or crop production.
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Thermal Management in Micro- and Nanodevices
This collection between Nature Communications, Communications Engineering, and Scientific Reports aims to promote developments in thermal transport phenomena and management technologies that enable efficient device operation.
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NeuroAI and Embodied Intelligence
This cross-journal Collection brings together research at the intersection of neuroscience, artificial intelligence, neuromorphic hardware, and robotics with a focus on how insights from brain function can inspire the design of more adaptive, efficient, and intelligent systems. We welcome submissions that explore neurobiologically-inspired models, architectures, and learning algorithms that have the potential to enhance embodied AI and robotic systems.
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Generative AI for mechanical engineering design and optimization
In this collection we aim to publish exciting advances in the capability of generative AI methods and their application directions within a broad mechanical engineering scope.
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Confined Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion
