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Can AI clean up our planet and its own carbon footprint? We think so. | Research Communities by Springer Nature

We explore both of these aspects: the deep learning application to improve the efficiency of waste recognition on recycling plant’s conveyor, as well as carbon dioxide emission from the computing devices used in this process.

Anomalous diffusion in biomolecular condensates | Research Communities by Springer Nature

What began as a simple task—growing larger DNA condensates—led to the unexpected discovery of a sharply defined, non-classical diffusion front. This serendipitous observation sparked a new scientific journey, revealing a previously unrecognized diffusion mechanism in soft matter systems.

Snow is surprisingly important for water resources in the Peruvian Andes | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Remote sensing and machine learning methods to analyse the vegetation of sugarcane crop | Research Communities by Springer Nature

The success of sugarcane development is the main subject of this work, which combines a variety of machine learning techniques to remotely sense sugarcane crop data and distinguish between dense and sparse vegetation.

Predicting Pharma Stock Shocks with AI | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Can we forecast how a single clinical-trial headline will move a pharma stock—before the market opens? Our new research shows it’s possible.

Machine Learning Unlocking Elusive High-Pressure Phase of Sodium | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Sodium’s melting curve shows a mysterious minimum under pressure, linked to several unresolved crystal phases. Using a data-driven structure search, we predict the tI50 phase and reveal it as a weakly metallic electride.

World Food Safety Day 2025: Science in Action | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Science is the backbone of food safety — it empowers us to detect risks, prevent foodborne illnesses, and protect lives. This World Food Safety Day (7 June 2025), we’re celebrating the vital role of science in reducing illness, cutting costs, and ensuring safe food for everyone.

Findings and lessons learned from developing a 5-year community-based intervention for preventing early marriage in rural Gambia | Research Communities by Springer Nature

World Environment Day 2025 | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Celebrating World Environment Day by showcasing our Discover Toxicology content on environmental toxicology and calling for papers

Symmetries matter! | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Happy to share our latest AIRI research published at Scientific Reports Journal from Nature Portoflio. It is about combining computational chemistry with data-driven approaches to enhance material property predictions.

Plastic surgery notes: history and remembrance | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Do you think of models, liposuction and facelifts when you hear "plastic surgery"? You may be surprised to hear that aesthetic procedures makeup a relatively small portion in the field of PRS. Here we discuss how the specialty originated with a focus on the first patients.

Kinetic energy formula | Research Communities by Springer Nature

This shows the integrated 1/2 as an incorrect addition of the formula

Shortest Path Optimization with Cluster-Based Approach | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Happy to share outcomes from our latest research on enhancing pathfinding efficiency through a hierarchical approach.

From Speciation to Innovation Modes: Expanding the Evolutionary Framework for Endemic Innovation | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Because sometimes, the most radical innovations emerge not from disruption—but from evolution.

Predicting & synthesizing ultra-hard materials | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Keep going on boosting new materials discovery with AI. This time we're focusing on higher tungsten borides.

Semiconductor for next-generation information storage devices | Research Communities by Springer Nature

By engineering BiFeO3 and its based materials, scientist improved its physical properties to further promote the information storage applications under electric field or illumination: 1) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58594-9 (Nat Commun) https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ads4925 (Sci Adv)

Biodiverse nature near cities offers mental health boost | Research Communities by Springer Nature

2025 Summer Highlights: Interview with Dr. Robert Langer, Sc.D. (MIT) on Professional Development and His Insights on Nanoscience | Research Communities by Springer Nature

2025 Summer Highlights: Interview with Dr. Robert Langer, Sc.D. (MIT) on Professional Development and His Insights on Nanoscience

Benchmarking machine learning models for predicting lithium ion migration | Research Communities by Springer Nature

We're keeping going on AI integration into new materials discovery. And this time happy to share our latest research published at Nature Portfolio npj Computational Materials. It is about enhancing the performance of fast ionic conductors.

Breaking balance – how Bilophila wadsworthia turns rogue | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Using a multidisciplinary approach, we uncovered the genetic and metabolic basis of Bilophila wadsworthia colonisation and its impact on the host. Our findings show how microbial interactions and dietary context drive this pathobiont’s switch from harmless resident to inflammatory agent.

PeachSNP170K: From Genomics to Breeding — A Genotyping Tool for Trait Dissection and Improvement in Peach | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Peach breeding faces challenges like a narrow genetic pool and complex traits. The PeachSNP170K array, with high marker density and broad germplasm coverage, supports genetic dissection and genomics-assisted breeding (GAB) for traits, enhancing breeding efficiency.

Upcoming webcast: Liquid Biopsies in Clinical Oncology | Research Communities by Springer Nature

On June 11th, Nature Cancer and Nature Biotechnology editors are organising a webinar on the current trends in applications of liquid biopsies in cancer diagnosis, prognosis and therapy and the features of robust liquid biomarkers.

Epidemiological analysis of athlete injuries in Muay Thai in-ring competitions. The First publication. | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Our primary goal was to assess the patterns, frequency, and severity of in-ring injuries and collect data for the sports authorities andthe literature. The second goal was to determine the relationship between the ... :) You can access our article in full text in the attachment.

Capturing T Cells with Cell-Gel Hybrid | Research Communities by Springer Nature

A polymerized cell–gel hybrid enables immunological synapse formation to stably capture antigen-specific T cells. The material innovation overcomes affinity barriers and enhances cancer and virus-targeted T cell isolation.

Can anyone explain this image? | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Evidence Rooted in Context: Better Sexual and Reproductive Health and Life Trajectories | Research Communities by Springer Nature

A Fluid Dynamics Framework for Space-Time: Unifying Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, and Cosmology | Research Communities by Springer Nature

This research paper introduces a novel framework modelling space-time as a compressible fluid, unifying general relativity, quantum mechanics, and cosmology. Gravity emerges from pressure gradients as mass creates low-pressure voids in the fluid. Time is entropy flow.

Father’s adolescent body silhouette is associated with offspring asthma, lung function and BMI through DNA methylation | Research Communities by Springer Nature

People whose fathers were overweight as teenagers had epigenetic markers associated with asthma, obesity and low lung function.

Unraveling Hidden Connections: Predicting Links to Illuminate Ecological Networks | Research Communities by Springer Nature

A recent article published in Nature Ecology & Evolution presents inductive link prediction as a new approach to uncover missing species interactions and enable cross-community inference, offering a powerful tool for ecologists.

Celebrating a Year of BMC’s New Agriculture and Livestock Journal Family | Research Communities by Springer Nature

The journal family includes three new open access journals focusing on dairy, poultry and aquaculture research

Catching the Big Fish: How We Developed A Tool to Identify Hidden Cancer Drivers | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Greedy Gradient-free Adaptive Variational Quantum Algorithms on a Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum Computer | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Using a 25-qubit quantum computer, we calculate the ground state of a 25-body Ising model using the newly introduced Greedy Gradient-free Adaptive VQE (GGA-VQE) approach which requires only five circuit measurements per iteration, regardless of the number of qubits and size of the operator pool.

Confugenics - the East Asian Iteration of Consumer Eugenics Spells Demographic Disaster | Research Communities by Springer Nature

A new terminology - “Confugenics” is thus proposed to describe the prospective intersection of such emerging human enhancement and reprogenetic technologies with the fixation on academic achievements and social status shaped by hyper-competitive social norms within East Asian societies.

AI Meets IPF: Taking an AI-Designed Drug from Target Discovery to Phase IIa | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Results from the GENESIS-IPF Phase IIa trial, now published in Nature Medicine, signal the emergence of artificial intelligence-based tools as a practical, efficient paradigm for drug discovery.

Uncovering the Untold Story of the Gut Microbiome in Parkinson’s Disease | Research Communities by Springer Nature

The gut microbiome affects our health, including in Parkinson’s disease. While the gut-brain axis and microbial translocation have been suggested, identifying specific bacteria has been challenging. Our meta-analysis of over 1,000 samples aimed to uncover these hidden players: https://rdcu.be/epiUV

What Is Randomness? A Philosophical and Scientific Inquiry into Determinism, Probability, and Uncertainty | Research Communities by Springer Nature

"Those who seek gold dig much and find little." – Heraclitus

Human Genetic Enhancement and Eugenics in Singapore | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Caveats on human cognitive enhancement technologies based on the sociocultural context of Singapore

Analysis of microarray and single-cell RNA-seq identifies gene co-expression, cell–cell communication, and tumor environment associated with metabolite interconversion enzyme in prostate cancer | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Cancer does not have a universally agreed-upon description, but it is characterized by the unregulated proliferation of cells, which may result in the infiltration of the cell basement or the spread to other organs in the body.

Short-range order controlled amphoteric behavior of the Si dopant in Al-rich AlGaN | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Artificial intelligence assists the identification and application of rural heritage wall surface damage in Zhejiang | Research Communities by Springer Nature

The study presents a novel approach to protect rural heritage using YOLOv8 for damage detection. Results show high accuracy in identifying issues like yellowing and stains, crucial for maintaining traditional dwellings in Zhejiang Province.