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Spatial synergies for urban foraging: A South African example | Research Communities by Springer Nature

A personal perspective on the culmination of an intensive research journey in social-ecological systems

The colour of neglect | Research Communities by Springer Nature

A standardised comparison of chest and percutaneous drainage catheters to evaluate the applicability of the ‘French’ sizing units | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Percutaneous drainage is a potentially organ and/or life saving procedure for accumulation of pus in infection, fluid caused by cancer or organ obstruction such as the kidney or the liver. The fallacy across medical specialties is assuming that catheters of the same size have the same performance.

Join our editorial board for BMC Palliative Care | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Are you passionate about advancing research in Palliative Care? Join our editorial board for BMC Palliative Care

Unlocking Earth's Redox History Through Pyrite Isotopes | Research Communities by Springer Nature

SIBES: sampling benthos in an outstanding intertidal ecosystem | Research Communities by Springer Nature

From a Flicker to a Fire: How We Lit Up Research for Nigeria’s Medical Students | Research Communities by Springer Nature

In 2022, at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, I met Gbolahan Olatunji, MD, MPH student at Johns Hopkins. Over shared frustrations, we envisioned research mentorship for medical students. In 2023, with Emmanuel Kokori, MD, we launched ERN. Now, we watch it ignite research interest across Nigeria.

Arthur, J. L. (2024). Sociological impacts of energy management at Tema Oil Refinery. Discover Environment, 2(1), 114. | Research Communities by Springer Nature

This study explores how social factors like age, gender, education, and work experience influence how employees at Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) in Ghana perceive and respond to energy management practices.

Mexico Bans Junk Food in Schools: A Bold Step Towards Healthier Students | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Kompetenzorientierter Tanzunterricht | Research Communities by Springer Nature

BestMasters Thesis im Bereich Tanz zum Thema kompetenzorientierte Unterrichtsmethoden zur Befriedigung basispsychologischer Bedürfnisse von Tanzlernenden auf Basis der Bedürfnispyramide von Maslow und der Motivationstheorie von Deci und Ryan.

Quantum error mitigation in quantum annealing | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Our paper, “Quantum error mitigation in quantum annealing,” demonstrates practical methods to refine noisy quantum statistics and understand the near-term benefits of noise reduction. The main experimental result can now be reproduced with a few clicks in a simple demo.

Decoding Criminal Behavior: Brain Neurochemical-monitoring Technologies Can Help in Forensic Science | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Application of brain imaging techniques to uncover structural and functional irregularities in various brain regions associated with criminal behavior. The blog intends to explain the potential avenue to detect criminality much before the criminal act is manifested.

From the BugBitten Archives: How AI can help you count your (mosquito) eggs before they hatch | Research Communities by Springer Nature

A new tool for counting mosquito eggs developed by Javed et al. shows the potential applications AI can have in parasitology research.

Cool Ice, Hot Discoveries: 70 Years of Human Wisdom Behind Ice Flow | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Greenland and Antarctica hold ice capable of raising sea levels by ~65 m. Predicting the speed of this rise hinges on understanding ice-flow physics. Our research builds on 70 years of knowledge, significantly refining insights into ice-flow properties. About the author: http://shengfan-geology.com

Single-nucleus multiomic analysis of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome liver reveals PPARA signaling enrichment and metabolic dysfunction | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Are we born to succeed or are we made to succeed? | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Genes and society shape each other. This comic, based on our Nature Human Behaviour article, shows how social inequality leaves genetic traces — and how social structures and genetics are linked across generations.

Shedding New Light on SDGs | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Light pollution is a growing environmental problem that is often neglected. Management of light pollution can provide a novel and useful perspective on the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals.

Introducing BMC Marine Science: a new community-driven journal in the BMC Series | Research Communities by Springer Nature

We are excited to announce the upcoming launch of BMC Marine Science, an inclusive, broad-scope, community-focused open access journal dedicated to advancing the field of marine science.

Quantum Skyrmions reject noise | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Quantum entangled states have recently been found to exhibit tunable non-local topological features. For the first time we observe the resilience of these features to a generic real-world noisy channel thus proposing them as candidates for future quantum information protocols and technologies.

Beyond bad luck: Rethinking cancer risk | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Special Issue：Green CO2 Conversion | Research Communities by Springer Nature

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Bacterial growth under pressure: the surprising role of membrane microdomains | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Unusual stratospheric polar vortex loaded the dice towards disruptive UK and Northern European storms in February 2022 | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Our attribution study demonstrates the important role of the stratosphere during February 2022 in promoting storm intensification and clustering. A strong polar vortex can serve as an early warning indicator of severe weather, the impacts of which are likely to be exacerbated under climate change.

Advancing prostate cancer research with blood-based biomarkers | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Go CO2 free | Research Communities by Springer Nature

In our recent article, we describe how investigators can grow the bacteria causing gonorrhoea without the need for atmospheric CO2.

Top 100 of 2024 in Physics | Scientific Reports | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Featuring authors from around the world, these papers highlight valuable research from an international community.

My first OA paper published! | Research Communities by Springer Nature

From Nov. 12,2024 to March 24,2025, from submit my first OA paper to Discover chemistry, to be accepted and published, only takes 4 months. So fast! I'm very satisfied. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44371-025-00129-8

Researcher Riddle: Image manipulation | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Witnessing the onset of reionisation through Lyman-α emission at redshift 13 | Research Communities by Springer Nature

While the Universe right after the Big Bang was blisteringly hot, a rapid expansion and cooldown subsequently rendered it opaque to energetic ultraviolet light. This ‘fogginess’ was gradually cleared out when bright starlight from the first galaxies started a process known as cosmic reionisation.

More attentions are needed for biodiversity conservation in global borders | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Borderlands are increasingly recognized as critical for biodiversity conservation, yet how much of species’ ranges in transboundary areas are covered by protected areas remains unknown worldwide. A recent synthesis reveals that three-quarters of species’ ranges in global borders remain unprotected.

Collection on Ultrafast Chemistry | Research Communities by Springer Nature

This cross-journal collection highlights the latest advances in ultrafast chemistry in the gas-, liquid- and solid-phase and at interfaces.

Seed bacteria are the architects of the complex wheat rhizosphere microbiome | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Plants host diverse microbes that shape their health and growth. New research shows that seed-borne bacteria dominate the wheat rhizosphere, driving microbiome assembly via niche partitioning and facilitation. Harnessing seed microbiota could increase crop yields while reducing chemical inputs

Behind the Paper: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Aerosolized and Intramuscular COVID-19 Booster Vaccines in China | Research Communities by Springer Nature

When Big Data Isn’t Enough: The Challenge of Rain-Snow Partitioning | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Our study started with the simple assumption that machine learning would consistently outclass traditional modeling approaches for predicting rain and snow. This proved to be wrong, surprising our project team and raising implications about the future of rain-snow partitioning research.

Top 100 of 2024 | Scientific Reports | Research Communities by Springer Nature

This collection highlights the most downloaded* Scientific Reports research papers published in 2024

Highlights from the Medicine and Life Sciences Research Communities | Research Communities by Springer Nature

In this month’s round up of blogs from the Medicine and Life Sciences Research Communities I want to look back on World Obesity Day 2025 and highlight the urgent need to improve how we understand, prevent, and treat obesity.

MERS-CoV Complications and Near-Death Experience During Pregnancy | Research Communities by Springer Nature

This narrative study aimed to explore a pregnant woman’s NDE due to complications from MERS-CoV.

Machine learning unveils global patterns of soil metal(loid) mobility and its implication for sustainable soil management | Research Communities by Springer Nature

We developed a machine learning framework to map the global distribution of soil metal(loid) mobility. We further analyzed the primary drivers of metal(loid) mobility and how soil carbon sequestration affects its global patterns, offering new insights into global soil remediation and management.

Gongolaria barbata, the Golden pine seaweed: a paradigm example of the complexity of marine forest management along the French Mediterranean coast. | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Authors: Aurélie Blanfuné, Charles-François Boudouresque, Marc Verlaque & Thierry Thibaut

World Health Day 2025: Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures | Research Communities by Springer Nature

World Health Day is celebrated on the 7th of April each year to mark the anniversary of WHOs first World Health Assembly in 1948. This years theme centres around increasing our efforts to end preventable newborn and maternal deaths.