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From Status Symbol to Silent Epidemic: The Complex Relationship Between Obesity, Food Insecurity, and Liver Health | Research Communities by Springer Nature

On World Obesity Day 2025, we explore the paradox of modern malnutrition: Why are food-insecure communities disproportionately affected by as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease?

Minibinders: Tiny Proteins with Huge Potential in Bioengineering | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Miniproteins, microproteins, or ‘minibinders’, typically under 100 amino acids, are gaining attention for their potential pharmaceutical applications. These minibinders occur naturally in various organisms and play crucial roles.

Three-dimensional mapping of the altermagnetic spin splitting in CrSb | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Resilient algae may speed up Greenland ice melt | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Ice algae thrive on glaciers and ice sheets worldwide, darkening the ice and accelerating its melt. Our study reveals their minimal nutrient needs, explaining how they persist in this harsh environment and may colonize even larger ice areas in the future.

Competing Orders in Quantum Materials | Research Communities by Springer Nature

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Warming May Weaken Carbon Sequestration in Southern Ocean Marginal Seas While Amplifying Mercury Accumulation | Research Communities by Springer Nature

The Southern Ocean is vital for sequestering CO2 and mercury, but its response to climate warming is uncertain. Research in the Ross Sea shows that ice shelf retreat boosts carbon release but turns it into CO2, while warming boosts mercury burial, amplifying pollution risks and climate feedbacks.

Hidden in the blood – can blood microbiomes flag potential disease outbreaks? | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Many pathogens hide within wild animal populations, making it difficult to monitor, predict or prevent outbreaks of these infections in other animal or human populations. Recently, we learn that there may be a way to use the blood microbiome from wild animals as a flag of potential infection.

Demethylation of lignin-derived syringol? There's (now) a peroxygenase for that. | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Plant processing from forestry and agriculture generates ~100 million tons of lignin waste each year. How do microorganisms process lignin to make use of this vast resource? We've discovered a bacterial enzyme for the O-demethylation of S-lignin derived monolignols catalysed using peroxide.

Vulnerability of benthic trait diversity across the Mediterranean Sea following Mass Mortality Events | Research Communities by Springer Nature

An international group of scientists has quantified the impacts of global change in the Mediterranean Sea over 35 years to assess the vulnerability of benthic communities by using Mass Mortality Events (MMEs) observations, providing new insights into the long-term consequences of biodiversity loss.

An Antarctic Ecosystem Influenced by Coastal Currents | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Interaction between waves and vegetation | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) mitigate coastal erosion and extreme weather by enhancing resilience, dissipating wave energy, and stabilizing shorelines. Research highlights their role in wave attenuation. Integrating NBS into coastal management ensures sustainable and effective shoreline protection.

The ‘World’s Dumbest Bird’ can innovate to find food | Research Communities by Springer Nature

For the first time, Palaeognath birds (the ancestral bird grouping containing large, flightless birds like ostriches and emus) are shown to be capable of technical innovation, inventing new behaviour to access concealed food.

Unveiling Trust in Digital Healthcare | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Digital health can transform healthcare, enhancing care person-centred and collaboration. However, trust is crucial for adoption and effective use of digital health technologies.

Join Catal's Editorial Board | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Catal welcomes researchers from the catalysis community, who are interested in serving on the editorial board of our esteemed journal!

Capturing Empire Through the Lens: Colonial Narratives and Power Structures in Henry Wellcome’s Expedition to Jebel Moya, Sudan | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Photographs are not simply an image of something and archaeology is not simply about uncovering humanity's past.

Finding Our Voices: Amplification and Quality of Life in Women with Turner Syndrome | Research Communities by Springer Nature

With Rare Disease Day 2025 Approaching, we wanted to share a behind the scenes look at our collaborative project with the Turner syndrome community. This study investigated the impact of hearing aids on communication confidence and quality of life in women with Turner syndrome.

Is there a well-being cost to higher affluence? | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Lurking within the same dataset that many have examined, we find another key indicator – stress. Stress, which may also reflect people’s deeper sense of well-being, shows a turning point with income.

Advancing Perovskite-Based Photovoltaics | Research Communities by Springer Nature

This event will bring together scientists, engineers, and industry researchers converge to explore the latest advancements and pressing challenges in perovskite-based solar cells.

2024 AIOT Best Paper Award Webinar by Prof. Hiroaki Tohyama | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Advances in Operator Theory (AIOT) presents best paper award yearly . The award in the year n is given to the best paper published in the years n-1 and n-2. Professor Hiroaki Tohyama was selected to present the 2024 webinar on April 26, 2024.

2024 BJMA Best Paper Award Webinar by Prof. Gelu Popescu | Research Communities by Springer Nature

The Banach Journal of Mathematical Analysis presents best paper award yearly . The award in the year n is given to the best paper published in the years n-1 and n-2. Professor Gelu Popescu was selected to present the 2024 webinar on May 3, 2024.

2023 BJMA Best Paper Award Webinar by Prof. Andreas Defant | Research Communities by Springer Nature

The Banach Journal of Mathematical Analysis presents best paper award yearly . The award in the year n is given to the best paper published in the years n-1 and n-2. Professor Andreas Defant was selected to present the 2023 webinar on July 6, 2023.

Annals of Functional Analysis Best Paper Award Webinars | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Annals of Functional Analysis (AOFA) presents best paper award yearly . The award in the year n is given to the best paper published in the years n-1 and n-2. Each year the best paper is selected by a committee formed from the journals' editors.

Rare Disease Day 2025: Addressing the Research Divide | Research Communities by Springer Nature

This piece was a runner-up entry in Beacon for Rare Diseases and Medics4RareDiseases' Student Voice Prize. It focuses on the challenges of conducting research in rare disease populations.

Banach Journal of Mathematical Analysis Best Paper Award Webinars | Research Communities by Springer Nature

The Banach Journal of Mathematical Analysis (BJMA) presents best paper award yearly . The award in the year n is given to the best paper published in the years n-1 and n-2. Each year the best paper is selected by a committee formed from the journals' editors.

Advances in Operator Theory Best Paper Award Webinars | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Advances in Operator Theory (AIOT) presents best paper award yearly . The award in the year n is given to the best paper published in the years n-1 and n-2. Each year the best paper is selected by a committee formed from the journals' editors.

“I can hear you”: How Illness Perceptions Shape the Identity of Children with Rare Diseases | Research Communities by Springer Nature

This blog is drawn from my essay, which was selected as a runner-up in the international Student Voice Prize essay competition 2024 and was published to celebrate Rare Disease Day 2025. I owe a special thank you to my patient "Erin" and Gaucher's Association.

Meet the Editor: Elvin Geng, our new co-Editor-in Chief for Implementation Science Communications | Research Communities by Springer Nature

A Q&A with Elvin Geng, who took on the co-EiC role for Implementation Science Communications in January 2025. A Professor of Medicine within the Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University in St. Louis, he also leads as its Director of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation.

2024 AOFA Best Paper Award Webinar by Prof. G. Ramesh | Research Communities by Springer Nature

The Annals of Functional Analysis presents best paper award yearly . The award in the year n is given to the best paper published in the years n-1 and n-2. Professor G. Ramesh was selected to present the 2024 webinar on March 25, 2024.

A Simple Way to Reduce Racial Discrimination in Online Ratings | Research Communities by Springer Nature

In today’s gig economy, customers’ ratings often reflect subtle racial biases, disproportionately affecting non-White workers. Our study proposes a simple solution: Replacing the common five-star rating system with a binary (thumbs-up/thumbs-down) scale.

From the Horse's Mouth: An Interview with AGI on Its Views About the Future, Humanity, and Itself | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Lately, we’ve entered this crazy era of AGI, and it’s stirred up a lot of talk—some people are excited, while others are super skeptical. Everyone’s throwing around their own opinions, trying to make sense of it all. Instead of just adding to the chatter, we decided to do something different.

Revisiting Europe’s agricultural past through a new suitability index | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Climate change isn’t just a modern concern—it’s been reshaping human societies for centuries. Yet how these earlier shifts played out across different regions remains only partially understood.

Salmonella Typhimurium has a sweet tooth | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Salmonella Typhimurium is a facultative anaerobic bacterium belonging to the family of Enterobacteriaceae and a common cause of diarrheal disease. In Schubert et al., we investigated the key nutrients that S. Typhimurium utilizes during gut infection.

Navigating the Highs and Lows of a Clinical Trial as a Research Coordinator | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Introduction: The Reality Behind the Research

Machine-discovered laws of human mobility | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Towards the quantized anomalous Hall effect in layered topological antiferromagnets | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Achieving quantized transport is crucial for manipulating novel topological quantum states. To overcome challenges in reliably reproducing the QAH effect in MnBi2Te4, the authors propose a fabrication method that enables the creation of high-quality dissipationless topological transport devices.

🚀 Breakthrough in Mechanoluminescence: Enhancing Performance by 20x via Interfacial Triboelectricity! 🔬✨ | Research Communities by Springer Nature

20× Boost ! Mechanoluminescence (ML) enables self-powered sensing, but its efficiency remains a challenge. Our study in Nat. Comm. reveals how interfacial triboelectricity drives ML, enhancing performance 20-fold—paving the way for wearables, stress mapping, and biomechanical applications!

Channelling Jean-Luc Picard for urban dune surveys with handheld TLS | Research Communities by Springer Nature

This research seeks to benchmark handheld terrestrial laser scanning approaches for urban dunes. When survey approaches are developing rapidly, there is still much work to do testing their application in a wide variety of natural environments.

Break the Visual Shackles in Scientific Research and Explore the True Essence | Research Communities by Springer Nature

The limit of authoritative research on fundamental particles is vision, and the essence of vision is fundamental particles.

Yay! We got some outlier loci! Now what??? | Research Communities by Springer Nature

We developed an integrative framework that combines adaptive divergence maps with functional genomics layers from multiple tissues to refine our understanding of the physiological functions, genes, and regulatory links involved in the adaptation of keystone freshwater fish species.

🎥 Breakthrough in Mechanoluminescence: Watch 2000 Cycles of Stretching Trigger a Stunning Luminescence Shift! 🔬✨ | Research Communities by Springer Nature

Mechanoluminescence (ML) in Action! This stunning video showcases how 2000 stretching cycles trigger a fascinating color shift in ML materials, revealing the first direct evidence of electron transfer-driven self-oxidation and self-reduction in Eu-doped composites. what applications do you see for?