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  • Carbon dioxide removal, capture and storage

    In this cross-journal Collection, we bring together studies that address novel and existing carbon dioxide removal and carbon capture and storage methods and their potential for up-scaling, including critical questions of timing, location, and cost. We also welcome articles on methodologies that measure and verify the climate and environmental impact and explore public perceptions.
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      Submission status: Open Deadline: 22 March 2025
    • Fragments in Drug Discovery

      In this collection, we want to highlight research that focuses on fragments in drug discovery. Have you found validated fragment hits for a new disease target? Maybe they unlocked an unreported enzyme mechanism? Were you able to develop a method that is useful for fragment-based drug discovery? Perhaps you found a hit that made it to clinical trials? We invite all scientists who work with fragments in the context of drug discovery to submit their interesting fragment stories. We look forward to hearing all about them.
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        Submission status: Open Deadline: 22 September 2024
      • Advances in catalytic hydrogen evolution

        This collection encourages submissions related to hydrogen evolution catalysis, particularly where hydrogen gas is the primary product. This is a cross-journal partnership between the Energy Materials team at Nature Communications with Communications Chemistry, Communications Engineering, Communications Materials, and Scientific Reports. We seek studies covering a range of perspectives including materials design & development, catalytic performance, or underlying mechanistic understanding. Other works focused on potential applications and large-scale demonstration of hydrogen evolution are also welcome.
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          Submission status: Open Deadline: 18 September 2024
        • Radio Astronomy

          This collection features research highlights in radio astronomy and technical developments enabling radio observations of various astronomical sources.
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            Submission status: Open Deadline: 18 September 2024
          • Antimicrobial resistance: a silent pandemic

            With this collection, Nature Communications, Nature Medicine, Communications Medicine and Scientific Reports aim to publish research articles spanning the breadth of AMR and across microbial pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites). This includes, and is not limited to epidemiological monitoring of resistance incidence in clinical and environmental settings, novel strategies aiming to combat or prevent AMR (i.e. drug repurposing, drug synergy treatment, and vaccines), improvements in diagnostics, and subsequently tailored treatment, of drug-resistant infections.
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              Submission status: Open Deadline: 12 September 2024
            • Supramolecular polymers

              Supramolecular polymers have emerged as an exciting class of materials over the last three decades. This Collection aims to highlight recent progress in the field of supramolecular polymers, including strategies and mechanisms for their controlled polymerization, approaches to characterization and modelling, study of their physical and mechanical properties, and demonstration of their potential applications.
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                Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 August 2024
              • Immune Aging

                This collection aims to improve understanding how the immune system changes during aging and welcomes submissions to Nature Communications, Communications Biology, and Scientific Reports.
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                  Submission status: Open Deadline: 27 August 2024
                • Oligodendrocytes in health and disease

                  This cross-journal Collection welcomes the submission of primary research articles that focus on oligodendrocytes lineage cells in development, physiology, and disease.
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                    Submission status: Open Deadline: 27 August 2024
                  • Psychological dimensions of immigration

                    The Editors at Communications Psychology, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports invite submissions on the psychological dimensions of immigration.
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                      Submission status: Open Deadline: 27 August 2024
                    • Scaffolds for tissue engineering

                      This cross-journal Collection between Nature Communications, Communications Materials and Scientific Reports brings together the latest developments in scaffolds for hard and soft tissue regeneration.
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                        Submission status: Open Deadline: 01 October 2024