Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Camk2d upregulation is associated with postoperative cognitive dysfunction in aged rats: pharmacological inhibition of CaMKII attenuates hippocampal neuroinflammation and neuronal apoptosisKaihua Wei · Shiwen Fan · Yujia Zhao · Xiaobin Cai · Xinlei Qin · Jingwen Zhai · Liping XieFrontiers in Aging Neurosciencedoi 10.3389/fnagi.2026.1975677
Mini ReviewPublished 12 October 2026From solar heat to digital drying: integrating computational fluid dynamics, process optimisation, and digital twins for sustainable tuber-chip dryingChinyere Nneoma UgwuFrontiers in Food Science and Technologydoi 10.3389/frfst.2026.1985752
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Tailoring soy protein isolate–alginate double emulsion composite gel microcapsules for cheese-like texture and probiotic protection in plant-based cheese analoguesToshifumi Udo · Ethan He · Gopinath Mummaleti · Yang Jiao · Jinru Chen · Rakesh K. Singh · Fanbin KongFrontiers in Food Science and Technologydoi 10.3389/frfst.2026.1972949
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Left to cope alone: how pregnant and postpartum women and their newborns manage extreme heat in coastal Kilifi, KenyaAdelaide Lusambili · Fiona Scorgie · Matthew Chersich · Britt Nakstad · Stanley Luchters · Peter Khaemba · Veronique Filippi · Jeremy Hess · Sari KovatsFrontiers in Global Women's Healthdoi 10.3389/fgwh.2026.1825348
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026A comparison between polyacrylamide and arcillite granules as substrates for space agricultureNicholas M. Miklave · Karl H. HasensteinFrontiers in Space Technologiesdoi 10.3389/frspt.2026.1899542
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Biogenic fabrication of zinc oxide nanoparticles for enhanced germination and early seedling establishment of rice under salinity stressJennifer Flora · Saiyyeda FirdousFrontiers in Nanotechnologydoi 10.3389/fnano.2026.1944557
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Human rights to water and sanitation at COP30: a comparative media analysis from a climate-vulnerable host cityDavi Madureira Victral · Bruna Silveira de OliveiraFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1895638
Hypothesis and TheoryPublished 12 October 2026Belief-sensitive norm nudging for household tap water use: an indirect-pathways argumentAdriano Angelucci · Alberto PirniFrontiers in Waterdoi 10.3389/frwa.2026.1891417
ReviewPublished 12 October 2026Smart water management in agriculture: convergence of sensors, imaging, AI, precision irrigation, and robotics systemsSachin Ghanghas · Naveen Sihag · Parveen DhangerFrontiers in Waterdoi 10.3389/frwa.2026.1973897
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Natural ecosystem loss in an Atlantic Forest agricultural basin: drivers of land-use change and future landscape trajectoriesEdberto Moura Lima · Bano Mehdi-Schulz · José Miguel ReichertFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsdoi 10.3389/fsufs.2026.1912707
ReviewPublished 12 October 2026Beyond single-element toxicity: chromium-salinity interactions, food-chain transfer and mitigation in sugarcane agroecosystemsGowtham Sornam · Sugumaran Melkumaramangalam Palani · Parameswari Ettiyagounder · Kalaiselvi Thangavel · Saravanan Naaganoor Ananthan · Elayarajan Maharajan · Selva Kumar Manikkam · Sassikumar Datchinamoorthy · Sinduja Murugaiyan · Priyatharsini SengottaiyanFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsdoi 10.3389/fsufs.2026.1942892
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Enhancing the residual strength of clay bricks exposed to elevated temperatures using metal oxides, carbon black, and sodium hydroxide activationHebah Mohammad Al-Jabali · Walid Fouad Edris · Amr Abdelkhalik · Abd Al-Kader A. Al Sayed · Shady KhairyFrontiers in Built Environmentdoi 10.3389/fbuil.2026.1966926
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Scale effects on wave forces and flow structures around a perforated semicircular submerged breakwaterHan Wang · Hongkang Wei · Yikang Gao · Dake Chen · Zishun Yao · Tiago Fazeres-Ferradosa · Yin Cheng · Yali Luo · Dawei GuanFrontiers in Marine Sciencedoi 10.3389/fmars.2026.1971245
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Quantified impact of projected climate change on groundwater recharge and river discharge leveraging the use of open access geospatial dataJulius Incillo Jimenez · Nitin Kumar Tripathi · Ashish Pandey · Sangam Shrestha · Kuo Chieh ChaoFrontiers in Earth Sciencedoi 10.3389/feart.2026.1857327
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Effects of pressure on the stable carbon isotope composition of gas generated from continental type-I and type-III kerogen under semi-closed conditionsYanju Li · Hao Yang · Zhonghong Ning · Shengling Jiang · Biyang Feng · Xiulan Zhu · Wanchang Zhang · Xianghe MaFrontiers in Earth Sciencedoi 10.3389/feart.2026.1861447
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Glacier change at the ISM-MLW transition: multi-decadal evidence of spatial heterogeneity from the Sara Umga watershed, western HimalayaSoumik Das · Suresh Das · Sandip Tanu Mandal · Elora Chakraborty · Prachi Rajput · Ishita Manna · Sanjay Deswal · Milap Chand SharmaFrontiers in Earth Sciencedoi 10.3389/feart.2026.1896483
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Seasonal runoff-driven transport of oxytetracycline from swine feces and its effects on soil bacteria and antimicrobial resistance riskJoaquín Mozo · Julieta María Decundo · Guadalupe Martínez · Susana Nelly Dieguez · Alejandro Luis Soraci · Denisa Soledad Pérez GaudioFrontiers in Veterinary Sciencedoi 10.3389/fvets.2026.1919739
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026An update on freshwater gastropods serving as intermediate hosts of amphistomes infecting livestock in South AfricaIgnore Nyagura · Mokgadi Pulane Malatji · Sophy Nukeri · Madeline Siyasiziwe Sibula · Philile Ignecious Ngcamphalala · Samson MukaratirwaFrontiers in Veterinary Sciencedoi 10.3389/fvets.2026.1862617
ReviewPublished 12 October 2026Mulberry (Morus alba) leaves in sheep and goat nutrition: a critical narrative review of rumen function, performance, meat quality, and mechanistic evidenceMuhammad Jawad · Pengyu Zhang · Haoqi Yang · Jianguo Shi · Linfeng Mi · Yanyi He · Sina Lu · Pengpeng Fu · Huzaifa Iftikhar · Xiaoyue SongFrontiers in Veterinary Sciencedoi 10.3389/fvets.2026.1986200
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Promoting chiral metalaxyl degradation by bioaugmentation with a host-guest soil microbial consortiumChao Xu · Haibin Gu · Jiandong Sheng · Pingan Jiang · Ze WangFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1899881
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Risk assessment of water treatment chemical supply disruptions in China using a synthetic water quality dataset and the Best-Worst MethodPan Zhao · Yuhui LeiFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1952439
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Satellite LiDAR reveals patterns in water table depth and flood risk in SE Asia coastal lowland and peatland plantationsR. Vernimmen · A. HooijerFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1869652
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Amine-terminated zirconium metal-organic framework as an efficient adsorbent for lanthanum removalJagadeesan Saranya · Sivalingam Ramesh · R. T. Rajendra Kumar · Yuvaraj HaldoraiFrontiers in Materialsdoi 10.3389/fmats.2026.1944659
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Bio-inspired SiO 2 /Polydopamine functionalized PET fabrics for enhanced ultraviolet protection and thermophysiological comfortMuhammad Zaman Khan · Jiri Militky · Jakub Wiener · Martina VikováFrontiers in Materialsdoi 10.3389/fmats.2026.1965932
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Water limitation alters pea seed compositional traits and the culturable bacterial fraction recovered from the rhizosphereJoana Machado · Bruno Nogueira-Santos · Marta Nunes da Silva · Gianuario Fortunato · Carla Sancho Santos · Marta W. VasconcelosFrontiers in Plant Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1932989
ReviewPublished 12 October 2026Advanced soilless cultivation of medicinal plants: integrating dynamic LED lighting, elicitation, and smart technologies for sustainable biomass and phytochemical productionAmit Kumar · Kanika · Shashi Rani · Ashish Rambhau WarghatFrontiers in Plant Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1970412
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Comprehensive effects of plastic film mulching and combined application of water and nitrogen on photosynthetic characteristics, yield formation, and water-nitrogen use efficiency of citrusHongmei Gu · Ping Li · Mengyuan Deng · Yun Zhong · Yuliang Fu · Songlin WangFrontiers in Plant Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1963480
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Genome-wide analysis of the GATA gene family in Castanea mollissima reveals key regulators involved in salt stress responseXiangyu Wang · Xili Liu · Jun Liu · Le Niu · Huoqiang Quan · Tong Zhang · Qinuo Li · Guoyun Zhang · Liyang YuFrontiers in Plant Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1907055
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Coordination of photosynthetic performance and leaf N:P stoichiometry under fluctuating coastal environmental conditions in Bolboschoenoplectus mariqueterJiayuan Wang · Lianjiang Lyu · Xuexin Shao · Tonggui Wu · Fang Zhou · Long Zhang · Wenwen YuanFrontiers in Plant Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1911028
ReviewPublished 12 October 2026Ulvan, carrageenan, and fucoidan: comparative immunomodulatory mechanisms and future directions in major algal sulfated polysaccharidesShuang Zhao · Zhangyi Xia · Jinlin Liu · Meijing Zhang · Maozi Lin · Guangmao Ding · Longchen Tang · Fang Su · Jingyi Sun · Chao ZhaoFrontiers in Immunologydoi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1949951
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Dried blood spot IP-10 as a biomarker of tuberculosis severity and treatment responses: results from a phase IIb trial of adjunctive acetylsalicylic acid and ibuprofenIselin Høgbakk Edlund · Noelia Alonso-Rodriguez · Chiara Sopegno · Judith Farrés · Nino Gogichadze · Lilibeth Arias · Kaori L Fonseca · Kennedy Otwombe · Ziyaad Waja · Tumelo Moloantoa · Natasha Pillay · Thabiso Seiphetlo · Neil Martinson · Cristina Vilaplana · Anne Ma Dyrhol-RiiseFrontiers in Immunologydoi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1924239
Policy and Practice ReviewsPublished 12 October 2026Obesity in adults: overview of a clinical practice guideline for South AfricaMarli Conradie-Smit · Wayne May · Clayton Arendse · Jason Bantjes · Zaheer Bayat · Elna Barnard · Sindeep Bhana · Nomathemba Chandiwana · Annibale Cois · Paula N. Diab · Zodwa Dire · Virginia R. Fourie · Julia H. Goedecke · Jocelyn Hellig · Zachary Koto · Kathleen Mawson · Makama Andries Monyeki · Angela Murphy · Christina Nieuwoudt · Marisa Noeth · Nicole Pearce · Joanna Skelton · Thinus (JGM) Smit · Sanjeev Sockalingam · Francois H. van Zyl · Jeanne LubbeFrontiers in Endocrinologydoi 10.3389/fendo.2026.1875018
Systematic ReviewPublished 12 October 2026Efficacy of stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles in animal models of autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysisZhen Zheng · Manfen Ji · Yayong Liang · Sinian PanFrontiers in Psychiatrydoi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1956214
ReviewPublished 9 October 2026The impact of man-made water bodies on local biodiversity: two casesElena Anufriieva · Nickolai ShadrinFrontiers in Freshwater Sciencedoi 10.3389/ffwsc.2026.1935670
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Performance of smooth cayenne pineapple under tropical conditions: unravelling effects of postharvest duration and ripening stageKalolaini Koto Colaitiniyara · Shamal Shasang Kumar · Owais Ali Wani · Savenaca Cuquma · Mohammadi Begum Jeelani · Nouf Abdulrahman Alqahtani · Qasem Al-mdallalFrontiers in Horticulturedoi 10.3389/fhort.2026.1941588
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026PCA-Lasso-based forecasting of agricultural water use and identification of key predictor variables in inland river basins of Northwest ChinaChao Xian · Maoding Zhou · Zerun Tian · Chen Shi · Yucai Wang · Dongyuan SunFrontiers in Waterdoi 10.3389/frwa.2026.1976296
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Prediction of flow maldistribution in 3D-printed water-flow distributors for thermal-fluid system designNibras M. Mahdi · Jenan S. Sherza · Zainab T. Al-Sharify · Amar S. Abdul-Zahra · Luttfi A. Al-Haddad · Ahmed Ali Farhan OgailiFrontiers in Waterdoi 10.3389/frwa.2026.1921076
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026CyberShield analytics: SHAP-guided stacking ensembles for organizational risk resilienceSadiya Chowdhury · Abdullah Al ImtihanFrontiers in Artificial Intelligencedoi 10.3389/frai.2026.1878587
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Sex-dependent transcriptional and imaging responses to metformin in young-adult mice with SuHx-induced pulmonary arterial hypertensionIrene Fernández-Folgueral · María Jesús Sánchez-Guisado · Irati Aiestaran-Zelaia · Marta Beraza · Aitor Zubillaga-Unsain · Claudia Miranda-Pérez de Alejo · Amanda Marrero-Pérez de Alejo · Kinsey Mae Thorpe · Angela Frimpong · Rui Adão · Ian J. Holt · Jesús Ruiz-CabelloFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicinedoi 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1947678
Hypothesis and TheoryPublished 9 October 2026Dimensional convergence at the nanoscale: a novel synthesis of experimental evidence justifying direct measurement of quantum coherence in microtubulesJustin EchternachFrontiers in Molecular Biosciencesdoi 10.3389/fmolb.2026.1840116
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Topographic influence on Gulf Stream meanderingGlenn Flierl · James Brice · Adele Ding · Mathilde AzamFrontiers in Marine Sciencedoi 10.3389/fmars.2026.1929138
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Feature-engineered physics-conditioned DNN with validation-selected ridge residual correction for pore water pressure prediction in claysChunyan Shang · Peng Cui · Liangjun Xu · Junbin Guan · Kun TanFrontiers in Earth Sciencedoi 10.3389/feart.2026.1909598
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Fluid balance, electrolyte, and neurohormonal responses to isotonic vs. hypotonic maintenance crystalloids in healthy Beagle dogsJiwoong Her · Daniel Gordon · Keon Kim · Jessica Wallinger · Catherine LangstonFrontiers in Veterinary Sciencedoi 10.3389/fvets.2026.1948054
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Riboflavin-photosensitized lipid oxidation in oil-in-water nanoemulsions: effects of oxygen scavengers and metal chelatorFatma Bozanoglu · Sibel Uluata · Gokhan DurmazFrontiers in Nutritiondoi 10.3389/fnut.2026.1924218
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Health-risk behaviours among university students in Bulawayo, ZimbabweGrace Moyo · Fortunate T. SilindaFrontiers in Public Healthdoi 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1914098
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Catalyzing sustainable development through digitalization: the nexus between government digital transition and green total factor productivityLei Wang · Jun Xu · Fangfang DengFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1946309
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Study on the influence of matrix asphalt mixture air voids on the performance of semi-flexible pavement materialsJie Chen · Zhiyu Yang · Hui Huang · Jiechao Lei · Weian XuanFrontiers in Materialsdoi 10.3389/fmats.2026.1930537
Case ReportPublished 9 October 2026Case Report: Bacteremic respiratory tularemia causing refractory ARDS requiring VV-ECMOCynthia Wenglinski · Fabrizio Buttafuoco · Michaël PiagnerelliFrontiers in Medicinedoi 10.3389/fmed.2026.1965100