Original ResearchPublished 8 September 2026Unravelling the link between tree architecture and production potential in Theobroma cacao: implications for pruning strategiesStéphane Saj · Thomas Wibaux · Sam Wallner · Lucia Descarpontriez · Consuelo Campos · Ruben Humerez · Johanna Rüegg · Pierre-Eric LauriFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1869482
Original ResearchPublished 8 September 2026Quantifying aboveground biomass and carbon stock in Drepanostachyum falcatum , a temperate Himalayan bamboo in India: an allometric modeling frameworkIndra Singh · Sadikul Islam · V.P. Khanduri · Pravin Rawat · C.S. Dhanai · Aman Dabral · JMS Tomar · Pritam Ayush · Abhay Kumar · Saraswati Prakash Sati · Manoj Kumar Riyal · Gaddam Sudharshan ReddyFrontiers in Ecology and Evolutiondoi 10.3389/fevo.2026.1872137
ReviewPublished 7 September 2026Innovative nanomedicine strategies for precision-controlled targeted drug delivery: recent preclinical progressAshna Sureshkumar · Prakash BaluFrontiers in Biomaterials Sciencedoi 10.3389/fbiom.2026.1916503
Original ResearchPublished 7 September 2026Quantitative assessment of heart-brain coupling in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathyDanylo Reznichenko · Alina Frunza · Anastasiya Babintseva · Yevhenii Karpliuk · Oleksandr Romanchuk · Anton Popov · Kateryna Ivanko · Illya ChaikovskyFrontiers in Network Physiologydoi 10.3389/fnetp.2026.1889331
ReviewPublished 7 September 2026Epigenetics in asthma: implications for treatable traitsVasiliki Apollonatou · Argyro Vrouvaki · Marina Moustaka Christodoulou · Athanasios Fengas · Stelios Loukides · Evangelia FoukaFrontiers in Allergydoi 10.3389/falgy.2026.1929559
Original ResearchPublished 7 September 2026The venezuelan scientific diaspora as a transnational actor: knowledge circulation, STI cooperation, and developmentLuisa F. Echeverría-King · Branislav Pantović · Kleinsy Bonilla · Daniela Moreno Garcia · Estiven González-SarmientoFrontiers in Research Metrics and Analyticsdoi 10.3389/frma.2026.1870192
Systematic ReviewPublished 7 September 2026Transformational leadership, sustainability governance, and organizational maturity in higher education institutions: a systematic review toward sustainable energy performanceEdgar Giovanny Cuzco · José Sánchez Velasco · José Luis Jínez TapiaFrontiers in Sustainabilitydoi 10.3389/frsus.2026.1859463
Systematic ReviewPublished 7 September 2026Climate-induced migration, livelihood vulnerability and associated adaptation strategies: a systematic literature reviewMd Shemul Sheikh · Jurian Edelenbos · Alberto GianoliFrontiers in Human Dynamicsdoi 10.3389/fhumd.2026.1834445
Original ResearchPublished 7 September 2026Investigating the relationship between colour and visual perception in campus circulation spaces: a data-informed exploratory frameworkElif Sözer · Ezgi Yılmaz · Gökçen Firdevs Yücel CaymazFrontiers in Built Environmentdoi 10.3389/fbuil.2026.1928896
Original ResearchPublished 7 September 2026Investigating social drones for recreational running through co-designSofia Thunberg · Stine Schmieg Johansen · Martin Bergström · Mohammad ObaidFrontiers in Robotics and AIdoi 10.3389/frobt.2026.1897014
Mini ReviewPublished 7 September 2026Gut microbiota responses to two-dimensional materials: insights from in vivo models and in vitro antibacterial studiesWen Xu · Guotao PengFrontiers in Toxicologydoi 10.3389/ftox.2026.1865240
Original ResearchPublished 4 September 2026Preverbal infants' evaluation of sharing behaviors within a “taking turns” context is modulated by the perspectives they adoptZijian Tian · Kazuo HirakiFrontiers in Developmental Psychologydoi 10.3389/fdpys.2026.1904707
Original ResearchPublished 4 September 2026In silico and experimental characterization of NRPS adenylation domain-mediated biosurfactant production in Lactobacillus helveticus MTCC 5463Madhu Kumari · Kamini Pandey · Sameena Mehtab · Barkha SinghalFrontiers in Bacteriologydoi 10.3389/fbrio.2026.1895576
Mini ReviewPublished 4 September 2026At the nucleus of neuronal health: Drosophila insights into LaminB-dependent homeostasis in aging and cell deathFrancesco NapoletanoFrontiers in Cell Deathdoi 10.3389/fceld.2026.1954383
Original ResearchPublished 4 September 2026Tailoring an auricular point acupressure self-management program for chronic pain: lessons learned from rural partnersJungkyung Min · Jennifer Kawi · Rupsikha Bora · Sarah Pace · Tonychris Nnaka · Hulin Wu · Jane BolinFrontiers in Pain Researchdoi 10.3389/fpain.2026.1851109
ReviewPublished 4 September 2026Neuropeptide Y signaling in osteoarthritis pain: neuroimmune mechanisms, joint remodeling, and translational opportunitiesHeng Qiu · Li Wang · Danni Luo · Yong HuangFrontiers in Pain Researchdoi 10.3389/fpain.2026.1884062
Original ResearchPublished 4 September 2026Identifying mounting behaviour in boars using deep learning-based instance segmentation and binary classification - a pilot studyHarry Aricibasi · Jessica Bode · Renée Bergeron · Dan TulpanFrontiers in Bioinformaticsdoi 10.3389/fbinf.2026.1869902
ReviewPublished 4 September 2026CFEM proteins: unique to fungi with essential roles in plant host interactionsEdgar David Carrillo-Hernández · Nohemi Carreras-Villaseñor · Javier Plasencia · Eric Edmundo Hernández-Dominguez · Diana Sánchez-RangelFrontiers in Fungal Biologydoi 10.3389/ffunb.2026.1866984
ReviewPublished 4 September 2026From biological surfaces to engineered systems: how synthetic and systems biology enable biomimetic designBtisème Bendjebour · Clément Iriart · Mathumitha Jeevakumar · William Potié · Lison Salin · Sébastien Urien · Johan Habersetzer · Urielle M’Be · Sophie Mothré · Pierre-Antoine Vigneron · Julien GrimaudFrontiers in Systems Biologydoi 10.3389/fsysb.2026.1860815
PerspectivePublished 4 September 2026Embedding planetary health and sustainability in dental education: a community-engaged training model from KenyaJames Johnstone Nyachio · Gladys Mwango Akama · Ochiba LukanduFrontiers in Oral Healthdoi 10.3389/froh.2026.1878019
Original ResearchPublished 4 September 2026Roles in brain stimulation, recording and interpreting neuroimaging data: a systematic survey of 26 countries on current practices in EEG, MRI, TCD, TMS and FUSVugar Valizada · Leon Daði Sesseljuson · Raffaele Nardone · Aljoscha Thomschewski · Eugen Trinka · Yvonne HöllerFrontiers in Medical Technologydoi 10.3389/fmedt.2026.1917621
Original ResearchPublished 4 September 2026A practical approach for regulatory acceptance of virtual control groups: vehicle pooling and biological relevance assessmentJiwon Kim · Yoongi Kim · Daeui Park · Sang Kyum Kim · Myung-Gyun KangFrontiers in Toxicologydoi 10.3389/ftox.2026.1888158
Original ResearchPublished 4 September 2026Comparative in vitro safety assessments of synthetized and plant-derived cannabidiol (CBD), and pharmacokinetics of synthetized CBD: evidence of similar toxicological profiles and accumulation upon repeated oral administrationE. T. Wong · D. Bovard · W. K. Schlage · W. Xia · H. Isa · O. Sirbu · A. R. Kolli · G. N. Nikolajsen · S. S. Jensen · J. Ho · B. Phillips · J. HoengFrontiers in Toxicologydoi 10.3389/ftox.2026.1844643
ReviewPublished 4 September 2026Sleep disturbances as an early indicator of psychotic disorders in adolescents and young adultsJulia Jaromirska · Dominik Strzelecki · Magdalena Kotlicka-Antczak · Piotr Białasiewicz · Agata GabryelskaFrontiers in Synaptic Neurosciencedoi 10.3389/fnsyn.2026.1949833
Brief Research ReportPublished 3 September 2026An overlooked function of trichomes in defense against parasitic plantsCarlos Frey · Lucía López-López · Andrea Martínez-Toral · José Luis AcebesFrontiers in Plant Physiologydoi 10.3389/fphgy.2026.1894074
Mini ReviewPublished 3 September 2026Recent advances in mass spectrometry methods for the investigation of oligomeric intermediates of amyloid protein aggregationCarlo Santambrogio · Erika Ponzini · Frank Sobott · Rita GrandoriFrontiers in Biophysicsdoi 10.3389/frbis.2026.1939530
Systematic ReviewPublished 3 September 2026What we know about executive function research in Africa: A scoping reviewChika Ezeugwu · Stephen Bayley · Sara BakerFrontiers in Developmental Psychologydoi 10.3389/fdpys.2026.1885696
ReviewPublished 3 September 2026Non-target analysis for wastewater treatment evaluation: strategies, applications, and future directionsIsra Koko · Fares AlMomani · Muhammad Zia UR Rahman Hashmi · Sophia GhanimehFrontiers in Environmental Engineeringdoi 10.3389/fenve.2026.1911579
Brief Research ReportPublished 3 September 2026The circulating metatranscriptome in acute myeloid leukemia patients: an RNA-seq reanalysisAn Dinh Duy Nguyen · Roshan Kern · Tatiana Dombrovski · Thomas LaFramboiseFrontiers in Microbiomesdoi 10.3389/frmbi.2026.1903806
Systematic ReviewPublished 3 September 2026Mapping intersectionality in dementia care research: a decadal scoping reviewMartina Roes · Franziska Laporte Uribe · Simone Anna Felding · Georgina Charlesworth · Nicole Müller · Saloua Berdai · Jem Bhatt · Kuebra Altinok · Viktoria Peters-NehrenheimFrontiers in Dementiadoi 10.3389/frdem.2026.1779670
ReviewPublished 3 September 2026Synaptic deposition of lysophospholipids at stresses - risk of the regional lipotoxicity for brain diseasesTetsumori YamashimaFrontiers in Cell Deathdoi 10.3389/fceld.2026.1858071
ReviewPublished 3 September 2026Tourism and biodiversity dynamics in African conservation systems: gradual ecological change, social trade-offs and adaptive governanceChiedza Ngonidzashe Mutanga · Edson Gandiwa · Reniko GondoFrontiers in Sustainable Resource Managementdoi 10.3389/fsrma.2026.1861347
Mini ReviewPublished 3 September 2026Testicular adrenal rests tumours in congenital adrenal hyperplasia: unraveling prevalence, risk factors and new therapeutic horizons in adolescentsIrene Tizianel · Giulia Bovo · Pierluigi Mazzeo · Filippo Ceccato · Mattia BarbotFrontiers in Adolescent Medicinedoi 10.3389/fradm.2026.1919128
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026Assessing the spatiotemporal dynamics of land-use/land-cover change and human-wildlife conflict around Hluhluwe-iMfolozi park, South AfricaOngeziwe Njomi · Oscar Z. Gwala · Mohammed B. Altoom · Abel Ramoelo · Remi Chandran · Ram Avtar · Michael GebreslasieFrontiers in Remote Sensingdoi 10.3389/frsen.2026.1914197
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026Personal sense of coherence and posttraumatic stress symptoms among internally displaced women exposed to the Anglophone Crisis in CameroonEdwige Emilie Kouamen Tatto Mouandjo · Anne Wandjiru Mbwayo · Anne Muthoni Mathai · Jean-Baptiste Fotso Djemo · Houdou Seyni · Thomas Schnell · Julia Fischer · Roland Weierstall-Pust · Gesa PustFrontiers in Global Women's Healthdoi 10.3389/fgwh.2026.1894160
Mini ReviewPublished 3 September 2026Deployment-oriented evaluation of deep learning network intrusion detection systemsKai Liang Lew · Kok Swee Sim · Hao Xian CheongFrontiers in Communications and Networksdoi 10.3389/frcmn.2026.1863367
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026Peripheral adaptive immune remodeling associated with severe hearing loss in older adults: a single-center flow-cytometry study with mouse cochlear transcriptomic contextQunhui Zhang · Wei Liu · Meijun Shao · Jinyu Wang · Qianyi Zhong · Linlan JiangFrontiers in Agingdoi 10.3389/fragi.2026.1925166
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026Lightweight confidentiality framework for TinyML-enabled IoT edge communicationKurunandan Jain · Prabhakar Krishnan · Sethu Subramanian N. · Prabu P.Frontiers in Computer Sciencedoi 10.3389/fcomp.2026.1847364
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026The intersection of post-quantum cryptography and QaaS: architecting quantum-safe cloud infrastructuresAkshay Joseph · Radhakrishnan DelhibabuFrontiers in Computer Sciencedoi 10.3389/fcomp.2026.1879744
ReviewPublished 3 September 2026CO 2 as a sustainable carbon synthon for advanced chemical manufacturingYashika Raheja · Pallavi Gupta · Saurabh Singh · Krishna Gautam · Aishwarya Aishwarya · Ajay Kumar · Ritu Chauhan · Bhupinder Singh Chadha · Janmejai Kumar Srivastava · Vivek Kumar GaurFrontiers in Chemical Engineeringdoi 10.3389/fceng.2026.1896459
Systematic ReviewPublished 3 September 2026Assessing ethical aspects of heat adaptation in informal settlements in LMIC urban areas using a disaster justice informed theory: a rapid reviewLira Ramadani · Juliana Lenz · Katharina Förster · Melanie Boeckmann · Fatema Kashfi · Tamima Ahmed · Rumana Huque · Deepa BaruaFrontiers in Climatedoi 10.3389/fclim.2026.1873994
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026Selection bias in post-encroachment time conflict severity modeling using a full information maximum likelihood frameworkKaram Daoud · Abdallah Alrawashdeh · Narayan VenkataramanFrontiers in Future Transportationdoi 10.3389/ffutr.2026.1893114
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026The “puberty deadline”: cultural constructions of maturity, anticipated shame, and child marriage as a perceived risk-mitigation strategy in rural NigerJean Christophe Fotso · Aichatou Hamadou · Ferdinard Ngong · Paul BukulukiFrontiers in Reproductive Healthdoi 10.3389/frph.2026.1922270
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026Design and optimization of urban open drainage systems under compound flooding: a rank based sequential SWMM simulation optimization frameworkVed Prakash · Om Prakash Vats · Dhruba Jyoti Sarmah · Rajib Kumar Bhattacharjya · Uditha Rohana RatnayakeFrontiers in Waterdoi 10.3389/frwa.2026.1914363
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026A study on the spatial assessment of site quality in the Manas River Basin based on the site indexZhongqiong Zhao · Mei Zan · Lili Zhai · Jia Zhou · Jian Ke · Yuting Zhao · Ruilian Yuan · Chenyang Gan · Jimei LiFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1923592
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026An empirical investigation of supplier-driven operational risks in manufacturing systems using multivariate statistical analysisGajanan Rachalawar · Ujjwal Mishra · Sandeep G. Thorat · Prashant Paraye · Swapnil GundFrontiers in Mechanical Engineeringdoi 10.3389/fmech.2026.1879675
PerspectivePublished 3 September 2026Aurora forecasting apps as communicators of space weather: an exploratory perspectiveTanya E. Melnik · Vincent E. Ledvina · Elizabeth A. MacDonald · Elizabeth A. Miller · MaryBeth Kiczenski · Laura Edson · Brian M. SlattumFrontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciencesdoi 10.3389/fspas.2026.1749567
ReviewPublished 3 September 2026Pollutants regulate changes in pathological markers of neurodegenerative diseases: a new perspective in environmental toxicologyXingbo Kou · Qianqian Hu · Yibo Kou · Dinghao AnFrontiers in Toxicologydoi 10.3389/ftox.2026.1814795