ReviewPublished 24 September 2026Strengthening patient safety through biosafety and infection prevention measures during COVID-19: a policy and practice reviewZixuan Gao · Shiyu Wang · Yaqin Zhang · Shuojie Wang · Dianya Qiu · Linmei Yao · Tianyu Ma · Weihua Cao · Wen Deng · Xin Wei · Minghui Li · Yao XieFrontiers in Health Servicesdoi 10.3389/frhs.2026.1914377
Original ResearchPublished 24 September 2026Legacy of non-ferrous metallurgy driving heavy metal-induced geochemical transformation of urban soilsDias Daurov · Zhanar Abilda · Kabyl Zhambakin · Ainash Daurova · Zagipa Sapakhova · Maxat Toishimanov · Iskander Isgandarov · Almas Mukhametov · Rakhim Kanat · Murat Otynshiev · Dmitriy Volkov · Malika ShamekovaFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1949558
Hypothesis and TheoryPublished 24 September 2026Cryptographically verifiable authorization for autonomous AI agents: a falsifiable hypothesis and proof of conceptMar Llambí-Morillas · Daniel Fernández-FernándezFrontiers in Computer Sciencedoi 10.3389/fcomp.2026.1966725
Original ResearchPublished 24 September 2026Women, cuckoos, and new generations among darkening peaks: temporalities of climate crisis in the Himalayas and beyondHildegard DiembergerFrontiers in Climatedoi 10.3389/fclim.2026.1856611
Original ResearchPublished 24 September 2026Machine-assisted adaptive feedback consensus method for large-scale group decision making based on reinforcement learningHongyu Yu · Xuanhua Xu · Weiwei ZhangFrontiers in Big Datadoi 10.3389/fdata.2026.1921037
Original ResearchPublished 24 September 2026Equal representation or federal equity? Constitutional challenges of India’s post-2026 delimitation under Article 82Kavali Munisekhar · Bangalore MorarjiFrontiers in Sociologydoi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1884362
Original ResearchPublished 24 September 2026Exploring avian biodiversity dynamics: insights from a sub-Saharan African reservoirBoniface Onyeke Agbo · Iniunam Aniefiok Iniunam · Mitchelle Fasona · Sodangi Abdulkarim Luka · Ibrahim Madu Katsallah Gadzama · Sonnie Joshua OniyeFrontiers in Ecology and Evolutiondoi 10.3389/fevo.2026.1860989
Original ResearchPublished 23 September 2026Semen collection, short term storage, and cryopreservation in the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)Allison R. Julien · John A. Griffioen · Sean M. Perry · Robyn Doege · Isabella Burger · Diane BarberFrontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Sciencedoi 10.3389/famrs.2026.1845399
Brief Research ReportPublished 23 September 2026Environmental factors in the preservation of human remains and funerary textiles in the late Old Kingdom burials at Saqqara West, Egypt: burial microenvironments, taphonomy, and preservation biasIwona Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin · Magdalena M. WoźniakFrontiers in Environmental Archaeologydoi 10.3389/fearc.2026.1954640
Original ResearchPublished 23 September 2026Smart preservation with cold plasma technology: enhancing safety and storage of meat-based hummus next-generation preservation of meat-based hummus using cold plasmaMeena Goswami · Rishav Kumar · Xin Mei Teng · Ravi Jadeja · Morgan Pfeiffer · Gretchen Gayle Mafi · Vikas Pathak · Li Maria Ma · Ranjith RamanathanFrontiers in Food Science and Technologydoi 10.3389/frfst.2026.1950610
ReviewPublished 23 September 2026Garlic-derived bioactive components in neuropathic pain: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic promiseAsif Ali · Sorimuthu Revathi · Koilmani Emmanuvel Rajan · Chin Kun Wang · Subramanian ThangaleelaFrontiers in Molecular Neurosciencedoi 10.3389/fnmol.2026.1886063
Original ResearchPublished 23 September 2026Bioprospecting Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill cladode fractions for improved functionality in livestock feedSipho Tonisi · Tafadzwa Kaseke · Nqobile A. Masondo · Olaniyi A. FawoleFrontiers in Animal Sciencedoi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1893981
Original ResearchPublished 23 September 2026Structurally restricted message-passing within shallow architectures for explainable network-level brain decoding on small cohortsJosé Diogo Marques dos Santos · Maria Beatriz Ramos · Luís Paulo Reis · José Paulo Marques dos Santos · Bruno DireitoFrontiers in Behavioral Neurosciencedoi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1833995
Conceptual AnalysisPublished 23 September 2026Governing Open Large Language Models in public administrative decision-making: a framework for accountability, justification, and institutional controlIván Miguel García López · José Martín Molina Espinosa · María Soledad Ramírez Montoya · Nicia Guillén YparreaFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1885341
Hypothesis and TheoryPublished 23 September 2026Designing a human-in-the-loop AI iterative process for research writing: a framework for preserving productive struggleSarah A. ChaunceyFrontiers in Computer Sciencedoi 10.3389/fcomp.2026.1947835
Original ResearchPublished 23 September 2026SkinAxis: 3D force-sensing soft robotic skins balancing touch sensitivity and impact protection for safe pHRCPasquale Ferrentino · Milan Amighi · Sadegh Zouelm · Théo Le Signor · Joost Brancart · Constantin Scholz · Jeroen Didden · Jelle Vanolst · Gaël Close · Bram VanderborghtFrontiers in Robotics and AIdoi 10.3389/frobt.2026.1937934
Original ResearchPublished 23 September 2026Structural behaviour of bent angle-steel joints embedded in transmission tower foundations: full-scale testing and finite element modellingQi-Chun Wang · Hai-Yun Ma · Da-Gang Han · Xing Huang · Song-Yang He · Xiao-Chuan Guo · Shao-Bo KangFrontiers in Materialsdoi 10.3389/fmats.2026.1936820
ReviewPublished 23 September 2026How does thermal stratification restructure zooplankton ecological functions in reservoirs: a hypothesis based on self-organised criticality theoryWangwei Cai · Xiaoran Gao · Si ChenFrontiers in Ecology and Evolutiondoi 10.3389/fevo.2026.1877227
Original ResearchPublished 22 September 2026A fast and improved mass-conservative approach for a sharp interface-level set method on co-located gridSanjid S. Chirammel · Aritra Mukherjee · Luca Brandt · Jannike SolsvikFrontiers in Thermal Engineeringdoi 10.3389/fther.2026.1916556
Original ResearchPublished 22 September 2026Enzyme-mediated site-specific functionalization of mRNA-containing TMV nanorods produced in yeastJerrell Tisnado · Ana Luisa Duran Meza · David Silverio Moreno Gutierrez · Nina M. Harpell · Alyssa Cruz · Charles M. Knobler · William M. GelbartFrontiers in Virologydoi 10.3389/fviro.2026.1955107
Original ResearchPublished 22 September 2026Purpose versus pragmatism: participant perspectives on the process of ethical review of animal research in SwedenSvea Jörgensen · Helena Röcklinsberg · Elin M. Weber · Clara Iversen · Frida Lundmark HedmanFrontiers in Animal Sciencedoi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1864730
Original ResearchPublished 22 September 2026Real-time bus arrival prediction and bus bunching prevention using a multi-agent LSTM approachSeema Rawat · Alyona Abaidullina · Dilnaz Alimbayeva · Deepak Kumar · Praveen KumarFrontiers in Built Environmentdoi 10.3389/fbuil.2026.1894212
Original ResearchPublished 22 September 2026DHA-dominant Omega-3 compositions enhance PSD-95 organization and glutamatergic protein expressionGerardo Medina · Stephen D. Baird · Lilia A. Rodriguez-Alcocer · Alex E. MacKenzieFrontiers in Synaptic Neurosciencedoi 10.3389/fnsyn.2026.1947075
ReviewPublished 21 September 2026Thermostable microbial α-amylases: production, characterization, molecular basis, and industrial applications — a reviewHiral Padia · Devayani R. TipreFrontiers in Industrial Microbiologydoi 10.3389/finmi.2026.1946517
Original ResearchPublished 21 September 2026Leveraging Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 imagery for retrieving key wheat phenology stages in a dryland agricultural settingAhmed S. Almalki · Marcel M. El Hajj · Kasper Johansen · Matthew F. McCabeFrontiers in Remote Sensingdoi 10.3389/frsen.2026.1860441
Original ResearchPublished 21 September 2026A single-cell atlas and Shiny-based framework for murine lung injury and remodelingQiuming Wang · Jixian Li · Philip J. Moos · Alessandro VenosaFrontiers in Bioinformaticsdoi 10.3389/fbinf.2026.1886929
ReviewPublished 21 September 2026Precision engineering of upstream open reading frames for translational regulation and crop improvementLinjie Xu · Jiaojiao Ren · Jinjie ZhuFrontiers in Genome Editingdoi 10.3389/fgeed.2026.1818972
Original ResearchPublished 21 September 2026Vernacular governmentality: the last mile, temporal certainty, and risk-sensitive integration of informal shared taxis in metropolitan LimaSamantha Sotelo-Llancari · Javier Hildebrando Espinoza Escobar · Aníbal Gauna · Viviana La Rosa Salvador · Fabio Saldivar CelisFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1929167
Original ResearchPublished 21 September 2026From dependency to child maltreatment? Changing frames in U.S. newspaper coverage of welfare policyLogan Gray · Stephanie MollerFrontiers in Sociologydoi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1860911
Original ResearchPublished 21 September 2026LLM-Storyteller: child-guided narrative co-creation via real-time adaptive prompting and visualization with an embodied robotFatimah Alali · Saad EzziniFrontiers in Robotics and AIdoi 10.3389/frobt.2026.1882463
Original ResearchPublished 21 September 2026Locality and weight sharing shape Hebbian principal-component learning in biologically constrained visual modelsPatrick Inoue · Florian Röhrbein · Andreas KnoblauchFrontiers in Computational Neurosciencedoi 10.3389/fncom.2026.1943064
Original ResearchPublished 18 September 2026Bio-based alginate films reinforced with bacterial nanocellulose and MAA-rich extracts for food packagingUrška Vrabič-Brodnjak · Tina RužičFrontiers in Food Science and Technologydoi 10.3389/frfst.2026.1914135
ReviewPublished 18 September 2026Hantaviruses at an inflection point: scientific evidence, spillover risk, and One Health approachIlyes ZatlaFrontiers in Virologydoi 10.3389/fviro.2026.1883348
Original ResearchPublished 18 September 2026Comparative assessment of three methods (Chelex-based method, commercial kit, and CTAB-based method) for extracting DNA from Whatman filter paper on which urine samples were filtered and stored for molecular diagnosis of urinary schistosomiasisEstelle Mezajou Mewamba · Ivana Morgane Rachel Banga Diengue · Darelle Bethanie Motia · Edmond Loic Tekeu Mengoue · Rostand Tatang Atiokeng · Auvaker Arnol Zebaze Tiofack · Pythagore Soubgwi Fogue · Gustave SimoFrontiers in Tropical Diseasesdoi 10.3389/fitd.2026.1918848
Hypothesis and TheoryPublished 18 September 2026The causal integration ladder: a multilevel evidence framework for therapeutic target evaluation in cervical cancerShishir Singh · Manyata Srivastava · Pragathi Uppada · Diksha Ameta · Aesha Singh · Monisha Banerjee · Atar Singh KushwahFrontiers in Systems Biologydoi 10.3389/fsysb.2026.1874355
Systematic ReviewPublished 18 September 2026Component network meta-analysis of scaffold materials, platelet-rich fibrin and barrier membranes for alveolar ridge preservationJian Zhang · Jie Zhong · Shihan Huang · Ling ZhangFrontiers in Oral Healthdoi 10.3389/froh.2026.1949538
Original ResearchPublished 18 September 2026Promethon: efficient reduction of Ethereum’s world state size using red-black treesSeyed Sepehr Mirnasrollahi Parsa · AmirHossein Aghajari · Salman NiksefatFrontiers in Blockchaindoi 10.3389/fbloc.2026.1837907
Original ResearchPublished 18 September 2026Transcreation of Chinese heritage food labels for cross-cultural consumption: a multimodal and reception-oriented studyNing LiFrontiers in Communicationdoi 10.3389/fcomm.2026.1913686
Original ResearchPublished 18 September 2026Reliability-aware knowledge distillation with self-evolving supervision for robust robotic visual perceptionYanlong Li · Xiaonan Wei · Zhenjie Jiang · Yi Gao · Kaiqi ChenFrontiers in Mechanical Engineeringdoi 10.3389/fmech.2026.1948436
Original ResearchPublished 18 September 2026Brain-inspired cognitive state modeling of complex English discourse reading: an LLM-parameterized hierarchical semi-Markov approachBing Xie · Yongjin Hu · Linlin ZhaoFrontiers in Neuroroboticsdoi 10.3389/fnbot.2026.1930227
Original ResearchPublished 17 September 2026“They got what they deserved”: situational justification and schadenfreude toward an LGBTQIA+ organizationIvan Giuseppe Cammarata · Costanza Scaffidi Abbate · Martina Macrillò · Stefano BocaFrontiers in Social Psychologydoi 10.3389/frsps.2026.1927271
Original ResearchPublished 17 September 2026Protective effects of an aqueous extract from Pinctada fucata martensii mucus on ultraviolet A-induced skin photoaging: in vitro and in vivo evidenceAnqi Cao · Xiaohui Wang · Siwei Quan · Yingfa Qin · Wenjiang Cai · Junmin QuanFrontiers in Natural Productsdoi 10.3389/fntpr.2026.1961314
Original ResearchPublished 17 September 2026A novel approach to HPV16 VLP construction and production with improved accessibility and particle sorting potentialMorgan Williamson · Caleb Boren · Rahul Kumar · Lauren GollahonFrontiers in Molecular Medicinedoi 10.3389/fmmed.2026.1941186
Original ResearchPublished 17 September 2026The role of challenging exercise in improving behavioral dysfunction in a mouse model of Parkinson’s diseaseYuan Zeng · Ping Chen · Quan Yang · Bing Liu · Liuting Huang · Kai Zhang · Shumin LiuFrontiers in Behavioral Neurosciencedoi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1887753
Original ResearchPublished 17 September 2026LSTM GRFF-Net: hybrid long short-term memory-gated recurrent fractional fusion network for multimodal biometrics recognitionN. Mekala · N. Mohanasundaram · R. SanthoshFrontiers in Computer Sciencedoi 10.3389/fcomp.2026.1884397
Original ResearchPublished 17 September 2026Soil and Water Assessment Tool reveals dominant baseflow in semi-arid catchment with sand dams in KenyaJana Reichenbach · Andreas Braun · Volker HochschildFrontiers in Waterdoi 10.3389/frwa.2026.1922866
Mini ReviewPublished 17 September 2026Navigating participatory gaps in digital cultural heritage through BASAibu Wiki—Sulsel engagement practicesErlin Marbella · Syamsuddin A. · Muliadi MauFrontiers in Communicationdoi 10.3389/fcomm.2026.1886606
Original ResearchPublished 17 September 2026A hundred years of dinosaur research in Mexico: skeletal completeness and phylogenetic information of the dinosaur fossil record in MexicoOmar Rafael Regalado FernándezFrontiers in Ecology and Evolutiondoi 10.3389/fevo.2026.1882629