Patient-derived complex organoids are a critical tool to understand and explore pediatric malignant brain tumors - Marlène Deschuyter; Sophie Martin; Chinar Salmanli; Clémence Hubsch; Audrey Vincent; Samuel Meignan; Alessandro Furlan; Erika Cosset; Hélène Burckel; Georges Noel; Michel Salzet; Marie Duhamel; et al. (Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2026)

Yield forecasting in maize: Performance and limits of unmanned aerial vehicle and PlanetScope remote sensing across multiple growth cycles - Philippe Vigneault; Samuel de la Sablonnière; Arianne Deshaies; Kosal Khun; Joel Lafond-Lapalme; Louis Longchamps; Étienne Lord (Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2026)

Multi-model machine learning for predicting tractor operator discomfort caused by whole-body vibration - Amandeep Singh; Naser Nawayseh; Philippe Doyon-Poulin; Stephan Milosavljevic; Subhash Rakheja; Yash Kumar; Krishna N Dewangan; Catherine Trask; Siby Samuel (Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2026)

Unveiling the important roles of sludge worms (Tubifex tubifex) in wetland carbon and nitrogen cycling: Implications for greenhouse gas emissions in a warming climate - Long Ho; Kim Pham; Andries Debognies; Samuel Bodé; Pieter Vermeir; Pascal Boeckx; Jo De Vrieze; Peter Goethals (Water Research, 2026)

Restoring a Healthier Nerve Phenotype: Mechanistic Insights into High-Concentration Capsaicin Topical System (HCCTS) for Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (PDPN) - David M. Simpson; Samuel Allen; Audrey Carnevale; Jennifer Lohf (Toxicon, 2026)

Comparing the Impact of the High-Concentration Capsaicin Topical System (HCCTS) on Pain and Sleep in Patients With Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (PDPN): Findings from the STEP Randomized Trial and the Real-World CASPAR Study - David M. Simpson; Samuel Allen; Audrey Carnevale; Lizandra Marcondes; Mariëlle Eerdekens (Toxicon, 2026)

Prevalence and Management of Sialorrhea in Motor Neurone Disease: Experience From a Specialist MND Rehabilitation Clinic - Jonathan Mamo; Samuel Wallace (Toxicon, 2026)

Modeling land degradation sensitivity with the MEDALUS framework in the Massili River Basin, Burkina Faso: A 30-Year Case study - Victorine Koala; Samuel Olalekan Olajuyigbe; Blaise Ouedraogo; Francis Kapakasa; Augustin Yameogo; Kelvin C. Kamei (Total Environment Advances, 2026)

Heuweltjies as within-paddock indicators of veld condition in the Succulent Karoo: vegetation contrasts between mound and intermound habitats - Emilia N. Inman; Igshaan Samuels; Clement Cupido; Luke Gallant (South African Journal of Botany, 2026)

Identification of common types of plastics by vibrational spectroscopic techniques - Maria P.Garcia Tovar; Maria A.Villarreal Blanco; Oliva M. Primera-Pedrozo; Macy K. Christianson; Chih-Feng Wang; Pavel Valencia Acuña; John H. Miller; Luis de la Torre; Samuel P.Hernández Rivera (Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2026)

Airborne and spaceborne imaging spectroscopy capture belowground microbial communities and physicochemical characteristics in invaded grasslands - M. Ny Aina Rakotoarivony; Kianoosh Hassani; Samuel Fuhlendorf; Benedicte Bachelot; Robert Hamilton; Hamed Gholizadeh (Remote Sensing of Environment, 2026)

Flood pulse monitoring in wetlands with multi-temporal Sentinel-1 interferometric coherence data: Application to the Okavango Delta (Botswana) - Louis Gaudaré; Samuel Corgne; Marc Jolivet; Olivier Dauteuil; Cécile Doubre; Piotr Wolski; Raphaël Grandin; Marie-Pierre Doin; Philippe Durand (Remote Sensing of Environment, 2026)

Advances in rare earth mineral extraction from waste for energy storage applications: A comprehensive review - Redor Mohammad; Eugene Sefa Appiah; Oliver Baah Abekah; Abdul-Wadood Moomen; Ophelia Ayamba; Samuel Olukayode Akinwamide; Micheal K. Commeh; Daniel Nframah Ampong; Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa; Anthony Andrews; Katlego Makgopa; Ram K. Gupta (Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2026)

Antifungal activity and sensory analyses of chitosan aromatized with essential oils for the protection of fresh oranges and apples - Mario Riolo; Federico La Spada; Priscilla Farina; Soumia El Boumlasy; Roberta Ascrizzi; Francesca Venturi; Isabella Taglieri; Nunzio Tuccitto; Antonella Pane; Samuel Álvarez-García; Barbara Conti; Gianfranco Romanazzi; et al. (Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2026)

Insecticidal potentials of Cola millenii (K Schum) seed extract against Callosobruchus maculatus - Muibat Olabisi Bello; Aanuoluwa Eunice Adegbola; Samuel Adelani Babarinde; Akeem Akinboro; Peter Ifeoluwa Adegbola (Next Research, 2026)

Sustainable agriculture in the face of water scarcity: Opportunities, challenges, and global perspectives - Oluwatobi Victoria Obayomi; Reuben Attah; Shah Md Shahnewaz Sayem; Lukman Shehu Mustapha; Samuel Oluwaseun Kolade; Kehinde Shola Obayomi (Next Research, 2026)

In silico molecular docking analysis, ADME-Tox studies, antibacterial and DPPH free radical scavenging activities of selected medicinal plants from Nigeria - Yemi A. Adekunle; Abraham O. Eromomene; Ogochukwu N. Ume; Wande M. Oluyemi; Babatunde B. Samuel (Next Research, 2026)

Influence of concrete grades and shear spacings on the shear performance of kenaf fibre-reinforced concrete beam-column joint - Ige Samuel Ayeni; Yatim Mohamad Jamaludin; Nor Hasanah Binti Abdul Shukor Lim (Next Research, 2026)

Principles for transitioning to palliative comfort care in exploration spaceflight - Samuel Stephenson; Justin Pratte; Jacob Sawyer; Prashant Parmar; Ariana Nelson; Arian Anderson (Life Sciences in Space Research, 2026)

Mycotoxin contamination and its impact on the nutritional and germination quality of on-farm stored sorghum grain in Tigray, Ethiopia - Samuel Alemayehu; Fetien Abay Abera; Kiros Meles Ayimut; Jagger Harvey (Journal of Stored Products Research, 2026)

Validation of a Brief and Very Brief Screener to Assess Overall Diet Quality in a Southeastern US Sample - Veeral Saraiya; Caitlin A. Hildebrand; Teresa T. Fung; Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts; Qiang Wu; Ryan Kendall; Alice S. Ammerman; Thomas C. Keyserling; Carmen D. Samuel-Hodge (Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2026)

Entertainers, not educators? Social media influencers and risk communication in outdoor travel - Samuel Cornell; Timothy Piatkowski; Robert Brander; Amy E. Peden (Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 2026)

Enhanced electrochemical degradation of microcystin-lysine-arginine (MC-LR) using novel nickel oxide anodes in real water matrices - Samuel Adjei-Nimoh; Manuel Alejandro Ramirez-Ubillus; Ankai Wang; Lei Zhai; Jungsu Park; Shengli Zou; Woo Hyoung Lee (Journal of Environmental Management, 2026)

Thiol-functionalized Cu-MOF@biochar composite for high-efficiency removal of Pb2+ and Cd2+ from aqueous solutions: Unraveling competitive adsorption mechanisms - Ling Jiang; Jiashuang Zhang; Jingyue An; Yutong Jian; Siyi Zhang; Samuel S.K. Gbon; Xinyao Guo (Journal of Environmental Management, 2026)

Food, sustainability and global dynamics through an extension course: Experience report - Samuel Almeida Brito; Joel Pinheiro de Andrade; Regina Maria Silva Bastos; Alessandra Pinheiro de Goes Carneiro; Eveline de Alenca Costa (International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, 2026)

Impact of pore-scale heterogeneity on continuum-scale multiphase flow properties: Insights from Indiana limestone - Nihal Darraj; Sojwal Manoorkar; Catherine Spurin; Sajjad Foroughi; Steffen Berg; Ronny Pini; Martin J. Blunt; Samuel Krevor (International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2026)

Corrigendum to “Glacial to periglacial transition at the end of the last ice age in the subtropical semiarid Andes” [Geomorphology 465 (2024) 109379 (15 November)] - Juan-Luis García; Javiera Carraha; Hans Fernández-Navarro; Samuel U. Nussbaumer; Francia Pérez; Alan J. Hidy; Isabelle Gärtner-Roer; Wilfried Haeberli (Geomorphology, 2026)

Tomographic constraints on the collision boundary between the Yangtze Block and the Sino–Korean Craton and Yellow Sea Basin extension - Yanbing Liu; Tae-Kyung Hong; Junhyung Lee; Seongjun Park; Samuel Celis; Yuxuan Chen; Jeongin Lee; Byeongwoo Kim (Gondwana Research, 2026)

Geothermal potential of the Czech Vienna Basin: Structural and fluid-flow dynamics of a former pull-apart basin - Samuel Rybár; Michal Nemčok; Lucia Ledvényiová; Přemysl Kyselák; Ľubomír Sliva (Geothermics, 2026)

Who do we trust on climate change, and why? - Sarah MacInnes; Matthew J. Hornsey; Christian Bretter; Samuel Pearson; Kelly S. Fielding; David Bersoff (Global Environmental Change, 2026)

The influence of wax-based oleogelators on microstructure evolution, rheology and diffusion - Astrid Ahlinder; Niklas Lorén; Astrid Hemeryck; Samuel Lindroth; Annika Altskär; Annika Krona; Johanna Eckardt (Food Hydrocolloids, 2026)

Enhanced arrowroot starch biofilms with sodium alginate: Extending strawberry shelf life - Albert Linton Charles; Henzel Christopher Samuel; Laksmi Sulmartiwi; Putranti Hikmah Triningtyas; Nanda Rizki Putra; Juan Pablo Mendez; Dewayne Zedan Henry; Annur Ahadi Abdillah; Mochammad Amin Alamsjah (Food Control, 2026)

Analysis of fisheries impact on the Vietnamese marine ecosystem based on a linear inverse model - Trang Phuc-Hong Hoang; Samuel Guéret; Philippe Bogaerts (Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2026)

The ODE (Overview, Data, and Execution) protocol for a standardized use of machine learning in environmental, social and related interdisciplinary sciences - Samuel Seuru; Volker Grimm; Michael Barton; Liliana Perez; Navid Mahdizadeh Gharakhanlou; Raja Sengupta; Alejandro Miguel Dagnino (Environmental Modelling & Software, 2026)

Climate resilient housing features in rental housing: Linking tenant satisfaction with rent premiums for retrofit decisions - Godwin Kavaarpuo; Samuel Swanzy-Impraim; Nafisah Alaalbun Akudbillah (Energy and Buildings, 2026)

Cumulative effects analysis to inform public land management in the United States: key characteristics and legal challenges - Tait K. Rutherford; Tim O. Hammond; Alison C. Foster; Megan A. Gilbert; Travis S. Haby; Richard J. Lehrter; Jennifer K. Meineke; Ella M. Samuel; Sarah K. Carter (Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2026)

The potential effects of the implementation of the carbon border adjustment mechanism - the case of Indonesia - Iwan Hermawan; Carunia Mulya Firdausy; Erwidodo; Reninta Dewi Nugraheni; Fadhlan Zuhdi; Khoiru Rizqy Rambe; Delima Hasri Azahari; Dian Dwi Laksani; Ferry Samuel Jacob (Environmental Development, 2026)

Differential response of rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes to cold tolerance in western Ethiopia's mid-altitude environments - Pichiah Gomathinayagam; Usman Mohammed Ali; B.C. Nandeshwar; Samuel Lema; Mehdi Rahimi (Ecological Genetics and Genomics, 2026)

Tectonic controls on lithium deposits in the Erzgebirge / Krušné hory region: Regional scale reconstruction of structural controls on late-Variscan mineralization - Jan Černý; Samuel T. Thiele; Marie Guilcher; Mathias Burisch; Uwe Lehmann; Henrik Kaufmann; Lutz Sonnabend; Jens Gutzmer (Earth-Science Reviews, 2026)

Dual ligand (2MI/BI) promoting graphitic ordering and nitrogen enrichment in Fe-activated carbon nanofibers for freestanding flexible supercapacitors - Ashwin Khadka; Bhavana Joshi; Edmund Samuel; Kukhee Park; Seung-kug Kim; Mira Park; Hae-Seok Lee; Sam S. Yoon (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026)

Plasma-assisted degradation and defluorination of perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS) in a plasma spinning disk reactor: The critical role of OH radicals - Foluke Jennifer Ganzallo; Samuel O. Babalola; Thomas Holsen; Selma Mededovic Thagard (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026)

Ion-gated 3D-printed architectures for antifouling potentiometric biosensing in complex biofluids - Matin Ataei Kachouei; Samuel D. Gerrard; Benjamin Corl; Md. Azahar Ali (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026)

Empowered rechargeable solid-state Mg O2 battery using free-standing N-doped 3D nanoporous graphene - Zeyu Xi; Hua-Jun Qiu; Samuel Jeong; Jiuhui Han; Kailong Hu; Yoshikazu Ito (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026)

Beach monitoring: Do we need to survey to spring low tide? - Samuel Rose; Chris Blenkinsopp; Andrew Barnes; William Russell; Charlie Thompson (Coastal Engineering, 2026)

Development of a novel heterogeneous MGO@K2SiO3 catalyst for conversion of quaternary oil blend to clean fuel - Siri Fung Basumatary; Bipul Das; Samuel Lalthazuala Rokhum; Sanjay Basumatary (Biomass and Bioenergy, 2026)

Utilization of Alpinia nigra leaves as a sustainable source of highly efficient heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production from waste cooking oil - Prakash Bhuyan; Rei Star; Samuel Lalthazuala Rokhum; Lakhinath Saikia (Biomass and Bioenergy, 2026)

Tracking the hidden trade of non-native pet amphibians in the United States - Devin Edmonds; Jane Du; Samuel Stickley; Samuel Sucre (Biological Conservation, 2026)

Evaluation of the Physicochemical Parameters and Occurrence of Metronidazole and Ibuprofen in Pharmaceutical Effluents Before and after Treatment - Jubril Ayopo Tayo; Temilade Fola Akinhanmi; Adewole. Michael. Gbadebo; Adeola David Olugbenga; Abideen Idowu Adeogun; Samuel Olatunbosun Sojinu (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2026)

Barcoding and genetic variation in Eutyphoeus species (Crassiclitellata: Acanthodrilidae) with first report of E. pharpingianus (Michaelsen 1907) from Mizoram, North Eastern Region (NER) of India - Azhar Rashid Lone; Samrendra Singh Thakur; Pooja Tiwari; Samuel Wooster James; Shweta Yadav (The Nucleus, 2026)

In-silico discovery of Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 inhibitors from African medicinal plants: Molecular docking, ADMET, dynamics simulation, and MM-GBSA analyses - Ishola Abeeb Akinwumi; Amgad M. Rabie; Kalpana Katiyar; Adeola Ajayi; Ridwan Opeyemi Bello; Abdullahi Tunde Aborode; Abu Tayab Moin; Jannatul Ferdoush; Adedeji Ogunyemi; Precious Etinosa; Abraham Osinuga; Babatunde Samuel Obadawo; et al. (The Nucleus, 2026)

L-Asparaginase bioprospection from Bacillus species - Franciely da Costa Alves; Valnês da Silva Rodrigues-Junior; Samuel Paulo Cibulski (Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing, 2026)
L-Asparaginase (L-ASNase) is an enzyme widely used on protocols for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and some solid tumors. It works by depleting asparagine, an essential amino acid for the growth of neoplastic cells, while normal cells can synthesize it independently. Today, only L-ASNase isolated from Escherichia coli and Erwinia chrysanthemi is approved and commercially available for clinical use. However, its application is often limited due to adverse effects and the development of resistance. To circumvent these challenges, researchers are exploring new sources of L-ASNase, mainly in bacteria, aiming advantages, like greater stability, reduced immunogenicity and, improved pharmacokinetic properties. Recent studies have identified promising L-ASNase candidates from Bacillus genus. In this context, we review recent data on the isolation of novel L-ASNase from Bacillus species, highlighting the importance of bioprospection for improving oncologic therapies. Graphical abstract

Male and female mice are similarly susceptible to chronic nondiscriminatory social defeat stress despite differences in attack frequency from aggressor - Allyson Bazer; Katherine Denney; Maria Chacona; Catherine Montgomery; Shriya Vinod; Urboshi Datta; Benjamin Adam Samuels (Psychopharmacology, 2026)
Rationale Chronic stress is a major precipitating factor for mood disorders, which are diagnosed twice as frequently in women as in men. However, most preclinical models of chronic social defeat stress have limited use in females due to reduced aggression toward female intruders. The chronic non-discriminatory social defeat stress (CNSDS) model addresses these limitations by enabling the study of stress susceptibility across sexes in a variety of behavioral tasks including avoidance and simple reward behaviors. However, the effect of CNSDS susceptibility on complex reward behaviors has yet to be studied. Objectives Building on previous work validating CNSDS in both sexes, we aimed to refine the protocol for identifying CD-1 aggressors for CNSDS, optimize criteria for classifying susceptibility and resilience to stress, and assess how stress susceptibility affects complex reward behavior. Methods We evaluated aggression through attack frequency and submissive posture during CD-1 aggressor screening and CNSDS sessions to establish screening parameters. Following CNSDS exposure, male and female intruder mice were tested in an operant satiety-based outcome devaluation task. Results We observed that despite receiving fewer attacks, female mice are equally susceptible to CNSDS as males. CNSDS abolished satiety-based outcome devaluation, regardless of sex, in susceptible mice, but not in resilient mice. Conclusions These data suggest that CNSDS-defined stress phenotypes are behaviorally relevant across sexes and extend to deficits in complex reward behaviors, supporting CNSDS as a valuable model for studying sex-specific stress outcomes in mood disorders.

Impact of pollen donors on compatibility, resistance to Phytophthora pod rot, and bean biochemical quality in cacao - Jude Manga Ndjaga; Stéphane Ntsong Emene; Samuel Arsène Ntyam Mendo; Kevin Fabrice Paul Mandeng; Marie Brigitte Rosine Ngah; Kériane Carissa Makoukam Wochie; Martine Louise Ondobo (Plant Physiology Reports, 2026)

The multifunctionality of ruderal ecosystems is highly resistant to climate change - Rocío Rodríguez; Antonio Gallardo; Luis Villagarcia; Guiyao Zhou; Tadeo Sáez-Sandino; Samuel Castejón; Ana López; Jesús G. P. Rodríguez; Felipe Bastida; Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo (Plant and Soil, 2026)
Background and aim The global-scale abandonment of rural areas is resulting in a mosaic of disturbed ecosystems dominated by ruderal vegetation. Yet, the impacts of climate change on the functioning of ruderal ecosystems remain virtually unknown. Methods We conducted a 4-year field experiment to evaluate, for the first time, the long-term impacts of warming and rainfall reduction on the capacity of a ruderal Mediterranean ecosystem to maintain multiple ecosystem services. Results We found that, in general, ruderal ecosystems are highly resistant to climate change with minor effects of warming and rainfall reductions on plant biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services. In fact, we detected small but positive impacts of climate change on certain individual services, with warming enhancing primary production and soil carbon stocks, whereas the combined effects of warming and rainfall exclusion significantly reduced soil carbon stocks. Variation partitioning analysis further revealed that climate accounted for the largest share of variation in both primary production and soil carbon stocks. Conclusions Our results highlight the complexity of climate change interactions in explaining the capacity of ruderal ecosystems to support multiple ecosystem services, and further highlight the overall resistance of these already disturbed ecosystems to climate change.

Phytochemical complexity, pharmacological significance and developed products of Pelargonium sidoides DC - Kundani Khameli; Muinat Nike Lewu; Takalani Mulaudzi; Oluwafemi Ayodeji Adebo; Oluwatobi Samuel Oluwafemi (Phytochemistry Reviews, 2026)

Development of a prototype Compton camera consisting of high-resolution scintillator detectors - Sen Yang; Youchi Zhang; Yingdu Liu; Haonan Li; Pengshuo Gan; Samuel Mungai; Pengwei Shu; Zhonghua Kuang; Ning Ren; Yongfeng Yang; Zheng Liu (Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 2026)

Monitoring of respiration and cardiorespiratory interactions from multichannel seismocardiography signals - Jessica Centracchio; Salvatore Parlato; Samuel E. Schmidt; Paolo Bifulco; Daniele Esposito; Emilio Andreozzi (Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 2026)
Seismocardiography (SCG) uses accelerometers to record cardiac-induced accelerations of the chest wall. Cardiorespiratory interactions cause changes in amplitude and morphology of the SCG signals. Accelerometers can also directly monitor respiration by tracking thoracic inclination. This study thoroughly investigated the influence of accelerometer placement on the monitoring accuracy of respiration and cardiorespiratory interactions from SCG signals. Simultaneous recordings acquired by 16 accelerometers and a respiration belt placed onto 9 subjects’ chests were analyzed. Respiratory signals were estimated considering: (a) chest inclination, (b) amplitude modulation (AM) and (c) morphological changes of SCG signals for each sensor location. For the first time in literature, a continuous description of respiratory-induced changes in SCG morphology was obtained via a morphological similarity index (MSi). The performance of respiratory acts detection and inter-breath intervals (IBIs) estimation was evaluated against the concurrent reference respiration signal. High accuracy was achieved in all three kinds of respiratory signals, with average sensitivity and positive predictive value of 95.8% and 95.5% for chest inclination, 85.9% and 84.4% for AM, 94.3% and 95.7% for MSi. Moreover, IBIs measurements showed non-significant biases and limits of agreement of about ± 0.8 s for chest inclination and MSi, and ± 1 s for AM. Performance achieved by chest inclination and MSi appeared not much influenced by sensor location, while AM showed higher variations. Information on breathing and cardiorespiratory interactions can be accurately obtained via SCG on multiple sites on the chest.

First hypsocormine pachycormid in the Early Jurassic and its evolutionary implications for Pachycormidae (Actinopterygii: Teleosteomorpha) - Samuel L. A. Cooper; Erin E. Maxwell (PalZ, 2026)
An isolated lower jaw of a morphologically distinct actinopterygian fish from the Early Jurassic Posidonienschiefer Formation of Holzmaden (SW Germany) is identified as belonging to the pachycormid subfamily Hypsocorminae based on the presence of an anteriorly inflated coronoid plate, an enlarged coronoid tusk, and granular dermal bone ornamentation. Previously, the first occurrence of hypsocormine pachycormids was from the Middle Jurassic onwards (Callovian–Maastrichtian). This new report pushes the evidence for the clade back into the Toarcian stage of the Lower Jurassic, closing a 17-million-year ghost lineage hypothesized on phylogenetic grounds. Both Asthenocorminae + Hypsocorminae, the two main pachycormid clades, are now recognised in the Toarcian, with their emergences coinciding with the first appearance of Pachycormidae in the fossil record. The split between Hypsocorminae and Asthenocorminae is therefore strongly suggested to have occurred earlier than is currently documented in the fossil record, and further indicates a probable ghost lineage of Pachycormidae prior to the clade’s first appearance in the Toarcian. We interpret the presence of an enlarged coronoid tooth (tusk) to be plesiomorphic in Pachycormidae, with this feature being modified in Hypsocorminae + Simocormus spp., but secondarily lost in derived Asthenocorminae.

Correction: Zirconium-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for advanced nanofiltration applications: a minireview - Ikhazuagbe Hilary Ifijen; Odunola Latifah Odofin; Oluwaseun Adeleye; Somtochukwu Samuel Okonkwo; Omolayo M. Ikumapayi; Emo Obadiah; Chiamaka Chiagoziem Chukwujama; Joshua Osaretin Onaifo (Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering, 2026)

Muigaia, a new Paleotropical genus of Convolvulaceae - Simon Wachira Ngima; Vivian Kathambi; Samuel Paul Kagame; Sushant More; Lauren A. Eserman; Rafael Felipe de Almeida; Benoit Loeuille; Marc S. M. Sosef; Patrick Chalo Mutiso; Higor Antonio-Domingues; Lars W. Chatrou; Ana Rita Simões (Kew Bulletin, 2026)
Summary A new genus of Convolvulaceae, Muigaia , is here proposed and fully revised, including molecular phylogenetic analyses, comprehensive morphological and palynological descriptions, identification keys, distribution maps and conservation assessments. It is a strictly paleotropical genus, occurring in Tropical Africa, Madagascar, India and Australia, and remarkably absent from the Malesian region. It is distinctive for the markedly angular stems; deeply palmately lobed, irregularly dissected leaves; leaf-like stipules at the base of the petiole; muricate, verrucose or cristate sepals; a 3-globose stigma and a 6-valved capsule. A revision of the species involved in this complex has resulted in the recognition of a total of seven species, including five new combinations, one new name ( M. shimpalei ) and one newly described species ( M. australiana ), endemic to Australia. The tropical African specimens of M. coptica , in particular, exhibit a wide range of morphological variation and should be investigated in detail. We expect that, now that Muigaia has been phylogenetically and morphologically circumscribed, further revisionary studies could focus on improving the species delimitation, and likely result in the discovery of additional new species to science.

Improving sedimentation rate estimates by integrating bathymetric surveys with remote sensing: a case study of lake Tana, Northwest Ethiopia - Samuel Berihun Kassa; Atsushi Tsunekawa; Nigussie Haregeweyn; Mitsuru Tsubo; Ayele Almaw Fenta; Dagnachew Aklog; Mulatu Liyew Berihun; Dagnenet Sultan; Taye Minichil Meshesha; Ashebir Sewale Belay; Mebrahtom Gebremariam Kebedew; Takeshi Abe; et al. (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2026)

Microplastic Accumulation and Soil Quality Changes Under Varying Plastic Mulching Durations in the Mediterranean Region - Murat Gencer; Muhittin Onur Akca; Mert Acar; Zeinab Saeed Abdelrazik; Taofeek Samuel Wahab; Sedat Gündogdu; Oguz Can Turgay (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2026)
Research on microplastics (MPs) in soils has been widespread, but their impact on soil quality and the effects of mulching duration are still unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine how MP accumulation in mulched agricultural soils affects soil quality across three different mulching durations. Soil samples were collected from two depths (0–10 and 10–20 cm) at 15 agricultural sites in Adana, Türkiye, representing mulching durations of 5, 10, and 30 years. Microplastics were extracted using density separation and identified with ATR-FTIR. Soil physical, chemical, and biological properties were analyzed, and Soil Quality Index (SQI) was assessed with the Soil Management Assessment Framework (SMAF), which considers soil taxonomy, climate class, slope, sampling time, texture, mineralogy, organic matter, and analytical techniques to estimate the functional potential of each soil, considering the relevant soil indicators under MP accumulation. In this study, the evaluated soil indicators included physical properties such as bulk density (BD), aggregate stability (AS), available water content (AWC), and water-filled pore space (WFPS); chemical properties such as soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC), available phosphorus (P), and exchangeable potassium (K); and biological properties such as soil organic carbon (SOC), microbial biomass carbon (MBC), and potentially mineralizable nitrogen (PMN). Our data showed clear differences in both MPs and SQI across the three mulching periods, allowing the observed patterns to be better understood. The results showed that prolonged mulch application substantially increased MP accumulation and negatively affected key physical and biological soil indicators. Long-term mulching consistently reduced SQI values, indicating a cumulative decline in soil health and ecosystem functioning. At 0–10 cm depth, MP abundances were 69.3 ± 18.2, 64.0 ± 14.39, and 48.0 ± 9.53 particles kg − 1 for short-, medium-, and long-term durations, respectively, while at 10–20 cm depth, the values were 37.33 ± 6.18, 48.0 ± 9.75, and 78.66 ± 27.76 particles kg − 1 . These depth-specific patterns were accompanied by increases in bulk density (10%), substantial reductions in aggregate stability (48%), nitrogen mineralization (24%), and microbial biomass carbon (14%) with increasing plastic use (from S to L) at 0–10 cm depth. Overall, these analytical outcomes corresponded with a 17% reduction in SQI under long-term mulch application. These findings provide a solid foundation for predicting and monitoring MP contamination in agricultural soils with different mulch durations. The main limitation of this study is that, as a field-based investigation conducted under real agricultural conditions, it lacks full control over environmental and management variability, which should be considered when interpreting the results.

Raffinose family oligosaccharides metabolic gene expression profiling in Chickpea during seed germination under abiotic stress and exogenous application of ABA and GA - JJ Jenisha; Prasanna Vengatesh; Prabu Padanillay Chidambaram; Marcus Samuel; Rex Arunraj (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2026)

AlzhiNet: Traversing from 2D-CNN to 3D-CNN, Towards Early Detection and Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease - Romoke Grace Akindele; Samuel Adebayo; Ming Yu; Paul Shekonya Kanda (Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences, 2026)

Prevalence of substances with OATP1B1 inhibitory properties in individual case safety reports of suspected statin-associated myopathy – an analysis of Swiss pharmacovigilance data - Céline K. Stäuble; Valeriu Toma; Thomas Stammschulte; Samuel S. Allemann; Henriette E. Meyer zu Schwabedissen (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2026)

Self-collected biospecimen consent and return rates in a population-based study among women with ovarian cancer: insights from the ORCHiD study - April Deveaux; Drew Neish; Ashwini Joshi; Shenae Samuels; Oyomoare L. Osazuwa-Peters; Veronica Duck; Ashliegh Williams; Margaret Gates Kuliszewski; Bin Huang; Kevin Ward; Maria Pisu; Thomas Tucker; et al. (Cancer Causes & Control, 2026)

Solid and liquid fractions of digestate: manure or slurry just like any others? - Florian Vautrin; Mario Cannavacciuolo; Camille Chauvin; Pascal Piveteau; Pierre Barré; Cécile Villenave; Daniel Cluzeau; Kevin Hoeffner; Pierre Mulliez; Vincent Jean-Baptiste; Gregory Vrignaud; Aurélien Cottin; et al. (Applied Soil Ecology, 2026)

Chronostratigraphic grounds for the decision against formalizing an Anthropocene Epoch - Samuel R. Ribeiro (Anthropocene, 2026)

Multiplexed potentiometric sensing of nitrite in environmental waters - Renato L. Gil; Samuel Silva; Marília Barreiros dos Santos; Álvaro Geraldes; Begoña Espiña; Raquel B. Queirós (Analytica Chimica Acta, 2026)

Seaweed as a functional feed additive in aquaculture: Efficacy, safety, and fish species-specific optimization - Sahr Lamin Sumana; Gnoumasse Sidibe; Ahmed E. Elshafey; Damien Habinshuti; Agnes Mattia; Jusu Massaquoi; Sheku Tarawallie; Mukhtar Muhammad Abdullateef; Abubakar Shuaibu; Prince Tongor Mabey; Amidu Mansaray; Yang Xiaofei; et al. (Algal Research, 2026)

Beyond optimality: Dryland ecosystems infrequently use water efficiently for carbon gain - E.G. Reich; K. Samuels-Crow; J.B. Bradford; M. Litvak; D.R. Schlaepfer; K. Ogle (Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2026)

Estimate of the electron density profile and Total Electron Density of the D-layer during a quiet day and disturbed conditions - Oladipo M. Olatunji; Adimula I. Abiodun; Bello A. Saeed; Imoh D. Ekpa; Samuel S. Akpan; Martin Paige; Ajiboye Oladapo; Yusuf K. Aduagba (Advances in Space Research, 2026)

Photobiomodulation of tissue regeneration: low-power light therapy accelerates wound healing in earthworms - Saravanakumar Venkatachalam; Johnson Retnaraj Samuel Selvan Christyraj; R. Kamaraj Kennedy; Jackson Durairaj Selvan Christyraj; Beryl Vedha Yesudhason (Biologia Futura, 2026)

Comprehensive Proteomic Profiling and Functional Network Analyses of Indigenous Zebu (Bos indicus) Cattle Spermatozoa - Apoorva Verma; Arumugam Kumaresan; Shivanagouda Patil; Manish Kumar Sinha; John Peter Ebenezer Samuel King; Pradeep Nag; Gowdar Veerappa Vedamurthy; Sakthivel Jeyakumar; Ayyasamy Manimaran; Kerekoppa Ramesha (Agricultural Research, 2026)

Multivariate Analysis of Genetic Variability in Advanced Potato Clones Under Tropical Conditions - Mayra Alejandra Rincón Rueda; Ivan David Briceño-Pinzón; Luciana Aparecida Miguel; José Luis Quiñonez Martínez; Leticia Novais Padua; Roberto Henrique de Lima Ribeiro; Vinicius Samuel Martins; Lucimara Cruz de Souza; Adelson Lemes da Silva Junior; Tiago de Souza Marçal (Agricultural Research, 2026)

Selective Breeding and Production Strategies to Support Snapper Farming in the Warming Waters of New Zealand's South Island - Georgia Samuels; Flavio Ribeiro; David Ashton; Sharon Ford; Joshua Fantham; Julie Blommaert; Damian Moran; Maren Wellenreuther (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2026)
Diversifying aquaculture species is essential for building resilience in the face of climate change, particularly as warming oceans challenge existing production systems. In New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds, rising sea temperatures are making finfish (e.g. salmon) farming increasingly difficult, highlighting the need for climate‐adapted alternatives. This study evaluated the aquaculture performance of growth‐selected F 4 versus unselected F 1 Australasian snapper ( Chrysophrys auratus ) across two rearing environments: sea pens in the Marlborough Sounds and a land‐based system in Nelson. ≈1000 F 4 and 1000 F 1 snapper were reared from 4 to 30 months of age in each system. At 30 months, selectively bred snapper showed improved growth—body length increased by 1.7% (land‐based) and 4.8% (ocean‐based) and body weight by 9.8% and 14.2%, respectively—compared with F 1 snapper. Survival was also significantly higher, with selected snapper outperforming unselected snapper by 84.2% in the land‐based and 60.8% in the ocean‐based system. Mortality peaked in the first winter across both systems, with size‐selective patterns in sea pens informing minimum stocking sizes. These findings offer important insights for refining husbandry and selective breeding practices. They are not only relevant for New Zealand but also for global aquaculture sectors seeking robust species suited to changing marine environments.

Genetic Surveillance Reveals Differential Evolutionary Dynamic of Anopheles gambiae Under Contrasting Insecticidal Tools Used in Malaria Control - Harun N. Njoroge; Lilian Namuli; Sanjay C. Nagi; Anastasia Hernandez‐Koutoucheva; Daniel P. McDermott; Erin Knight; Samuel Gonahasa; Amy Lynd; Ambrose Oruni; Catherine Maiteki‐Sebuguzi; Jimmy Opigo; Adoke Yeka; et al. (Molecular Ecology, 2026)
Malaria, a febrile disease caused by the Plasmodium parasites and transmitted by mosquitoes, is a leading cause of mortality in children under 5 in endemic countries. The widespread deployment of insecticide‐treated bed nets (ITNs) has significantly reduced malaria transmission, but rising levels of insecticide resistance threaten to halt the progress. Monitoring insecticide resistance is vital for effective vector control, particularly when deploying new tools. Understanding mosquito population responses to these interventions is crucial for guiding control programmes in making informed decisions about the selection, timing and geographic deployment of tools. This genomic study investigates the demographic and evolutionary consequences on the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae of deploying standard ITNs (containing only pyrethroids) and pyrethroid‐PBO nets (containing pyrethroids plus the synergist piperonyl butoxide) during a clinical trial in Uganda. Despite substantial reductions in indoor mosquito densities in the clinical trial, estimates of nucleotide diversity (π) and linkage disequilibrium revealed no significant decline in effective population size, reflecting continued large population size even after effective control. Marked allele frequency shifts at resistance‐associated loci indicated strong selection pressures driven by the interventions, with distinct selective dynamics between the two net types, highlighting alternative pyrethroid detoxification pathways in the presence of PBO. A duplication in the Cyp9k1 gene significantly increased in frequency in populations exposed to pyrethroid‐only nets but decreased in populations exposed to PBO‐treated nets, suggesting that selection for over‐expression of this gene is removed when this resistance mechanism is impacted by PBO. An alternative potential detoxification mechanism was selected within a region of the 2La chromosomal inversion on chromosome 2 L, which encompasses the UDP‐glucose 6‐dehydrogenase gene. This variant consistently increased in frequency when exposed to PBO‐treated nets. Additionally, pyrethroid‐only nets selected for a novel locus on the X chromosome containing the diacylglycerol kinase gene, which is potentially linked to behavioural adaptations through its role in neurotransmission modulation. Our findings underscore the importance of genomic surveillance in vector control, revealing distinct evolutionary dynamics of insecticide resistance mechanisms in the presence of PBO. While ITNs remain effective, the persistence and evolution of resistance‐associated alleles highlight the need for adaptive and dynamic resistance management strategies. By integrating high‐resolution genomic data with epidemiological and entomological monitoring, this study offers actionable insights to sustain malaria control efforts amid the ongoing challenge of insecticide resistance.

Caste‐Specific Functional Variation in the Venom of the Army Ant Eciton hamatum - Axel Touchard; Samuel D. Robinson; William Atherton; Jérôme Orivel; Irina Vetter; Corrie S. Moreau (Molecular Ecology, 2026)
In ants, division of labour is often associated with caste‐specific adaptations. In this study, we examined the morphology of the venom apparatus (venom reservoir volume and sting length) and the composition and activity of the venom across castes (soldier, submajor and media/minor) of the army ant Eciton hamatum to investigate how caste differentiation influences venom traits. Morphometric analyses revealed that soldiers have larger venom reservoirs and longer stings, consistent with their specialised role in defending the colony against vertebrates. Integrative venom profiling using transcriptomics and mass spectrometry identified 11 venom peptides, including a glycopeptide bearing a complex N ‐Glycan. Notably, soldiers had a streamlined venom peptide composition compared with other castes. Despite this reduced complexity, soldier venom was more potent in functional assays, showing enhanced paralytic effects on insect prey and stronger pain‐inducing activity on vertebrate neurons. Chymotrypsin enzymes, more abundant in the venoms of soldier castes, may also serve a pre‐digestive role. This pattern suggests an evolutionary trade‐off favouring a limited set of highly effective components tailored to the dual function of defence and predation in soldiers.

A Reverence for Rivers: Imagining an Ethic for Running Waters. By Kurt D.Fausch, Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2025. 278 pp. ISBN: 978‐1‐96‐264534‐8 - Samuel Shephard (Fish and Fisheries, 2026)

Spatial Prediction of Pb, Zn and Fe Air Pollution in Urban Environments: A Case of Douala, Cameroon - Joseph Magloire Fossokeng Mouafo; Fidelette Vanessa Chezeu Toumeni; Claudiu Tǎnǎselia; Alexandru -Ionut Petrisor; Samuel Bowong (Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 2026)

A comparison of protocols for isolating and extracting host DNA from caribou (Rangifer tarandus) fecal pellets - Samantha Barrette; Samuel Deakin; Agnès Pelletier; Pauline Priadka; Helen Schwantje; Caeley Thacker; Lalenia Neufeld; Sean Rogers; Marco Musiani; Jocelyn Poissant (Conservation Genetics Resources, 2026)

Chrysin Ameliorates Valproic Acid Induced Autism Spectrum Behavioral Phenotypes Through Corticohippocampal Histone Deacetylase and Translational Modulation of SHANK3 Expression in Juvenile Rats - Ismaheel Akinwale Adeniyi; Samuel Adetunji Onasanwo (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2026)

Identification of differentially expressed genes and their major pathways in breast cancer among the Indian population through bioinformatics analysis - Smita Hegde; N Naveen; Priti Sule; Abhinav Kanwal; Srinivas Mutalik; Abraham Samuel Babu; Navjot Kanwar; Sanjay Bharati (In Silico Pharmacology, 2026)

Resting-state motor network connectivity as a biomarker of Levodopa response in Parkinson’s disease - Emma E. Russo; Leif E. R. Simmatis; Kevin Kadak; Zoyeb Ehsan; Selma Sieber; Hannah Seo; Christina Xie; Aditya Pancholi; Emma Abray; Irene E. Harmsen; Nardin Samuel (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2026)

Externally-forced and intrinsic variability of the Mediterranean surface and overturning circulations - Damien Héron; Thierry Penduff; Jean-Michel Brankart; Pierre Brasseur; Samuel Somot; Robin Waldman; Romain Pennel (Ocean Science, 2026)
Part of Mediterranean Sea variability is forced and paced by external drivers (e.g. atmosphere, river runoffs, Atlantic inflow), while the other part has a random phase and spontaneously emerges due to chaotic intrinsic variability (CIV). This study quantifies across time scales the imprints of both variability components on the surface and zonal overturning circulations within the basin, from a 39-year 30-member ensemble ocean 1/12° simulation. We find that most of sea surface height (SSH) variance is intrinsic over 17 % of the basin, in particular in the southern Ionian and Levantine basins, and most notably in the Algerian basin where CIV explains 80 % of the SSH variance at periods greater than 4 months. In contrast, 75 % of the interannual-to-decadal SSH variance of the North Ionian Gyre circulation is paced by the atmosphere, suggesting an external triggering of the Adriatic-Ionian Bimodal Oscillating System (BiOS) reversal. CIV exerts a larger influence on the Rhodes, Bonifacio, and Alboran gyre circulations. Fluctuations of the density-coordinate zonal overturning circulation (ZOCσ) and of associated transports are mostly paced by the forcing over the basin. However, CIV tends to explain a larger fraction of these transports variance in the intermediate and bottom layers near deep convection sites, in particular in the Levantine basin where this fraction exceeds 50 % between 27 and 30° E at submonthly periods, 30 % at subannual periods, and 20 % at longer periods (reaching 20 years locally). This partly random character of the multi-scale Mediterranean variability has implications for evaluating model simulations and designing long-term observation systems, which are finally discussed.

A realistic physical model of the Gibraltar Strait - Axel Tassigny; Stef L. Bardoel; Thomas Valran; Samuel Viboud; Louis Gostiaux; Joël Sommeria; Lucie Bordois; Xavier Carton; Maria Eletta Negretti (Ocean Science, 2026)
We present a large-scale laboratory model of the Strait of Gibraltar that reproduces realistic topography, tidal forcing, stratification, and rotation, enabling controlled investigation of key exchange processes linking the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Velocity and density measurements confirm dynamic similarity with ocean observations. Analysis of the flow near Camarinal Sill shows that bottom boundary layers are the primary source of turbulent kinetic energy, exceeding contributions from shear at the interface between Atlantic and Mediterranean waters. The enhanced role of bottom-generated turbulence is linked to separation of the Mediterranean gravity current induced by an adverse pressure gradient during outflow, providing a new explanation for the well-documented detachment of the Mediterranean plume west of the sill. This detachment intensifies during spring tides, driving diluted waters farther into the Atlantic, while during neap tides bottom-generated and interfacial turbulence coincide, offering a consistent explanation for the high dissipation rates reported in field measurements. Overall, tidal forcing promotes full-depth mixing, with up to 20 % density reduction west of CS and oscillatory 20 % variations east, consistent with field data, and simultaneously introducing an important shift between vertical gradients of along-strait velocity and density, with implications for parameterizing turbulent exchange and definition of the composite internal Froude number for reliable diagnostics of hydraulic control. During spring tides, hydraulic control is intermittently lost during inflow (for about 50 % of the tidal cycle) and this loss propagates eastward, while additional control points arise west of the sill. Neap tides exhibit signatures of control which persist much longer during a tidal cycle (up to 88 %) as compared to spring tides, but does not propagate to the east when the tide reverses, offering an explanation of the different release of internal solitary waves observed in the literature (Roustan et al., 2024a). Transport and energy budgets reveal strong longitudinal and transverse variability, highlighting the need for fully three-dimensional diagnostics. Volume and buoyancy transports, dominated by transverse topographic variability, exceed tidal and turbulent transports by up to two orders of magnitude, confirming net Atlantic inflow. These results demonstrate that high-fidelity laboratory modeling can capture the essential three-dimensional dynamics of energetic straits and provides a powerful complement to observational and numerical approaches.

Credit constraint, unmet fertilizer needs and crop losses: evidence from three selected SSA countries - Michael Coffie; Jacob Nunoo; Samuel Sekyi; Benedict Afful; Alexander Opoku (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2026)

Microwave-Supported Extraction of Moringa Oleifera Oil with N-Hexane: Machine Learning Approaches Versus Response Surface Methodology Modeling - Babajide Ayobamiji Sotunde; Niyi Babatunde Ishola; Aanuoluwapo Priscilla Abiola; Ayomiposi Samuel Moses; Ayooluwa Paul Ibrahim; Eriola Betiku (BioEnergy Research, 2026)

A systematic review on the uses of red mud as feedstock to make catalysts, coagulants and conditioners for treatment of contaminated water - Harsha S. Rangappa; Samuel Ogechi Eke; Mohit Kumar; Phyu Phyu Cho; Shashidhar Thatikonda; Ch Subrahmanyam; Chuxia Lin (Chemosphere, 2026)

Improving genomic selection and diversity with cryopreservation: A case study in Atlantic salmon - Emmanuel A. Lozada-Soto; Mark P. Polinski; Harvey D. Blackburn; Brian C. Peterson; Samuel A. May (Aquaculture, 2026)

Elucidating drivers of full-scale struvite recovery system performance with thermodynamic and data-driven modeling - Samuel Enrique Aguiar; Rishabh Puri; Dong Hoon Sim; Seyed Aryan Emaminejad; Matt Seib; Carly Amstadt; Roland D. Cusick (Water Research, 2026)

Investigation on the load-bearing performance and interface stress of plastic pipe–CIPP liner composite Structures - Xuehao Wang; Xuefeng Yan; Samuel T. Ariaratnam; Baosong Ma; Yahong Zhao (Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2026)

Residual load capacity of longitudinally-cracked reinforced-concrete pipe and its recovery by CIPP versus spray-mortar liners - Xue-Feng Yan; Yu-Yong Jiao; Cong Zeng; Samuel T. Ariaratnam; Zhe-Yao Zhao (Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2026)

Pioglitazone attenuates cardiovascular remodeling cadmium-induced through the MAPK pathway - Victor Enrique Sarmiento-Ortega; Diana Moroni-González; José Everardo Avelino-Cruz; Miguel Garcia-Gonzalez; Rubén Vázquez-Roque; Eduardo Brambila; Samuel Treviño (Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 2026)

An innovative three-dimensional skin model for advancing canine atopic dermatitis research - Bo Chen; Ronald Francis Slocombe; Oluwadamilola Samuel Omotainse; Mirjana Bogeski; Smitha Rose Georgy (The Veterinary Journal, 2026)

Metabolic profiling of crude and refined Hura crepitans L. Seed oil in rats: Evidence for nutritional safety and functional tissue adaptation - Emmanuel Ifeanyichukwu Ugwor; Adewale Segun James; Rebecca Titilayo Oniyiku; Christiana Oluwakunmisola Igbin; Samuel okikijesu Ashaolu; Aniekan Ime Ubi-Abai; Omowunmi Eunice Babalola; Marvelous Damilola Omotosho; Hassanot Ayobami Sanusi; Oreoluwapo Iyanuoluwa Osikanlu; Ebozue Chukwuemeka Collins; Regina Ngozi Ugbaja (South African Journal of Botany, 2026)

Diel variation and pathways of gaseous mercury production in surface water and sediment–water interface of the Florida Everglades - Samuel Sunday Ogunsola; Mayowa Ezekiel Oladipo; Naiara Irizarry; Daniel Kouefati; Guangliang Liu; Yong Cai (Science of The Total Environment, 2026)

Mechanical characterization of the Robert Jones bandage under cyclic compression-bending: An in vitro experimental model - Samuel Larcheveque; Stéphanie Claeys; Marc Balligand; Pierre P. Picavet (Research in Veterinary Science, 2026)

Occurrence of microplastics in terrestrial habitats: Hazards and pollution abatement - Babalola Aisosa ONI; Kingsley Chukwunonso AGU; Samuel Eshorame SANNI (Pedosphere, 2026)

Lower Jurassic heterogeneous arc magmatism sheds light on the early stages of Neotethyan subduction in the Zagros orogenic belt (Esfandaghe area, SE Iran) - Mahbubeh Arabzade Baniasadi; Habibollah Ghasemi; Clothilde Minnaert; Samuel Angiboust; Aitor Cambeses; Mehdi Rezaei Kahkhaei; Johannes Glodny; Lambrini Papadopoulou (Lithos, 2026)

Environmental, physiological, perceptual, and behavioral predictors of mean and final km paces during a laboratory-based self-paced 10 km run in hot conditions - Marcelo T. Andrade; Matheus M.S. Nunes-Leite; Rúbio S. Bruzzi; Carlos H. Souza; João P. Uendeles-Pinto; Nathan B. Amarante de Sá; Thiago T. Mendes; Luciano S. Prado; Cândido C. Coimbra; Danusa D. Soares; Samuel P. Wanner (Journal of Thermal Biology, 2026)

Association between serum chromium and nickel levels with metabolic markers and HOMA-β in overweight and obese adults - Jacqueline Soto-Sánchez; Gilberto Garza-Treviño; Andrea Arreguín-Coronado; Gonzalo Samuel Fuentes-Salazar; María Judith Rios-Lugo; Héctor Hernández-Mendoza (Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 2026)

‘The sea is the only means of feeding’: Coping strategies in Ghanaian fishing communities during the closed season - Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang; Samuel K.M. Agblorti (Journal of Rural Studies, 2026)

Catalytic wet peroxide oxidation (CWPO) of widespread cyanotoxins: Degradation pathways and toxicity assessment - David Ortiz; Samuel Cirés; Zahara M. de Pedro; Antonio Quesada; Jose A. Casas; Macarena Munoz (Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2026)

Using Atlantic haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) as bioindicators in sea disposal mining impacted fjords - Tanja Kögel; André Marcel Bienfait; Amund Maage; Terje van der Meeren; Michael S. Bank; Samuel Paul Stuart Rastrick (Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2026)

Intelligent control of food waste composting based on PID and LSTM: analysis and comparison of strategies - Jufei Wang; Xuesong Peng; Wenbin Tang; Xueru Zhu; Chao Li; Shilong Qiu; Hanpeng Liao; Chen Liu; Samuel Mbugua Nyambura; Yao Wu; Hua Li; Shuhe Zheng (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2026)

Is corruption sand or grease in the wheels of corporate sustainability? - Diego Vazquez-Brust; Samuel Adomako; Lutz Preuss; Irene Chu (Journal of Environmental Management, 2026)

Behavior change through educational interventions and text messaging to improve personal protective equipment use during pesticide handling among smallholder farmers in Uganda: A cluster randomized controlled trial - Peter Ssekkadde; Vica Marie Jelena Jonitz; Aggrey Atuhaire; Curdin Brugger; Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie; Hanna-Andrea Rother; Martin Röösli; Jennifer Inauen; Samuel Fuhrimann (Journal of Environmental Management, 2026)

Unlocking the potential of brewer's spent grain: a review of its prebiotic and antimicrobial applications in the food industry - Carolina de Souza Moreira; Priscilla Siqueira Melo; Samuel Ferreira Gonçalves; Carlos Eduardo Cardoso de Aguiar Freire; Erick Sigisfredo Scheuermann Salinas; Alan Giovanini de Oliveira Sartori; Severino Matias de Alencar (Journal of Cereal Science, 2026)

Motor torque, power change, or electric current variation? Assessment of the best real time parameter to identify maximum dough consistency and dough rheological variations during kneading - Alessio Cappelli; Cristiano Paganoni; Samuel D'Alessandro; Alice Corradini; Sirio Cividino; Gianluca Tripodi; Mauro Zaninelli (Journal of Cereal Science, 2026)

Tissue destruction during food spoilage is associated with the formation of biofilms by Pseudomonas species - Laura M. Nolan; James J. Lazenby; George M. Savva; Ryan Sweet; Gregory J. Wickham; Haider Al-Khanaq; Samuel J. Bloomfield; Alison E. Mather; Cynthia B. Whitchurch (International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2026)

Utilising micro-CT to analyse fluid dynamics in dual-porosity packing systems - Quan Zheng; Kunning Tang; Ying Da Wang; Samuel J. Jackson; Thomas Poulet; Ryan Armstrong; Peyman Mostaghimi (Hydrometallurgy, 2026)

Deformation dynamics of the retro-wedge foreland: Seismic interpretation and numerical modeling study of the Llanos Basin, Colombia - Michal Nemčok; Steve A. Hermeston; Andreas Henk; Andres Mora; Camilo Higuera; Mauricio Parra; Samuel Rybár; Lucia Ledvényiová (Global and Planetary Change, 2026)

Mesoproterozoic tectonic environment in the ‘Boring Billion’: Insight from the Algoma-type BIF along the central–western Korean Peninsula - Yirang Jang; Vinod O. Samuel; Sanghoon Kwon; Donghyeok Lee; Sungjae Park; Changyeob Kim; Eul Roh; Chang Seong Kim; Keewook Yi; M. Santosh; Cheng-Xue Yang (Gondwana Research, 2026)

Underground hydrogen storage: A comprehensive assessment of hydrogen losses, key challenges and future prospects - Babalola Aisosa Oni; Grace Oluwakemisola Taiwo; Andrew Nyaisoti Misiani; Samuel Eshorame Sanni (Gas Science and Engineering, 2026)

Development of a hybrid first principles-machine learning adaptive modeling framework for health monitoring of power plant boiler superheaters - Vivek Saini; Daniel Purdy; Angan Mukherjee; Samuel Adeyemo; Debangsu Bhattacharyya; Jonathan Parker; Tapasvi Lolla; Charles Boohaker (Fuel, 2026)

Predicting mortality of invasive lodgepole pine regeneration following surface fire in an intermontane grassland - Matthew B. Scott; Hugh Wallace; Samuel Aguilar-Arguello; Shana E. Gross (Forest Ecology and Management, 2026)

Long-term monitoring of aspen forest regeneration and ungulate use shows successful recruitment amid landscape-scale forest restoration - Sterling B. Kerr; Aaron C. Rhodes; April Hulet; Ryan Pienaar; Samuel B. St. Clair (Forest Ecology and Management, 2026)

Tree species diversity and conservation across disturbance and bioregion types in forest patches outside protected areas in tropical Africa - Georges Alex Agonvonon; Samuel Markus Hepner; Chima Jude Iheaturu; Akomian Fortuné Azihou; Denis Jean Sonwa; Francis Ebuta Bisong; EnoAbasi Deborah Anwana; Koffi Koudouvo; Brice Augustin Sinsin; Markus Fischer; Chinwe Ifejika Speranza (Forest Ecology and Management, 2026)

Mantle flow and deformation of the eastern Adria subduction: New insights from AdriaArray seismic anisotropy - Laura Petrescu; Felix Borleanu; Samuel Celis; Dániel Kalmár (Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2026)

Raising the bar: Deep learning on comprehensive database sets new benchmark for automated fission-track detection - Samuel C. Boone; Ling Chung; Noel Faux; Usha Nattala; Thomas Church; Chenghao Jiang; Malcolm McMillan; Sean Jones; David Liu; Han Jiang; Kris Ehinger; Tom Drummond; et al. (Computers & Geosciences, 2026)

Revolutionizing textile manufacturing: Recent advances in the synthesis of chitin derivatives and their application in sustainable processing and multifunctionalization of textiles - Mohammad Mahbubul Hassan; Samuel Hudson (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026)

Integrated performance and techno-economic evaluation of pilot-scale Catalytic Wet Peroxide Oxidation (CWPO) for toxic cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins removal - David Ortiz; Neus Lopez-Arago; Macarena Munoz; Samuel Cirés; Zahara M. de Pedro; Antonio Quesada; Jose A. Casas (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026)

Photocatalytic nanocomposites: mechanisms and influencing parameters to practical challenges - Sayed Mahdi Taghavi; Samuel Rowley-Neale; Craig E. Banks; Tejraj M. Aminabhavi; Mehrorang Ghaedi (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026)

Lignocellulose pretreatment: A versatile platform for in situ valorisation - Samuel Ntakirutimana; Zhihao Fan; Wenlong Xiong; Shen Zhang; Kai Wang; Bing-zhi Li; Jingliang Xu (Carbohydrate Polymers, 2026)

Insights from XAS, FTIR, and PHREEQC into mono- and poly-vanadate (V(V)O43−) adsorption to Hematite - Jing Zhang; Victoria S. Coker; J. Frederick W. Mosselmans; Thomas L. Goût; Luís A.E. Batista de Carvalho; Samuel Shaw (Chemical Geology, 2026)

Transesterifying binary oil blends into biodiesel over cow-bone@termite clay hetero-catalysts: Optimization, thermo-kinetics, cost analysis and E-Metrics - Esther Olubunmi Babatunde; Rhithuparna D.; Aderibigbe Fatai Alade; Samuel Ogbeide Ebhodaghe; Lukhanyo Mekuto; Gopinath Halder (Biomass and Bioenergy, 2026)

Utilization of agricultural waste: Fiber extraction and characterization from Zingiber zerumbet Pseudo-stems for eco-friendly textiles - Siti Rohmah; Wiah Wardiningsih; Fatimatuz Zahro; Ryan Rudy; Rr Wiwiek Eka Mulyani; Samuel Martin Pradana; Didin Wahidin (Bioresource Technology Reports, 2026)

Earthworms as an alternative protein source for human consumption: Nutritional value, sustainability, processing, and safety considerations—A systematic review - Liciane Oliveira da Rosa; Samuel Machado Abreu; Álvaro Renato Guerra Dias (Bioresource Technology Reports, 2026)

Assessment of environmental impact of open waste burning activity in Asia and Pacific: A methodological update - Bimastyaji Surya Ramadan; Lakshitha Chathuranga Paranagamage; Miho Hayashi; Premakumara Jagath Dickella Gamaralalage; Dennis Mwaniki; Andreea Baias; Francesca Calisesi; Samuel Wahome Maina; Mehmet Dogu Karakaya; Masaki Yabitsu (Atmospheric Environment, 2026)

Uncertainties in highresmip models in simulating rainfall over West Africa based on the choice of reference data - Kwame Karikari Yamoah; Sydney Samuel; Gerard van der Schrier; Petr Štěpánek; Aleš Farda (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2026)
This study assesses the ability of eight High-Resolution Model Intercomparison Project (HighResMIP) simulations within the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) Phase 6 (CMIP6) to simulate West African rainfall from 1983 to 2014. Using multiple observational datasets, we assess the annual cycle, interannual variability, summer monsoon precipitation (June-July-August-September, JJAS), and extreme rainfall behaviour across the Sahel, the Guinea Coast, and the entire West African region. While the models capture the broad spatial contrast between the wetter Guinea Coast and the drier Sahel, substantial differences persist in their representation of seasonal timing, rainfall magnitude, and extremes. Several models reproduce the observed single August rainfall peak, but others generate bimodal structures or exhibit systematic wet or dry biases. HiRAM most accurately reproduces interannual variability, whereas INM-CM5 and BCC-CSM2 show large structural biases. Model performance reduces when evaluated over the full West African domain, and outliers in JJAS rainfall contribute to pronounced wet biases and uncertainty in extreme precipitation indices. The ensemble mean generally reduces individual model errors but inherits structural deficiencies from poorly performing models, particularly over the Guinea Coast. The results highlight persistent challenges in representing monsoon dynamics, convection, and regional climate drivers, demonstrating that higher spatial resolution alone does not eliminate major biases. Overall, the study highlights the importance of evaluating against multiple observational datasets and emphasises the need for further investigation into the physical processes and regional downscaling approaches necessary to enhance rainfall simulations over West Africa.

Prediction of groundwater potential zones using machine learning and MCDA methods in western catchment of Abaya–Chamo lakes basin, Ethiopia Rift System - Tilahun Wankie Wanjala; Samuel Dagalo Hatiye; Abunu Atlabachew Eshete; Ayano Hirbo Gelebo (Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2026)

Nitrogen deposition is linked to changes in mineral-associated organic carbon in forest soils in the United Kingdom - Samuel J. Willard; Elena Vanguelova; Bonnie Waring (Plant and Soil, 2026)
Aims Nitrogen (N) is an essential element for soil microbes, and its addition to soil can have variable effects on decomposition of soil organic carbon (SOC). We sought to quantify how N addition affects soil microbial decomposition and SOC stability by examining chemically free particulate organic C (POC) and chemically bound mineral-associated organic C (MAOC). Methods Working along a naturally occurring inorganic N deposition gradient (from 6–32 kg ha −1 yr −1 ) across 26 UK forest sites, we examined correlations among POC, MAOC, and inorganic N pools, comparing the responses of organo-mineral vs. mineral soils, and broadleaf vs. conifer forests. Results POC stocks and total microbial biomass C were not affected by N deposition in broadleaved forest soils, yet MAOC stocks increased. In conifer forest soils, MAOC decreased and POC and the microbial biomass pools were unchanged. POC and MAOC stocks were significantly greater in mineral soils than organo-mineral soils, while most inorganic N measurements did not differ by soil type. Climatic factors were found to have a weak effect on soil C pools, but POC, MAOC, DOC, and microbial biomass C all decreased with increasing stand basal area. Conclusions Our results show that the effects of inorganic N addition on soil C and N cycling can depend upon local plant and soil types. Alongside N deposition, forest attributes such as stand age and forest type have a strong effect on the microbial and geochemical factors that ultimately control POC and MAOC stability.

Results of the first real-time monitoring of CO2-rich mineral waters and mofettes in the volcanic fields of the Eifel - Heiko Woith; Andreas Riße; Bettina Strauch; Martin Zimmer; Samuel Niedermann; Bernd Schmidt; Torsten Dahm (International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2026)
Recent clusters of deep, low-frequency earthquakes southeast of Laacher See in the East Eifel region of Germany suggest the presence of an active magmatic system in the lower crust and upper mantle. Measuring fluid data at the Earth's surface could help identify processes in the deep magma system. Dense and continuous monitoring is required to distinguish between environmental and deep processes, but this is rarely carried out. Here, we present a pilot study of an intracontinental, distributed volcanic field in the Eifel, where twelve measuring stations have been installed since 2020 in decommissioned CO₂ wells, mofettes, CO₂-rich springs, CO₂-rich soil, and a cold-water geyser. For the first time, fluid data is being recorded continuously with a high temporal resolution of up to 1 Hz. Interestingly, seasonal variations in fluid parameters are relatively small, and baseline data was determined within two to three years. Short-term transients were observed at individual network stations and were related to events such as heavy rainfall, atmospheric pressure waves, or local and distant earthquakes. However, over longer periods, we also observed trend changes in important magmatic indicators, such as helium isotope ratios, radon concentration, and water temperature. For instance, one location exhibited notable shifts in helium isotopes from 2021 to 2025, seemingly correlating with earthquake swarms at depth. These examples underscore the importance of establishing a network of fluid measuring stations, conducting continuous monitoring, and jointly evaluating meteorological, hydrogeological, geophysical, and geodetic data. Graphical Abstract

Long COVID: a review of mechanisms and treatment modalities - Mabel Yet; Hui Sheung Teo; Hannah Kwa; Joseph Yeo; Samuel S. Y. Wang (Inflammopharmacology, 2026)

Strong mito-nuclear discordance and sharing of mitochondrial DNA among species of the Simulium variegatum group (Diptera, Simuliidae) in Europe - Ivona Lužáková; Tatiana Kúdelová; Samuel Krčmárik; Matúš Kúdela (Hydrobiologia, 2026)
Simuliidae are an important component of freshwater ecosystems and act as bloodsucking pests. The accurate identification of black fly species is crucial for effective pest management and lotic ecosystem biodiversity assessment. Nowadays, molecular markers are widely used for species identification. We analysed two mitochondrial and two nuclear molecular markers—COI, COII, ITS1, and ECP1—to assess their suitability for species assignment and delimitation within the well-defined morphospecies of the Simulium variegatum group ( Simulium argyreatum , S. maximum , S. monticola , S. monticoloides , S. sicanum , and S. variegatum ). The molecular analyses revealed strong discordance between mitochondrial and nuclear data, as well as sharing of mtDNA among several morphospecies. Four species— S. argyreatum , S. monticola , S. sicanum , and S. variegatum —shared common haplotypes and could not be effectively determined based on the mitochondrial markers. Nuclear markers have been proven to be more effective in species delimitation, especially the ECP1 gene, which correctly determined the studied species, following their morphological identification. Using only the mitochondrial COI gene barcodes for species identification in black flies may not be sufficient. A possible explanation for the mito-nuclear discordance is multiple mitochondrial introgression events among several species.

Covariations of coral, macroalgal, macroinvertebrate and fish communities in an urbanised tropical reef environment - Stacia Loong; Daisuke Taira; Y. K. Samuel Chan; W. W. Rochelle Chan; Jenny Fong; Valerie Kwan; Jeffrey K. Y. Low; C. S. Lionel Ng; Shu Qin Sam; Charles Zhiming Tan; Karenne P. P. Tun; Zhi Ting Yip; et al. (Coral Reefs, 2026)

Polyethylene Microplastics Disrupt Cardiopulmonary Homeostasis via Oxidative Stress, Inflammatory Crosstalk, and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Wistar Rats - Samuel Abiodun Kehinde; Abosede Temitope Olajide; Ayokanmi Ore; Deborah Itunuoluwa Olulana; Chau Ling Tham; Sasitorn Chusri (Cardiovascular Toxicology, 2026)

Biosynthese-Zwischenprodukte mit überraschender antibiotischer Aktivität - Jan-Samuel Puls (BIOspektrum, 2026)

Groundwater age distribution in granular and fractured aquifers of the Laurentides region, Eastern Canada, to evaluate the resource sustainability - Samuel Bolduc; Daniele L. Pinti; Marie Larocque; Olfa Swaissi (Applied Geochemistry, 2026)

Crop rotation phase has a greater impact on soil biology than crop rotation diversity - Marijke Struijk; Erika Degani; Samuel G. Leigh; Emma Bowen; Sion Thomas; Simon R. Mortimer; Andrew P. Whitmore; Frank Ashwood; Suzanne J. Clark; Tom Sizmur (Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2026)

Weighting DORIS measurements for space geodesy - Arnaud Pollet; Samuel Nahmani; Paul Rebischung; Willy Bertiger (Advances in Space Research, 2026)

Trichomes and their associated feeding antixenosis in wild Solanum species against ash weevil, Myllocerus subfasciatus Guerin-Meneville (Curculionidae: Coleoptera) - Jayanthi Mala B. Ramakrishnaiah; Krishnamoorthy S. Venkatachary; Saravan K. Parepely; Singh T. Hatiya; Shivashankara K. Seetharamaiah; Naresh Ponnam; Duleep K. Samuel; Kamala Jayanthi P. Damodaram (Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2026)

Oral cadmium exposure to environmental doses induces visceral adiposopathy in Wistar rats - Victor Enrique Sarmiento-Ortega; Diana Moroni-González; Alfonso Diaz; Eduardo Brambila; Samuel Treviño (Archives of Toxicology, 2026)
Chronic cadmium exposure, even in environmental doses, has been linked to multiple metabolic disturbances, including white adipose tissue (WAT) dysfunction. WAT dysfunction is defined as a loss of endocrine, immunologic, and metabolic homeostasis, characterized by a low-grade, progressive, and non-resolving inflammation development, namely adiposopathy. This study evaluated the immunometabolic effects of Cd exposure in drinking water on WAT of male Wistar rats, using concentrations of 15 and 32 ppm (environmental doses) over periods of up to 5 months. Inflammatory markers in serum and tissue were analyzed, along with macrophage phenotype, NF-κB pathway activation, leptin and adiponectin expression, correlations with the adiponectin/leptin (A/L) index, and the development of fibrosis. The results showed a progressive increase in proinflammatory cytokines (IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1β), sustained NF-κB activation, and a shift from anti-inflammatory (CD206⁺) to proinflammatory (CD16⁺) macrophages. These changes were accompanied by dysregulation of the adiponectin/leptin axis and a decrease in the A/L ratio, with dynamic correlations to immune markers. Fibrosis was detected in late stages. In conclusion, our results demonstrated for the first time that Cd exposure in environmental doses induces adiposopathy; thereby, findings indicate that Cd can progressively disrupt the immunometabolic homeostasis of adipose tissue, promoting an inflammatory and profibrotic environment with potential implications for the development of metabolic diseases.

Weight Loss in Mangoes: Causes, Implications, and Assessment in Ghana - Michael Tuffour; Samuel Joe Acquah; Adwoa Oforiwa Antwi; Solomon Owia Bondzi-Quaye (Applied Fruit Science, 2026)

Maximising biodiversity potential in Europe’s mines and quarries: A key role for EU Nature Restoration Regulation targets - Miguel Ballesteros; Klara Řehounková; Kris Decleer; Carolina Martínez-Ruiz; Josu G. Alday; Rodolfo Gentili; Alice Nunes; Pedro A. Salgueiro; Gregory Mahy; Samuel Bouchoms; Anita Kirmer; Sabine Tischew; et al. (Ambio, 2026)
Amid the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the EU’s Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR), which aims to restore degraded areas in the coming decades, post-mining sites must be integrated into biodiversity and ecosystem recovery strategies as key contributors. While mining, quarrying, and other extractive activities have considerable environmental impacts, they also present massive opportunities to create valuable habitats, support biodiversity, guide restoration efforts, and contribute to conservation. A strong foundation of scientific and practical knowledge is already in place, yet implementation gaps persist, and regulatory frameworks remain under-utilised for restoring these degraded areas. Under-exploited pathways exist to reconcile development needs with NRR restoration goals. To maximise the biodiversity potential of post-mining sites, we emphasise the need for: (1) Site-specific scientific assessments and long-term monitoring; (2) Practical restoration guidelines for European habitats; (3) The strategic use of restored site networks as demonstration areas; (4) Active stakeholder engagement; and (5) Supportive policies.

Perceived ecosystem service bundles across forested landscapes in transition: A case study in southern Cameroon - Catherine M. Hepp; Ahmad Dhiaulhaq; Laetitia M. Adjoffoin; Corine Ehowe; Samuel Assembe-Mvondo; Thilde Bech Bruun (Ambio, 2026)

Record of Stiff-legged Defensive Behavior in Rhinella achavali (Anura: Bufonidae) - Michele Esperança; Camila Fernanda Moser; Gustavo Kasper Cubas; Samuel Ferreira Gohlke; Marcelo Duarte Freire; Márcio Borges-Martins (acta ethologica, 2026)

Comparing the Last Interglacial (MIS 5e) with the present interglacial period (MIS 1) using a multidimensional functional diversity analysis: The marine molluscs from Santa Maria Island (Azores Archipelago, central Atlantic) as a case study - Sérgio P. Ávila; Samuel Arruda; Luís Silva; Ana Hipólito; Rui Quartau; Ricardo S. Ramalho; Patrícia Madeira; Carlos S. Melo; Lara Baptista; Ana Cristina Rebelo; Gustavo M. Martins; Gonçalo Castela Ávila; et al. (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2026)
Marine fossil records hold outstanding importance for ecological, evolutionary and biogeographical studies. Santa Maria Island in the Azores Archipelago (central Atlantic) features a remarkable marine fossil record spanning from the Pliocene to recent times. This record includes late Pleistocene outcrops with fossiliferous deposits dated from the last interglacial period (MIS 5e). In this study, we describe a newly discovered MIS 5e outcrop (Ponta do Cedro) and investigate its marine mollusc assemblages. Fifteen taxa (11 gastropods and four bivalves) constitute new records for the MIS 5e highstand deposits of the Azores, increasing the total number of MIS 5e mollusc taxa to 160 (132 gastropods and 28 bivalves). Four genera/species are reported herein for the first time in the global/world fossil record, further emphasising the exceptional palaeobiodiversity of the MIS 5e mollusc assemblages on Santa Maria. Using a functional diversity‐based approach, we compared, for the first time, the MIS 5e fossil record with the modern molluscs from the Azores. To achieve this, we compiled two data sets with information covering 35 functional traits from a total of 420 mollusc taxa: 160 from the MIS 5e sedimentary deposits of Santa Maria and 365 modern shallow‐water molluscs reported from the Azores. After excluding taxa lacking complete functional trait information, the final data set included 385 mollusc taxa: 132 from the MIS 5e deposits and 320 modern species. All functional alpha‐diversity indices were higher for the modern assemblage compared to the MIS 5e, except for Functional Divergence (FDiv), which was greater in the MIS 5e assemblage. This suggests higher productivity, along with the use of a larger number of ecological niches and thus increased niche specialisation for the modern communities compared to the MIS 5e ones. Conversely, the MIS 5e communities appear to have been less resilient to invasions and climate change than their modern counterparts. However, the higher FDiv observed in the MIS 5e communities indicates more efficient use of available resources by these communities, when compared with the modern ones. The results of the multidimensional functional beta‐diversity reveal that the nestedness‐resultant value is significantly higher than the turnover component. This indicates that the MIS 5e assemblage is a subset of the modern assemblage. Finally, this study provides the first baseline for comparing MIS 5e mollusc assemblages with others, highlighting the unique palaeobiodiversity and functional characteristics of the MIS 5e fossil record on Santa Maria Island.

Machine Learning‐Aided Meta‐Analysis Reveals Changes in Penaeus vannamei Gut Bacterial Communities Upon Dietary Supplementation‐Induced Immunostimulation - John Paul Matthew D. Guzman; Samuel Mwakisha Mwamburi; Supatcha Lurkpranee; Keiichiro Koiwai; Hidehiro Kondo; Ikuo Hirono (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2026)
Gut bacterial communities play a key role in shrimp health; thus, their modulation has been a target of dietary supplements which also function in enhancing disease and stress resistance of shrimp. However, this also raised the question of whether immunostimulants yield distinct changes in the gut bacterial composition or whether there are consistent features across all treatments. Here, we performed a machine learning‐aided meta‐analysis of 16S rRNA gut bacterial community studies of immunostimulants for Penaeus vannamei . Sequence reads from the selected studies were obtained and processed through bioinformatics tools. While beta diversity analysis suggests similarities between the normal, infected and stimulated shrimp, alpha diversity indices showed higher species richness in the gut bacterial communities of shrimp fed with immunostimulants. Specific beneficial taxa were enriched upon immunostimulation, while potentially pathogenic taxa decreased in abundance. Random forest modelling also identified key predictor taxa which may be used to classify gut bacterial communities based on immune status, type of immunostimulant and the specific immunostimulant. Despite some shared patterns in differential abundance—having decreased relative abundances of Photobacterium and other members of Gammaproteobacteria—the influence of immunostimulation on gut bacterial community composition was type‐ and treatment‐specific, as evident in the distinct abundance profiles of the predictor taxa. Functional prediction analysis also showed distinct pathways enriched in immunostimulated shrimp, as influenced by the type of the immunostimulant. This study highlighted the specific impacts of dietary supplementation‐induced immunostimulation on gut bacterial communities and identified key features in immunostimulated shrimp which provide a novel perspective on the interplay between gut bacterial community and immunity.

Development and Testing of a Low‐Cost Soil Moisture Sensor for Real‐Time Irrigation Scheduling - Edmealem Temesgen Ebstu; Samuel Dagalo Hatiye; Demelash Wendimagegnehu Goshime; Johannes Dirk Dingemanse; Demiso Daba Dugassa; Tafesse Fitensa; Getachew Enssa; Chanako Dane Chare; Destaw Akil Areru; Yared Godine Demeke (Irrigation and Drainage, 2026)
Effective irrigation scheduling is essential for improved water management in irrigated areas, with soil moisture monitoring recognized as one of the most effective methods. However, challenges such as the high cost of sensors and the difficulties in monitoring large areas hinder their practical application, particularly for smallholder farmers. This study aimed to design and test a locally made low‐cost Arduino‐based soil moisture (ASM) sensor for real‐time irrigation scheduling. The ASM sensor was first tested in the laboratory and then deployed in a wheat field in comparison with a Pycom soil moisture (PSM) sensor and a conventional soil moisture (CSM) method. Initial results indicated that ASM readings were about 13% lower than CSM values, with a linear regression slope of 0.87. After calibration, the slope improved to 1.0, correcting the underestimate. Based on performance metrics including RMSE, relative error, confidence index and index of agreement, the sensor showed a strong linear correlation ( R 2 = 0.97) with CSM both before and after calibration, which was rated as ‘excellent’. The PSM sensor achieved near‐perfect agreement with CSM results, showing the reliability of low‐cost sensor alternatives. Overall, the ASM sensor demonstrated accuracy, cost‐effectiveness and practical suitability, offering a valuable solution for enhancing irrigation scheduling in resource‐limited settings.

Continental Contrasts in Climate Extremes That Control Tree Fecundity - James S. Clark; Robert Andrus; Margarita Arianoutsou; Davide Ascoli; Yves Bergeron; Michal Bogdziewicz; Thomas Boivin; Raul Bonal; Thomas Caignard; Maxime Cailleret; Rafael Calama; J. Julio Camarero; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2026)
In 2023, more than half of olive harvests ( Olea europaea ) across Spain, Greece, and Türkiye were lost to drought. The same year late freeze destroyed 90% of the peach crop ( Prunus persica ) on the Georgia Piedmont and the apple crop ( Malus domestica ) in central New York, Vermont, and southern Quebec. Climate extremes now rank with the costliest threats to agriculture, but their role in forest recovery from diebacks that are happening globally is unknown for lack of tree fecundity estimates in forests. Tolerance of climate extremes could depend on past exposure but constrained by phylogenetic conservatism. We report a continental scale analysis of climate extremes and forest fecundity across North America and Europe showing that responses to late freeze and drought are happening now. Species differences are not explained by the traits typically included in ecological studies and they are weakly associated with phylogeny. Late freeze, that is, freezing temperatures that follow the onset of flower development in spring, is shown to be “normal” in North America, but not Europe, potentially explaining failed seed production due to delayed onset and the resultant shorter growing period by North American transplants dating back at least to the 18th century. Drought has thus far had the greatest impacts in dry forested regions, but here too, species differences are not explained by traditional trait values. If responses have been buffered from drought and late freeze by past exposure, acclimation and local adaptation prove inadequate as extremes intensify.

Warming Causes a Decline in Baltic Sea Coastal Sediment Microbial Abundance - Laura Seidel; Songjun Li; Shahinez Hanna‐Elias; Iryna Rula; Louise Ahlberg; Anders Forsman; Samuel Hylander; Marcelo Ketzer; Mark Dopson (Environmental Microbiology, 2026)
Long‐term ocean warming impacts the marine environment, and these effects will be exacerbated by future climate change affecting, e.g., biogeochemical processes and microbial communities. However, how the sediment microbial cell abundance and live/dead ratio respond to warming is poorly understood. In this study, sediment core samples were collected from a Baltic Sea bay artificially heated on average 5°C for > 50 years above a nearby (control) bay unaffected by the heating. Contrary to the expected increased productivity in the heated bay, qPCR‐based sediment cell abundances showed decreased cell numbers along the sediment depth gradient in the heated bay compared to the control bay. This could reflect that a portion of the cells' metabolic energy was diverted to a heat related stress response rather than being used for replication. In addition, live/dead cell ratios showed no clear differences in either bay suggesting the majority of the cells were alive. Finally, sediment depth gradient 16S rRNA gene sequencing confirmed previous studies, showing that prolonged warming shallows sediment biogeochemical zones and related microbial communities. In conclusion, future climate change related warming will likely decrease microbial cell abundances that form part of the food web base, potentially impacting the entire ecosystem.

WABAD : A world annotated bird acoustic dataset for passive acoustic monitoring - Cristian Pérez‐Granados; Jon Morant; Kevin F. A. Darras; Oscar H. Marín‐Gómez; Irene Mendoza; Miguel A. Muñoz‐Mohedano; Eduardo Santamaría‐García; Giulia Bastianelli; Alba Márquez‐Rodríguez; Michał Budka; Gerard Bota; José M. De la Peña‐Rubio; et al. (Ecology, 2026)
Under the current global biodiversity crisis, there is a need for automated and noninvasive monitoring techniques that can gather large amounts of data cost‐effectively at various ecological scales, from local to large spatial scales. These data can then be analyzed to inform stakeholders and decision‐makers. One such technique is passive acoustic monitoring, which is commonly coupled with automatic identification of animal species based on their sound. Automated sound analyses usually require the training of sound detection and identification algorithms. These algorithms are based on annotated acoustic datasets which mark the occurrence of sounds of species inside sound recordings. However, compiling large annotated acoustic datasets is time‐consuming and requires experts, and therefore, they normally cover reduced spatial, temporal, and taxonomic scales. This data paper presents WABAD, the World Annotated Bird Acoustic Dataset for passive acoustic monitoring. WABAD is designed to provide the public, the research community, and conservation managers with a novel and globally representative annotated acoustic dataset. This database includes 5047 min of audio files annotated to species‐level by local experts with the start and end time and the upper and lower frequencies of each identified bird vocalization in the recordings. The database has a wide taxonomic and spatial coverage, including information on 91,931 vocalizations from 1192 bird species recorded at 72 recording sites in 29 recording locations (mainly countries) and distributed across 13 biomes. WABAD can be used, for example, for developing and/or validating automatic species detection algorithms, answering ecological questions, such as assessing geographical variations on bird vocalizations, or comparing acoustic diversity indices with species‐based diversity indices. The dataset is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license that permits redistribution and reuse on the condition that the original work is properly credited.

Apparent flush-foraging in a crested guan (Penelope purpurascens) family party - Kathryn E. Vance; Duncan A. J. Pandya; Samuel E. I. Jones; Neil Reid; Hannah M. J. Hoskins; Thomas E. Martin (Ornithology Research, 2026)

Mapping Knowledge and Stakeholder Engagement in Mangrove Ecosystem Service Valuation: Insights from a Bibliometric Analysis of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico - Mira Kelly-Fair; Samuel Lippmann; Elliott Snow; Magaly Koch; Les Kaufman; Sucharita Gopal (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2026)
Understanding the services provided by coastal ecosystems is vital for their study, preservation, and restoration. Mangrove forests, in particular, provide key ecosystem services: they sequester carbon, support fisheries and biodiversity, and facilitate sustainable tourism. In the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, mangrove-related services have been studied extensively, but often via fragmented approaches. This meta-analysis combines a literature review, bibliometric tools, and thematic mapping to identify emerging trends and long-standing gaps. We analyzed 61 peer-reviewed studies across 21 sovereign states and U.S. states, which highlighted shifting research priorities and a lack of convergence—defined herein as the failure of individual studies to examine multiple ecosystem service categories (regulating, cultural, supporting, and provisioning) simultaneously to assess potential trade-offs. While early research emphasized supporting services such as fishery nurseries, recent studies focus on regulating services, especially carbon sequestration. Stakeholder engagement remains limited, with only 18% of studies incorporating local perspectives. We argue for greater integration of stakeholder input and convergence across service categories to enhance the scientific basis for mangrove management and policy design.

Degradation of mine site alluvial soil – the case of artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana - Samuel Senyo Koranteng; Lukeman Boakye Adams; Nadine Osei-Essah; Daniel Darko (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2026)

Upcycling pine-bark into powerful adsorbents: tetracycline removal from aquaculture effluents combining biochar and advanced oxidation processes - Samuel Moles; Rosa Mosteo; Francisca Romero-Sarria; Patricia García-Muñoz; Jorge Rodríguez-Chueca (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2026)
The presence of antibiotics in aquaculture wastewater poses environmental and public-health risks by disrupting aquatic ecosystems and promoting the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This study evaluates pine-bark biochars activated under different atmospheres for the removal of tetracycline from real aquaculture wastewater and examines their combined use with peroxymonosulfate as an oxidant. The biochars were produced by pyrolysis and activated using carbon dioxide or humid argon. Carbon-dioxide activation generated a larger surface area and a more developed porous structure than humid-argon activation, which resulted in higher adsorption performance. Batch experiments achieved 80–100% tetracycline removal in real aquaculture wastewater containing competing ions and dissolved organic matter. Adsorption kinetics followed the pseudo-second-order model, indicating that chemisorption governed the process, while intraparticle diffusion contributed but was not the controlling step. The solution pH strongly influenced adsorption, with maximum removal under alkaline conditions. Results suggest that aromatic ring interactions, hydrogen bonding and surface complexation were predominant adsorption mechanisms. Combining biochar with peroxymonosulfate enhanced tetracycline removal through a synergistic effect, reaching up to 99% with very low oxidant dosages. These findings highlight pine-bark biochar as a promising and sustainable metal-free material for treating contaminants of emerging concern in aquaculture wastewater. Graphical Abstract

Rearing performance of Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhaal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae) on a meridic, Agave cupreata–based diet: developmental duration, survival, and reproductive parameters - Carlos Daniel Gómez-Ibarra; Selene Ramos-Ortiz; Ana Mabel Martínez-Castillo; Samuel Pineda-Guillermo; Luis Jesús Palma-Castillo; Juan Manuel Chavarrrieta-Yáñez; Yordanys Ramos; Alfonso Luna-Cruz; José Isaac Figueroa-De la Rosa (International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2026)

Targeting Alzheimer’s diseases via nitro-substituted Schiff base derivatives: synthesis, DFT, and molecular dynamics studies - Abosede A. Badeji; Samuel O. Olalekan; Adesola A. Adeleke; Moses M. Edim; Temiloluwa O. Olaniyi; Omoyele O. Alli; Okiki N. Quadri; Segun D. Oladipo (In Silico Pharmacology, 2026)

In-vitro and in-silico evaluations of bioactive compounds, radical scavenging properties, antidiabetic and antiinflammatory properties of extract and fractions of Combretum racemosum leaf - Emmanuel Sina Akintimehin; Kayode Olayele Karigidi; Tosin Felicia Fajembola; Tope Samuel Omogunwa; Faith Esther Ogunbameru; Aanuoluwapo Patricia Fapetu; Foluso Olutope Adetuyi; Iyere Osolase Onoagbe (In Silico Pharmacology, 2026)

Enhanced Therapeutic Efficacy of Lispro-Protamine Insulin Via Vanadate and Decavanadate Functionalization in a Type 1 Diabetes Murine Model - Ulises Peña-Rosas; Anahí Cruz-Cuateco; Diana Moroni-González; Lisset Noriega; Alfonso Díaz; Rubén Antonio Vázquez-Roque; Eduardo Brambila; Enrique González-Vergara; Samuel Treviño (Biological Trace Element Research, 2026)
Diabetes is a complex condition that requires continuous medical care and risk-reduction strategies. Therefore, technological improvements and the development of new insulins are necessary. This work aimed to develop insulin functionalized with vanadate (V1) or decavanadate (DV10) and probe its effectiveness on glucose and lipid homeostasis in a like-T1D murine model. Seven different molar combinations of HUMALOG ® 75/25 insulin with V1 or DV10 were characterized using molecular docking, UV/visible, and FT-IR spectroscopy, confirming stable interactions between V1 or DV10 with the insulin. Then, a like-T1D model was generated in Wistar rats. The acute pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of functionalized insulin were evaluated. Ins-V1 9:1 and 7:3 ratios demonstrated functional bioequivalence to commercial Lispro insulin, reducing glycemia by approximately 67.7% and 60%, within 60 min. The ins-DV10 3:7 and 5:5 ratios exhibited lower average glycemia than Lispro ( p < 0.01), indicating greater cumulative efficacy. In the long term (30 days), the ins-V1 and ins-DV10 combination administered successfully reversed hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia. Treatments enhanced glycogen storage by 50%–80% and reduced tissue steatosis by 22%–62.5% in the liver, muscle, heart, and kidney. Ins-DV10 (3:7 and 1:9) were better than any ins-V1 combination. Remarkably, acute V1 treatment alone improved dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia, but in the long term, DV10 alone showed the greatest efficacy in both serum and tissues. In conclusion, functionalization with a higher proportion of DV10 significantly enhances the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of lispro-protamine insulin. Therefore, it could be considered a treatment strategy for managing glucose and lipid homeostasis in diabetes.

Updated Swedish guidelines for the management and treatment of RSV infection - Lars Navér; Emmi Andersson; Frida Blomgren; Henrik Ljungberg; Joachim Luthander; Anna Nordlander; Michal Odermarsky; Andreas Ohlin; Samuel Rhedin; Lina Schollin Ask; Susanne Strömdahl; Lisa Swartling; et al. (Infectious Diseases, 2026)

Metagenomics in the diagnosis of pneumonia: a systematic review - Samuel Quarton; Alana Livesey; Charlotte Jeff; Christopher Hatton; Celine Hsi Chen; Aaron Scott; Dhruv Parekh; David Thickett; Alan McNally; Elizabeth Sapey (Infectious Diseases, 2026)

Biomarker responses in gills of Holothuria tubulosa from coastal waters of Eivissa Island (Western Mediterranean, Spain) to anthropogenic impact - Jessica Lombardo; Amanda Cohen-Sánchez; Antonio Box; Agostina Bartra; Trinidad García; Manuel Miró; Caterina Faggio; Silvia Tejada; Samuel Pinya; Antoni Sureda (Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2026)

Optimising light intensity and ammonium enrichment enhances ex-situ growth and survival of the cultured boring Giant clam, Tridacna crocea - Li Keat Lee; Teresa S. Tay; H.R. Samuel Lee; K.E. Kayden Tong; M.Y. Beryl Chean; Yuchen Sun; Mei Lin Neo (Aquaculture, 2026)

Randomised controlled trial on the effect of Chilean nutritional warning labels versus nutri-score in food purchasing intentions - Maria Elena Ordaz-Castillo; Pedro Samuel Díaz-Díaz; Alicia Padrón-Monedero; Juan Revenga-Frauca; Miguel Ángel Royo-Bordonada (Appetite, 2026)

Multi-compound PFAS transport in the unsaturated zone during infiltration cycles - Samuel Oluwaseun Kolade; Avner Ronen; Tuvia Turkeltaub; Christos Tsakiroglou; Knud Erik Strøyberg Klint; Prerona Das; Ofer Dahan (Water Research, 2026)

Public support for urban heat resilience: Preferences and willingness to pay for mitigation strategies in Singapore - Natalia Borzino; Samuel Chng; Renate Schubert (Sustainable Cities and Society, 2026)

Progressive exploration of the four municipal solid composting phases for microplastics pollution: Extraction, abundance, and distribution - Adeola Adelugba; Mason MacDonald; Samuel Asiedu; Lord Abbey; Chijioke Emenike (Science of The Total Environment, 2026)

Evaluation of a novel zero-valent iron based reactive amendment for wetland sediment contaminated with historical gold mine tailings using Chironomus dilutus - Samuel A. Sequeira; E. Emily V. Chapman; Heidi Gavel; Linda M. Campbell (Science of The Total Environment, 2026)

NRT-GSF: A novel near-real-time ground-satellite fusion algorithm to retrieve daily green area index at field scale - Wenjuan Li; Marie Weiss; Samuel Buis; Aleixandre Verger; Sylvain Jay; Zihan Ren; Wenbin Wu; Jingyi Jiang; Alexis Comar; Benoit De Solan (Remote Sensing of Environment, 2026)

A phenology-guided approach for detecting grassland invasive species using satellite image time series - Md Saiful Islam; Hamed Gholizadeh; M. Ny Aina Rakotoarivony; Robert G. Hamilton; Samuel Fuhlendorf; Yuting Zhou; Smriti Shrestha (Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 2026)

Mode of action analysis for induction of mouse lung tumors by permethrin: Involvement of CYP2F2 enzyme and human relevancy - Dai Hasegawa; Kensuke Kawamoto; Keiko Ogata; Satoki Fukunaga; Samuel M. Cohen; Hiroyuki Asano (Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2026)

Organic geochemical investigations of an MIS 5 fire in the Palaeolithic deposits of Ormesson (Seine-et-Marne, France): Anthropic or natural? - Ivy Notterpek; Alexandre Lucquin; Samuel Abiven; Pierre Bodu; Tobias Bromm; Bruno Glaser; Henri-Georges Naton; Matthew D. Pickering; Oliver E. Craig; Isabelle Théry-Parisot (Quaternary Science Reviews, 2026)

Solar disinfection of turbid water in large colourless buckets and small translucent bottles: Implications for bacterial regrowth during extended storage - Ekene Jude Nwankwo; Samuel Toochukwu Ogbu; Benjamin Nnamdi Ekwueme; Edozie Thompson Okeke; Celestine Odenigbo (Next Research, 2026)

Autothermal reforming process simulation and optimization of a biogas-based chemical looping for hydrogen production with CO2 capture - Samuel Effiom; Douglas Udu; Fidelis Abam; Precious-Chibuzo Effiom; Providence Bright; Okwonna Onochie; Oliver Inah; Burhan Saeed; Thomas Magu (Next Research, 2026)

Three-dimensional stratigraphic forward modeling for the prediction of facies associations and porosity in pre-salt carbonate rocks of the Sapinhoá oil field, Santos Basin, Brazil - Vinícius Lôndero; Andressa Bressane; Márcio Cardoso; Luciano Garim Garcia; José Manuel Marques Teixeira de Oliveira; Ilana Lehn; Adali Ricardo Spadini; Lubín Eric Cayo; Samuel Magalhães Viana; José Eduardo Faccion; Paulo Roberto Moura de Carvalho; Roberto Salvador Francisco D’Avila; et al. (Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2026)

Plasticity and regional heterothermy of upper thermal tolerance in the ring-necked snake - Christian L. Cox; Kelly Lin Wuthrich; Dareen Aloudeh; Samuel J. Baker; Anna G. Climo; Alexa F. Gross; Christian W. Kizer; Zoe M. Korff; Oscar Melendez Vera; Veronica Y. Silva; Alexis M. Spans; Grace R. Thilenius; et al. (Journal of Thermal Biology, 2026)

Pesticide resistance and community collapse: The vicious cycle of rural disintegration and agricultural expansion - Katherine Dentzman; Samuel C.H. Mindes (Journal of Rural Studies, 2026)

Multi-sorbent passive sampler for the preconcentration of contaminants with broad polarity spectrum in drinking water, including very polar compounds - Vincent Dufour; Guilhem Zerbini; Laure Wiest; Aurélie Fildier; Xavier Dauchy; Samuel Robert; Jerôme Enault; Mar Esperanza; Emmanuelle Vulliet (Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2026)

Geochemistry, enrichment mechanisms and geomedical assessment of fluoridated groundwater in some parts of the largest semi-arid sedimentary basin in Ghana - Emmanuel Daanoba Sunkari; Onesimus D. Zeon; Asare Asante-Annor; Samuel Nunoo; Abayneh Ataro Ambushe (Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2026)

Bridging the gap in riverine greenhouse gas research: From monitoring methods to mechanistic understanding - Long Ho; Matti Barthel; Samuel Bodé; Diego Panique-Casso; Johan Six; Pascal Boeckx; Peter Goethals (Journal of Environmental Management, 2026)

Evaluating land use impacts on soil organic carbon and soil health for sustainable land management in Ghana - Thomas Abindaw; Samuel Kumi; Michael Asigbaase; Caleb Mensah (Journal of Environmental Management, 2026)

Personal air pollution exposure assessment with schoolchildren in rural Wales - Shuangyu Wei; Zhiwen Luo; Simon Lannon; Tania Sharmin; Joseph Smith; Hanbin Zhang; Flora Samuel (Journal of Environmental Management, 2026)

Dogs can detect carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) using lake water samples - Melissa A. Collins; Samuel Barclay; Clare Browne; Nicholas Ling; Grant W. Tempero; Ian Kusabs; Timothy L. Edwards (Journal for Nature Conservation, 2026)

Human-hippopotamus conflict around the southern Ethiopian Rift Valley Lakes: Abaya and Chamo - Samuel Oyda Oka; Zewdneh Tomass; Serekebirhan Takele; Aberham Megaze (Journal for Nature Conservation, 2026)

Atmospheric drivers of interannual variability from the northern hemisphere seasonal cap on Mars - Jacob M. Widmer; Serina Diniega; Mackenzie Day; Samuel F.A. Cartwright; Noora Alsaeed (Icarus, 2026)

Extreme Mediterranean rainfall impact on sedimentary routing systems: what can we learn from Storm Alex using in situ detrital 10Be? - Apolline Mariotti; Pierre-Henri Blard; Julien Charreau; Samuel Toucanne; Stephan Jorry; Olivier Joseph (Geomorphology, 2026)

Genomics uncover resistant and virulent Klebsiella on foods: a potential risk to human health - Roxana Zamudio; Min Yap; Samuel J. Bloomfield; Raphaëlle Palau; Nicol Janecko; Alison E. Mather (Food Microbiology, 2026)

Fulvic acids act as chemical eustressors driving redox and hormonal reprogramming in rice roots - Tadeu Augusto van Tol de Castro; Leandro Azevedo Santos; Erinaldo Gomes Pereira; Samuel de Abreu Lopes; Raphaella Esterque Cantarino; Orlando Carlos Huertas Tavares; Danielle França de Oliveira Torchia; Vinicius Olivieri Rodrigues Gomes; Ricardo Luiz Louro Berbara; Andrés Calderín García (Environmental Research, 2026)

Postnatal pesticide exposure and executive function in children and adolescents: Findings from South Africa - Paola Gabriela Viglietti; Lena Jäggi; Hannah Wey; Anouk Petitpierre; Christian Lindh; Kim-Louise Rousseau; Jade Mac Donnell; Martin Röösli; Susan Malcolm-Smith; Samuel Fuhrimann; Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie (Environmental Research, 2026)

Expert perspectives on exposure-response functions for urban health policy: Lessons from a UBDPolicy workshop - Harry Williams; Zorana Jovanovic Andersen; Hanna Boogaard; Søren Brage; Matthew H.E.M. Browning; Samuel Cai; Xuan Chen; Priyanka deSouza; Angel M. Dzhambov; Benjamin Fenech; Gillian Flower; Francesco Forastiere; et al. (Environmental Research, 2026)

Invasive species management: The role of recreational fishing in managing Callinectes sapidus in the Balearic Islands, Spain - Esperança Perelló; Joan Terrassa; Antoni Sureda; Samuel Pinya; Montserrat Compa (Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2026)

Using spatially explicit individual-based modelling to evaluate the ecological feasibility of big cat reintroduction: the example of the Arabian leopard - Luciano Atzeni; Samuel A. Cushman; Amiyaal Ilany; Eli Geffen; David W. Macdonald (Ecological Modelling, 2026)

Preclinical, clinical, and commercialization of chitosan in the biomedical space - Maame Abena O. Afrifa; Samuel G. Awuah (Carbohydrate Polymers, 2026)

Runoff and soil erosion on woodland-encroached sagebrush rangeland under simulated rainfall and concentrated flow conditions - Viktor O. Polyakov; C. Jason Williams; Justin C. Johnson; Erin L. Phelps; Raven Chavez; Philip Heilman; William A. Rutherford; Osama Z. Al-Hamdan; Sayjro K. Nouwakpo; Jia Hu; Kenneth E. Spaeth; Samuel Anderson (CATENA, 2026)

Dynamic lighting in a Pediatric ICU: Effects on staff visual comfort and circadian biomarkers - María Teresa Aguilar-Carrasco; Jesica Fernández-Agüera; Ana Isabel Álvarez-López; Ana Isabel Álvarez-Ríos; Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo (Building and Environment, 2026)

Enhancing bioethanol production through hydrolysis with Streptomyces MS2A cellulase immobilized in the MIL-96AL-Fe3O4-GO-CS nanohybrid - Ashwini John J; Ethiraj Selvarajan; Mohanraj Kumar; Melvin S. Samuel (Biomass and Bioenergy, 2026)

Variability of submicron ice-nucleating particles at urban and rural sites in Japan related to aerosol chemical components - Ayumi Iwata; Samuel Gray Murray Horwitz; Kazuki Kurihara; Atsushi Matsuki; Tomoaki Okuda (Atmospheric Research, 2026)