Editors' Highlights

Welcome to the Nature Communications Editors’ Highlights page. Our editors select a small number of articles recently published in Nature Communications that they believe are particularly interesting or important.

The aim is to provide a convenient snapshot of some of the most exciting work published in the various research areas at Nature Communications.

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Multidisciplinary research

AI and machine learning

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Astronomy and planetary science

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Climate change impacts

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Plants and agriculture

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Public health

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Social sciences

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Life sciences research

Biotechnology and methods

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Cancer

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Ecology and evolution

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From brain to behaviour

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From molecules and cells to organisms

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Genetics, genomics and epigenetics

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Immunology

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Microbiology and infectious diseases

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Stem cells

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Structural biology, biochemistry and biophysics

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Translational and clinical research

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Physical sciences research

Applied physics and mathematics

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Catalysis

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Condensed matter

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Devices

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Earth science

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Energy

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Inorganic and physical chemistry

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Materials science and chemistry

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Nuclear and particle physics

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Optics and photonics

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Organic chemistry and chemical biology

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Quantum

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