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

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Astronomy and planetary science
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Computational and Theoretical Biology
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Engineering and Infrastructure
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Life sciences research

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From molecules and cells to organisms
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Genetics, genomics and epigenetics
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Microbiology and infectious diseases
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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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Inorganic and physical chemistry
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Materials science and chemistry
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Organic chemistry and chemical biology
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