Applied Sciences

Embodied Intelligence and Its Application in Robotics

edited by

, Tao Jiang, Tao Song, Yufeng Tian and

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1264 | Submission Open

Keywords: embodied intelligence; autonomous navigation; vision language mode; robotic control systems; human– robot collaboration; intelligence control; decision making; reinforcement meta-learning; field robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

Recent Advances in Control Strategies and Applications for Mechatronic Systems

edited by

Jesús Sandoval

,

Eusebio Bugarin Carlos

and Jose Gudalupe Romero

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1188 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced control algorithms; nonlinear control strategies; real-time control applications; control of autonomous systems; modeling; real-time embedded system; practical challenges in implementation; intelligent control; simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

Quality, Safety, and Functional Properties of Meat and Meat Products

edited by

Marta Chmiel

and

Lech Adamczak

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1169 | Submission Open

Keywords: meat quality; functional properties; food safety; meat processing; shelf-life extension; bioactive compounds in meat and meat products; sensory evaluation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Advanced Technologies in Medical/Health Informatics

edited by Ourania Petropoulou and

Ioannis Kakkos

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1043 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital/medical informatics; artificial intelligence in healthcare; electronic health records; clinical decision support systems; biomedical data processing; medical imaging analysis; biomedical signal processing; data privacy/cybersecurity in healthcare; wearable devices; telemedicine; cloud computing in healthcare; mobile health applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Enhancing Concrete Sustainability: Innovative Materials and Technologies for Greener Concrete

edited by

Maria Mavroulidou

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1005 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete; sustainability; innovative cements and supplementary cementitious materials for concrete; innovative concrete aggregates; self-healing concrete; circular economy; waste materials and by-products; sustainability assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Carbon Nanotubes and Nanotechnology: Novel Applications and Future Perspectives

edited by

Sandra Zarska

,

Wojciech Ciesielski

and

Damian Kulawik

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 907 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; mechanical properties; biomedical applications; energy storage (e.g.; batteries; supercapacitors); environmental applications; electronic devices; future trends in carbon nanotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Acoustics Analysis and Noise Control for Buildings

edited by Maria Cairoli and Fabio Antonacci

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 879 | Submission Open

Keywords: room acoustic modeling and analysis; room acoustic prediction; acoustic design process; acoustic– technological details in buildings; architectural acoustics; opera theaters; concert halls; acoustic shells; variable acoustics; multipurpose spaces

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Data Science in Sports

edited by

Kelly De Jesus

, Karla De Jesus,

Flávio Antônio de Souza Castro

and Raúl Arellano

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 865 | Submission Open

Keywords: performance prediction; sports optimization; data science; precision; efficiency

Ecotoxicology of Trace Elements on Ecosystems

edited by

Joanna Podlasińska

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 852 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological toxicology; environmental biochemistry; trace elements (Hg; Se); ecosystem resilience; aquatic and terrestrial pollution; biochemical responses to toxins; conservation biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology Science and Engineering)

The Age of Transformers: Emerging Trends and Applications

edited by

Athanasios Nikolaidis

, Charalampos Strouthopoulos and

George Pavlidis

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 801 | Submission Open

Keywords: transformer models; cultural heritage; educational technologies; artificial intelligence; natural language processing; digital humanities; personalized learning; adaptive learning; computational linguistics; machine learning; deep learning; content generation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Disaster Prevention and Control of Underground and Tunnel Engineering

edited by Nengxiong Xu and

Yan Qin

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 769 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground space development; underground energy storage facility; poor geological conditions underground; conventional energy extraction; unconventional energy extraction; geotechnical problems; engineering geological issues

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Application of Natural Components in Food Production, 2nd Edition

edited by

Barbara Borczak

and

Joanna Kapusta-Duch

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 767 | Submission Open

Keywords: planetary diet; nutritional patterns; plants; human nutrition; diet-related diseases; food packaging; green chemistry; biopolymers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)

Recent Development and Emerging Trends in Dental Implants

edited by

SeongYong Moon

and

Jung-Woo Lee

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 759 | Submission Open

Keywords: dental implants; oral cancer; reconstruction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)

Light-Emitting Materials and Devices: Design, Characterization, and Applications of Optoelectronics and Sensing

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 724 | Submission Open

Keywords: light-emitting materials; optoelectronic devices; quantum dots; carbon dots; perovskites; LEDs; optical sensors; photoluminescence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)

IoT in Smart Cities and Homes, 3rd Edition

edited by

Ryan Gibson

and

Hadi Larijani

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 675 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; intelligent systems; smart sensing; wearable devices; low-power communications; edge computing; fog computing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; algorithmic implementation; optimization methods; data science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

New Challenges in Metamaterials: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by Ke Wu and

Xiaoguang Zhao

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 656 | Submission Open

Keywords: programmable and tunable metamaterials; adaptive and non-linear metamaterials; machine learning algorithms for metamaterial optimization; advanced metamaterial fabrication techniques; durability and performance of metamaterials in extreme environments; applications of metamaterials in energy harvesting and sensing; metamaterials in medical imaging and diagnostics; metamaterial-based antennas for 5G and beyond

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Technical Advances in Geosynthetics

edited by

Anna Markiewicz

and

Eugeniusz Koda

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 647 | Submission Open

Keywords: geosynthetics; manufacturing; designing; numerical modeling; laboratory testing; geotechnical engineering; civil engineering; environmental protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Mechanical Behaviour of Unsaturated Soil

edited by Wei Xiong, Zhuang Cheng and Mengmeng Wu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 617 | Submission Open

Keywords: granular soils; soil mechanics; mechanical behaviour; micro-structures and micro-morphologies; computational geomechanics; modelling and simulation of geomaterials; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Novel Applications of Machine Learning and Bayesian Optimization, 2nd Edition

edited by Glenn Hawe and Aidan D. Meade

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 554 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; large language models; Bayesian optimization; applied sciences; healthcare; materials science; environmental science; predictive modelling; data-driven design; anomaly detection; classification; regression

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advances in Applied Geophysics for Environmental Monitoring and Cultural Heritage

edited by

Sabrina Grassi

,

Sebastiano Imposa

and

Claudia Pirrotta

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied geophysics; cultural heritage preservation; environmental monitoring; non-invasive investigation techniques; geophysical data integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Switched Systems: Modeling, Analysis, and Applications

edited by Elisa Mostacciuolo and

Andrea Ballo

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 383 | Submission Open

Keywords: switched system; stability; control; hybrid system; switched capacitor

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Innovative Remote Sensing Technologies in Precision Agriculture

edited by

Weiping Kong

and

Pantelis E. Barouchas

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 336 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence algorithms; yield estimation; biochemical and biophysical parameters estimation; soil condition monitoring; vegetation remote sensing product validation; commercial crops; grass; and other crops

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)

Terahertz Imaging Technologies and Applications

edited by Yuping Yang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open

Keywords: terahertz imaging; continuous wave imaging; pulsed wave imaging; near-field imaging; computed-tomographic imaging; real-time imaging; biomedicine; agriculture; artworks; security inspection; non-destructive testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)

Application of Molecular Biology in Parasitology

edited by

Roland Wesołowski

,

Karolina Kot

and

Dawid Jańczak

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 287 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular diagnostics; parasitic infections; genotyping; molecular epidemiology; parasite detection; environmental parasitology; food safety; host– parasite interactions; genomics and transcriptomics; molecular techniques in parasitology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Natural Products in Cancer: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Applications

edited by

Camelia Munteanu

,

Danny N. Dhanasekaran

and

Ciro Isidoro

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 271 | Submission Open

Keywords: lncRNAs; autophagy; cancer; natural compounds; vitamins; antioxidants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Sustainable Recovery of Bioactive Compounds from Food Industry By-Products

edited by Gloria Domínguez-Rodríguez,

José Ignacio Alonso-Esteban

and Stefania Pagliari

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 231 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced extractions; green chemistry; food by-products; sustainability; bioactive compounds; green solvents; human health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

New Insights into Construction Materials: Greener, Smarter and Stronger

edited by

Stamatia Gavela

, Afroditi Ntziouni and

Nikolaos Nikoloutsopoulos

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional properties; durability of building materials; (ultra) high-performance concrete materials and structures; multifunctional/smart concrete; green concrete; incorporation of recycled materials; nanotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Their Applications

edited by Jianquan Wang,

Haiyong Luo

, Zhangchao Ma and Qu Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: data driven; real-time reliable networks; AI empowerment; digital twin; green manufacturing; low-carbon technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)

Perspectives in Dynamic Modeling and Control: Applications to Structural Engineering

edited by

Yves Gourinat

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance structures; dynamic modeling; structural control; non-linear models; structural thermodynamic control; active dynamic control

Data-Driven Digital Twin for Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0

edited by

Davor Kolar

and

Tihomir Opetuk

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; smart manufacturing; Industry 4.0; industrial engineering; data-driven modelling; predictive maintenance; cyber– physical systems; industrial IoT; process optimization; condition monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)

Biomechanics in Human and Animal Movement

edited by

Wanda Górniak

and

René Schwesig

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: human biomechanics; animal biomechanics; locomotion; gait analysis; motion capture; sports performance; injury prevention; rehabilitation; sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Advanced Design and Control Methods for Magnetic Levitation Systems

edited by Zhizhou Zhang and

Chao Zhai

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetic bearings; maglev train; magnetic levitation motor; magnetic levitation vibration isolation platform; magnetic levitation flywheel

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advanced Dielectric Materials for Multifunctional Energy Storage Applications

edited by

Agnieszka Cizman

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: structure– property relationships; multifunctionality; interface engineering; scalable processing methods for next-generation energy storage technologies and their practical integration into devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

Recent Advances in Functional Nanomaterials: Discovery, Characterization and Applications

edited by

Andrey Kistanov

and

Alberto Jiménez Suárez

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanostructures; density functional theory; synthesis; semiconductors; optical and solar cells materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

New Technologies for Water Quality: Treatment and Monitoring

edited by

Manolia Andredaki

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; advanced treatment technologies; real-time monitoring; emerging contaminants; smart sensors; nanotechnology; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Additive Manufacturing of Biomaterials: Recent Advances and Prospects

edited by Randall Scott Williamson

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: patient-specific treatments; bioprinting; surgical planning and training; drug delivery systems; advanced smart materials; auxetic structures; 4D; 5D; and 6D printing; regulartory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Innovative Biomechanical Methods for Practical Locomotive Assessments

edited by

Hanatsu Nagano

and Hiroaki Kawamoto

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomechanics; artificial intelligence; locomotive assessment; motion capture; knee osteoarthritis; fall risk; foot pressure; wearable sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

State-of-the-Art Earth Sciences and Geography in China

edited by

Hua Zhong

and

Difei Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 28 articles | Viewed by 61385 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advances in Civil Infrastructures Engineering

edited by

José Neves

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 19 articles | Viewed by 53610 | Submission Open

Keywords: airfields; artificial intelligence; bridges; buildings; climate changes; dams; decarbonization; environment; extreme events; geotechnics; materials; pavements; railways; research; resilience; roads; society; sustainability; sustainable development goals; transport infrastructures; tunnels

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

State-of-the-Art Agricultural Science and Technology in China

edited by

Xiumin Wang

and

Encai Bao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 36415 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop production; crop protection; food sciences and food technology; agricultural statistics; agricultural biotechnology; protected agriculture; agricultural machinery; bioinformatics; farm structure; farm power and machinery; irrigation and drainage; engineering of land and water resources; aquaculture and fisheries; renewable energy; agro-industrial engineering; horticultural and greenhouse engineering; pre- and post-harvest engineering; environment and agricultural information technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)

Measurement and Assessment of Environmental Radioactivity

edited by

Filomena Loffredo

and

Maria Quarto

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 31972 | Submission Open

Keywords: radioactivity measuring; radioactivity sources; radiological monitoring; environmental and health impacts of radioactivity radioactive contamination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Multi-Objective Optimization: Techniques and Applications

edited by Douglas Alexandre Gomes Vieira and Lisboa Adriano Chaves

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 26483 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-objective optimization; decision making; deterministic optimization; combinatorial optimization; linear optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Resource Utilization of Agricultural Wastes

edited by

Tarek Rouissi

, Selma Etteieb and Moncef Chouaibi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 21896 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial and agricultural residues; biotechnology; environmental chemistry; bioprocess engineering; bioenergy; bioplastics; biopolymers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)

Applied Electronics and Functional Materials

edited by

Žydrūnas Kavaliauskas

and Vitas Valincius

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 19658 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied electronics; functional materials; interdisciplinary research; optoelectronics; sensors; energy harvesting; wearable technology; advanced fabrication techniques; hybrid materials; device integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing

edited by Asad Abdi and

Farid Meziane

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18595 | Submission Open

Keywords: automatic speech recognition; natural language understanding; sentiment analysis; machine translation; voice user interfaces; speech-to-text; text-to-speech; dialogue systems; conversational AI; spoken language understanding; language modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Feature Review Papers in ‘Transportation and Future Mobility’ Section

edited by David Fernández-Llorca,

Suchao Xie

and

Nadia Giuffrida

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 18498 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation; traffic; future mobility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)

Infrastructure Resilience Analysis

edited by Jianfeng Zhao, Henry Liu and

Jingfeng Yuan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 18280 | Submission Open

Keywords: taxonomy; performance measures; frameworks; optimization approaches; risks and uncertainties; case studies; socio-economic impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Empowering Interactions: Advancing Human-Centred AI for Transparent, Collaborative and Accessible Applications

edited by Ioannis Doumanis and Daphne Economou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 17319 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI transparency; human– AI collaboration; user experience optimization; public health AI applications; cognitive AI modelling; trust and security in AI; AI accessibility; AI in governance; child-friendly interface design; biometric AI analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Intelligent Logistics and Supply Chain Systems

edited by

Panagiotis Tsarouhas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16597 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart logistics; E-supply chains; ICT systems; risk management; supply chain network design; green logistics; data analytics; demand forecasting; inventory management; innovation; lean and agile; TQM; sustainability; IoT; big data and robotics; planning and scheduling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)

Novel Insights into Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

Diyuan Li

,

Quanqi Zhu

and

Pengzhi Pan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15875 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock mechanics; mechanical properties; deformation and fracture; constitutive model; laboratory test; theoretical analysis; numerical simulation; geotechnical engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

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