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The editors of Scientific American look to 2026 as a chance to peer into the future to see what science may be unfolding and what discoveries may lurk on the horizon. But the new year is also a chance ...

The Frontiers' publishing program was developed twenty years ago in anticipation of the evolving publishing needs of 21st century science. Frontiers recognizes the need to bring together mission, ...

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Science and technology (S&T) constitute significant forces in shaping innovation, yet empirical investigations of their interaction and convergence fostering technological advancement remain limited.