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March issue now live!

Our March issue is now live, including an AI collaborator for science of science, a method for property-guided molecule generation, a Comment on the future of density functional theory, and much more!

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    We mark our fifth anniversary with a selection of articles published in Nature Computational Science over the past five years, curated by our editorial team, together with specially commissioned opinion pieces, one per issue of 2026, from experts discussing the pressing challenges of different fields.

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    In this cross-journal Collection, we aim to bring together research on physics-informed machine learning, which uses prior available knowledge in the form of physical laws and equations to improve the training of machine learning models, making these predictive models potentially more efficient, robust, and trustworthy.

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    Generative models have gained widespread attention in recent years due to their inverse design capabilities and their potential to accelerate the molecular design and discovery processes. This Collection includes manuscripts published by Nature Computational Science that apply and develop generative modeling tools for small molecule design and discovery.

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    The use of computational methods and tools to deepen our understanding of long-standing questions in the social sciences has been rapidly growing in recent years. This Collection includes manuscripts published by Nature Computational Science – from research papers to Review articles and opinion pieces – that are relevant to computational social science.

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  • After years of progress, density functional theory is entering a period of rapid advancement, enabled by emerging generalized schemes, richer descriptors, machine learning, and the anticipated development of broader, higher-quality datasets.

    • Donald G. Truhlar
    • Dayou Zhang
    • Yinan Shu
    Comment
  • Submitting an appeal regarding an editorial decision may require a significant investment of time and effort from authors. Therefore, it is important to understand what an appeal entails before making the decision on whether to appeal.

    Editorial
  • We celebrate the fifth anniversary of Nature Computational Science and reflect on how we have engaged with the research community.

    Editorial
  • Digital twins are evolving into self-learning, autonomous systems that link models, data and human interaction. Realizing their full potential depends on interoperability, standardization and the integration of artificial intelligence and advanced computational reasoning across sectors.

    • Omer San
    • Adil Rasheed
    • Jun Deng
    Comment