By Hugo Francisco de Souza Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. Jun 10 2026 As remote work becomes a lasting feature of modern employment, new evidence suggests that lost everyday workplace contact may carry measurable costs for social connection, mental health, and the future design of work. Perspective: The lost social infrastructure of work . Image Credit: Roman Samborskyi / Shutterstock In a recent Perspective published in the journal  Science , Zang and O’Brien discussed findings from