As World Water Day is celebrated around the globe, Cambridge University Press and its Prisms journals are leading the way in the fight to ensure a sustainable future for the World’s water resources.…
A recently published article in the journal Weed Science shows that successful, in-furrow rice production greatly hinges on Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) weed pressure – before, during and after the growing season.
What does it take to make conservation work? If you thought funding and science were sufficient, think again. A new study by Brooks et al.…
Corn (Zea mays L.) is one of the world’s most vital crops, supporting food security, livestock feed, and biofuel industries. Since 1960, the global corn harvested area has undergone significant transformations driven by technological advances, economic shifts, and environmental constraints. In our recent study, Global Corn Area from 1960 to 2030: Patterns, Trends, and Implications, we analyzed over 60 years of data and used 1,000 ARIMA models to project future trends, providing critical insights for policymakers, researchers, and the agricultural sector.
Please could you tell us about your research background and interests? I am a professor at Department of Biological Sciences and Technology, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences-Wuhan (CUG-Wuhan).…
The editorial team of the German Law Journal is delighted to present the latest issue—a collection of timely reflections on issues of jurisprudence, European integration, digital governance, and socio-economic rights awaits you.…
The Annual of the British School at Athens (ABSA) has long been a preferred repository of research on Sparta. This introduction provides a brief history of research in the region and an account of further developments in archaeological and historical research.…
Human activities continue to degrade nature and encroach on wildlife’s habitats and undeveloped open areas. Concern for the environment appears to be increasing as indicated by numerous countries signing the international commitments to conserve 30% of land by 2030 (or 50% by 2050).…
In recent years, the application of Monte Carlo (MC) techniques in radiotherapy has garnered significant attention due to their unparalleled accuracy in dose calculation and treatment planning.…
The latest Paper of the Month for Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom is The longest documented travel by a West Indian manatee and is freely available for one month. …
When people think about early women’s rights activists they tend to think of Susan B. Anthony or Elizabeth Cady Stanton. They don’t usually name drop Lucy Stone (1818-1893), who was also a pioneer in the movement for women’s rights.…
In this “Conversation with Authors,” we spoke with APSR authors Simone Cremaschi, Nicola Bariletto, and Catherine E. De Vries about their open access article “Without Roots: The Political Consequences of Collective Economic Shocks”.…
Imagine there was a magical pill, one that allowed you to skip sleeping but gave you all the health benefits that sleep provides: you’d take the pill and you would feel rested and ready to go on working, studying, playing sports, taking care of your family, having fun with your friends.…
We are pleased to introduce ourselves to the Cambridge Core family as the co-editors of Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Tristan is a professor of modern Japanese history at Nagoya University, specializing in colonialism, architecture, urban planning, film, and pop culture.…
The March BABCP Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist and is entitled “Introducing a psychological formulation model of maladaptive daydreaming“ by Amy Lucas and Alexandra Bone Our journey began with Amy’s doctoral thesis, delving into the uncharted depths of Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD) and ‘dark fantasy’ (Lucas, 2021).…
Political instability has long been associated with negative economic consequences, particularly through its presumed effect on investment. Conventional wisdom suggests that regime changes – such as resignations, coups, or assassinations – create uncertainty that drives away investors and stunts economic growth.…
Gender equality is a universal aspiration, but achieving it requires genuine collaboration across sectors. Businesses, long perceived as reluctant or passive players in equality policies, are now being called to take on more active roles.…
Astrology today is often seen as the epitome of pseudoscience. Yet, until the 17th century, it was considered a legitimate scholarly discipline, serving as the practical branch of astronomy.…
We asked the editors of Cambridge management and cross-disciplinary journals to select recently published articles covering topics they felt would be hotly debated, discussed and researched in 2025.…
Mention the words “women” and “Algeria” and the remarkableness of their role in armed resistance during the War of Independence (1954-1962) will often come to mind.…
Few researchers have looked at the consent processes for patients who require radiotherapy treatment but are considered to lack the mental capacity to consent for themselves and no published research has identified the education practices surrounding consent and capacity for therapeutic radiographers working in radiotherapy departments.…
Famed Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier once wrote “war was the hellish laboratoryin which aviation became adult and was shaped to flawless perfection.”…
The German Law Journal editorial team is enthusiastic to be able to present to you this Special Issue dedicated to ‘Legal Infrastructures’, a concept that has attracted attention in several legal contexts recently, without however being fully spelled out and made accessible to wider debates.…
Grazing pasture provides a highly nutritious, low cost feed and energy supply for ruminant animals, while also converting a human inedible feed source into a human edible feed source in the form of meat and dairy products. However, to efficiently convert the pasture into animal products requires optimal management practices in pasture based production systems. Two of the fundamental requirements for pasture based systems, are rotational grazing and optimal roadway networks for animal movement on the farm.
It is fitting but painfully frustrating to note that I write these words on the day that marks exactly three years since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. What has that to do with theatre? Well, my Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings (WUPR) arose a few nanoseconds after that sad historical event, and has gone on to midwife over 700 readings, productions, installations, films, videos, conferences, and more in 33 countries. All of them present and promote the work of Ukrainian writers offering unique and powerful insights into their national tragedy.
How long will humankind survive? Besides the fact that we have been able to eliminate ourselves with nuclear weapons for decades, even without a third world war, the challenge to take care of the resources of our planet remains; we need to use them in a way that our children and their children can have a place on Earth as well. In this blog post Andreas Losch discusses his recent review article in the International Journal of Astrobiology, The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability
Q&A with Editor-in-Chief of the Precision Medicine Journal, Dame Anna Dominiczak, for International day of Women and Girls in Science
This is the first post in our new series: “Conversations with Authors.” For our inaugural post, we asked Dr. Vesla Weaver to meet (virtually) with Dr.…
Maria is a smallholder farmer in rural Singida, Tanzania. We worked together for the past few years on the Singida Nutrition and Agroecology Project (SNAP-Tz), a nutrition-sensitive agroecological intervention that sought to improve children’s diet. In it, farmers learned about and experimented with sustainable agriculture, nutrition, and gender equity using an integrated and participatory curriculum
In an era of shrinking research budgets and political pressure to justify public investment, federally funded digital archives in archaeology are delivering measurable, lasting benefits to scholars, land managers, Indigenous communities, and the public.…
In the May 1991 issue of PMLA, then editor John W. Kronik begins his “Editor’s Note” by announcing that the current volume of the journal “has elicited strong responses, praise as well as reproof, even before the year is out” (393).…
Many eco-scholars today have lamented our current tendency to soft denial. We acknowledge major environmental concerns such as climate change while continuing to go about our lives as if they don’t exist.…
How long will humankind survive? Besides the fact that we have been able to eliminate ourselves with nuclear weapons for decades, even without a third world war, the challenge to take care of the resources of our planet remains; we need to use them in a way that our children and their children can have a place on Earth as well. In this blog post Andreas Losch discusses his recent review article in the International Journal of Astrobiology, The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability
It is an article of faith among ordinary Filipinos that American troops will die with Filipino troops defending Philippine claims to the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea (SCS).…
More and more research is finding inflammation as a potential contributing factor towards to the development of various mental illnesses. A systematic review was conducted to determine the association between parasitic infection and mental illnesses in various African populations. Two parasite groups were evaluated; helminths and protozoans, and four mental illness classifications; depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, schizotypal disorders and unspecified mental illnesses.
This is the first post in our new series: “Conversations with Authors.” For our inaugural post, we asked Dr. Vesla Weaver to meet (virtually) with Dr.…
The March article of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International is the first blog of the series. The blog is written by Dr Dami Ajayi, Specialty Doctor, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Trainee/Blog Editor, BJPsych International.…
Q&A with Editor-in-Chief of the Precision Medicine Journal, Dame Anna Dominiczak, for International day of Women and Girls in Science
The opportunity to showcase some of the exciting archaeological research currently underway on medieval Ethiopia in a journal as widely read as Antiquity is important.
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