Meet Professor Peter Fratzl, Associate Editor of Programmable Materials

Want to find out more about Programmable Materials? Here’s a Q&A with Professor Peter Fratzl who shares his experience working in the field and what you can expect from the journal.


Why has the rule of law become so fragile?

The Nine Dots Prize has revealed the question it will pose as part of a global problem-solving competition, offering US$100,000 and a book deal with Cambridge University Press for the winning response to ‘Why has the rule of law become so fragile?’…


GOOD ART IS (NOT) PRETTY ART

The October edition of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International – features a short blog by Motswana visual artist, Sedireng Mothibatsela, who writes about a crucial moment in her artistic development which coincides with her parent’s separation. It is a moving piece about how visual arts intersects with trauma and healing. I can recall the afternoon that changed how I create. I was 12 years old and in my last year of primary school and the looming high school years ahead presented many questions about how I wanted to proceed with my art. I had painted a watercolour still life and I was bored with it. Although my art received praise from my family and peers, my handling of watercolour was juvenile at best. I needed more; technically and conceptually. It was then that I began to question the art making process. Like most young artists in primary school we were simply taught that “good art is pretty art.”


Emotional abuse and neglect: spotting it and doing something about it 

The RCPsych Article of the Month for October is ‘Emotional abuse and neglect in a clinical setting: challenges for mental health professionals‘ and the blog is written by author Dr Simon Wilkinson published in BJPsych Bulletin.…


Industrialized Foods – Why can it be a risky option in food introduction?

There is evidence that the consumption of commercial food products for children is highly prevalent in the world, surpassing the consumption of homemade food in some situations. While such products may have practical advantages, such as time saving in food preparation, there are concerns about nutrient composition.


Eco-friendly management of insect pests in okra ecosystem

Okra, is an important vegetable crop worldwide. The high nutritional attributes attract customer for a preferred food that assured sound health. But the rising concern of insect incidence facilitated by environmental factor put worries to million of farmers across the globe.


The Potential Impact of Adverse Aircraft-Pilot Couplings on the Safety of Tiltrotor Operations

In our paper, Safety is emphasised for a simple reason; for conventional fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, accidents linked to adverse aircraft-pilot-couplings (APCs) have continued to occur throughout the history of flight.…


How we make customer led business decisions with our Librarian Advisory Boards

Cambridge University Press founded its first librarian advisory board in spring 2004. The board members were mainly UK academic librarians, with a sprinkling of librarians from European countries who were attending the UKSG Conference, which that year took place in Manchester. …