Cambridge Core BlogIvory poachers’ use of poison endangers vultures
Conservationists warn ivory poachers’ use of poison is further decimating Africa’s endangered vultures
Archive for 2015
Global Health in 2015 – via Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics
This post was written by Anna Louise Barr and originally posted on the Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics blog – read more at: http://journals.cambridge.org/gheg A review of the year’s most notable global health news stories, events and research breakthroughs, and a look towards future challenges in 2016 and beyond.…
A history of Neospora caninum research
The December paper of the month from Parasitology is ‘Approaches for the vaccination and treatment of Neospora caninum infections in mice and ruminant models’ by Andrew Hemphill et al. In this blog Professor Hemphill chronicles the study of this deadly parasite.…
An Interview with Ian McFarland, the new editor of Scottish Journal of Theology
Find out more about the new editor of Scottish Journal of Theology (SJT) as he offers advice to authors, discusses where he sees the journal progressing and tells us what the most exciting currents in theology are today.…
Rising risk of obesity among China’s ‘left behind children’
Some 61 million rural children left behind by parents moving to China’s booming urban centres are at risk from increased fat and reduced protein in their diets.
An appropriate ‘national living wage’ is likely to have a considerable impact on improving the social quality of the lives of the working poor
In this post Mark Tomlinson, Liam Foster and Alan Walker from the University of Sheffield give us an insight into their latest article in the Journal of Social Policy on the link between the working poor and social quality.…
Goldstein wins Batchelor Prize 2016
The G K Batchelor Prize for 2016 is awarded to Professor Raymond E. Goldstein FRS, Schlumberger Professor of Complex Physical Systems in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge.
Investigating the impact of mastitis on dairy cows
Concern about dairy cows welfare is not a new issue, but there is a huge variation among farm producers and veterinarians about their perception of pain in domestic animals.
What do harbor seals and downhill skiers have in common?
An unexpected similarity between nature’s mechanisms and man’s techniques arise in a new study published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. The paper reveals how harbor seals can detect prey from far away, and it’s related to skiing.
Social service quality enhances social cohesion, even in tough times
A blog post by Rhys Andrews and Sebastian Jilke based on their article in the Journal of Social Policy Recent debates about the future of the welfare state have gone hand in hand with interest in what shapes Europeans’ perceptions of how well different social groups get along.…
A Comparison of the Work Capability Assessments in the UK and Norway
Based on an article in the Journal of Social Policy. The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) for measuring the employability of sick and disabled people and deciding their access to incapacity benefits in the UK has been subjected to a barrage of public criticism.…
Supporting the growth of socio-legal scholarship
Cambridge Journals was proud to support the first early careers workshop held jointly by the International Journal of Law in Context and the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies in Oxford, 29-30 June 2015.…