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Archive for February 2018
Future Arms, Technologies, and International Law: Preventive Security Governance
This post by Denise Garcia first appeared on the ejis.eu blog in February 2016. It is based on her article from the inaugural issue of European Journal of International Security.…
Scientists identify key factors that help microbes thrive in harsh environments
Studies by University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) scientists have identified key factors that help microbes survive in harsh environments.
Cambridge Asia Librarians’ Day 2018
The seventh Asian Cambridge Librarians’ Day was kindly hosted by Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok) on 22nd January 2018. The event attracted more than seventy librarians from HE institutions across Thailand, and was also attended by sixteen members of the Cambridge Asian Librarians’ Advisory Board (CALAB) and its guests, some of whom gave presentations at the event. The theme of the day was Digital Resource Building: a New Era for Libraries.…
The Mediterranean diet: an environmentally friendly option
Public Health Nutrition Editorial Highlight: The Mediterranean diet, an environmentally friendly option: evidence from the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) cohort' Authors: Ujué Fresán, Miguel-Angel Martínez-Gonzalez, Joan Sabaté and Maira Bes-Rastrollo discuss their research below.
New evidence: Sugary soft drinks could increase cancer risk, no matter your weight
Drinking sugary soft drinks could increase cancer risk, regardless of body size, reveals new research published in Public Health Nutrition.
The Mahony-Neumann-Room Prize 2017
To be eligible for the 2017 Mahony-Neumann-Room Prize, papers must have been published in the Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society during the period 2011-2016 (volumes 83-94).…
Private Security Industry Self-Regulation – Are We Expecting Too Much from Clients?
This post by Elke Krahmann first appeared on the ejis.eu blog in February 2016. It is based on her article from the inaugural issue of European Journal of International Security.…
Skiing, Avalanches and Freezing Bubbles
With cold weather and the Winter Olympics currently upon us, we bring you a special winter-themed video from JFM and FYFD.…
Planning for international travel with “high-tech” field equipment
The Society for American Archaeology’s paper of the month for February comes from Advances in Archaeological Practice and is entitled: ‘Strategies for International Travel with “High-Tech” Archaeological Field Equipment’.…
Conflict in Cabinet
Margaret Thatcher was brought down by conflicts in Cabinet over Europe. Tony Blair dominated, and circumvented, his Cabinet over Iraq. Theresa May’s inner Cabinet is structurally divided over Brexit.…
JFM Symposium – Chennai
Dr. Tom Crawford, the Social Media Editor for JFM, documents the final leg of the first-ever JFM Symposia: From Fundamentals to Applied Fluid Mechanics that took place in the three Indian cities of Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai in December 2017.…