Marine biotechnology, or blue biotechnology, harnesses the diversity of marine environments and organisms that generally have no equivalent on land. Despite the knowledge of many marine ecosystems, there are still many untapped resources that could serve as a basis for the development of new products and new processes.
Biological invasions have significant impacts on biodiversity, community structure, and ecosystem processes, often leading to the emergence of diseases that could have significant economic, public health, and conservation implications. These invasions are usually driven by anthropogenic disturbances on ecosystems and the increased movement of goods and people on a global scale.
When discussing how we should design our future-food systems we need to consider feed-food competition occurring in our livestock systems. Feed-food competition occurs when arable land, which could be used to produce human edible food from crops, is instead used to produce feed for livestock.
In 2020 Cambridge reviewed our policy of providing print copies to Editorial Board members of Cambridge-owned journals. In our Q&A with Ella Colvin , Director of Publishing – Journals, reflects on this project and our plans for a greener future.…
When we think of parasites often our first thoughts are of six or eight-legged creatures crawling on our skin, or white spaghetti-like worms coming from our beloved pet’s rear end. However, there is a whole world beyond the eye, which comprises very small, generally single-cell organisms, known as protozoans.
Horseweed is one of the most common and troublesome weeds in soybeans – able to cause significant yield losses when left uncontrolled. That’s not surprising when you consider a single horseweed plant can produce up to 200,000 feather-light seeds that can be easily spread across vast distances.
The world is now seeking to unite to tackle climate change through the COP 26 in Glasgow, Scotland, and biodiversity loss through the COP 15 in Kunming, China. These global environmental problems are tightly intertwined, particularly through tropical deforestation which acutely threatens both the biosphere and the atmosphere.
As the year winds down, the Journal of Functional Programming gets ready to open a new chapter. From January, every article in JFP will be available under Gold Open Access.…
I am the Director of Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies. I have a background in International Development with several years-experience of researching global environmental change specializing in poverty, governance and differential vulnerability.
Why would farmers in the Global North take time to work on plant breeding when they are busy farming with access to markets and can buy seed of modern varieties in catalogs? The authors of the paper, “Exploring the emergence of participatory plant breeding in countries of the global North - a review”, set out to answer that question and discovered much more.
Transforming how we operate at conferences, by significantly reducing the number of print copies, as we seek to reduce our global organisation’s carbon footprint.
We are pleased to be collaborating with Guest Editors at NOAA, the Met Office, the German Aerospace Center, the Climate Research Centre in Singapore and Oxford University on a Call for Papers on the topic of Environmental Informatics (deadline for submission 12 November) for Environmental Data Science, a new open access journal published by Cambridge University Press.…
Much effort is currently being devoted to reducing the environmental effect of commercial jet aircraft, but this is not simply a case of replacing kerosine with synthetic fuels, batteries or hydrogen propulsion. A great deal of research needs to be focused on new air vehicle designs that will lead to emissions-free (not just C02) flight.
The phenomenon of spontaneous isothermal phase separation in a binary alloy is described mathematically by the Cahn-Hilliard equation. It is named after John W.…
On July 25th, 2021, a wall of sand engulfed the Chinese city of Dunhuang. As the dust rolled in, the air in the city took on a nearly opaque burnt orange hue that made travel practically impossible.…
Global Handwashing Day 2021 attempts to raise awareness of the importance of good food and hygiene habits, as well as the fact that access to facilities and resources to achieve this necessary hygiene is still not global.…
Beyond the dark clouds there is light. Is this a topical description for the past, present and future of our industry? In the past, it was our ambition to travel fast and above the weather that inspired the development of the jet engine by its inventors, Sir Frank Whittle and Dr Hans von Ohain in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Young men often do dangerous things, extreme sports for example. It’s less common for eating something to be the concern. Paragonimus kellicotti was first named as a species in 1908.
The following was written by Gerard van der Geer, President of the Foundation Compositio Mathematica. Additional history of the Prize as well as a list of past winners can be found here.…
A recent study shows we may be overlooking important information that can help us predict how and where invasive plants are likely to spread.…
Which institution are you currently affiliated with? What is your current role? What are you working on currently? I’m currently affiliated with two different universities: University of Southern California and Loyola University Chicago. …
The gap between potential and actual soybean yield achieved by farmers in the Southern Africa region is high due to limited investments in inputs, poor agronomic management practices and lack of quality seeds for improved varieties.
Cryptosporidium species are intestinal parasites that infect a wide range of vertebrate host species, causing a considerable burden of gastrointestinal disease. Cryptosporidium infections in humans are mostly caused by two species: C. hominis, which is primarily transmitted from human-to-human, and C. parvum, which is mainly derived from animals, particularly livestock.
Evolution has shaped women’s ovulatory cycles to be characterised by complex recurring physiological processes of changing hormones and organ tissue. However, these changes often bring about unwanted aspects – be it premenstrual symptoms such as mood swings, feeling bloated or anxious, menstrual pain, or – still way too often – menstrual shame.…
Rice is mainstay of the human diet and is grown in almost every region of the world. Its main competitor is “weedy rice,” a weed similar in size, shape and structure to the crop it infests.…
The digit-like branches of Codium, or Dead Man’s Fingers, are a common sight in modern day salt-water bays and lagoons, particularly in areas impacted by fertilizer-rich runoff.…
Why do some individuals become sicker than others when they are infected with the same pathogen? Two factors that can change how sick an individual becomes are the dose of the pathogen and the presence of another parasite. We studied these two factors in mice that were infected with malaria and hookworms.
Researchers use deflections of trees by wind to infer unknown wind speed.
Looking back on 2020 with metrics and highlights from our Journals team.
The British Society for Parasitology (BSP) is affiliated with the Cambridge University Press (CUP) journal Parasitology and BSP/CUP frequently collaborate to produce special issues dedicated to showcasing BSP meetings. The present issue is unusual for several reasons; it showcases a BSP meeting held outside of the UK (in Granada, Spain), it is devoted to the Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis Symposium, a biannual gathering of folks with interests in these diseases and also represents the only BSP meeting of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Next in our series introducing the Editorial Board for the new Open Access journal, Biological Imaging, we meet Professor Chrysanthe Preza.…
Past extinction events are key to understanding how modern life will respond to climate change. For ecologists who study communities of interacting organisms, the fossil record holds a wealth of information about how different species react to environmental perturbations, but with a major drawback — it only captures species with bones and shells.
Ned Jenkinson (University of Birmingham): an Experimental Results author is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehab Sciences and Researcher in the Centre for Human Brain Health.…
There are literally hundreds, maybe even thousands of papers with the same introduction. Human cooperation. Enduring conundrum. Selection. Model. Prisoners’ dilemma.…
Poorly designed infrastructure development causes mortality of globally threatened birds along their migratory flyways – potentially causing population declines on breeding grounds in Europe and Asia
Figure 1. A late-18th century lens grinding lathe made by Andrea Frati. This device currently resides at the Museo Galileo – Institute and Museum of the History of Science The device above might not look familiar, but the object it produces (or used to produce) probably would.…
Permanent grasslands in the Alpine region in Austria vary from intensively managed plant communities, with few numbers of species and up to six cuts per year, to species-rich communities that are used extensively, with local variations depending on soil type and drainage.
When Alban Sauret and his colleagues at FAST laboratory tried to create a tsunami in a lab setting, it would be fair to say they had their work cut out.
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is “Historical contingency, geography and anthropogenic patterns of exposure drive the evolution of host switching in the Blastocystis species-complex” and is freely available for one month.…
Welcome to our “Meet the Editors” series, where we interview the editorial team about their work and their relationship to the journal.…
The paper "Endozoochorous seed dispersal of glyphosate-resistant Lolium multiflorum by cattle", published in The Journal of Agricultural Science, has been chosen as the latest Editorial Highlight and is free for one month.
Horseweed is a prolific and unpredictable weed that threatens many agricultural systems and natural landscapes. Unlike most weedy plants, it can emerge at any time of the year.…
Soil acidity and poor nutrient use efficiency are major limiting factors effecting many soils. Lime is applied to counteract soil acidity and improve nutrient availability and, in turn, improve agricultural output and productivity.
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is “Shining a light on parasite behaviour: daily patterns of Argulus fish lice” and is freely available for one month.…
We are delighted to announce ChemRxiv has been re-launched on our early open research website Cambridge Open Engage today, Thursday 17th June 2021!…
Jakob Runge heads the Climate Informatics working group at the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Data Science in Jena since 2017 and is guest professor of computer science at TU Berlin since 2021.…
As one of the very few species species of mammals to live and breed all year in the Antarctic Ocean, Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) can give us clues as to how Antarctic predators will adapt to changes in their warming environment.
As our climate changes, many invasive plant species are expanding their growing range and creating daunting new threats. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts say it’s time to take well-informed, preventive steps to mitigate the impact.…
We celebrate World Ocean Day to remind us of how important the marine habitat is today and its need for better environmental stewardship tomorrow.…
Perhaps no Cambrian invertebrate can claim greater public enthusiasm than Anomalocaris. Not only is it bizarre looking – the story of its discovery, being pieced together from fragments thought to belong to different animals, is uniquely compelling.…
In the Bolivian Tsimané, who supports who during conflicts is affected by physical size, social status, and existing cooperative and antagonistic relationships.
The many impacts of climate change including desertification, rising-sea levels, extreme weather events, flooding, and other natural disasters, could lead to mass human displacement over the coming century as more land becomes increasingly uninhabitable for our species.…
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is “Some gastrointestinal nematodes and ixodid ticks shared by several wildlife species in the Kruger National Park, South Africa“ With conservation of African mammalian species in mind, wildlife reserves and managed game parks continue to offer some protection to many species and associated natural habitats.…
The paper “Greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural cultivated soils using animal waste-based digestates for crop fertilization“, published in The Journal of Agricultural Science, has been chosen as the latest Editorial Highlight.…
Palmer amaranth is widely recognized as one of the most troublesome weed species in U.S. agriculture. It was first introduced in Minnesota in 2016 through contaminated seed mixes used for conservation plantings.…
Migratory waterbirds traverse thousands of kilometres annually between their breeding and non-breeding areas, and their conservation is the subject of numerous inter-governmental treaties.…
We’re partnering with GOBI Library Solutions on a series of blog posts to give our customers insights into our Hot Topics collections.…
We’re partnering with GOBI Library Solutions on a series of blog posts to give our customers insights into our Hot Topics collections.…
Sunday, April 25th is World Malaria Day. A day when we celebrate the remarkable successes in the fight against malaria over the past two decades.…
Launched in 2020, Quantitative Plant Biology is an open access journal, co-published by Cambridge University Press and The John Innes Centre with the aim of providing an interdisciplinary forum for high quality research on ground-breaking discoveries and predictions in quantitative plant science.…
The paper “Grand challenges for the 21st century: what crop models can and can’t (yet) do“, published in The Journal of Agricultural Science, has been chosen as the latest Editorial Highlight.…
The paper “Low-tillering winter wheat cultivars are more adaptable to late sowing“, published in the Journal of Agricultural Science, has been chosen as the latest Editorial Highlight.…
A recent study in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics has tried to understand and model the role of porosity present in the birds' wing on the combined aerodynamic and acoustic performance.
A new study in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics by an international team of scientists is on the cutting edge of research.
A new NASA study [Antarctic Mass Balance] confirms that an increase in Antarctic snow accumulation [Siegert, 2003] that began 10,000 years ago in East Antarctica (EA) [Fig.…
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is “Taxonomic resolution affects host−parasite association model performance“ The ability to predict the occurrence and strength of species interactions is a fundamental goal in ecology.…
Within hours of assuming office, President Joe Biden began taking steps to reverse his predecessor’s devastating policies on climate change. He returned the United States to the Paris Agreement, declared that his administration would cooperate with other countries to tackle the problem, and pledged that Americans would substantially cut their greenhouse gas pollution.…
As instances of resistance to multiple herbicides continue to rise, it is important that growers have the information needed to respond quickly.…
This is the latest of an ongoing series of interviews with the Editorial Board of our new Open Access journal, Biological Imaging.…
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is “Early immune responses and parasite tissue distribution in mice experimentally infected with oocysts of either archetypal or non-archetypal genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii“ Toxoplasmosis is a well-known disease caused by the single celled parasite called Toxoplasma gondii, which is found worldwide.…
The paper ‘Physico-chemical and sensory interactions of arabica coffee genotypes in different water regimes, published in the Journal of Agricultural Science, has been chosen as the latest Editorial Highlight.…
People facing plague and quarantine in early modern Europe also turned to astrologers. But rather than being chastised for supporting a ‘pseudoscience’, these people were more likely to be reprimanded for engaging with paganism.
This is the latest of an ongoing series of interviews with the Editorial Board of our new Open Access journal, Biological Imaging.…
With a total length of up to 5.5m, the tiger shark is one of the largest predatory sharks known today. This shark is a cosmopolitan species occurring in all oceans worldwide.…
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is “Eimeria bovis infections induce G1 cell cycle arrest and a senescence-like phenotype in endothelial host cells“ Eimeria bovis is a globally spread, host-specific parasite of cattle, causing severe bloody diarrhoea, especially in calves, and therefore high economic losses worldwide.…
Launched in 2020, Quantitative Plant Biology is an open access journal, co-published by Cambridge University Press and The John Innes Centre with the aim of providing an interdisciplinary forum for high quality research on ground-breaking discoveries and predictions in quantitative plant science.…
...the observatory staff, the largest portion of whom were adolescent boys hired to do computational work, had to be managed too. Airy worked hard to deskill their positions, turning the observatory into a sort of factory...
Launched in 2020, Quantitative Plant Biology is an open access journal, co-published by Cambridge University Press and The John Innes Centre with the aim of providing an interdisciplinary forum for high quality research on ground-breaking discoveries and predictions in quantitative plant science.…
Dealing with a warming world and providing enough food for a growing planet (and doing so in a sustainable fashion that is adapted to changing climate) is one of the key challenges humanity must face in coming decades.…
Ricinuleids are cryptic, slow-moving arachnids that live under bark, in leaf litter, and in caves in tropical and subtropical areas of the world: Central and South America and West Africa.…
In this post we talk to Prof. Robert Lücking, an Editor for The Lichenologist, who reflects not only on his recent review of lichenology over the past two decades, celebrating the period over which Peter Crittenden was Senior Editor, but also describes his own introduction to lichens, and what the future holds.…
Paperbark trees (Melaleuca quinquenervia) are a weedy invader that once dominated natural landscapes and fragile wetlands across southern Florida. One reason for their success: A single large tree can retain as many as 9 million viable seeds that are released in response to wildfires, herbicide applications and other disturbances.…
Dr Faruk Kececi, Abdullah Gul University, Turkey answers our questions about his work and the journal Robotica.
In popular science horses are considered to be the archetype for demonstrating evolution within a time-stratigraphic framework. From small species, horses evolved into the large forms we know today, symbols of power and freedom.…
Launched in 2020, Quantitative Plant Biology is an open access journal, co-published by Cambridge University Press and The John Innes Centre with the aim of providing an interdisciplinary forum for high quality research on ground-breaking discoveries and predictions in quantitative plant science.…
Today there is a growing demand for nonchemical weed controls to aid growers in the battle against herbicide-resistant weeds. Some are now turning to chaff carts, impact mills and other harvest-time practices to remove or destroy weed seeds instead of leaving them on the field to sprout. …
The paper ‘Nitrogen fertilizer value of animal slurries with different proportions of liquid and solid fractions: A 3-year study under field conditions, published in the Journal of Agricultural Science, has been chosen as the latest Editorial Highlight.…
Are you passionate about fluid mechanics and its applications? Are you looking to develop your writing skills and engage with an audience that's just as enthusiastic on the subject as you are? We have the competition for you.
About the Mahony Neumann Room Prize This prize, for outstanding contributions to the Australian Mathematical Society’s research publications, is fittingly named after the founding editors of those journals.…
Oncoming Associate Editor Lorenzo Masia Institut für Technische Informatik (ZITI) answers our questions about their work and Wearable Technologies, the first journal dedicated to publishing original research, review articles and industrial developments related to wearable devices.
Launched in 2020, Quantitative Plant Biology is an open access journal, co-published by Cambridge University Press and The John Innes Centre with the aim of providing an interdisciplinary forum for high quality research on ground-breaking discoveries and predictions in quantitative plant science.…
The Journal of Dairy Research Editor’s Choice Article is “Influence of nutrient availability on in vitro growth of major bovine mastitis pathogens” by by Remo Stürmlin et al.…
Parasitology has just released a Special Issue from the 6th International Workshop on Angiostrongylus and Angiostrongyliasis, Hilo, Hawai’i , USA, January, 2020 When a parasite is given the common name “rat lungworm” you know it is going to be a particularly unpleasant one.…
Bark and ambrosia beetles are among the most important pests of forest and shade trees, and substantial basic and applied research has been devoted to the development of effective tools and tactics for their management.…
The shift to home-working for those in developing countries without access to low-cost and widely embedded domestic broadband networks, was potentially catastrophic.
The paper ‘Effects of different barley grain preservation techniques on intake, growth and carcase traits of finishing dairy bulls fed grass silage-based rations, published in the Journal of Agricultural Science, has been chosen as the latest Editorial Highlight.…
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is Agranulocytosis leads to intestinal Echinococcus multilocularis oncosphere invasion and hepatic metacestode development in naturally resistant Wistar rats Let me introduce you to a tiny tapeworm that is widely distributed in the northern hemisphere: Echinococcus multilocularis.…
Sci-fi traditionally concentrates on high-tech aliens, such as those in "Independence Day". But could real extra-terrestrial technology be more like Star Wars' stone-age Ewoks, than the interplanetary travellers of Close Encounters?
Stefan problems are a special type of partial differential boundary value problems, introduced around 1890 by the Slovenian physicist Josef Stefan [1].…
Associate Professor, Mehmet İsmet Can Dede, İzmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey answers our questions about his work and the journal Robotica.
When a "nightmare dressed like a daydream" meets "mad, bad, and dangerous to know..."
Today is the 200th anniversary of Byron's death, the original tortured poet, and the release of @taylorswift13's new album.
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Congratulations to Michael Byers, Aaron Boley and Ignacio Cofone who have been shortlisted for the 2023 Donner Prize.
The award, for the best public policy book by a Canadian, will be announced in May.
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'We are aware that infusion fluids can both save and hurt patients'.
Find out about modern Fluid Therapy in this week's featured author blog by Professor Robert Hahn
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