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Cambridge Materials Q&A with Executive Editor-in-Chief Yanlei Yu

Professor Yanlei Yu, Fudan University, China is the recently appointed Executive Editor-in-Chief of Cambridge Materials. To celebrate her appointment and the launch of the Cambridge Materials journals, she participated in a Q&A to discuss the aims of the journals and their hopes for their role as a member of the Executive Editorial Board.

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Cambridge Materials Q&A with Executive Editor-in-Chief Jason Robinson

Professor Jason Robinson, University of Cambridge, UK is teh recently appointed Executive Editor-in-Chief of Cambridge Materials. To celebrate her appointment and the launch of the Cambridge Materials journals, he participated in a Q&A to discuss the aims of the journals and their hopes for their role as a member of the Executive Editorial Board.

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Cambridge Materials: Water Q&A with Seth B. Darling

Dr. Seth B. Darling Argonne National Laboratory, USA is the recently appointed Editor-in-Chief of Cambridge Materials: Water. To celebrate the launch of the Cambridge Materials journals, they participated in a Q&A to discuss the aims of the journals and their hopes for their role as EiC.…

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Cambridge Materials: Health Q&A with Vincent Rotello

Professor Vincent Rotello UMass, Amherst, USA is the recently appointed Editor-in-Chief of Cambridge Materials: Health. To celebrate the launch of the Cambridge Materials journal, they participated in a Q&A to discuss the aims of the journals and their hopes for their role as EiC.…

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Introducing Cambridge Materials [UPDATED February 2026]

Announcing the launch of Cambridge Materials, a suite of four new journals dedicated to advancing materials science in the service of global sustainability. Each journal focuses on a critical challenge area—Circularity, Energy, Health, and Water—and is aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Together, they will provide a unique platform where science, engineering, and policy intersect to drive real-world impact.

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JFM Rapids: The Editors’ Insights 2025

JFM Rapids is a well-established section in JFM that continues to provide a highly visible venue for short, high-quality, articles addressing timely research challenges of broad interest. The Rapids editors have selected the most interesting recent articles to inspire and motivate your submission.

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JPP board member elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

“I feel deeply honoured and I am looking forward to contributing to the important task of the Academy – to promote science and strengthen its role and influence in our society. It will also be interesting to exchange experiences and ideas with the other members,” Professor Tünde Fülöp, of the Division of Subatomic and Plasma Physics at Chalmers University of Technology, and editorial board member of the Journal of Plasma Physics

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The Implications of Cosmic Silence

In a paper published Aug. 3 in the International Journal of Astrobiology, Daniel Whitmire applying a statistical concept called the principle of mediocrity and argues that if we are typical, it follows that species such as ours go extinct soon after attaining technological knowledge.

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