New research published by Cambridge Materials describes a nanoscale delivery platform with the potential to evade macrophage clearance, while improving selective delivery into cancer cells.…
This quarter’s featured article for Flow: Applications of Fluid Mecanics is ‘Simulating the urban canopy’s impact on wind-driven natural ventilation‘ by Nicholas Bachand, Hesam Salehipour and Catherine Gorlé and is available to read here: In 2018 the International Energy Agency predicted that energy demand for building cooling would triple in the coming three decades (Dean et al.…
: Recent commercial availability of smart materials has made high-frequency aerodynamic control a major research avenue for improving the efficiency, performance and ride quality of future rotorcraft. This approach is equally applicable to urban air mobility vehicles that demand lower noise and vibration levels than currently used helicopters. Smart materials are also of interest for military aircraft to reduce their noise signature, extend mission range and prolong the service life of components.
Blending bioinspired design with industrial manufacturing know how, researchers at the University of Maine have developed a reusable, scalable microfluidic platform shaped by Maine’s deep paper making expertise, offering laboratories a more sustainable route to precision droplet generation.
As part of an ongoing series of Q&As with our Cambridge Materials Board Members, Hui Wei, a Cambridge Materials Health Editorial Board Member discusses their research, recent advances in biomaterials, medical device innovations and health-related applications of materials science - and perspectives on future challenges and opportunities in the field.
The Aeronautical Journal May 2026 Vol 130 No 1347 The aviation industry is currently facing one of the greatest challenges in its history: maintaining global connectivity while significantly reducing its environmental footprint.…
Fully revised and updated, the new edition of Engineering Dynamics provides a comprehensive, self-contained and accessible treatment of classical dynamics. All chapters have been reworked to enhance student understanding, and new features include a stronger emphasis on computational methods, including rich examples using both Matlab and Python; new capstone computational examples extend student understanding, including modelling the flight of a rocket and the unsteady rolling of a disk.…
Recently, the "4th International Forum of 100 Photocatalyst Scholars (China) 2026", sponsored by Cambridge Materials, was held in Chengdu, attracting top scholars and researchers from the field of photocatalysis from all over the world.
As part of an ongoing series of Q&As with our Cambridge Materials Board Members, Dr Rumana Hossain, UNSW Sydney, Australia a Cambridge Materials: Circularity Associate Editor discusses their research, recent advances in materials, and perspectives on future challenges and opportunities in the field.
Hazards such as runway incursions, runway excursions, and in-flight loss of control, are appropriately well documented and emphasised within aviation safety literature given their catastrophic potential. Less well known, yet operationally significant, is Abnormal Runway Contact (ARC), a category of hazardous events encompassing tail strikes, nose-wheel-first contacts, and hard landings.
As part of an ongoing series of Q&As with our Cambridge Materials Board Members, Yat Li, UC Santa Cruz, USA, a Cambridge Materials: Energy Associate Editor discusses their research, recent advances in energy materials, and perspectives on future challenges and opportunities in the field.
As part of an ongoing series of Q&As with our Cambridge Materials Board Members, Hao-Cheng Yang, Zhejiang University, China a Cambridge Materials: Water Associate Editor discusses their research, recent advances in materials, and perspectives on future challenges and opportunities in the field.
An impressively comprehensive textbook adopting a phenomenological approach to quantum physics. The chapters cover everything from basic definitions of key concepts to detailed discussions of the underlying theoretical framework… Learn more here. …
Understanding Modern Warfare has established itself as a leading text in professional military education and undergraduate teaching. This third edition has been revised throughout to reflect dramatic changes during the past decade.…
As part of an ongoing series of Q&As with our Cambridge Materials Board Members, Volker Presser, Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Germany a Cambridge Materials: Water Editorial Board Member discusses their research, recent advances in materials, and perspectives on future challenges and opportunities in the field.
As part of an ongoing series of Q&As with our Cambridge Materials Board Members, Yan Zeng, Florida State University, USA a Cambridge Materials: Energy Associate Editor discusses their research, recent advances in energy materials, and perspectives on future challenges and opportunities in the field.
In technological applications of jets, such as fuel-air mixing in the combustion chamber, reducing the infrared signature and noise level of the jet, rapid mixing of the jet with the surrounding fluid is required.
As part of an ongoing series of Q&As with our Cambridge Materials Board Members, Professor Manny Teodoro, University of Wisconsin, USA a Cambridge Materials: Water Editorial Board Member discusses their research, recent advances in materials, and perspectives on future challenges and opportunities in the field.
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.
The Aeronautical Journal February 2026 Vol 130 No 1344 Modern airline pilots operate in a highly proceduralised, wellregulated environment. It is often said that procedures are clear: if an approach is unstable, a go-around should be flown.…
Liquid hydrogen (LH2) is considered as a cornerstone of a low-carbon aviation future, yet the inevitable formation of hydrogen boil-off gas (BOG) is one of its main drawbacks.
If Virtual Reality (VR) can be such a game-changer in terms of the human experience of learning, then why don’t we see more of it on a daily basis? This was the question that launched our study of its effectiveness in delivering training, and also one that continued to puzzle us throughout its initial phases.
Professor David Haddleton, University of Warwick, UK participated in a Q&A to discuss the aims of the Cambridge Materials journals and his hopes for his role as a an Executive Editor-in-Chief.
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.
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.…
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.…
Professor Tierui Zhang, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China is the recently appointed Editor-in-Chief of Cambridge Materials: Energy.…
Professor Veena Sahajwalla UNSW Sydney, Australia is the recently appointed Editor-in-Chief of Cambridge Materials: Circularity. 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.…
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.
How useful is AI for aeronautical research? ROBERT E JOSLIN, Ph.D., FRAeS Associate Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, asks whether AI - Loss of Critical Thinking (A-LOC) is a rising risk for students, academics and aerospace professionals.
Helicopter operations on offshore platforms represent one of the most safety-critical aspects of maritime and energy sector logistics. In such environments, even small variations in helideck surface conditions can profoundly influence helicopter performance during landing, take-off, and ground handling.
Deployable structures are a class of structures that can be stowed in a narrow envelope during the rocket launch phase and deployed after the spacecraft enters orbit. Coilable masts are among the most commonly used types of deployable structures because of their high packing coefficient and high strength-to-weight ratio.
This blog post is about the author’s recent paper in Medical History, The ghostwriter and the test-tube baby: a medical breakthrough story For 45 years A Matter of Life has provided the standard account of the science and medicine behind the sensational birth of the first ‘test-tube baby’.…
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is a burgeoning sector of the Aerospace industry exploring new design concepts from multi-passenger vehicles to small uncrewed autonomous systems for observations. These applications also expand operations into airspaces that were not previously engaged in commercial operations. The compounding of these with traditional aerospace vehicles and operations requires accuracy in aerodynamic analyses.
Hypersonic flight vehicles, capable of flying above Mach 5, represent a key breakthrough for the future aerospace industry. They promise transformative applications in ultra-fast transport, space access, and national defence.
The number of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or ‘drones’ in UK skies has increased significantly over the last decade and this trend is set to continue.
Reducing nitrogen oxides emissions from aviation has been an endeavor for the aeronautics industry for several decades along with increasing efficiencies of turbofan engines.
A major research focus of the Institute of Propulsion Technology at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is increasing engine compressor efficiency. In this context, the intermediate compressor duct (ICD), which connects the low-pressure compressor (LPC) with the high-pressure compressor (HPC) in a civil jet engine is of eminent significance.
In this paper, “Off-Board Aerodynamic Measurements of Small-UAVs in Glide Flight Using Motion Tracking,” the effectiveness of using motion capture technology for aerodynamic testing of sUAVs is explored.
As unmanned aerial systems (UAS) become increasingly central to military and civilian operations, ensuring that their operators maintain optimal mental performance is critical.
The Aeronautical Journal December 2024 Vol 128 No 1330 Global air transport is a significant contributor to anthropogenic environmental impact. The use of kerosene for propulsion produces carbon dioxide and water vapour, both greenhouse gases, plus a mixture of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide that changes the levels of atmospheric, ozone and methane, also greenhouse gases.…
Frederick W. Lanchester was a well-known automotive engineer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in England.
This article studies the impact caused by the success and dissemination of theories of the French Doctor, Françoise J.V. Broussais, on the use of leeches as a medical supply on Spanish–French trade relations, as well as its consequences for the Spanish market between 1821 and the 1860s.…
At the forefront of aviation evolution is the concept of the 'Hangar of the Future', a game-changing approach that redefines aircraft maintenance and operations
On the conditions for absolute minimum fuel burn for turbofan powered, civil transport aircraft and a simple model for wave drag
The Aeronautical Journal June 2024 Vol 128 No 1324 Over the past 30 years, the atmospheric science community has improved our understanding of how aviation affects the environment.…
This recent study enhances the understanding of alternative fuel atomisation characteristics for a more sustainable aviation industry.
The method and results explored in this research can provide a theoretical basis for the analysis of thermal vibration characteristics of the deployable fin for high-speed vehicles.
An investigation simulating the slice of a small aircraft cabin as an experimental facility, aiming to assess passenger comfort during exposure to high concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
A Pilot Study on the Awareness of Maintenance Personnel
A ground-breaking aviation evolution is underway, reshaping our approach to airship design. We're entering an era where multi-lobed hybrid airships promise to revolutionize both civil and defence applications.
Introducing the Special Issue of The Aeronautical Journal: a curated selection of peer reviewed papers from AIAC19 and AIAC20 events.
Sharing insight that could prove invaluable for optimizing delta wing configurations in diverse aerospace applications, opening doors to safer and more efficient aviation.
This post introduces the paper 'Establishing best practices in the use of an airborne teaching laboratory'
This post introduces an AER paper that aims to demonstrate the applicability of a machine learning method to identify a nonlinear model of a physical component of interest in the helicopter industry.
The Aeronautical Journal May 2023 Vol 127 No 1311 The contra-rotating propeller (CRP) is one of the most fascinating propulsion systems in aviation. …
Samaras, or better known as “helicopter seeds”, are common childhood memories of many people. Behind the simplicity of a planar wing and a seed, is a complex mystery of flight mechanics.
The Aeronautical Journal April 2023 Vol 127 No 1310 The paper instils a vanguardist discussion on Safety as Capacity within the context of air operations.…
Understanding how a pilot makes a decision when faced with an information conflict on the flight deck is important to ensure appropriate design of flightdeck information systems and effective pilot training.
At present, uncrewed aircraft (UA) are widely used around the world, in fields including aerial photography, express transportation, emergency rescue, electric power inspection, agricultural plant protection, border monitoring, mapping, fire monitoring and environmental protection.
The work described in this paper is part of the outcome of the MIDAS project, funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, which intends to optimise novel transport aircraft configurations where drag reduction is assumed as resultant of High Aspect Ratio Wings (HARW).
The Aeronautical Journal December 2022 Vol 126 No 1306 Remote sensing allows mapping of climate, vegetation and terrain features over large regions on the ground while repeating taking images consistently over years.…
The Aeronautical Journal November 2022 Vol 126 No 1305 Guided missiles are critical weapon systems with high precision and destructive power.…
This online collection commemorates 75 years of aerospace engineering teaching and research at the University of Bristol. However, interactions with the aircraft industry started long before the Department was formed in 1946 1, for instance when in 1918 the University began teaching a class in Aircraft Manufacturing .
ISABE started 50 years ago when the ICAS (International Council of Aeronautical Sciences) community identified the need for a bespoke propulsion forum and conference.
Tom Mullin at the University of Oxford introduces some of his favourite fluid dynamics experiments… covering a wide range of fluid mechanics phenomena including turbulence, wave formation, Rayleigh-Taylor instability, viscous effects, magnetism, electricity, segregation, disorder and chaos.…
More than 99% of air molecules on Earth exist below 50km altitude and therefore, there is certainly an upper limit on altitude for an aircraft to reach, while there is a lower limit on an orbit for a spacecraft to operate, as even a low density of air causes large drag due to the high orbit velocity with an unfavourable effect on its operation duration.
The tactical systems and operational environment of modern fighter aircraft are becoming increasingly complex.
The first edition of The Aeronautical Journal predates the first human powered flight by the Wright brothers by some five years. Even back then it knew that there was to be a rich future for man in flight to come.
In this blog for Data-Centric Engineering, Paul Clarke (Chief Technology Officer at Ocado) documents Ocado’s journey with building synthetic models of its business, its platforms and its underlying technologies, including the use of simulations, emulations, visualisations and digital twins.…
The ability of high-energy laser systems to provide complex laser pulse shapes has growing importance in many research disciplines such as laser fusion, high-energy-density physics, laboratory astrophysics, and laser conditioning of optical materials.…
This is the latest of an ongoing series of interviews with people involved with our new Open Access journal, Experimental Results – a forum for short research papers from experimental disciplines across Science, Technology and Medicine, providing authors with an outlet for rapid publication of small chunks of research findings with maximum visibility.…
The Aeronautical Journal October 2019 Vol 123 No 1268 The Aeronautical Journal is unusual in ‘covering all aspects of aerospace’. This is something of a rarity nowadays, with conferences and journals aiming to attract high-profile experts by maximising specialist content – more ‘bang for the buck’, as the expression goes.…
Cambridge University Press is pleased to announce a major new open access journal, Wearable Technologies, the first journal dedicated to publishing original research and industrial developments related to wearable devices.
Data science is a broad, interdisciplinary field being that in the UK is being shaped by the activities of the Turing Institute.…
MRS Communications aims to be the premier journal for submitting the best research studies and results in a succinct research letter format along with reviews (Perspectives) that are considered vanguards of the development of their respective fields and lay the groundwork for future research directions.
The experiments that students first encounter at college or university can be real passion-killers, consisting of time-worn experiments, supplied with detailed and prescriptive instructions leading to predictable and uninspiring outcomes. When students become truly active in their pursuit of learning they become immersed in processes and practices core to science and engineering.
I am delighted to announce the launch of Data-Centric Engineering, a new open access journal which aims to develop the emerging nexus between all the fundamental Engineering and Data Sciences.…
1. What do you think is distinctive about Cambridge Elements in Flexible and Large-Area Electronics? A distinctive feature of our Cambridge Elements series is that it allows both experts, as well as newcomers in the field to have access to exhaustive, self-contained and up-to-date information about topics that are highly relevant to the growing field of flexible and large-area electronics. …
Professor Bijay K. Sultanian participates in a Q&A with us about his book Gas Turbines: Internal Flow Systems Modeling – part of the Cambridge Aerospace Series.…
Professor Ron Hui, author of Photo-Electro-Thermal Theory for LED Systems: Basic Theory and Applications takes part in a Q&A about his unique book. …
Professor Almudena Suárez, Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, discusses the European Microwave Week 2017 special issue.…
It is an enormous honour for me to take over from Professor Peter Bearman as Editor-in-Chief of the world’s oldest aeronautics journal.…
Technology challenges of stealth unmanned combat aerial vehicles by Eduardo Sepulveda & Howard Smith provides a summary of the technical and operational design challenges specific to UCAVs, focusing on high-performance, and stealth designs.…
The paper, ‘Numerical investigation of the fatal 1985 Manchester Airport B737 fire’ published in the Aeronautical Journal, Vol 121, Number 1237, pp 287-319, 2017 by Edwin R Galea, Zhaozhi Wang, and Fuchen Jia, provides an explanation for why 55 people lost their lives in the B737 fire at Manchester airport in 1985.…
Dr. Chong-Min Wang, Chief Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and a leading expert in atomic-level characterization/visualization of materials structure using electron microscopy and spectroscopy, is the winner of the Journal of Materials Research (JMR) 2015 Paper of the Year Award
This blog post is taken from the Foreword to the special edition of The Aeronautical Journal published to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Royal Aeronautical Society.…
Cambridge finally gives Wireless Power Transfer its own journal Cambridge University Press has announced it will be launching a new journal Wireless Power Transfer in January 2014.…
The following is a Q&A held with Professor Detlef Lohse after he was presented with the 2012 Batchelor Prize at the International Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2012 Q: What was it that attracted you to Fluid Mechanics research initially, and is it the same thing that motivates you now?…
The Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association (APSIPA) and Cambridge University Press are pleased to announce the launch of the APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing – a groundbreaking new Open Access journal that will serve as an international forum for signal and information processing researchers across a broad spectrum of research, ranging from traditional modalities of signal processing to emerging areas where either (i) processing reaches higher semantic levels (e.g.…
Archaeology and cultural heritage work have fully entered the digital age. Today, researchers rely on tools like 3D scanners, a variety of GIS software, and Lidar equipped drones to document the past in ways that were unimaginable just a few decades ago.…
Even though findings from genetics and other sciences unequivocally refute biological conceptions of race, this erroneous viewpoint remains widespread among the general public.…
The English language contains a wealth of insults and terms of abuse. Personal insults attack the core and immutable aspects of a person, such as their race, ethnicity, appearance, age, or a disability.…
A critical milestone for the archaeological ecosystem has been the publication this April of the National Archaeology Plan (NAP), part of a larger framework for cultural heritage that the Spanish Ministry of Culture has been developing for almost 40 years.…
The March article of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International is the first blog of the series. The blog is written by Dr Dami Ajayi, Specialty Doctor, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Trainee/Blog Editor, BJPsych International.…
Some disability-related names have dropped out of usage, because they are now considered to be offensive due to their origins. Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) is one example.…
A few months ago, we responded to a call for papers for a themed issue for Advances in Archaeological Practice entitled “Advances in Archaeological Labor Management.”…
How long will humankind survive? Besides the fact that we have been able to eliminate ourselves with nuclear weapons for decades, even without a third world war, the challenge to take care of the resources of our planet remains; we need to use them in a way that our children and their children can have a place on Earth as well. In this blog post Andreas Losch discusses his recent review article in the International Journal of Astrobiology, The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability
It is an article of faith among ordinary Filipinos that American troops will die with Filipino troops defending Philippine claims to the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea (SCS).…
Q&A with Editor-in-Chief of the Precision Medicine Journal, Dame Anna Dominiczak, for International day of Women and Girls in Science
More and more research is finding inflammation as a potential contributing factor towards to the development of various mental illnesses. A systematic review was conducted to determine the association between parasitic infection and mental illnesses in various African populations. Two parasite groups were evaluated; helminths and protozoans, and four mental illness classifications; depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, schizotypal disorders and unspecified mental illnesses.
The March article of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International is the first blog of the series. The blog is written by Dr Dami Ajayi, Specialty Doctor, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Trainee/Blog Editor, BJPsych International.…
This is the first post in our new series: “Conversations with Authors.” For our inaugural post, we asked Dr. Vesla Weaver to meet (virtually) with Dr.…
The English language contains a wealth of insults and terms of abuse. Personal insults attack the core and immutable aspects of a person, such as their race, ethnicity, appearance, age, or a disability.…
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