Designing molecular terahertz generation crystals: optimal packing could be just one carbon away

Regenerative Medicine – not just one step away

is opening a new review series focussing on ‘Regenerative Medicine’, a logical step not just complementing the current review series. The field of regenerative medicine is just starting to be the most fascinating and controversial medical development at the dawn of the 21 century employing the new possibilities of molecular and cellular techniques for medical therapy. It seems that mankind’s vi...

How Just Could a Robot War Be?

While modern states may never cease to wage war against one another, they have recognized moral restrictions on how they conduct those wars. These “rules of war” serve several important functions in regulating the organization and behavior of military forces, and shape political debates, negotiations, and public perception. While the world has become somewhat accustomed to the increasing techno...

Just lip prints? No: there could be something else.

How the WTO Could Be Improved

AbstractThis paper examines the impasse in the current Doha Development Round negotiations andasks how the rules of the WTO could be changed to facilitate multilateral negotiations andto increase the welfare of the Member countries. It considers possible changes to the methodof negotiation. As examples of rules which are outdated, it considers the rules relating toregional trade agreements and ...

Could energy-intensive industries be powered by carbon-free electricity?

While the main thrust of the Discussion Meeting Issue on 'Material efficiency: providing material services with less material production' was to explore ways in which society's net demand for materials could be reduced, this review examines the possibility of converting industrial energy demand to electricity, and switching to clean electricity sources. This review quantifies the scale of infra...