FRELIP Editorial Team

This week in law and policy research, ten studies from open-access journals examine succession law, inclusive education, climate obligations, social rights, and firearm policy. This week: retroactive testamentary capacity tests undermining autonomy, community developers as accountability intermediaries, inclusive education policy gaps in rural South Africa, and the ICJ Advisory Opinion’s impact on South Africa’s climate commitments.

This week in law and policy: ten open-access studies, eight African-led and two global, with journals cited. This week: retroactive testamentary capacity tests undermining autonomy; community developers as key to citizen monitoring in South Africa; inclusive education policy failing rural Black learners with disabilities; ICJ climate opinion shaping South Africa’s NDC; and constitutional grounds for a Basic Income Grant.

This week in Earth, environmental, and life sciences: 7 African-led and 3 global studies, with journals cited. This week: Angolan Cretaceous outcrops, microplastics and brain behaviour, insect order-specific declines, desalination energy recovery, estuarine toxic metal risks, Kenyan satellite rainfall accuracy, gas hydrate production optimisation, organisational carbon-biodiversity footprints, dire wolf ancestry, and England’s biodiversity offset market.

This week in environmental and Earth sciences, we feature 10 open-access studies, with 8 African-led and 2 global, from journals including Journal of African Earth Sciences and Cell Genomics. This week: Angolan Cretaceous outcrops reveal South Atlantic evolution, microplastics linked to brain effects, Lepidoptera disproportionately harmed by land use and climate change, and satellite rainfall products evaluated for Kenya.

This week’s digest covers 10 studies in multidisciplinary research, with 6 African-led and 4 global studies, all from high-impact journals. This week: US-UK dominance in sports education policy research, unguided internet CBT for grieving children, community radio journalists’ protest coverage in South Africa, and playful work design’s impact on positive affect.

This week in multidisciplinary research, we feature 6 African-led and 4 global studies, with journals cited. This week: global sports education policy dominated by US/UK, unguided internet CBT for grieving children shows benefits, community radio journalists navigate protest reporting in South Africa, and playful work design boosts engagement in structured jobs.

This week in multidisciplinary research, we feature 10 studies, with 6 African-led and 4 global, from journals including The Lancet Oncology, Journal of African Earth Sciences, and Cell Systems. This week: a Lancet Oncology Commission on equitable cancer genomics, Lower Cretaceous insights from Angola, genomic confirmation of goshawk species, a comparison of bisulfite kits for liquid biopsy, and a microburst study at Urumqi Airport.

Cancer genomics and precision oncology lead this week’s research digest, with new findings across earth sciences, ecology, and clinical medicine. This week: a Lancet Oncology Commission on equitable cancer genomics, confirmation of goshawk species split via SNPs, a microburst event captured by advanced remote sensing, and an association between motor decline and cardiac dysfunction in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

This week in agricultural and environmental sciences, we feature 10 open-access studies, 6 of which are African-led, published in journals such as American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Plant and Soil, and Veterinary Sciences. This week: price discounts for Kenyan agrodealers, soil phosphorus regulation in Nigeria, veterinary diagnostic patterns in South Africa, and fungicide residue reduction on strawberries.

This week’s digest covers energy, materials, and computing research, with 6 African-led studies and 4 global studies from open-access journals. This week: traffic flow model for heterogeneous vehicles, economic viability of rooftop solar in Abuja, MPPT control for solar water pumping, hybrid polymers for food packaging, and railway wheel life prediction.