youris.com at ESOF 2010: a new multimedia model with wide coverage
Mario Martinoli, publisher of youris.com, explains the success of the youris.com model in raising public awareness on S&T research achievements via TV and web by ELISABETH SCHMID (Jul '10)
View ArticleProf. Carol Greider "Now that there’s a good number of women running research...
Before Carol Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn, only 8 women had won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and for the first time two women won it at the same time
View ArticleDonald Dingwell, ERC’s Secretary General: European Grants Go Global
The European Research Council (ERC) is on a mission to entice researchers from across the globe to apply for its substantial grants
View ArticleMartin McKee: EU Citizen’s health threatened by austerity
Europe’s austerity policies are harming the health of their populations, according to Martin McKee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
View ArticleBill Wei: Theft insurance through art fingerprints
Bill Wei shares his views on the use of a dual fingerprinting technology for the prevention of art theft
View ArticlePaul Lukowicz: crowd safety via sensing app
A smart phone app points people the way, assists event organisers in preventing emergency cases and turns its creators into technology entrepreneurs.
View ArticleAndrea Vitaletti - Talking plants…science fiction?
Science is becoming closer emulating the fiction of the Avatar movie, by deciphering plants’ electrical signals to devise new holistic environmental biosensors
View ArticleGiorgio Metta: The advent of the sensing robot
Next generation robotics development give robots sensory capabilities and the ability to interact with their environment
View ArticleTouch, feel, see and hear the data
It is now possible to sense scientific data as a means to deal with the mountains of information we face in our environment by applying subconscious processing to big data analysis
View ArticleJørgen Christian Larsen - Learning from animals to build walking robots
Newly developed robotic kits with legs, inspired from animal movement, constitute off-the-shelf solutions for scientist who need to model movement
View ArticleChen Sagiv: crowdsourcing for creating 3D videos
Advanced graphics processors, new algorithms and advanced mathematics will soon make a new 3D video technology gathering feed from multiple sources possible
View ArticleAdele Jones - children whose parents are in jail have rights too
A common policy across Europe would provide consistency in recognising both the condition and the rights of this vulnerable group of children.
View ArticleProfessor Kostas Iatrou – Combatting malaria using natural mosquito repellents
Repellents derived from Greek herb extracts show potent effects, as spatial repellents, against malaria carrying mosquitoes, and possibly others.
View ArticleStéphane Dupont: New avatars capable of laughing
Today's computer-based avatars lack one of our most deeply rooted human characteristics: laughter. Computer scientists have now teamed up with psychologists to give avatars the ability to laugh.
View ArticleJanusz Hołyst - How technology can influence people’s emotions
Artificial emotions can help people communicate, but they raise ethical issues too.
View ArticleAndris Ambainis - The road to quantum computing
Anticipating the advent of the quantum computer, related mathematical methods already provide insight into conventional computer science.
View ArticleJan Bouda – The quest for true randomness and uncrackable codes
Quantum cryptography is said to be uncrackable. It will stay safe, but only if true randomness, the generation and use of intrinsically random numbers, can be achieved.
View ArticleAntonio Camurri - Better understanding non-verbal communication
Understanding the brain mechanisms underpinning non-verbal communication, particularly in the context of creativity, is a challenge that requires the combined talents of a multidisciplinary team.
View ArticleMartin Plenio – Towards quantum technologies
Scientists get closer to applying the insights of quantum mechanics to new technological communication and sensing devices.
View ArticleAndris Ambainis – The mathematics of quantum computing
Quantum computers are thought to be in line to revolutionise research due to their enormous data crunching capabilities, which will force banks to change their encryption systems.
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