The 2012 Science in Society Facts and Figures with The Italians, science, and issues among environment and energy and The energy debate on Italian media, was presented on 24th February 2012, 6.00 p.m., at the Academy of Science, Via Accademia delle Scienze 6, Torino. The Science in Society Facts and Figures, now in its eight edition, provides, in a…
The conference programme of the XII International Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Quality, Honesty and Beauty in Science and Technology Communication, which will be held in Florence from the 18th to the 20th of April, 2012, is now on-line. The programme lists all registered speakers and titles of papers and sessions. It…
From 6th to 7th February 2012, Alessandra Allegrini and Giuseppe Pellegrini will take part to the IRIS meeting, King’s College, London.
In 2012 Public Understanding of Science, the most important journal in the field, is 20 year old. The journal announces an on-line survey on the most influential papers within the public understanding of science. Vote now The survey will be active until the end of January 2012. The results will be reported at the XII…
Observa Science in Society takes part in INPROFOOD, a three-year project funded by the European Union within the Seventh Framework Program. One main question that this project needs to tackle is the role that innovations in foods and new basic research technologies could play in counter-acting the alarming rise of food-related health problems. Coordinated by…
Food-related health problems are a grand challenge for European societies. Over the past decade, most EU Member States have identified food and health as key priorities. This is in response to increases in obesity and diet-related chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases amongst their populations. Also an insufficient nutrient supply in subgroups of…