“Yelp helps tracking foodborne illnesses”, by T. Pinch and M. Lane
Here below the file audio of the intervention by T. Pinch and M. Lane, focused on the theme how to identify public health issues by using social media? Yelp. file audio
EPIGENomics: challenges and opportunities
From the 1st to 3rd of December will be held in Milan the Conference “EPIGENomics and Health Care Policy: Challenges and Opportunities” at the European Institute of Oncology. The sessions will explore this new part of biomedicine, which has exponentially risen over the last decades, and its relationship woth the health-care policies. Click here for the…
Rassegna Stampa “La solitudine del Nobel” (en)
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Global spread of science communication
When the first large-scale international conferences of science communication practitioners, educators and researchers took place in the early 1990s, the panorama was very largely restricted to western Europe and north America. But the PCST (Public Communication of Science and Technology) series of conferences now attracts more than 600 participants from over 60 countries in all continents; proposals of contributions…
The risky dish
The 80% of Italian people is worried about the safety of food. The survey, realised by the Observatory of Technology and Science in Society, show an impressive outcome: the concern about what we eat every day has increased significantly. The Italians are considerably more worried than other Europeans -the 40% more than the least worried…
The Keynote Lecture given by M. Bucchi during the Conference in Fukushima available online
The lecture given by M. Bucchi, during the FMU-IAEA International Academic Conference held in Fukushima, is now available online. The talk was about risk communication and the public expectations towards experts.
The Future of Science in Venice
The Tenth edition of “The Future of Science” will be held on September 18th-20th in Venice. Organised by Veronesi Foundation, Tronchetti Foundation and Giorgio Cini Foundation, the conference will be hosted by Giorgio Cini Institution, on the Isle of San Giorgio Maggiore. The debated theme will be the eradication of hunger: lecturers and participants will discuss the main…