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Technoculture Podcast – Episode #4: Harry Verwayen
Harry Verwayen has been Executive Director of the Europeana Foundation since May 2018. Europeana Collections is the largest digital repository of cultural data in the world. It provides access to over 60 million digitised items - books, paintings, photographs, Read more [...]
The Poetry of Science – Episode 8: Rising Infections
In this episode of the podcast Dr Illingworth investigates the research behind the increase of fungal infections amongst humans, and what it means for future climates. Read more [...]
Smart Sensors Are a Game Changer for the Construction Industry
Bringing the IoT to the construction industry in the form of smart sensors greatly raises the bar for quality and efficiency. Read more [...]
Ethics in research issues
The Center for Innovation and Technology Transfer conducted a survey on the perception of ethical behaviour in different situations within public research organisations from researchers' personal and institutional point of view. Read more [...]
A collection of EuroScientist most read articles in 2019
Thank you EuroScientist readers and contributors for your ongoing support. EuroScientist will be off during a few weeks, we will be back in January with many new articles! We wish every one of you happy holidays and a productive 2020! Below you Read more [...]
A new frontier in automate sign language interpreting with novel technologies and AI algorithms.
Imagine you are deaf. You communicate with other deaf people by sign language, but with hearing people? All you can do is read lips or write. Wouldn't it be great if you could communicate with them in your language? In order to address this problem, Read more [...]
TECHNOCULTURE PODCAST – EPISODE #3: Brigitte Van Tiggelen
In this episode, we expand on the topic of "icons in science". We need narratives about science, but we need to be careful with their implications. Read more [...]
THE POETRY OF SCIENCE – EPISODE 7: Contaminated Land
Recent scientific research has found that radiation levels in parts of the central Pacific Ocean, where the United States conducted nuclear tests during the Cold War, are up to 1,000 times higher than in samples from areas affected by the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters. This episode explores what this means for the islanders. Read more [...]
You Need to Understand the Relationship Between Agriculture and Climate Change
Farming contributes 10% to European greenhouse gas emissions, especially when current techniques are anything but eco-conscious.
The agricultural industry must conduct a massive overhaul of its current practices to avoid pushing the planet closer to permanent harm. Read more [...]
Story of a 15-year old scientist: How it all began
Zuzana Hudáčová, a 15-year old student from Slovakia, has always liked to go to labs and make experiments when she had free time. Read more [...]
THE SCIENCE AND POLITICS BEHIND THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON MASS-FIRES
In order to understand the science behind the recent mass-burning of the Brazilian Amazon, we must put this man-made catastrophe in the context of Brazilian politics. Read more [...]
Tecnoculture Podcast – Episode #2: Robin Boast
Robin Boast is Professor of Information Science and Culture at the Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In this episode, he speaks about how digital media have impacted our life and work environment. Read more [...]
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