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focusBirth of a science centre. Italian phenomenology
Paola Rodari
21/06/2006

In May 2004 the Balì Museum, Planetarium and interactive science museum, was opened to the public in Italy: 35 hands-on exhibits designed according to the ...

focusBlind track
Yurij Castelfranchi, Giancarlo Sturloni
21/03/2006

The people of Val di Susa (Italy) blocked the construction of the new high-speed railway line that should connect Turin with Lyons (France). This project is ...

focusThe WYP2005 for physics on the road to extinction
Marzia Mazzonetto, in collaboration with Maria Chiara Montani
21/12/2005

From exhibitions to theatrical performances, from fireworks to video games, countless events and ventures have been held all over the world in 2005 to mark ...

focusWhat type of Science Communication best suits emerging countries?
Pietro Greco
21/09/2005

If we wish to attempt an initial analysis of the inquiry on the communication of science in Brazil, India and China that JCOM proposed in its three most ...

focusThe new "Chinese dream" regards science communication
Nico Pitrelli
21/06/2005

Science and technology: these are the mainstays China wants to concentrate on in order to stabilise its future as an emerging world power. Beijing plans to ...

focusScience communication in India: current situation, history and future developments
Marzia Mazzonetto
21/03/2005

Nowadays, India is experiencing a widespread diffusion of science communication activities. Public institutions, non-governmental organisations and a number ...

focusScience, Communication and Society in Brazil, the narrative of deficit
Rafael Evangelista, Marta M. Kanashiro
21/12/2004

If there is a peculiarity in the way of doing science and in the way of communicating science in Brazil, it is in the use of the idea of "deficit" ...

focusScience and communication in Brazil: evolution, globalization, and contingencies
Rafael Evangelista, Marta M. Kanashiro
21/12/2004

The scientific institution in Brazil is marching to a good rhythm. Despite problems in funding (and in the very irregular distribution of such funds), ...

focusScience Communication around the World: eyes on Brazil
Yurij Castelfranchi
21/12/2004

Internal scientific communication and public communication of science and technology are growing in Brazil at a good pace, along with scientific ...

focusTowards a "Mediterranean model" of science communication
Pietro Greco
21/09/2004

Can (and should) there be a "Mediterranean model" of science communication? For those of us who work in the field of science communication in a ...

focusThe wise and the ignorant, or a dangerous distinction for Latin America
Carmelo Polino
21/09/2004

Never have there been so much science and so much technology on so many sides as now. The expansion of scientific information in the social sphere is ...

focusCultural differences accompany the growth of science communication
Yurij Castelfranchi
21/09/2004

In a beautiful Barcelona, bathed in sun, the 8th PCST Congress was celebrated at the beginning of June.1 Besides the magnificent location of this year, ...

focusScience communication in an era of diversity
Yurij Castelfranchi
21/09/2004

The eighth convention of the PCST (Public Communication of Science and Technology) network, which took place in Barcelona this June, emphasised an ...

focusWhen the data isn't there. Disclosure: the scientific community (and society) at a crossroads
Yurij Castelfranchi
21/06/2004

The problem of accessing data is as old as science itself. Complete popularisation of scientific data (of a theoretical model), and even more so of the ...

focusThe public way to peer-review
Nico Pitrelli
21/03/2004

There is a substantial divergence between the standards of integrity associated with "good science" and the problems imposed by the conflict of ...

focusAnything to declare? Border stories on the conflict of interest
Giancarlo Sturloni
21/03/2004

On September 15, 2001, a joint editorial simultaneously published in thirteen medical journals, pointed an accusing finger at the increasing pressures ...

focusConflicting interests: research, profits, information, health
Giancarlo Sturloni, Nico Pitrelli
21/03/2004

On 15 September 2001, thirteen major international journals, coordinated by the International Committee of Medical Journals Editors (ICMJE), published a ...

focusHinari and Agora: free access to scientific information for poor countries
Elisabetta Tola
21/12/2003

In the midst of a debate on access to information, the World Health Organization and the FAO have decided to develop a strategy to guarantee the right of ...

focusThe Evolution of Scientific Publishing and the JHEP Model
Loriano Bonora
21/12/2003

Some recent events have brought to the attention of the general public the issue of free access to scientific information. On many occasions basic ...

focusIn the free web of science
Mauro Scanu
21/12/2003

A ghost is wandering around the web: it is called open access, a proposal to modify the circulation system of scientific information which has landed on the ...