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focus Birth of a science centre. Italian phenomenology -
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 ...
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focus Blind track -
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 ...
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focus The WYP2005 for physics on the road to extinction -
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 ...
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focus What type of Science Communication best suits emerging countries? -
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 ...
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focus The new "Chinese dream" regards science communication -
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 ...
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focus Science communication in India: current situation, history and future developments -
21/03/2005
Nowadays, India is experiencing a widespread diffusion of science communication activities. Public institutions, non-governmental organisations and a number ...
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focus Science, Communication and Society in Brazil, the narrative of deficit -
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" ...
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focus Science and communication in Brazil: evolution, globalization, and contingencies -
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), ...
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focus Science Communication around the World: eyes on Brazil -
21/12/2004
Internal scientific communication and public communication of science and technology are growing in Brazil at a good pace, along with scientific ...
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focus Towards a "Mediterranean model" of science communication -
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 ...
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focus The wise and the ignorant, or a dangerous distinction for Latin America -
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 ...
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focus Cultural differences accompany the growth of science communication -
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, ...
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focus Science communication in an era of diversity -
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 ...
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focus When the data isn't there. Disclosure: the scientific community (and society) at a crossroads -
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 ...
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focus The public way to peer-review -
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 ...
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focus Anything to declare? Border stories on the conflict of interest -
21/03/2004
On September 15, 2001, a joint editorial simultaneously published in thirteen medical journals, pointed an accusing finger at the increasing pressures ...
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focus Conflicting interests: research, profits, information, health -
21/03/2004
On 15 September 2001, thirteen major international journals, coordinated by the International Committee of Medical Journals Editors (ICMJE), published a ...
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focus Hinari and Agora: free access to scientific information for poor countries -
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 ...
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focus The Evolution of Scientific Publishing and the JHEP Model -
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 ...
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focus In the free web of science -
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 ...