Italian Researcher Wins American Stem Cell Award
Forbes
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WHO: how to avert a public health emergency in Europe
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Based on over three years of research by a cross-disciplinary consortium of Europe’s leading scientists, the WHO Regional Office for Europe today launches the Review of social determinants and the health divide in the WHO European Region, coordinated by University College London’s Institute of Health Equity. The launch is supported by the UK Department of Health.
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The brain of synaesthetes
In this brief review I summarize some major findings demonstrating the specific anatomical and functional features of the brain of synaesthetes. There are several main findings of this research: (1) Brain areas, which are involved in controlling synaesthesia are anatomically different. (2) These brain areas are also differently activated during synaesthetic experiences. (3) There are not only anatomical and functional differences in those brain areas specifically involved. There are rather findings supporting the idea that the whole brain of
"A culture of excellence is a priority for Italy"
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European Research Council (ERC) President Prof. Helga Nowotny was today at Città della Scienza in Naples to discuss scientific excellence with national and local authorities. Addressing more than 150 researchers, including some 70 outstanding scientists funded by the ERC, she highlighted the importance of supporting young researchers for the future of Italy and of Europe. Considering the research environment as an essential factor, she also insisted on the efforts needed to reinforce the country’s attractiveness for scientists.
Private equity funds fail to make the grade for Yale
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Scientific research at times of crisis
di Pietro Greco
According to Patrick Cunningham, professor of animal genetics and scientific consultant for the Irish Government, research needs to be rethought by remodelling its priorities. In an article published on October, 24, on Nature, Cunningham underlines that we are fully in economic recession and states that the only way out is by increasing, not diminishing,
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How science goes wrong
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Sir William Ramsay: Sustainable Energy Pioneer
di Marco Taddia
The Scottish chemist William Ramsay (Glasgow, 1852 – High Wycombe, 1916) carried out the researches that made him famous in the last decade of the 19th century. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the noble gases (1904). Thanks to his fame, his talents as a consult were in considerable demand in a variety of sectors. Ramsay chaired the British Association for the Advancement of Science. His opening speech at the Portsmouth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science held in August 1911 was focused on the energy resources.
Studying the impacts of climate change in the Arctic
Global Climate change is proceeding at a rate which surprises public opinion and, sometimes, even scientists. Data and models confirm the trend toward warmer temperatures in the Arctic. This will affect the life of many Arctic organisms and pose serious concerns for the environment both at local and global scales; at the same time, this change in climate and especially the associated ice melting provides relevant economic opportunities such as the availability of huge energy resources (oil and gas) and new routes for maritime communications.