A, Bee, CCD
Pivot Points is a monthly column by Euroscientist writer David Bradley There’s a buzz in the world of honeybees. Well, [...]
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Pivot Points is a monthly column by Euroscientist writer David Bradley The artificial sweetener aspartame is one of the darling [...]
View ArticleStrawberries boost red blood cells
A group of volunteers ate half a kilo of strawberries every day for two weeks to demonstrate that eating strawberries [...]
View ArticleFood chemistry or food culture
As the last remnants of holiday dinners, lunches, high-teas, suppers and celebratory breakfasts are collated and one last binge with [...]
View ArticleInnovative bread for picky Europeans
Europeans certainly love their bread but researchers led by Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania believe that we are tending [...]
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RRI Awards: recognising good practice
Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is so new that it is not well documented and good practice has not been spread. It is, however, gradually pervading research and innovation culture and policy....
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Is Europe doing enough for refugee scientists?
Migration issues are high on the political agenda. Forced mass migration of people is an issue that will not go away and one that global citizens must address. The research community should play its...
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Biological mechanisms discovery by globally-distributed research force
Not every scientist has the comfort of a well-equipped lab. However, newly available open platforms for biomedical in silico discovery could soon spark the brains of millions of researchers forming a...
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When privacy-bound research pays for open science
Thanks to the growing uberisation of science, opportunities to participate in world class research could soon no longer be limited to researchers in well-funded labs. According to an opinion piece by...
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Matters founder Lawrence Rajendran: the Lego approach to scientific publishing
In this interview with EuroScientist, Lawrence Rajendran explains why he created Matters, to change the way we communicate science. He has devised a new way of publishing science by submitting single...
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Birju Pandya interview: choosing sustainable values to drive research
In this interview with EuroScientist, Birju Pandya explains gift culture, which he has helped introduce in finance. He explains how this approach can be beneficial for any field of work but also in all...
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From Uber to OpenStreetCab: how data shifts the power back to users
Services like Uber are challenging traditional sectors such as the taxi industry. However, they may charge more than traditional taxis at time of high-demand. To counter this phenomenon, data analysis...
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Are the disruptions of uberisation a bane or boon for science?
For every characteristic of uberisation, there is a parallel in the world of research. This raises the question of whether research was "uberised" before Uber even existed? In this article...
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One cultural shift away, towards fairer science
Uberisation is happening in technology-disrupted fields. Research and innovation have not been left out. Technology-mediated interaction between geographically-distributed teams of scientists is about...
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Inspiring findings to expand the RRI scene
As the first few RRI projects are coming to fruition, there is plenty of lessons to be shared about how best to implement the European Union policies on responsible research and innovation. In this...
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Uberisation of Science
With an increased reliance on geographically-distributed teams, tomorrow's researchers are going to be able to reach unprecedented scales of collaborations, not just limited to cooperation between...
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After Brexit: a day in the life of a British academic
Imagine what would happen if the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in the referendum of the 23rd June 2016? To give our readers a better idea of the consequences of the Brexit for the...
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Where does scientists’ inspiration stem from?
Are scientists inspired? Where and how do they get their most pressing concerns? What fuels their innermost motivations? Is it a requirement for them to be inspired? In this insightful opinion piece,...
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Harry Kroto’s legacy interview
EuroScientist honours the memory of recently deceased 1996 Chemistry Nobel Laureate Harry Kroto. In this podcast, Kroto shares his wisdom on science and life in general, in one of his last interviews....
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Aude Lapprand interview: a manifesto for involving citizens in science
In this interview with EuroScientist, Aude Lapprand presents the work of the Sciences Citoyennes Foundation, based in Paris, France. The organisation, which questions who should be responsible for...
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