Month: April 2013

  • Next time – when first plasma!

      19 science journalists from Germany, Ireland, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and UK attended the EUSJA study trip to Cadarache in southern France to learn more about the promising international ITER project. During 2 days of 22 and 23 April they have met scientists and engineers, visited the ITER construction…

  • Austerity in European Research – a special issue of “Euroscientist”

    Austerity in European Research – a special issue of “Euroscientist”

    Austerity has taken its toll on European research and has disturbed its cycles. Particularly affected are scientists from Southern Europe. The Euroscientist magazine–the first pan-European magazine for scientists and by scientists published by Euroscience — brings citizen journalism to the science community. In its latest Special Issue, the Euroscientist shares testimonies from scientists in Greece,…

  • Favourable Response of Prague Study Trip – by Marina Huzvarova

    Prague’s EUSJA Study Trip in March met with favourable response. It was organised by the Academic Bulletin, an official magazine of Academy of the Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR). The very first result of the Study Trip at Lysolaje Campus came from Kaianders Sempler, who published an article in the journal NyTeknik based on the…

  • Atomium Culture’s official response to Jens Degett

    Atomium Culture’s official response to Jens Degett

    We received this reply to the recent post on Atomium Culture by the President of the Danish Association of Science Journalists Jens Degett “Atomium Culture and The Role of the Media in Responsible Research and Innovation” Brussels – 3 April 2013 OBJECT: Response to post by Jens Degett published on 24 March 2013 Dear Jens…

  • Kafkaesque? Not Prague’s Science! by Wolfgang C. Goede

    Kafkaesque? Not Prague’s Science! by Wolfgang C. Goede

    During Franz Kafka’s time, Prague was supposedly quite a Kafkaesque place with lots of secrets behind the doors of its ancient buildings. Communism did not help much to disperse this reputation. Now modern science is fundamentally changing the city’s fame and vibrations. During an EUSJA study trip to the Vlatava capital, laboratories turned into public…