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Living materials that can heal themselves - and maybe the planet too

Materials that can grow, adapt, sense, and repair themselves, much like living tissue: however futuristic this might sound, ‘living materials’ are already a reality, and the EU is positioning itself at the forefront of this rapidly evolving field. ‘Engineered living materials’ (ELMs) are composed, either...

on September 09, 2026 - Articles, New Technologies

Why hype in press releases is ineffective - and how to fix it?

Articles, Communication

Press releases sometimes exaggerate scientific findings and omit study limitations. Scientists are investigating why, and testing ways to make them more accurate.

on August 03, 2022
Interview with Dr. Paul Stoneman: 'We see an increase in polarisation of complete trust or no trust at all in scientists'

Articles, Information Society

Paul Stoneman is a political scientist who specialises in quantitative methods and social and political attitudes. He is currently one of the principal investigators of the World Values Survey, an international research program devoted to the study of social, political, economic, religious and cultural...

on July 27, 2022
The global challenges of 6G – Interview with Prof Vincent Poor, key speaker of the STOA annual lecture 2021

New Technologies, Videos

Artificial intelligence, augmented reality, blockchain, the internet of things, robotics, virtual reality, 5G/6G - over the past decade, we have seen rapid developments in digital technology. More disruptive technological developments are coming and 6G systems are considered to be the basis for these...

on July 20, 2022
ESMH Media Review – July 13, 2022

Media review

Digital communications, climate change and energy policy: check out the ESMH selection of 35 science and tech news published in the last weeks on the web.

on July 13, 2022
Journalism and climate change: the urgent need to make complex topics accessible

Disinformation, Environment, Past Events, Videos

The European Science-Media Hub (ESMH) organized its second annual summer school in Brussels to give journalists the chance to reflect on how they cover climate change. The goal is to make this critical news more accessible to the public. Journalists face unique challenges when reporting on this topic....

on July 06, 2022
Reporting on climate change, a complex task: challenges and solutions

Communication, Environment, Past Events

During the three days of the ESMH Summer School "Journalism and climate change: how to tell complex stories", journalists from different countries had a chance to learn about climate change reporting, its complexity and its main issues, but - above all - about possible solutions. It all started...

on June 29, 2022
Microbiomes: the unseen majority of tiny little things

Articles, Environment

How do diverse microbial communities in seas and soils affect the climate? Scientists plead for an increase in microbiome research as part of global climate change investigations.

on June 22, 2022
Trust in science: a weapon to combat misinformation

Disinformation, Past Events, Videos

During the Covid-19 pandemic misinformation has spread like wildfire. How to counter this phenomenon is precisely the topic of the debate held by the ESMH on Friday 20 May 2022, in the European Parliament Liaison Office of Madrid. An infodemic within a pandemic. One of the most harmful consequences...

on June 15, 2022