• Coronavirus : a pandemic scare turning into an infodemic

    Articles, Disinformation, Health

    Pandemics have the potential to exacerbate underlying social tensions. And at times of crises — when emotions run high — online rumours spread particularly wide and fast.

    on February 14, 2020

  • EU Project : EU-ToxRisk

    EU projects
    EU-ToxRisk is an Integrated European ‘Flagship’ Programme Driving Mechanism-based Toxicity Testing and Risk Assessment for the 21st century. The vision of this project is to drive the required paradigm shift in toxicological testing away from ‘black box’ animal testing towards a toxicological assessment...
    on February 12, 2020

  • Alternative approaches to animal testing

    Articles, Research

    In 1959, The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique was published by Russell and Burch, introducing the 3Rs concept (replacement, reduction, and refinement) regarding animal use in the scientific community. Just over 60 years later, it is timely to review progress to date and the future outlook...

    on February 12, 2020

  • ESMH Press Review – February 5, 2020

    Media review

    Coronavirus, 5G and digital strategies: check out the ESMH selection of 20 science & tech news published in the last 2 weeks on the web. Pick your favourite from the most popular topics in the mainstream media!

    on February 05, 2020

  • EU Project : ARTICONF

    EU projects
    ARTICONF addresses issues of trust, time-criticality and democratisation for a new generation of federated infrastructure, to fulfil the privacy, robustness, and autonomy related promises that proprietary social media platforms have failed to deliver so far.   Transparent, decentralised infrastructure...
    on January 29, 2020

  • More democratic, transparent and reliable : the next generation social media

    Articles, Communication, Disinformation

    Social media platforms are used by one-third of the world population, they are changing how we find partners, access news and engage with politics. But the rise in disinformation and data privacy breaches are denting public trust. Is it too late to harness the potential of social media for good?

    on January 29, 2020

  • ESMH Press Review – January 22, 2020

    Media review

    Vegan, vegetarian and animal food, digital agriculture & reliable news : check out the ESMH selection of 20 science & tech news published in the last 2 weeks on the web. Pick your favorite from the most popular topics in the mainstream media!

    on January 22, 2020

  • Re-engineering pharmaceutical research for better patient outcomes

    Articles, Health

    A so-called ‘productivity crisis’ has been ascribed to the pharmaceutical research and development industry. Despite increases in investment and funding, this has not corresponded to increases in the approval of novel drugs. Why do so many drugs fail to receive approval, and what other means should we...

    on January 15, 2020

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