• Digital tracing, privacy and trust: the New Normalcy in Europe

    Articles, New Technologies, Policy

    European countries are adopting progressive measures to loosen the lockdown imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. We are entering a "new normalcy", the age of living with risk and social reorganization. Digital tracing is considered a promising tool to enable a return to normal social life by helping to...

  • ESMH Press Review – May 13, 2020

    Media review

    Green post pandemic highlights, energy solutions & food safety: check out the ESMH selection of 23 science & tech news published in the last 2 weeks on the web. Pick your favourite from the most popular topics in the mainstream media !

  • European responses to the corona crisis - Part 8

    Other

    During the Coronavirus crises, the European Science-Media Hub is collecting and publishing a regular update of the most relevant releases provided by EU institutions and other European and global actors. 🆕 Last Update : 15 may

  • Changing environment, changing health

    Articles, Environment, Health
    Our environment and health are closely intertwined, and we must equip future generations with adaptive capacities to achieve sustainable human wellbeing on all fronts. One such environment is our chemical one. It is present in the products we use, the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe....
  • EU Project : HBM4EU

    EU projects
    HBM4EU is a joint effort of 30 countries, the European Environment Agency and the European Commission, co-funded under Horizon 2020.   The initiative is coordinating and advancing human biomonitoring in Europe. HBM4EU is generating evidence of the actual exposure of citizens to chemicals and the possible...
  • European responses to the corona crisis - Part 7 (1 May - 8 May)

    Other

    During the Coronavirus crises, the European Science-Media Hub is collecting and publishing a regular update of the most relevant releases provided by EU institutions and other European and global actors. 🆕 Last Update : 8 may

  • The Microbiome gut brain axis and the rise of psychobiotics

    Articles, Environment, Industry

    Communication between our gut and our brain is a two-way street. A large part of the signals being sent from our intestines to our brain is thanks to the bacteria living inside us, our microbiome. Our gut microbes have been linked to anxiety and depression. Research is ongoing to see if we can manipulate...

  • COVID-19: How uncertainty affects our consumer behaviour

    Articles, Social Sciences

    As the COVID-19 is spreading rapidly around the world without treatment or a vaccine, uncertainty and fear prevails, leading many people to stockpile food, cleaning products and toilet paper. But is this a reasonable response in the face of a pandemic crisis?