Interview with Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology at the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She leads the Theory work package in the CO:RE (Children Online: Research and Evidence), an EU-funded research project working on developing...

  Interview nuclear physics expert Prof. Bent Lauritzen   "Nuclear energy will play a decisive role in a transition to a low carbon European economy", says nuclear physics expert Bent Lauritzen of the Technical University of Denmark. However, "continued research and development in nuclear energy provision...

Science watcher Dr. Daniele Fanelli, London School of Economics, speaks about “the devil's details” when practicing research integrity.     Honesty, responsibility, fairness and accountability are the principles of research integrity. These are the common standards for any responsible job. Why, then,...

  "RNA-based technology can help babies with spinal muscular atrophy reach milestones such as sitting, standing and walking", says rare disease expert Prof. Annemieke Aartsma-Rus (Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands).   This Wednesday 25 January the European Parliament's Panel for the Future...

Interview with Catelijne Muller, president of ALLAI, an independent organisation to promote responsible artificial intelligence (AI). She talks about her view on the public perception of AI.     Ask teenagers to unlock their smartphones, open their social media apps and then show everything openly to...

Interview with Johannes Werner, management and technology student at the Technical University of Munich in Germany, and business lead on the HORYZN initiative.     How important are drones for medical services such as transporting defibrillators?   Johannes Werner: We saw the chance to improve survival...

Interview with Professor Davide Scaramuzza is the director of the Robotics and Perception Group at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, and leader of the EU-funded AGILEFLIGHT project.     How good do you think uncrewed aerial vehicle [UAV] systems are at the moment?   Prof. Davide Scaramuzza: Human...

Joachim Allgaier, Professor for Communication and Digital Society at Fulda University (Germany), co-authored an academic paper on environmental communication on TikTok. The study found that the rapidly growing social media platform could have the potential to deal with sustainability issues in short...