CHIPS & SALSA

“Chips&Salsa: Digital, Interactive, Mediterranean Journalisms,” was a discussion and training event on innovation in journalism and the new frontiers of information that formicablu co-conceived, organized and managed in partnership with the effecinque agency. the event held in Genoa, at the Aquarium Auditorium, on June 14, 2019, was inspired by the work and thinking of Genoese…

di nuovo in pista

sporting activity helps transplant recipients feel better, physically and psychologically. the webseries, “Di nuovo in pista” recounts this through not only a true personal story, a sporting feat, but also scientific evidence. the protagonists are Ivano, a heart transplant recipient, and Gianluigi, who is his doctor. both with a great passion for cycling. the webseries…

Gran Sasso Videogame

Gran Sasso Videogame is a pixel-art video game set in the Gran Sasso National Laboratories of the INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), the world’s largest underground research center. here international teams of researchers carry out experiments on neutrino physics, dark matter and nuclear astrophysics. the protagonist of the game is the alien Zot, who…

SEEDcontrol

in 1996, the ten largest seed companies controlled less than 17% of the world market. twenty years later, the percentage has risen to 75%. such concentration, through mergers and acquisitions, means market control, but also exposure to environmental and economic risks: multinational seed companies promote monoculture at the expense of diversity and demand royalties for…

G. Armenise-Harvard Foundation

the Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation funds basic research in biomedicine and agriculture. its purpose is to fund laboratories, professorships, and fellowships for young researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston, where it is based, and at Italian research institutions. through the Career Development Awards program, it supports researchers in training for a laboratory in Italy. formicablu…

POLICY ANSWERS

POLICY ANSWERS focuses on research and innovation (R&I) policy and governance systems, also covering aspects of education, culture, youth and sport. the project aims to monitor and support policy coordination in EU-WB (European Union – Western Balkans)  cooperation and will help the Western Balkans strengthen their potential to participate in regional and multilateral research and…

NEWSERA

the NEWSERA project investigates the potential of citizen science as a tool to better communicate science, given its increasing spread in Europe and the world. the citizen science approach establishes the involvement of non-experts in scientific research and a relationship with different stakeholders: citizen science project leaders, citizens, scientists, policy makers, companies, data journalists, and…

ENJOI

the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the urgency of improving science journalism in order to achieve outstanding science communication, however, there are currently no shared standards for evaluating good scientific journalism. to bridge the gap the EU project ENJOI (ENgagement and JOurnalism Innovation for Outstanding Open Science Communication) is co-creating and selecting a set of standards, principles,…