Category Archives: Popular Science

Human-robot interaction? We cover it first hand with the likes of Hiroshi Ishiguro at INTERACT 2012

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Ana Nodilo

InTech, in collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Rijeka, Croatia, has been working on a great event focused on robotics, more specifically on the subject of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). The one-of-a-kind event, named INTERACT2012, is to … Continue reading →

Posted in InTech, Popular Science | Tagged Andrea Bonarini, geminoids, hiroshi ishiguro, HRI, human-robot interaction, Humanoids, InTech, INTERACT, Pericle Salvini, robotics | Leave a comment

Dr. Ewa Kleczyk on Business, the Pharmaceutical Industry and Women in Science

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Ana Nodilo

InTech, in its mission to not only put the highlights on its open access, scientific books but on its perspective authors as well, talked to Dr. Ewa Kleczyk, author of the chapters “Risk Management in the Development of New Products … Continue reading →

Posted in Author Interviews, InTech, InTech Books, Interview, Open Access, Popular Science | Tagged business, Ewa Kleczyk, Open Access, pharmaceutics, Science, targtrx | 1 Comment

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development – What about Cultural Diversity in Science?

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Ana Nodilo

May 21 has been appointed by the UN as World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. UNESCO adopted the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity in 2001 and in 2002, the UN declared May 21 the day to remind … Continue reading →

Posted in InTech, Open Access, Open Education, Popular Science, This Week in Science, Uncategorized | Tagged access to research, cultural diversity, InTech, Open Access, open education, UN, UNESCO | Leave a comment

Dr. Allan Ernest Talks About What is Quantum Theory, Gravitational Quantisation and Dark Matter

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Ana Nodilo

Quantum physics theories, being at the core of all scientific principles, rationalise the role of matter and its relations to energy, all on a scale of atoms. Quantum theory revolutionised physics as up until the 19th century, matter and energy … Continue reading →

Posted in Author Interviews, InTech, InTech Books, Interview, Open Access, Popular Science, This Week in Science | Tagged Allan Ernest, dark matter, gravitational quantisation, physics, quantum gravity, quantum mechanics, quantum physics | Leave a comment

The Silent Thief of Sight: Don’t Let Glaucoma Darken Your Life

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Ana Nodilo

March 12th to 17th is World Glaucoma Week. Glaucoma is a serious disease affecting the eyes, more specifically the optic nerve, preventing transmission of information between the optic nerve and the brain. Also called “the silent thief of sight“, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Author Interviews, InTech, InTech Books, Popular Science, This Week in Science, Uncategorized | Tagged glaucoma, InTech, ophthalmology, raise awareness, shimon rumelt, world glaucoma week | Leave a comment

March 8th: Promoting Women In Science

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Ana Nodilo

When thinking about science, up until now it has been predominantly ruled by men: nevertheless, women have greatly contributed to scientific discoveries and advancements in many science fields from the earliest times. Known women scientists are responsible for literally changing … Continue reading →

Posted in InTech, Interview, Open Access, Popular Science, This Week in Science | Tagged Ewa Kleczyk, gender inequality, hypatia, InTech, marie curie, Science, trotula de salerno, women | 1 Comment

World Sustainable Energy Conference 2012-Geneva

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Ana Nodilo

InTech has done it again: in order to promote one of the most dynamic research areas, raise awareness on current global issues, meet renowned representatives of the most authoritative world organisations in the field, InTech has become an official participant, … Continue reading →

Posted in InTech, Open Access, Popular Science | Tagged conference, geneva, government, greenpeace, InTech, jacque fresco, sustainable energy, united nations, venus project, who, wto | 1 Comment

Searching for Higgs Where Things Flow About

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Katarina Lovrečić

Higgs boson would be responsible for the mass property of a quark, and to try and recreate it we need to recreate the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang, also known as the quark epoch. The number … Continue reading →

Posted in Open Access, Popular Science | Tagged CERN, Higgs boson, LHC, Open Access, particle physics, quarks, research, SCOAP3 | Leave a comment

How Ironic: Promoting Open Science Through a Subscription-based Journal. But is It?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Ana Nodilo

Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, 57th richest man on earth and founder of Vulcan Inc. took it upon himself to promote and advocate something we at InTech have at heart: open science and open data. The article, stating Allen’s latest … Continue reading →

Posted in Open Access, Open Education, Popular Science, This Week in Science, Uncategorized | Tagged copyright, free knowledge, InTech, intellectual property, microsoft, opan access, Open Data, Open Source, paul allen, wall street journal | Leave a comment

So Light It Almost Beats a Feather: The Wonderful World of Nanomaterials

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Ana Nodilo

“The new material redefines the limits of lightweight materials because of its unique “micro-lattice” cellular architecture. The researchers were able to make a material that consists 99.99% of air by designing the 0.01% solid at the nanometer, micron and millimetre … Continue reading →