In the last years robotic platforms have appeared in many research and everyday life contexts. An easy way of interacting with them has then become a necessity. Human Robot Interaction is the research field that aims at studying how robots can interact with humans in the most natural way. In this work we will present preliminary studies that we have been done in this direction, focusing on Natu...

Have you ever wished to know and actually feel what your friends feel so you could help them better? Or maybe you have wondered how it is to be one of those celebrities you admire? And how about to become an apple for example? To experience lazy days of hanging on a tree enjoying sunshine and being washed by rains? Or maybe it feels the opposite – a hard life of fighting against worms, decay, a...

The popular press typically describes microorganisms mainly as diseasecausing bugs that should be eliminated using antimicrobial drugs. However, this mindset overlooks both the substantial scientific contributions gleaned from studying microbial biology and our growing understanding that different microorganisms are fundamentally distinct in ways that need to be accounted for in drug discovery ...

The provided resources synergised with existing resources such as social capital and information demand, resulting in changes to resource allocation and social processes, such as economic resource reallocation, information sharing, personal agency, and social support. These changes impacted areas such as employment, education, transportation and domestic violence, leading to improved individual...

For use by school leaders in papers or presentations about important issues related to public education Key Message: A person's capacity to become a happy, healthy, contributing adult begins to take shape at the beginning of that person's life. It is our collective responsibility as a society to provide the environment and opportunities within which that development is most likely to take place...

“...where people do come with a sense that there’s going to be openness. That there’s going to be a great comfort with people standing up and challenging a particular perspective. That young people are welcome. That old codgers are welcome as well. This is sort of the idyllic way that science is supposed to happen. And Cold Spring Harbor [Laboratory] provides that opportunity.” —Francis Collins...