Claudio Ferlan

Author's articles

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  March 2, 2023

  Artificial intelligence and journalistic content. Predictions for a plausible future

  In my interest in journalism, there is a moment marked on the agenda, with highlighter. I refer to the annual appointment with the Niemand Foundation website, which at the end of the calendar year asks some of the "smartest people in journalism and media" for predictions for developments in journalism in the coming year.
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  February 9, 2023

  Meeting the Volcano

  The Magazine is walking the path through new proposals, capable of pushing us outside the boundaries of Fondazione Bruno Kessler. We all know how fruitful external collaborations are, nurtured daily through comparisons, advice, division of work, and so on. But there can be more.
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  December 6, 2022

  Translating research. From complex to simple, from incomprehensible to clickable

  "Translation is not only about making research more understandable; it is also about presenting research in digestible, clickable formats that are likely to stand out"
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  November 10, 2022

  Sixty years of Fondazione Bruno Kessler. The future asks us to allow for the communication of science

  We, at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, celebrated our sixtieth birthday. Since it is an institution and not a person, it would not be an overstatement if we wrote "one thousand" instead of "one hundred of these days."
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  September 1, 2022

  Hoaxes in food and hoaxes in online searches

  How much can we trust reviews and comments found online? The risk of fake or artfully cooked news is always around the corner, we propose a parallel between catering and research to think about it.
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  June 20, 2022

  Interview with Gert Aarts ECT* center director

  "All people forced to flee have the right to be protected and to rebuild their lives, without distinction". This is the motto of the World Refugee Day, which is celebrated on June 20. To commemorate this anniversary, we asked the Director of the European Center for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*), Gert Aarts, a few questions regarding the initiative aimed at Ukrainian researchers that will include three visiting scientists in the coming months within the Villa Tambosi Center. The Director explains how the initiative came about, how it has been received, and what the implications are for FBK and the scientific community.
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  May 26, 2022

  The laboratory

  Considerations of a historian on the importance of team work and confronting during the writing of manuals.
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  May 11, 2022

  No more news, let’s focus on information

  Here come the Radio FBK podcasts: the Research you don't expect
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  April 13, 2022

  Claudio Ferlan is the new editor in chief for Fondazione Bruno Kessler’s Magazine

  Considerations on scientific communication and on the new look of the FBK Magazine
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  October 28, 2021

  Who invented Halloween?

  Before the Catholic feast of All Saints (November 1) there is that of Halloween (October 31), which is increasingly present in Italian families. But are they really two separate occasions? By carefully marching back through the centuries, we can find the arguments to build our answer to this question.
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  October 19, 2021

  cheSpreco! Togliamo il cibo dalla spazzatura

  Finalmente dal vivo, ospiti del Centro di Formazione Professionale Enaip Alberghiero e Ristorazione di Ossana, abbiamo figuratamente tagliato il nastro di inaugurazione del progetto “cheSpreco! Togliamo il cibo dalla spazzatura”, finanziato dalla Fondazione Caritro.
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  March 25, 2021

  Fasting is not anymore what it used to be

  We are in Lent, the forty-day period preceding Easter which according to Catholic norms should be characterized by fasting and abstinence. Often the two terms are used interchangeably, but it is wrong to do so.