Profesor de historia de las matemáticas en la Universidad La Sapienza* de Roma, humanista defensor de un nuevo racionalismo, Giorgio Israel* se interroga sobre el uso abusivo de las matemáticas y la deriva de las tecnociencias.

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Winner of the 1998 Fields Medal - the mathematics 'Nobel' - Maxim Kontsevich is a member of the brilliant Russian school of mathematics which was scattered across the West following the collapse of the Soviet Union. We retrace the route of one of 'greater Europe's' masterminds who decided to stay. 

If neurons die, then why not replace them? This is simple idea which proved remarkably effective when transplanting foetal neurons to sufferers from Parkinson's disease. Research is now turning its attention to finding new sources of neurons for transplantation, thereby making the treatment as widely available as possible.
 

The full sequencing of the human genome is being completed - spectacularly - 15 years ahead of the initial target date. An example of the formidable increase in the speed of modern genome research - due to the partnership between basic science and the computer - and of the fierce competition between public and private research which helped generate the momentum. This is a competition which also lies at the heart of the ethical debate on the 'ownership' of mankind's genetic heritage.
 

At the same time as participating very actively in the international Human Genome Project, Europe has also been developing its expertise in all areas of genomic research into the living world. Over the past decade, European research programmes have supported many projects that have resulted in some spectacular 'firsts' - such as the sequencing of organisms including yeast, the bacteria Bacillus subtilis or the plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
 

A strange frontier divides automation into two fields. On the one hand you have the engineers in South-East Asia who swear by "fuzzy" control. On the other, the European and US champions of automated systems based on traditional linear control. The Famimo project sets aside any such partisanship and puts the industrial promise of "fuzzy" systems to the test.
 

European scientists and industrialists working on the Plasmatex project are on the point of demonstrating the feasibility of a technology of the future: textile processing using plasmas at atmospheric pressure. This development meets new needs in a sector where Europe is still very active.
 

New ellipsometer designs to assess metal surface properties.
 

The microelectronics industry's race for miniaturisation is fast approaching the realm of nanotechnology. A new, more multidisciplinary paradigm is required, with major implications for fields as diverse as microelectronics, quantum physics and biology.
 

NANOWIRES project has developed key insights into the behaviour of molecule-sized wires in integrated circuits.
 

The research team which demonstrated quantum teleportation late last year was brought together through the Training and Mobility of Researchers (TMR) Programme. RTD Info met Anton Zeilinger, leader of both research group and TMR network, to see how this and other EC programmes are helping keep European talent in Europe.
 

The JRC has a number of experimental facilities which are unique in Europe, devoted to developments at the very highest level. In this article we take a closer look at the Petten reactor and the Ispra cyclotron, two installations whose applications relate in particular to the latest developments in nuclear medicine.