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About Science Contact

Science contact was a science and technology media resource service created in 1991 by the French Academy of Science and the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie. It became a non-profit-making organization in 1993.

The board of trustees included representatives of Academy of sciences, Academy of Technology, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Villette Entreprise Foundation, journalists, and organization’s members. It had the oversight responsibilities for Science contact administration and for its overall policy.

The scientific advisory committee provided advice and guidance on the choice of experts. It also reviewed periodically the quality of the service and the independence and objectivity of the suggested sources of information.

A valuable assistance since 1991

• Since 1991, Science contact answered over 14 000 queries to deal with hot news, to explain "how it’s works", to check information, to comment a result, to proceed to an interview.

• two thousand and eight hundred journalists and 1 300 media organizations have been using Science contact‘s service for their reports, articles, programs and live or recorded broadcasts.

• A wide range of topics was approached : health & medicine, biology, genetics, life sciences, current science & technology, astronomy, earth sciences, climate, environment & ecology, archaeology - art & technology, physics, chemistry, mathematics, space & transportation, energy & nuclear, demography - history & economy, sociology & psychology

Click here to see the Science contact Advisory Committee