Projects

Special on Space. Scenarios and perspectives for Italy in the era of Space Economy

The present and future of research in the space sector have a name, Space Economy, a wide-ranging field of activity based on the exploration, research, management and use of space, capable of producing...

Publication date 08/03/2018

Source Redazione ResearchItaly

Environment, zero plastic is the goal of the eCircular project led by Unibo

Optimizing the life cycle of plastic products, reducing waste production thanks to digital technologies is the objective of the eCircular project, led by the University of Bologna.

Publication date 08/01/2018

Source Università d Bologna

Technology transfer: INFN and CERN to develop the Research to Innovation Network for Italy

Enhancing the technologies originating from particle physics research by making them available to small enterprises, spinoffs, innovative startups and hi-tech companies for the development of innovative...

Publication date 07/31/2018

Source INFN

Sustainable land use, launch of the LANDSUPPORT interactive platform

It will soon be possible to make decisions aimed at the sustainability of agriculture and forestry through an app, which will allow the analysis and processing of data useful to farmers and land use planners....

Publication date 07/25/2018

Source INU

Centauro, the European robot for emergencies and natural disasters

The nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, revealed the limitations of today’s robots in operating under extreme conditions and in carrying out tasks normally performed by humans. To overcome these...

Publication date 07/20/2018

Source Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

Copernicus: the project that will lead Agricultural Policy into the space era

To use detailed and real-time data on crops from space satellites, in order to streamline and modernize the European Common Agricultural Policy.

Publication date 07/11/2018

Source ESA

Nuclear physics, a new technology hub for universities and companies in Frascati

A research infrastructure open to the world of researchers and the business community, able to offer the most advanced technologies developed in the field of particle accelerators to create innovation...

Publication date 07/09/2018

Source INFN

Luca Parmitano will be the first Italian to command the International Space Station

He was the first Italian astronaut to conduct extravehicular space activities and next year he will also be the first Italian astronaut to command the International Space Station-ISS. Luca Parmitano...

Publication date 07/04/2018

Source ESA

Cancer, AIRC launches six new special programmes for the study of metastases

Metastases, responsible for 90% of cancer deaths, are among the major unresolved issues for the treatment of cancer diseases.

Publication date 06/25/2018

Source AIRC

PrandtlPlane: the aircraft of the future is taking shape at the University of Pisa

Wider aisles, a 50% increase in the number of potential passengers for each flight, and a higher number of entry and exit doors to reduce embarkation and disembarkation times are some of the characteristics...

Publication date 06/20/2018

Source Università degli Studi di Pisa

Special on Antarctica, Italy in the large natural laboratory for the study of the future

If scientific knowledge is similar to a journey, not all stages are the same. There are “places” which are richer and more promising than others, hold more secrets and take us further in our...

Publication date 06/14/2018

Source Redazione ResearchItaly

Insight mission: NASA to discover Mars with a little bit of Italy

To discover for the first time what hides under the surface of Mars, to analyze its underground, seismic activity, and to collect important clues on the evolution of the rock planets of the Solar System...

Publication date 06/08/2018

Source INFN

CANCER project: an innovative view in the treatment of tumours

Improving the treatment of tumours by immunotherapy is one of the objectives of the European project CANCER - Immunotherapy Approaches To Improving Cancer Outcome and Quality of Life (QOL), recently funded...

Publication date 06/07/2018

Source Università degli Studi di Camerino

Aerospace, green light to the development of a new made in Italy ceramic material

Interesting prospects are opening up for the development of a new made in Italy material with applications in the aerospace sector.

Publication date 05/30/2018

Source ASI

Special on Forum PA 2018: the contribution of research and education to sustainability

What is the contribution of science and education to the great social, economic and environmental challenges of our time? And how can the entire chain of knowledge – from school to research &ndash...

Publication date 05/25/2018

Source Redazione ResearchItaly

Particle Physics: first collisions for SuperKEKB, the highest luminosity accelerator

With the production of the first electron-positron collisions – events observed by the Belle II particle detector – the SuperKEKB adventure begins. SuperKEKB is the first particle accelerator...

Publication date 05/25/2018

Source Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

Climate change, the largest Italian research and education centre inaugurated

The strategic partnership between the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change and the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics and the Department of Economy of the Ca’Foscari...

Publication date 05/23/2018

Source Università Ca’Foscari di Venezia

Engineering, Sapienza University: looking at research projects closely

From integrated systems for electric mobility to advanced solutions for road safety. From new building tools to software applications for space missions. From technologies for research in experimental...

Publication date 05/18/2018

Source Redazione ResearchItaly

Italy joins the International LOFAR Telescope for radio waves

Medicina, near Bologna, will host the new station of the LOFAR-LOw Frequency Array, the large international radio telescope that today has over 25 thousand antennas grouped in 51 stations located in 7...

Publication date 05/16/2018

Source INAF

European research, ERC Advanced Grants awarded to 11 Italian projects

The European Research Council-ERC has invested a total budget of over 650 million euro in groundbreaking research in the latest edition of the Advanced Grant Call, the results of which have been recently...

Publication date 05/10/2018

Source Redazione ResearchItaly