Projects

Astrophysics, ASTRI telescope strengthens Italy’s role in “gamma” observation

Italian ASTRI telescope, located on Mount Etna in Sicily at the Astrophysical Observatory of Catania of the INAF-National Institute for Astrophysics, has achieved a crucial step for astrophysics and an...

Publication date 06/23/2017

Source INAF

Electric power: ENEA to coordinate the INTERPLAN European project

To develop technologies and innovative tools for an electric power system that is increasingly interconnected and safe, through the coordinated and safe management of national and European electric grids...

Publication date 06/22/2017

Source ENEA

Particle physics, ICARUS neutrino detector on its journey to the USA

The ICARUS experiment on neutrinos, the elusive particles which have drawn the attention of physicists from all over the world for decades, has recently started his journey from Switzerland to the United...

Publication date 06/21/2017

Source Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

SiAM, Italy’s first tsunami warning system established

The new SiAM – National Tsunami Warning System, recently established in Italy under the coordination of the Civil Protection Department, aims to analyze seismic data in real time and assess the risk...

Publication date 06/20/2017

Source INGV

Mediterranean: ODYSSEA project for the development of a platform of data now underway

On 6 June, a meeting in a Kavala, Greece, launched ODYSSEA: an important international project involving 28 partners from 14 countries, for the development of a platform of data for the Mediterranean Sea.

Publication date 06/19/2017

Source Università Sapienza di Roma

CNR-Institute of Nanoscience and University of Pisa obtained new Terahertz laser

An innovative laser, capable of emitting a very focused beam has been obtained thanks to the double nature of the Terahertz waves. The study, published in Light: Science & Applications, was carried...

Publication date 06/16/2017

Nuclear Physics: Xenon1T is the most sensitive detector for dark matter search

The search for dark matter ‒ one of the main “ingredients” of the Universe, five times more abundant than ordinary matter ‒ is getting faster thanks to the XENON1T detector, hosted in the Gran...

Publication date 06/15/2017

Source Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

ENEA and ASI together for research and technological development in Space Economy

Responding to the new challenges of space by strengthening collaboration between ENEA and ASI in the implementation of research, development and innovation programmes in the fields of medicine, biotechnology...

Publication date 06/14/2017

Source ENEA

Third observation of gravitational waves reveals the presence of new black holes

Less than two years after the first historic observation of gravitational waves, made on 14 September 2015 and announced on 11 February 2016, the scientists of the LIGO and VIRGO international scientific...

Publication date 06/13/2017

Source INFN

University of Bologna: the results of the MEET project, to beat mitochondrial diseases

After only four years, the 11 PhD students and three post-docs at the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, have created a European community of researchers and patients...

Publication date 06/12/2017

Source Università di Bologna

MareFVG and eXactlab present OpenviewSHIP

The crisis involving all industrial sectors has hit badly the shipbuilding industry, which has tried to address adequately the market challenges, by promoting a change in the sector towards the development...

Publication date 06/09/2017

Source OpenViewShip

University of Bologna: “Tropicsafe” project now underway to fight bacterial diseases of plants

The main project “Insect-borne prokaryote-associated diseases in tropical and subtropical perennial crops (Tropicsafe)” will involve 22 international partners coordinated by the University...

Publication date 06/08/2017

Source Università di Bologna

Vita mission: final stages of training for Paolo Nespoli

Paolo Nespoli’s training for the Vita space mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) has entered its final phase.

Publication date 06/07/2017

Source Agenzia Spaziale Italiana

An inflatable room in space: one-year testing for ISS BEAM module

BEAM (Bigelow Expandable Activity Module) is the first expandable habitat docked to the International Space Station (ISS), consisting of a 16 m3 inflatable room. One year after it was docked to the ISS...

Publication date 06/06/2017

Source ASI

Drug resistance: from Tor Vergata a new strategy based on “Janus-faced liposomes”

Small lipid spheres with an action on the immune system are the basis for the therapeutic strategy proposed by an all-Italian research group to combat antibiotic-resistant infections: a major health problem...

Publication date 06/05/2017

Source Università di Tor Vergata

Biomedicine: Sapienza assessed the risk for developing breast cancer in men

The risk for developing breast cancer is not limited to women. However, in most cases, the incidence of this cancer in men accounts for 1%: therefore, it is extremely low, far lower than other forms of...

Publication date 06/01/2017

Source Università Sapienza di Roma

Almalaurea: the 2017 Report on the profile and occupational status of graduates

The 19th Report on the profile and occupational status of graduates, published by the Almalaurea Interuniversity Consortium, provides information on the degree effectiveness and the attractiveness of...

Publication date 05/31/2017

Source Almalaurea

Biophysics: SISSA investigated how “knotted” DNA passes through pores

Despite its intricate structure, dotted with knots that can be very large, the DNA molecule is able to pass through the tiny pores of various biological structures without getting stuck, as it might be...

Publication date 05/30/2017

Source SISSA

Extremely Large Telescope: a step forward in the construction of the world’s largest optical telescope

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) will be the world’s largest optical telescope and is expected to enter into operation in 2024. A new milestone in its...

Publication date 05/29/2017

Source ESO

BIFOCAlps project, for the digital transformation of Alpine manufacturing enterprises

The project “Boosting Innovation in Factory Of the future value Chain in the Alps (BIFOCAlps)”, coordinated by the Pordenone Technology Pole and developed in collaboration with the National...

Publication date 05/26/2017

Source Università di Udine