Batteries and supercapacitors made from materials derived from a rice by-product, husk , are at the center of research activities conducted by ENEA, Sapienza University of Rome and the Politecnico di Torino. The first results, published in the international journals Molecules and Journal of Energy Storage, show that...
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ENEA presents CI-RES platform to support resilience strategies
ENEA has developed CI-RES, an innovative platform designed to support national institutions and operators of essential services in risk assessment and resilience planning. Leveraging a WebGIS interface that integrates territorial datasets, hazard maps, and information on critical infrastructures, CI-RES enables comprehensive analysis of vulnerabilities, hazards, risks, potential impacts, and cascading...
Circular economy, ENEA develops fuels to reduce waste
ENEA is developing nuclear fuels that are ready for reuse, thereby reducing the amount of waste to be managed and implementing the principles of the circular economy in this sector too. The ENEA Bologna Research Center is designing the manufacturing plants for these latest-generation fuels, capable of improving the safety,...
Maddalena Parafati Awarded Research Promotion Initiative Funding
The Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing at the University of Florida has selected a research paper authored by Maddalena Parafati, Ph.D., research assistant professor of cellular and systems pharmacology in the UF College of Pharmacy, to receive support through its Research Promotion Initiative. The competitive program provides a $1,000...
Launch of Italian Innovation Linked
Italian Innovation Linked was created to enhance and promote Italy’s scientific and technological excellence at an international level. The project provides a dedicated digital platform for Italy’s leading science and technology parks, offering webinars and online events that allow participants to explore advanced research infrastructures, laboratories, and high-level technological initiatives....
Alessia Fornoni to lead New Research Career Development Initiative at Miller School, University of Miami
The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has introduced RISE – Research, Innovation and Scholarly Engagement, a new initiative designed to cultivate and support the next generation of physician-scientists and research leaders. Led by Alessia Fornoni, M.D., Ph.D., associate dean for research training and professor of medicine and molecular...
Meeting Task 2 IEA Cities TCP – Data for Urban Energy Planning
Italy will host the third meeting of Task 2 of the IEA Cities TCP – Data for Urban Energy Planning. The event will take place at the ENEA offices at Kilometro Rosso, Bergamo. The opening session will be led by Giulia Monteleone, Director of the ENEA Department of Energy Technologies...
CNR and IUPAC sign agreement to establish IUPAC office in Rome
The National Research Council of Italy (CNR) has signed an agreement to host an office of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) at its headquarters in Rome. The agreement was formally signed today at CNR’s central offices. The signing ceremony was attended by CNR President Andrea Lenzi;...
Transparent nanowires and 3D optical imaging to reveal in-vitro the native morphology of brain cells
Researchers from the Cnr-Imm in Rome and Cnr-Isof in Bologna, together with colleagues from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore (USA), have demonstrated that combining transparent nanomaterials with advanced light imaging techniques enables to explore in-vitro the native morphology of the brain cells. The team integrated...
ENEA identifies new soil health indicator
ENEA has identified a new indicator of the health of agricultural soils: these are small genetic elements that live inside bacteria, called integrons , which host genes resistant to antibiotics and heavy metals, acting as biomarkers of contamination and environmental pressure. The ENEA study, conducted with the University of Tuscia, was...