Strengthening the international presence of Italian research, promoting innovation, and developing new scientific collaborations between Italy and other countries are the core goals of the cooperation agreement signed on November 5 in Reggio Calabria. The pact was signed by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and CNR President Andrea Lenzi during the...

MIAMI / SIENA, ITALY – Fabio De Furia, President of the Miami Scientific Italian Community (MSIC), has been reappointed to the International Scientific Committee of SLERD 2027, the 12th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development, scheduled to take place in Siena, Italy, on May 24–25, 2027. Co-organized...

Plants used as “bioreactors” to produce molecules for the development of vaccines and diagnostic kits for certain diseases in sheep and pigs that are transmissible to humans is the objective ENEA is working to achieve as coordinator of  REPRODIVAC project, aimed at combating these diseases. “Currently, our activities focus on...

From left: Moira Paroni (University of Milan), Clelia Peano (CNR-IRGB), Irene Dusetti (University of Milan). A study coordinated by the University of Milan and the Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research of the Research Council of Italy (CNR-IRGB) has identified a new mechanism through which the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa...

In today’s global economic and geopolitical landscape, the medical device and life sciences supply chain has evolved far beyond a simple matter of corporate logistics. Ensuring the availability of cutting-edge medical devices, diagnostic equipment, and surgical technologies has become a matter of national security and industrial resilience. In this context,...

Professor Antonio Carcaterra will lead the university for the six-year term from 2026 to 2032. Professor Antonio Carcaterra has been elected Rector of Sapienza University of Rome for the 2026–2032 term. A Full Professor of Applied Mechanics and currently Director of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMA), Carcaterra...

From the outside, it looks like nothing more than a large camping tent set up in the middle of the room. Step inside, however, and you are instantly transported into an immersive, 360-degree journey-suspended among remote galaxies, ancient constellations, or even the depths of the ocean. This is the magic...

On 22 October, the European Patent Office (EPO) published a new study, developed in collaboration with ASTP, Europe’s knowledge transfer association, and Fraunhofer ISI, highlighting public research’s strategic importance and Europe’s technology transfer gaps. Europe’s competitiveness depends not only on research, but on turning scientific discoveries into technologies and products...

Gianluca Spallotta has been elected President of RetImpresa, Confindustria’s agency for business networks and aggregations, for the 2026–2030 four-year term. Elected unanimously by the General Assembly during its meeting on October 14, 2026, at the Confindustria headquarters in Rome, Spallotta succeeds Fabrizio Landi, who led the agency for the past six...

Within Italy’s ecological transition landscape, the ICESP (Italian Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform) has long served as the central hub for developing and scaling circular economy models. Designed to bring together top-tier expertise, institutions, businesses, and the research community into a single, authoritative voice in Europe, the platform has established itself...