De Furia: after the Miami Scientific Italian Community and the Texas Scientific Italian Community, it’s time for the California Scientific Italian Community. The California Scientific Italian Community is composed by Italian researchers, Italian Universities and Researcher Centers, Italian private and public organizations, with the institutional aim of making a link...
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The Leonardo Lightning Imager “hunts” for lightning on board the Meteosat Third Generation satellite
Lightning Imager, Leonardo’s lightning detector, has been shipped from Campi Bisenzio to the Thales Alenia Space plant in France where it will be integrated on the first Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellite. This consignment represents yet another step towards the completion of the MTG satellite, which will undergo further testing...
Politecnico di Torino in the top 100 University on the planet, 33rd in the world for engineering
Politecnico di Torino is a one of the most prestigious public institutions at both International and Italian level concerning education, research, technological transfer and services in all sectors of architecture and engineering for more than 150 years (it was founded in 1859, as the oldest technical university in Italy). PoliTO...
Luiss is among the top 100 universities in the world for social studies
Luiss enters the top 100 Universities in the world for social sciences among the QS World University Ranking by Subjects 2022. In five years, the University climbed 200 positions, showing significant progress in the area of Political Studies. In fact, the Luiss Department of Political Sciences ranked first in Italy...
Laura Bianchi has been appointed to a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) study section on neuronal communication.
Laura Bianchi, Ph.D., professor of physiology and biophysics, at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Principal Investigator at The Bianchi Lab, has been appointed to a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) study section on neuronal communication. The Neuronal Communication Study Section is composed of reviewers who...
Citizens and Science as a tool to strengthen democracy
Sapienza University of Rome, 6 April 2022, Rome Workshop organised in partnership with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation within the Italian chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ...
Apply NOW – Deadline: June 16 | Join Informational Webinar | Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program
Join us Informational Webinar to learn how Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses helps local businesses to grow and supports small business entrepreneurship Date: Tuesday March 29, 2022 Time: 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Register in advance for this virtual meeting: https://mdc-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsduqtrjIqH9R3e08ySprVSDDjXn0_Oh_o After registering,...
The Italian Embassy launches the sixth edition of the Italian Design Day in the USA
A rich program of events throughout the United States on Italian design and creativity The sixth edition of “Italian Design Day” (IDD) kicked off yesterday in the USA. The program is part of a global initiative of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to promote Italian...
Turning Point: the creativity industry through design
Turning Point aims at promoting the culture of design in broadly manner and at enhancing the interaction with companies operating in those strategic sectors recognized by the European Union (creative industries, green economy, mobility, factory of the future, social wellbeing, etc.). Moreover the project is willing to promote companies operating...
Controlling how fast graphene cools down
An international study, published in ACS Nano, has demonstrated an unprecedented level of control of the optical properties of graphene. The work has promising applications in different technological fields ranging from photonics to telecommunications. Graphene is the thinnest material ever produced, with the thickness of a single atomic layer,...