Dr. Maddalena Parafati is a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmacodynamics, University of Florida. Dr. Maddalena Parafati received her PhD in Pharmaceutical Science from the University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro (Italy) in 2010, where she won the Doctoral Research Abroad Program award as Ph.D. Student to conduct her...
European Research and Innovation Days 2024
The European Commission’s annual flagship research and innovation event brings together policymakers, researchers, stakeholders, and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond through key policy debates, funding and networking opportunities, and dedicated workshops. This fifth edition will take place during the...
INNOVATION: the Italian Table for the Future of Food conference in Miami
De Furia: fundamental scientific collaboration for the future of “Made in Italy” food in the Global Market. The evolution and innovation in the food world, the role and future of cuisine considering trends, production, sustainability, the impact of technology on food, and the coexistence of tradition and technological innovation....
Intense lasers for new societal applications
May 13-17, 2024 Call for Applications December 1, 2023 – January 31, 2024 via the VIU website The Graduate Seminar is led by: – University of Bordeaux, France – National Research Council of Italy (CNR) – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München Since the invention of the laser in 1960, many big laser systems have...
Testing in space for the groundbreaking EMSi, the first bionic spacesuit designed using technology from Politecnico di Bari
Among the planned activities is the testing of the new EMSi, an acronym for Electrical Muscle Simulation, the first bionic spacesuit for astronauts that was made by Apulian startup REA Space in collaboration with Politecnico di Bari REA Spazio will conduct its first in-orbit test of the company’s Electrical...
Relazione sulla ricerca e l’innovazione in Italia
Presentata a Roma, presso la sede del Cnr, la quarta edizione della Relazione sulla ricerca e l’innovazione in Italia: un documento che delinea la posizione del nostro Paese nei settori della scienza e della tecnologia in riferimento al contesto internazionale, facendo luce anche sull’atteggiamento di fiducia nella scienza da parte...
Historic results for I3P startup incubator of Politecnico di Torino
More than 900 business ideas received and analysed, more than 120 projects launched, 23 start-ups admitted to incubation and, above all, more than €51 million in investments attracted by the companies in its network. These are the key figures for 2023 presented by I3P, the Innovative Companies Incubator of Politecnico...
ENEA develops technology to detect ‘healthy’ hazelnuts with Terahertz radiation and AI
ENEA has developed a technology capable of quickly identifying damaged hazelnuts in in-shell fruits and remove them before industrial processing. The system, composed of a solid-state Terahertz (THz) source and a detector, measures moisture content in hazelnuts, a qualitative parameter considered very important for its storage capacity by the companies...
A bioelectronics platform for controlling behavior of cells through light
A bioelectronic platform allows to controlthe proliferation of tumour cellsand to record bioelectrical activity of the system. Measurement and control of the proliferation of living cells using light pulses: we are in the field of bioelectronics, at the intersection of engineering, physics and biology. The latest frontier is to be...
Start of EPIQUE, to developing the European photonic quantum computer
To pave the way for a European quantum computer based on photons, the quanta of light: this is the challenge of EPIQUE, the research project funded with €10,340,000 by the European Commission and carried out by 18 partners from 12 countries and led by the Sapienza University of Rome, which...