September, 16th – 17th 2024 Rome Develop projects between large international players and local companies and encourage innovation and technology transfer between small and medium-sized enterprises and large companies. This is the objective of the 2024 edition of the “Greentech global forum“, annual event promoted by the Lazio Region...
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Space, very rare meteorite discovered in Calabria: it is the third case in the world
The tiny fragment of a meteorite recently found on Mount Gariglione, in Calabria, by a collector who gave it to the team of researchers of the University of Bari, is not only a virtuous example of Citizen Science, but it is also an important discovery in the field of planetary...
Space, Italy set new record of proposals submitted to the IAC 2024 edition in October
From 14 to 18 October 2024, Milan will host the 75th edition of the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) where a wide range of innovative contents concerning all topics related to Space, including sustainability, will be discussed. The event, whose theme for the Italian...
Sea environment protection, CNR “Gaia Blu” vessel starts explorative campaign
Gaia Blu”, the oceanographic vessel of the National Research Council (CNR), left the port of Crotone at the end of March to start the “ECOREST” expedition designed to acquire new knowledge on deep-sea habitats, which are especially vulnerable, in 3 strategic areas of the Mediterranean Sea: south Tyrrhenian Sea, northern...
Arctic: identified mechanisms controlling black carbon concentrations
A new study conducted by researchers at the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy, in collaboration with Stockholm University and ETH Zurich, has identified the mechanisms that control the Arctic transport of black carbon, an air pollutant that contributes to climate warming, while also establishing...
Towards the summer discovering special cones: cyclodextrins
In 2023 the “Bicyclos” project was selected for funding under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions, “Staff Exchange” of the Horizon Europe Framework Programme. “Bicyclos” is a project coordinated by the Institute for Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity (Isof) of the National Research Council of Italy (Cnr). The project capitalizes on the international...
ForesTEEN: building a resilient European TEEN cultural ecosystem
ForestTEEN is a European cooperation project for research and innovation aims to innovate the cultural offering for the new generations, through a process of participatory observation that experiments with different listening settings. Funded by the European Union (EU) through the Creative Europe Programme, the project brings together a consortium of...
STRIVE305’s Business Resource Guide 2024
May is Small Business Month, a time to honor and celebrate the resilience, community impact, and dedicated efforts of small businesses and National Small Business Week (NSBW) is April 28th – May 4th! There are 31.7 million small businesses across the country and play a vital role in driving the...
Citrus and vine extracts to lower blood sugar levels
ENEA researchers are developing nutraceuticals prepared from orange, lemon and red vine extracts to lower high blood sugar, as part of the Med-Matrix-3 project, funded by the nutraceutical company Esserre. Preliminary results show that liver cells treated with some bioactive molecules from citrus fruits and red grapes are stimulated to...
Photovoltaics, ENEA coordinates project for high-efficiency tandem cells
Creating new materials for innovative and high-efficiency photovoltaic cells that make it possible to reduce the space taken by the systems, cut costs and lessen their environmental impact, so encouraging technological transfer towards industry, is the goal of the project GOPV, coordinated by ENEA, which includes the universities of Naples...